The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
WESTERN TOSSERS
DOUBLECENTRAL'S
SCORE In CAGE tilt
Argument Over Coaches
Features Battle in
Coliseum.
By r. NJ. HELGEsEN.

Running up the largest count yet
hung up in the siocsl scholastic
championship basketball series,
Western defeated Central by a ~
to-2l score yesterday afternoon on
the Coliseum floor. The Red and
White tossers now cannot be dis
lodged from second place during
the first half Of the series, which
ends Friday.
The game was a typical Western
Central battle - replete with fes-
lures, chief among which was the
beautiful argument staged by the
opposing coaches and faculty ad-
visers, who fused and fumed and
chartered between halves and mar
aged to hold UP the game for twen-
ty minutes, which 70 the student
mob seemed more like that num-
Der of hours.
The entire argument hinged
around the question, Who shall be
umpire, and who shall referee in
the second half?
Fuller had refereed the FIRST half,
and Schlosser he'd acted as Um-
pire. When time came for the sec
ond period to start Westerns coach
insisted that the two ofhcisis
change places. "as per our agree
ment before the game"
Metzler, the Blue and White men
| tor, backed by Robert L Maurer,
| principal Of Central, and his fac
ulty advisers failed to agree with
| the Red and White coach and de-
Clared that II the onicisls exchsnE-
ed places during the second half he
would remove his team from the
floor
Both sides were right" OF
course.
Both sides were standing by their
pre-game agreement Absolutely.
And, as is always the case where
everyone is in on the argument and
their is no one left to decide the
case, both sides tried 90 blun Il
through.
Eventually. however. Westerns
coach gave in, under protest" In
order TO allow the game to pro-
| coed. Which Il did with the ofbcisls
as they were during the FIRST half.
Central scored the first point Of
the game, foul goal by Lemon in
the first forty seconds Of play. And
that was the only score they were
able TO get in the first quarter while
Western was ringing up four neld
goals.
The Blue and White came rirb,
back in the second quarter and
nearly evened the count before their
opponents got started. The period
ended. however. II TO 3, in favor
Of the Westerners
At the end Of the ten-minuts
sponging of period between halves
both teams were on the floor and
ready to go but were held up by tn.
aforementioned argument.
However, they finally got started
and again the Blue and White lad,
flashed an attack that brought then
within two points Of the across-t6e,
Icreek boys. Western then rot
started and Burke, Consrd and JefT.
ress showed some Of the prettiest
passing seen in the series thus far
| putting their team in the lead Al
the end Of the quarter 70 to II.
As the last quarter started IL wa.
evident that the Blue and Whit,
t0ssers had little chance to win q.
Western stepped out and walked
away. getting goal after goal. mos
Of them on long difficult shots.
Consrd, Westerns star guard
showed some OF the cleverest vorl
in the series yesterday. With JET
freSs. the diminUtive forward. ~
flashed q passing and shooting at
tack that Metzler's proteges foun,
impossible to stop. with Burk
feeding these two boys IL was onIl
a question Of how many points they
would ring up before the whist,
blew. Central absolutely failed q
stop them.
Morgan. and McFadden were tn
} individual Central stars. Both playe,
Cleverly; both found il almost i'm
possible TO get through the Red an,
Whites defense. Lineup and sum
mary:
Western. Positions. Central.
Burke .........L L. F....... Lemor
Jchress .......R. F...... Wake
Nicholson ....Center........ De,
Conard ........ l. G........ Dun,
Wright ........R. G..... MorEsl
Substitutions-McFadden for Duf
fy. Zalssk. for McFadden, McFsdder