Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26
St. John S, Roosevelt
Choices Tomorrow
In Big School Games

st. JOINS ana GOnZaga Will
meet at 8::45 pm. tomorrow at
Ritchie Coliseum for the Met
ropolitan Catholic League bas-
ketball championship.
Georgetown Prep and st. An
thongs, flrst-round losers in the
league playo1Ts. will clash in a
consolation preliminary at 7,
The District Interhigh Divi-
sion I championships will get
under way at Z pm. tomorrow
at Tech. with Wilson facing
Tech in the first game and
Western meeting unbeaten
Roosevelt in the nightcap. The
winner will play for the title
at 8:15 Saturday night at Tech.
The Johnnies will be favorites
to whip Gonzaga and extend
their reign in Catholic high bas-
ketball to nine years. The league
itself is only four years old, but
the Johnnies were champions of
an unofficial league for four
years.
Eagles Are Dangerous.
The Eagles, though, are not
to be lightly regarded. They
upset ST. Anthony in the OPEN
ing round Monday and for the
last several weeks have been
playing some of the better
basketball in the area. Coach
Frank Gilmore, 23-year-old
George Washington University
law student, will bank chiefly on
Tucker Dunn and Walt Devlin
for scoring and Mike Williams,
Vince Sullivan and Ronnie Ben
nett under the boards.
Dunn and Devlin are a deadly
duo. Both can hit from outside
and close in.
Williams, 6-foot-4, 200-pound
football tackle, will be assigned
to guard Frank (Horse) Hard
ing, a 6-foot-412, 215-pound
football tackle and st. Johns top
scorer.
Ralph Hawkins, son Of the
Washington band leader, is one
of the better outside shots in
the area and also can drive in.
Harding, Hawkins. Bob Rusev-
lyan, John Frazier and Paul
DeMarco are expected to start
for the Johnnies.
Roosevelt Heavy Choice.
Roosevelt occupies a position
similar to St. Johns. The Riders,
unbeaten in Is games, are heavy
favorites to win the District in
terhigh title.
Western, surprise winner of a
playof berth, will count chiefly
on Jim Wexler for scoring, while
Frank Cohen also can be dan
gerous. But the Riders, with
one of the strongest teams in
the schools history and the best
since 1910, when they won the
Metropolitan Washington tour
nament and the Southern States
event at Durham, N. c.. are ex-
pected to have too much. Phil
Perlo and Bill Wright give the
Riders a top one-two scoring
punch, while Hal Pollin is a
hawk under the boards. Besides,
the Riders have an ample supply
of reserves.
Wilson is favored over Tech.
Led by Tonne Herzbrun, who
won by one point over Jim WEEK
Ter in the Interhigh regular
season scoring race, the Tigers
have lost only three games this
+ season-to st. Adams in an
early-season upset, Roosevelt
and st. Johns. Jim Robertson
and AL Hoblemann are Wilson's
other top scorers. Tech will
count on Don DeAtley and Bud
dy Brotzman, their two top
players all season, and Tony
DiChiacchio, former Catholic
Youth Organization standout,
who has become a big gun in
recent weeks.
Tomorrow nights bill is a re-
peat of a regularly-s scheduled
doubleheader at Tech January
30. On that night Herzbrun set
an Interhigh scoring record of
Al points in leading Wilson to
a 1851 victory over Tech. while
Roosevelt won over Western.