Evening star., 1952-11-24
St. John S and Gonzag;
To Clash tomorrow
In City Title Series

oOaaOO
st. Johns and Gonzaga, sty.
mied by the weather Friday night
will battle at 8 pm. tomorrow al
Grit1th Stadium in the first OF
the three big games that annually
wind up the Washington school
boy football season.
The game will be broadcast over
radio station WMAL, with Jimmy
Gibbons doing the play-by-play.
Wilson and Western meet fol-
the District Interhigh Division ]
crown Wednesday night at the
Stadium.
The winners of these two games
will meet the afternoon of De-
cember 6 at the Stadium for the
"city championship.
The "city championship" game
annually pits the District Inter-
high division y champion against
the Metropolitan Catholic League
champion and at this stage it
looks as though it will be st.
Johns against Wilson.
St. Johns and Wilson Favored.
The Johnnies, beaten only by
Calvert Hall Of Baltimore this sea-
son, and Wilson, winner of eight
straight since its opening-game tie
with George Washington, are
favored.
But nobody is taking Gonzaga
and Western lightly. Ganzaga has
compiled 4-3-1 record, with most
of its opposition against out-of-
town teams. Western had an
easier time than Wilson in win
ming its divisional title, but the
Raiders and Tigers have been
arch rivals since Wilson was first
built in 1886. Gonzaga and St.
Johns will be battling for the 25th
time.
Being rained out Friday hasn't
hurt Gonzaga and st. Johns. ac-
cording to the two coaches. Frank
Gilmore of Gonzaga and Joe Gal
lagher of st. Johns agree that
keeping these teams up" for this
game is no problem. Both coaches
welcomed the few extra days for
light practice.
Gonzaga, which leads the series,
lat (three games were ties), will
be out to regain some of its pres
tige. The Johnnies have won the
last two games and the Eagles
don't want it to go any further.
18th Game in Series.
Western and Wilson have met
Is times. Western has won eight
games, Wilson five, while two have
been tied. Like the st. Johns
Gonzaga game, this one is spirit
ed rivalry. Wilson was started
with Western students and teach
ers and the two schools have over
tapping boundaries.
Western and Wilson players
aren't strangers, either. Most of
them learned their football funda-
mentalS under Coach Joe Branzell
at the Western branch (old
Georgetown branch) of the Wash
ington Boys Club. This is real
nighborhood rivalry and, although
Wilson is expected to win, nobody
Is discounting Westerns chances.
Anything can happen.
Northwestern will be out to
claim the Prince Georges County
League championship in its wind
up against Suitland at 3 pm. to-
morrow at Old Byrd Stadium in
College Park. This game also was
scheduled for Friday night, but
rained out.
Armstrong Meets Dunbar.
In the other Friday postpone
ment Armstrong and Dunbar meet
at pm. tomorrow at Cardozo.
BY winning Armstrong would take
the District Interhigh division
IL championship.
Two Northern Virginia rivalries
are scheduled Thursday. George
Washington and WaShington-Lee
will meet in their annual Thanks
giving Day clash for the Old
Oaken Bucket at II am. at CIV,
while Mount Vernon will play. at
Fairfax at 2::30.
Because of these two games.
Mount Vernon and WI wanted
to go through with their sched-
uled game last Friday night. But
weather wouldn't let them and
the game was rescheduled for De-
cember S.
The weather also caused Phelps
and Parker Gray to cancel their
game Friday. Parker-Gray COM
piled a SIS record for the season,
while Phelps posted a 3-5 mark.