Evening star., 1952-02-07

The race for playof berths IN
the District Interhigh Basketball
League resumes tomorrow night
with a double-header at Tech,
while the Catholic League race
picks up with a double-header at
Priory.
It's Anacostia's turn at Tech.
The Indians. one Of three teams
tied for fourth place. are ex-
pected to become Techs 30th
consecutive victim and its 18th this
season in the first interhigh game
at 7:30. Wilson meets Roosevelt
in the second game.
Bell meets Eastern and Coolidge
plays Chamberlain in the inter-
high double header starting at
1880 Saturday night at Tech.
These games originally were
scheduled for the Eastern gym,
but were switched to the bigger
Tech gym with its new electric
scoreboard.
Extra FlayOm Is fOSSlDle.
The interhigh picture is muddled
at this point. A playoff for the
playoffs is a very good possibility.
The season ends a week from Sat
urday night and here are the re-
manning games for the leading
seven teams:
Tech (6-0). Anacostia and East
ern; Roosevelt (4-2). Wilson and
Coolidge: Coolidge (4-2), Cham
berlain and Roosevelt; Anacostia
(3-3), Tech and Chamberlain;
Wilson (3-3), Roosevelt and Bell;
Western (3-3), Eastern and
Chamberlain; Eastern (2-3). Bell,
Western and Tech.
With that setup. four teams
could wind up tied for the fourth
and last playoh berth.
The Catholic League, which
has no scheduled championship
playof, might be forced into one.
st. Anthony's is a half-game In
front of st. Johns, with Priory in
third place, two games behind.
Both the TONES and Johnnies
are expected to finish their sched-
ules without further losses and
this would force them into title
playoff.
Two League Games Booked.
Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep
meet in the first game at 1880 to-
morrow night at Priory and St.
Paul's faces Priory in the night
cap. st. Paul's, an improved team
of late, tests st. Johns In the Sec
ond game Of a double header
Sunday at DeMathas while George
town Prep meets DeMatha in the
first game at 2 pm.
Westerns game at Priory today
has been postponed until Febru-
ary Is. Priory's team, hard hit
by a virus epidemic, had only
seven varsity players in uniform
for it's last game and Western
agreed to move up their date to
give Priory a chance to rest for
its Catholic League test tomor-
row night. 4
In other games tomorrow night,
George Washington travels toI
Lane, st. Johns plays Montgom-
cry Blair at Takoma Junior High
at 8 o'clock, Richard Montgomery
plays at Bethesda Chevy Chase all
8. Northwestern plays at Bladenss
burg at 8:15, Washington -Leel
visits Fairfax at 8, Falls Church
plays at Mount Vernon at 8, Oxon
Hill plays at Surrattsville at and
st. Anthony's faces its alumni at
8 at DeMatha. DeMatha plays
at Landon at $3.50.
Roosevelt snapped a five-game
losing streak with a double over
time, sudden-death 50-48 victory
over BladenSburg last night att
Bladensburg. The game was tied
at 45-45 when regulation time ex-
pired, and 48-48 after the first
overtime period. Bob Potts ended
the contest with a field goal after
Is seconds Of the Sudden-death
period. It was Roosevelt'S 18th
victory against those five losses.
TONES Defeat Friends.
st. Anthony's, loser only to st.
Johns and Tech, outscored Sid
well Friends, 87-70. at Friends.
Bob Hall scored 20 points and
Tom Cassidy, "A, to lead the
TONES. Marty Mochwart scored
n points for Friends.
Suitland and Chamberlain took
each other lightly for one half
yesterday, then both threw in
their first-stringers in a tight
contest won by Suitland. 1890.
The half ended deadlocked at
1916. Bob Lindsey put the Rams
in front, $3.50, and Butch Hamp-I
ton added a free throw with three
minutes to go. The Rams then
froze the bali the rest of the way.
Dick Smith led Suitland with IL
points, while Jack Ferrari led the
Volts with 8 points.
In other games yesterday.
Woodward defeated Falls Church.
1928; Charlotte Hall defeated
Gwynn Park, 54-S8: Armstrong
defeated Douglass Of Baltimore,
54-45, and Douglass Of Upper
Marlboro defeated Bel Alton,
64-25.