Evening star., 1954-01-07
Ambitious Volts Face
Roosevelt Tomorrow
In Interhigh Feature

Tech opening the league basket
ball season. The first game,
starting at 3:15. will pit Bell
against Western.
Two league games will be
played tomorrow night. also at
Tech. Anacostia will meet Will
son. defending champion. in the
first at 1880 and Coolidge will
oppose Tech in the second.
Tomorrow also will witness
opening play in Division II of the
league. Phelps will play Spingarn
at 7:30 pm. and Armstrong; de-
Tending champion. will meet
Cardozo in the nightcap. both
games at Spingarn.
Chamberlain Ambitious.
The Chamberlain Roosevelt
game shapes up as the most in
teresting of the four at Tech
tomorrow. The Volts, who have
averaged nearly so points a
game in winning over Priory,
DeMatha, Landon, Suitland, st.
Mary's of Annapolis. OXon Hill
and SurrattSville, can no longer
be considered the patsies of the
league. In fact, the team is
thinking strongly in terms of
making the playoffs and even
winning the championship, for
the first time in the 15-year
history of the school.
This is a we'll balanced, expe-
tlenced team with strong de-
sire to win," Coach Ed Crawford
says. Last year we held leads
in a number of games only to
lose out in the last few minutes.
This season we've gotten off to
a winning start and the spirit of
the boys is high. We figure to
lose sometime, maybe several
times in league play. but the
team no longer goes out on the
floor with that idea. The other
team has to beat u.s."
Have Outside Experience.
The balance and experience Of
the Volts come from four vet
erans Of last years squad plus
several newcomers, nearly all of
whom have had basketball train
ing with Catholic Youth Organi-
zation or Boys Club teams.
Crawford probably will start
Russ Williams, 5-foot-11 and an
honorable mention selection on
last years All-High team: Bill
Rice, 5-foot-8; George Haffer-
man, 6-foot-1; Gene White, g.
foot-4, and Dudley Holtz, s.
foot-3, a transfer STUDENT from
Tech. Also expected to see ac-
ton are Don Fugel, Phil Wade,
Bill Tallant. Ron Stephens,
Buddy Burkhead and Mike Pom
ton.
Roosevelt. despite it's overtime
loss to Gonzaga and without the
service Of All-High Phil Perlo
who has an injured ankle, has
possibilities of another winning
team. In Dick Preziotti, Larry
Stearman. Kenny Erickson, Ed
Grant and Joe Gregory, as likely
starters. backed by AL Mele and
Demetrie Koutras, Coach Gabe
Ferazzi may have the makings
of team that again will make
the playoffs.
The Catholic and Maryland
Bi-County Leagues will also open
league play tomorrow. st. An
thony. Metropolitan champion.
will play Georgetown Prep at Z
pm. followed by Priory against
Carroll, both games at Carroll,
In the Catholic League.
Montgomery Blair, Maryland
State champion the last two
years. will play Northwestern at
Northwestern at 7 pm. and
Suitland will meet Bladensburg
at Bladensburg at 7:30 pm. in
Maryland Bi County League
openers.
st. Johns Wins Uphill.
st. Johns, after failing to get
a field goal in the first quarter
and only three in the first half,
pulled itself together in the final
period to gain a 48-40 victory
over Anacostia yesterday at
American University. Bob Ru-
sevlyan of st. Johns and Zeke
Zirkle of AnacoStia, each with
IA points, were high for their
teams.
Sidwell Friends won its third
game in four in defeating Boys
Latin of Baltimore. 70-46, at
Friends. Bill Kerr led the
Friends attack with 18 points.
In other games yesterday, Arm
strong was nosed out in the last
few seconds by Douglass of Bal
timore at Baltimore, 50-49:
Dunbar. paced by Warren Will
liams' 81 points, defeated Dun
bar of Baltimore, $3.50; Freddie
Gaskins scored 18 points in lead
ing Cardozo to a 59-46 victory
over Carver of Baltimore. and
the George Washington jayvees
defeated GonZaga jayvees, 62-53.
The schedule for the re-
mainder of the week:
Today.
Bulls at Coolidge, $40.
Tomorrow.
Dunbar at Fairmont Heights. l.
Bell VS.. western at Tech, 3:l5.
Friends at Richard Montgomery, $3.50.
Chamberlain VS.. Roosevelt at Tech,
4:45.
Laurel at Frederick Sasscer, z.
Glen Burnie at Lackey. Z.
Wakefield at Washington-Lee jayVeeA,
Gaithersburg at Damascus, 7.
St. Anthony VS.. Georgetown Prep AZ
Oxon Hill at Surrattsvile. 2:30.
Charlotte Hall at Sherwood, 7:15.
Anacostia VS.. Wilson at Tech, 1880.
Phelps a. Spingarn, 7:30.
George Mason at NokeSville, 7:3O.
Suitland at Bladensburg, 7:3O.
Montgomery Blair at Northwestern. =.
Mackin VS.. Capitol Pages at Wilson
Poolesville at Maryland School for
St. Stephens at Herndon. g,
Thomas Jefferson of Richmond at
George Washington, 8.
Mount Vernon at Fairfax; &
Bethesda Chevy Chase at De Matha, 8.
Eastern at Washington-Lee. 8.
Coolidge at Tech, S;45.
Priory at Carroll, 8:45.
Armstrong VS.. Cardozs At Spingarn,
Saturday.
Columbian Prem at George Washing.