Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
WI High May Top
Field in Met After
Setting Up Grown

OeIlIIlg up IIUWn
Barring upsets py Falls Church
tonight and Fairfax Saturday
night. Washington Lee High IS
the Northern Virginia basketball
champion.
The Generals won their 18th
straight game and fifth league
victory against one loss by de-
feating Mount Vernon. 1884. at
WI last night.
Westinghouse plays Falls
Church (2-5) at 8 o'clock to-
night and Fairfax O-0 at 3
o'clock Saturday night. Both
games are at WI. The Gen.
erals are expected to finish with
a I'll record. while George Wash
ington (6-O and Mount Vernon
$50 have finished league play
WI has one non-league game,
at Northwestern Friday night.
WaShington-Lee will probably
be rated at or near the top in
pairings for the Metropolitan
Tournament next week at WI.
The Generals last won the tour
nament in 1912.
Size Makes Difference.
"These boys aren't as fast as
last years squad but they're
bigger and the size has made
considerable difference" Coach
John Rothrock said. I'VE didn't
have Bill Carr. a regular last
year, until the second semester
started. His all-around play has
been a big factor in our winning
streak"
Both teams used a zone de-
Tense effectively throughout most
of the game last night. WI
held a 9-3 first-quarter lead and
1913 margin at half-time.
The Generals opened up a wider
lead in the third quarter. despite
the side-court shooting of Mount
Vernon's Bill Edmondson, and
held on for the remainder of the
game. Carr was high for WI
with 10 points. Edmondson was
the nights top scorer with %.
Meanwhile, Falls Church,
paced by Roger Strautmann's Is
points, defeated Fairfax, 69-67.
Mike Woodbury. had 81 and Dur
wood Register 19 points for
Fairfax.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase finished
its Maryland Bi-County League
season undefeated in eight games
with a 1854 victory over Bla-
densburg. John Cornelius. with
10 points, paced the Barons to
their 18th win in 10 starts. In
another league game, Dick Brown
hit for 20 points to lead Mont
gomery Blair to a 60-48 victory
over Suitland. Ronnie Crowns
II points was high for Suitland.
Baylor Hits for As.
Elgin Baylor of Spingarn per-
sonally took care of Armstrong
yesterday, scoring As points as
his team defeated the Division
II defending champions, 72-44.
Spingarn and Baylor wound up
league play with flourish. The
team went unbeaten in eight
league games and now has an
overall record of 1872. Baylor
finished with 900 points for the
eight games-an average of 1868
points a game.
In other games Damascus won
the Montgomery County Class B
championship with a 50-43 VIC
tory over Sherwood, Gathers
burg defeated Poolesville. 61-58.
and Landon won its 18th game
in 10 starts, 1898, over Richard
Montgomery.
Northwestern defeated Arun-
del. 1910; Parker-G Gray defeated
Manassas, 50-34; Frederick Sas-
seer edged Surrattsville, $3.50,
and ST. Stephens defeated Oxon
Hill, 1929.
Cardozo walloped Fairmont
Heights, 80-48; Wakefield de-
feated George Washington High
jayvees, 50-48; Landon jayvees
won over Longfellow School.
24-20, and Friends eighth-grade
team defeated Junior team of
st. Adams, 32-17.
This weeks schedule:
Today.
ST. Anthony VS., Gonzaga at Carroll 8.
Pals Church at Wasnington-Lee, 8.
ST Adams at Friends. $3.50.
DeMatha VS.. St. Mary's in Annapo-
Tech at Episcopal, $50.
DUNBAR at Baltimore. Dunbar. 3.
Herndon at Stuyvesant.
Sellers Point at Fairmont Heights. 1.
Tomorrow.
Laurel at Suitland. $40.
Washington-Lee w at Wakefield, 4.
Parker-Gray at Spingarn. 4.
P nD T g. Hoffman nj f gSSton washington
Freshmen at CIV. 4.
FRIDAY.
Interhigh playoffs at Tech. 7:30.
Catholic plsyofs at Ritchie Coliseum.
Sanford at st. Adams. $40.
Mount Vernon at woodward Prep,
Fairfax at Quantico. 8.
Washington-Lee at Northwestern. z.
MONTGOMERY Blair at Frederick. =.
Gaithersburg a Bethesda-Chevy Chase,
$3.50
Surrattsville at Priory,
Richard Montgomery VS.. Faculty.
Sherwod al Charlotte. Hall MA. 7:1o.
Damascus at Walkerville, 7:3U.
PoolesviIIe st Middletown. $50.
Frederick Sasscer at LaPlata, 2.
Calvert at Lackey, s.
Alumni at Landon, 3.
Columbian Prep at Navy Plebes 4.
St. Stenhen at Norfolk Academy 3.
Parker-Gray VS.. Peabody at Petersburg |
HOFFMAN Boston Ia Spingarn, 3.
Saturday.
InterhiRh championships ut Tech, |
Mount Vernon VS.. Newport News at |
W. ,atox 81 washinrton-Iee $50