The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
MANUAL TRAINERS
DEFEATED BY BLUE
| And WHITE QUINT
Eastern Falls Before the
|. Stenographers by !
/. 16-to-13 Count.

OVerconndence and lack OF hight |
hg spirit win cause Central High |
5ts Of trouble before the Blue and
White losers freeze" the high |
school basketball championship. |
These outstanding flaws in an 9TH |
srwise almost perfect scholastic |
basketball club were brought to
light yesterday when Central High |
had to extend itself to the limit to
turn back Tech. IS to IS. in a
gruelling game on the Coliseum
floor. In the other game Business
beat Eastern 16 to -.
Central won the game through
Techs weird passing In the first
twenty minutes of scrimmage when
the Mt Pleasant~huskies got away
to 1s-to-s bulge. shutting out the
light. but game Tech five from the
field. This 10-point advantage de-
cidsd the game. as Central "loafed"
for the first few minutes of the
second half while Tech. displaying
the ''never-say-die spirit" gave thei
frenzied rooters a chance to shake
the roof OF the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. arena by producing a rally that
eventually put them In the lead.
Pure grit turned the tide for
Tech. What they lacked in pound
age they made up in. their game
ness. but played themselves out in
putting over their squirt They had
no reserve strength to check Gen.
trail when Coach Collihower's
brawny aggregation finally realized
that they were facing a laclng.
Even though Central is not quite
so good as the Mt. Pleasant sup
porters would have the other clubs
believe, still they had enough in
reserve to pun the game out of the
fire in the dying minutes.
Aubinoe In LlmeIIght.
For their showing yesterday Tech
must thank little Aubinoe. Supplee
and Shanks- This trio forms the
foundation of Coach Apples team.
for there is little more to the quin-
tet than these three. Little Au-
binoe is too small to stand the
Eaf." Not that he Is not game.
as he possesses more fighting spirit
than nine-tenths OF the average
athletes. In yesterdays exhibition
Shanks convinced the spectators
that he stands head and shoulders
over any floor guard in the league.
He received little or no assistance.
fer the two players who attempted
tte role Of the stationary or bacx'
guard both appeared to be shackleJ
to the floor. Fortunately for Tech.
Shanks was able to get down to
the bsckfeld in time to prevent
Central from piling up two more
pointers
1t would be unfair to Supplee not
10 give him credit for his/briiliant
exhibition. This lanky youth Is a
scholastic star of the first rank.
He was all over the floor. and time
L
Aubinoe in injecting fight into the
others. But Supplee was pitted
against n wizard in McFadden. the
Central floor director. McFadden
is cool under fire, and his ability
to call the turn in the closing min
utes was a factor in Centrals VIC
tory. when it looked as though the
others were ready to quit Dey and
Johnson also showed good form for
Central.
Observation-Disclosures Close.
As was expected. the Eastern
Business tilt was closely contested.
Business failed to display the same
form showed the other afternoon
against Tech. The quintet was off
in its passing and the teamwork
lacked polish. Business held Guyons
team too cheaply. especially in the
final half, when they were outpoint-
ed to !.
The basketball scraps yesterday
were tame compared to the mad
scramble for seats or points in the
hall affording a place to watch the
game. After the western-B Business
battle. which was the opener. the
crowd on one end of the floor
surged out into the playing court.
The pack refused to bulge an inch
until coaches and oficials pleaded
with the young rooters to move
backs This held up the Central
Tech fuss for almost an hour and
the athletes were still battling at
s o'clock.
Central got the jump on the
Manual Trainers when Birthright
dropped in a near one. Shanks. OF
Tech. Gagged his first free try and
after McFadden. OF Central. missed
his. Shanks made two more to put
Tech in the lead. Techs lead was
short-lived. McFadden making good
in both his next two tries. Shanks
missed his fourth attempt. but
made good in his fifth. McFadden
failed again, to find the teams tied
at tall at the quarter. Tech had
failed to score from scrimmage
during the period.
Central Takes Lead.
McFadden melted a free try and
Buckley and Dey counted from the
floor in succession to give Central
a commanding lead. Shanks drop
ped In one from the 15-foot mark.
only to have Central come right
back with five points on baskets
BY Dey and Birttright and another
free toss. Shanks again scored for
Tech on a foul. but Dey netted his
third two-pointer of the session.
The period ended after Shanks had
missed twice on free attempts.
Tech had again failed to score
from scrfmmage during an entire
period. adding hut two points to
its total. while Central was netting
lead at the half. Central had COM
session. the latter team having but
few chances to count and these
being all hurried by, close guarding.
Dey showed himself particularly
adept at shaking himself free and
getting in position to shoot. Two
OF his three counters. were Of the
long variety.
The third quarter told an entirely
different story. After one minute
and twenty seconds q playing time,
Mccormick. OF Tech9 scored his
teams first basket from the floor.
Tech had been held scoreless from
J the court for over twenry-one min.