Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Game With 81. John S
Gives. Bethesda Five
Toughest Test Tonight

While Tech and Gonzaga are
trying to hang on to the first
place positions in the Interhigh
and Catholic Leagues today. Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase. already i
we'll out ahead in the Maryland |
Bi-County standings. has the OPP /
portunity to improve its reputa-
ton considerably when the Bar
ons are host to powerful St.
Johns in montague game at
8 ON.
This is rated the biggest OBJ
stacle on bees schedule, which
the Barons have negotiated so
far with IL victories in Is
chances. B-CC has not clinched
the Bi-County championship yet
out it has proved it's dominance
by winning all four tests and by
holding a full two-game lead
over Montgomery Blair and
Bladensburg. The Barons' losses
were at the hands of Hagers-
town, which they beat by Is
points in a return engagement,
and Tech, which was beaten by
st, Johns before Christmas.
Cadets Win IL of IA.
st. Johns record is only slight
ly worse and it was accom-
plished against tougher opposi-
ton than that faced by B-CC. |
The Cadets have won IL of IA so
far one of the losses being an
upset by Carroll in a Catholic |
League game. one at the hands |
Of Georgetown UniverSity'S |
freshman team and the other to |
Calvert Hall of Baltimore.
In Smattering of afternoon
activity, Anacostia is fighting
to take over first place from
Tech in the Interhigh League in
the first game of a double
header at Tech. starting at BIS.
Chamberlain and Coolidge, pres
emily tied for sixth, meet in the
second game.
The evening double header at
Tech. scheduled to begin at 7:3O
o'clock, finds Eastern facing Bell
and Roosevelt taking on Wilson,
in that order. All have a mathe- |
NAUTICAL chance for the playoffs
at the end of the month.
GOnzaga Meets PriOry.
Gonzaga, tied with St. An
thony for the lead in the Cath
olic League. can move ahead
temporarily by disposing of
Priory in the Carroll gym at
$3.50 pm. A 7 o'clock game at |
Carroll should result in the host
team beating Georgetown Prep
without trouble.
Elsewhere on the 28-game |
schedule today. Blair and Bla-
densburg will try to move up |
on B-CC in the Bi-County |
standing when they take on
Northwestern and Suitland, re-
spectiyely. Dunbar is favored to
knock off arch-rival Armstrong
for the second time this season
in a Division II double-header |
at Spingarn tonight. Washing |
ton-Lee should have little |
trouble at Fairfax in a Northern |
Virginia Group I meeting. |
George Mason is host to Kern
don in a Group II game. In
irInce Georges County Glass B
games. Oxon Hill is at Frederick
Gasscer and Laurel travels to
GWynn Park.
Redhead Mort Boyd, Episcopal |
High football player, turned his |
talents to basketball this season
and yesterday set an individual |
school scoring record as Episco-
pal swamped st. Adams, 1894, |
at Episcopal.
Scores IS Points.
Boyd, a senior, scored IS points |
to break the old mark of 90 set |
by Charles Gamble in 1850. |
Gamble is a senior center with |
the University of Virginia team. |
1t was Episcopals sixth victory
in nine starts.
Using its height to advantage,
George Washington Highs bas-
ketban team won its eighth game
in II starts. defeating Eastern,
1851. at Eastern. Doug Yates
with Is points was high for CIV,
but the games top scorer was
Gene Brown of Eastern who to-
tailed "a.
Landon. one of the better scho-
lastlc teams in the area, took it's
10th game in 10 starts with
$3.50 rout of Georgetown Prep
at Landon. Paul Kern with 10
points and Howard Phelan with
II led the Bears attack.
st. Johns jayvees, paced by
Angelo Marini's IA points, edged
Coolidge jayvees, 57-55. at
Coolidge.
The schedule:
Today
AnacoStia at Tech, 3:l5
Chamberlain VS.. Coolidge at Tech. g.
Eastern vs. Bell at Tech, TO
Roosevelt VS.. Wilson at Tech. O.
Armstrong VS.. Dunbar at@Spingern.A o. |
Gonzaga VS.. Priory at Carroll, $40!
NorthWeStern VS. MONTGOMERY Blair at
Takoma JHS. T.
BladenSburg at Suitland z.
Washington-Lee at Fairfax T.
Herndon at George Mason, g.
Western at DeMatha, g.
CardoZo VS.. Carver in Baltimore 3:15
st. Johns at Bethesda-Che Chase |
SIS.
Mount Vernon w at Wakefield. 8.
Peabody at Parker-Gray
Johnson-William at Hoffman Boston, 3. |
Richard MONTGOMERY at Sherwood, 7. |
Damascus at Gaithersburg. T.
Middletown at Poolesville. 7:30.
Oxon Hill at Frederick Sasscer. 100 /
Laurel at Gwynn Park. 1880.
Margaret Brent at Lsckey, 7:30
Fairmont Heights at Sellers Point, g.
Friends at Morristown IN. j.
Friends E.
st. Stephens at Woodward Prep. 3:15.
Bulls vs. Wilson Teachers w at AU
6:45.
Tomorrow.
Woodward Prep at George Mason. T.
ChFiStOnhpr'S at Eni