(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Feb. 9, 1947 edition of the Sunday Dispatch.)

Champions of the first half of the Catholic League and tied with St. Nicholas High School of Wilkes-Barre for second place in the second half of that loop, St. John’s High School basketball team will be gunning for its second in three starts next Tuesday night in the Kingston Armory when the Johnnies will meet Marymount.

A double-header has been arranged for Tuesday night with St. Mary’s and St. Nicholas playing at 7:30. St. John’s and Marymount will provide the second encounter at 8:45.

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