Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

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INTERROGATION teams In
each division make the playoffs.
Armstrong and Spingarn Of the
East Division should get In with
out too much strain. Likewise.
Cardozo and Dunbar In the West
Division.
To take the East Division first.
the remaining teams left to battle
III out would be Anacostia, Phelps.
Chamberlain, Eastern and Tech.
Tech. repeatedly without Den
mis- Torboli for part Of the sea-
son, could be hurting. Eastern
and Chamberlain both are hand
icapped by lack Of size. despite
good shooters and playmakers In
Jim Pratt of the Ramblers and
Bill Tallant Of the Volts.
That leaves Phelps and Ana
costa, The Tradesmen won their
opener last Saturday without
Ben Marley, 6-foot-5 center.
Should Marley break into the
lineup. Phelps would have a
starting five averaging about
6-foot-4. Such height would be
hard to combat in a fight under
the boards.
The Indians have q fairly
balanced team and one that
could be troublesome at times If
Calvin Knott gets any help from
his teammates.
Conceding Catdozo and Dunbar
spots In the West Division leaves
Wilson. Roosevelt, Coolidge,
Western and Bell.
Bell and Western, hluntly, Just
don't have enough to be given
serious consideration. Coolidge,
conceivably. could muscle in but
losing Jack Silas next month via
graduation might f1nd the Colts
houndering.
Roosevelt and Wilson, thus get
in, the Riders on the strength of
Hal Burke and Demetre Koutras
and Wilson on Lew Luce and
Pete Abbott.
MARYLAND BI-COUNTY -
Indications point to more Of q
scrap than among the Inter-
highs. There Is no playod.
High Point. supposedly minus
q couple Of key players. may be
done as far as league COMPETE
ton Is concerned. Suitland
doesn't appear to have enough
all-around strength. Bladens-
burg is a threat and Bethesda
Chevy Chase, with q veteran
team. could 60 all the way II the
Barons decide to play as a unit.
But the two teams that most
likely will decide the issue are
Montgomery Blair, defending
champion. and Northwestern.
The Blazers are going to be hard
to dislodge as champions but
this corner thinks Northwest
ern's Wildcats can do 1t.
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA -
Once again 1t looks like the
winner will come from the two
old standbys. Washington-Lee
and George Washington, cham
pion and runnerup last year.
This season. two teams have
been added, Wakefield and An
Mandate. to make 1t a seven
team league. 1t has made for
interesting games, but the new
corners, along with veterans
Falls Church, Fairfax and Mount
Vernon, viii be on the sidelines
when the State tournament
starts at Richmond in March.
The league winner and run
neriip will represent the North
ern District In the tournament
and unless all signs fail that
would be George Washington
and Washington-Lee, In that
order.
CATHOLIC-The league is
split this year into two divisions
for the FIRST time as q means Of
finding balance. In Division !
is st. Johns, Gonzaga and Car
roll. DeMatha, Mackin. George
town Prep, Priory and st. An
thony make up Division II.
Unless there is q complete COL
lapse. which doesn't seem likely,
st. Johns and DeMatha should
head their respective divisions.
The most serious threats are
GonZaga In Division and
Mackin in Division II.
Should st. Johns and De-
Malta wind UP in the title game.
the Cadets are liked here to re-
peat as champion.
The seasons first rating list
finds four teams from the Inter-
high League and two each from
the Catholic and Northern Vir-
ginia Leagues in the top 10.
RATING LIST
1. st. Johns go.