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With two teams tied for firat place and the remaining four teanis within three games of the. leaders, tht Recre- ation- board's "A" Basketball league for men is entering its final round of playý next Wednesday evening with six teams still, in the running for tht leagu hampinhp Tht' twe first plc eis -are the State Bank andi C. S. teams, both of which have won. six. games andi lost three. Tht Masters by. virtue of, their defeat b Iy tht State Bank last Wednesday, evtning,, Fébruar 4,have four, defeats and only. five games won. to their credit, while Hoffman, Florists just reverse these figures with ýfour' victories and five, defeats. At tht bottoi of the list of tearn standings are the Metho- dist andi Wilmette Battery teans, both with three victeries andi six defeats. So1.1er Làeupe However, recreation officiais state- that tht present team standings are ne indications of the final 'status of tht teams concerneti since three' of tht teains are augmenting their rosteri with stars from other teams andi by. next Wednesday evening these new players will have compieteti their terin of waiting from thet ture their applications to join the teains were fiieti and the two weeks' delay before tbey are eligible. te play. In addi- tionl tht State Bank teain "ciicked" for tht first tinie this season in its gaine with the Masters last Wednes- day andi by these signs, the recrea- tion officia1s feel'saf e in saying thati it is anybody's leagut now. In last week's. games the first ganie between the C S. and a pick-up team of Methodists endeti 20 to 13 in favor of the C. S. Fritz Heitinan andi Russ Horn were high point men for the gaine, each scering six points for the C. S. team. Ed Hill of tht Mèthodists hati four :Points to his credit. Hern of the C. S. teain is deveieping from a pureiy defensive man te a scoring threat. Stat. .DBank Wh atTuda to play Park om of titis wet 8 ».m. Won ard gymi 9:15 .M Kalrnesi nasium. klckbail league. ýn. Howard gyvm- I Frlday, Februery 23 3:30 p.m. Boys' basketball leagune. WiI- mette vs. -Éoeot Park. At Forest Park. 5 p.mf. Girl'a.g3rinnai.iufficla;s. Howard gymnasiumn 7 p.m. Men'u basketbail. North. Shore league. Cayr-Leen* vs. Huiff Boliers. Howard gymnasium. 8 pzu. Men's basketball. North Shore. 1eague. ioffmTann Florasts ve. Dort Baxter company. Howard gykxnaoiumn 9 p.m. MensB basketball., North $hor6e leagué * Greenleaf. Cab company vs.. Smith's 'Stars. Howard gymnastuni. gaturday, February 24 9 am Gil'baske tb&ill practice. Stolp Nonday, February 08 7 p.m. Girls' basketball practice. Stolp ,gytnnasium 7 :30 pam. Glirl' bai;ketball. Y. P. C. vs C. D. Aj. Stolp gymnasium 7:30 P.M. Mensa volleyball. Baptiat V. Methodiat. Howa.rd gymnasium. 17:30 ».m. Men's volleybg.ll. Y. P. C. vs. Howad P.'r.A.. Howard gymnasùn. 7:30 p.m. J3oxlng and wrestling. Howard gymnasium. 8:;15 p.m. Girls' basketball. Brownies vs. Stolle. Stolp gymnasiuun. 8:30 pa.. Men's volleyba.ll. Seddon vs. Hoffmann Florists. Howr yngl 9 pm. Girls' baasketball. Kudas vs.-.Poly- woggles. Sto1p gymnasium. Tues4ay, February 27 7 p.m. Men's baoketball, -'" league. Winbergs vs. Hoffmann Florst. Hioward gyminaslum. 8 p.m. Men's baslçetball. "B" league. Y., Y. C. vs. St. Francis. Howa.rd gym- nasium. 9 p.m. Men's basketball. "B" league. Hornetis vs. WIlmette Confectionery. Hlowa.rd gymnasium. Wedaesday, February 28 7 p.ni. Men's basketbal.iL"A" league. Methodist vs. C. S. Howard g3rmhai- 7 pn Men's baaketba.ll. "'C" league. HIL Chas vs. Twinters, Stolp gymnnasi- 8 p.m. es'abasketball-. .A",league. HoMiann Floroiista. vs.; St. Francis.- Howard g ymnao1u*TO. 8 p.m. Men's basketball. **C" league. St. Francis vs. Crickets. Stolp gyninasi- uni. 9 jin. Men's basketball. "A" league. taeBar& vs. Wilhnette Battery. Honwmad iznni~um îýg;VsI physical training prograni are to be shown during the demonstratiens. Boys andi girls of the seventh and eighth grades wiIl have their own demonstration as will those 'of tht fif th andi sixthgrades. A thirîddem- onÉtration will .be given by thtepupiS of tht second, third, and, fourth grades. (ce Rinik Attendance Sets New Record Here A, marked increase' in.tht num- bers using tht ice skating. pond was noteti this year according to tht fig- ursreleaseti by thét Wilmette Play.-' %ground and' Recreation board. Tht total this year'was ,43,850 -on tht ont skating pond as a marked centrast to last year's total of 40,050 for two skating ..ponds. T here Were twenty days o f1. skat- ing in ail as compartd with seventeen, last year. Howevér, tht wveather, on tht whoe, was much more conducive te skating this year andi, although tht Recreation board founti it impossible te finance 'More than ont pend this year, tht 1933-34 season showed a greater attendance figure than tht year before. Tht ice skating report has steati- .iiy dropped ini numbers since 1928 whtn there was à total of fifty-sevtn days of skating andi tht grand total of skaters that year was 79,165, on the twe ponds eperateti by the board. Since that tinie the winters have becomne milder andi it lias been im- possible. te reach that peak. of at- tendance ini later years. Cost of maintenance of the ice. .pond this .year was matie possible through the use ef Public Welfare workers paiti by tht Ge.vernment and a crew of tweivé. men w ere- useti steadiy threugheut tht stasen. Offer Basketball Lessons for Girls anescay iast 1 i OLuggle .1118 8a5U çampio: ihote. Dr. M which carrnes with it a 14 J at the meet-j for the winning teuinm m ýe *ayers. teain will play the otites For the turne b eing, Greenleaf Cab com~pany's basketball teain is the vic- tor in the first round of Wilmette's .North Shore Basketball league for Men. The "«for the ti1ne being" phrase is included because Lynami. Texacos, whom the Cabbies, defeated iast Fr1- day evening ini the. Second evertime period, haveprtsd the gamne. The Lynap -teami bases its protest on a referee's decision and tht' inte r- pretation of a ruling in the officiai baskétbaii1 rulebook. Hiowever, until the protest is..ruled upen and a de- cision handed down one way or an 1- other, the Greenitaf Cabmen are irst round chamnpions of the Playground and Recreation..board's North Shore Basketball Itague for mlen. Ioi:Siemtific Affair In the meantime, whethe r the pro- test is sustained or net,' Daniel M. Davis,. director of recréation, and bis staff assistants have gone on1 record as saying that' tht gaine was the most scientifically fought and tht most inttresting to watch of any gaine ever played in the leagut or under thé supervision of the board. Tht final score was 22 to 18. Tht Lynam boys led tht garne titi weil in the fourth quarter when Russ Horn, the Texaco's. lanky center, was re- moved froin the game after four per- sonal fouis. After that the Cabbies were able to tie the score* before the final whistie biew leaving tht score tied 16 to 16 at the end of tht gatne. In the first evertime period each team scored a basket and that pe-, riod ended with the score 18 to 18. Another overtime period was played witb tht Greenleaf Cabs scering two baskets and at the same ime hold;- ing their epponents scorcless for the. entire period,.which ended tht game 22 te 18.7 Tht décision over which tht' prtest arese occurred during the latter part of, tht fourth quarter and concerned a basket that was called illegal by the umpires. gai3lc ha PtcJI puSi- be. played o;p ta:ithe' ktckbaii rs Each poned 10s thi lus once next weeck.