The Washington herald., 1922-02-15

Central -. o I.eee
bssiness 4 500
snfcsL.- 3 so
western 3 .37s
Eastern. 49,. 2 -2ss
Just to prove that they were not
absolute failures for the season.
Eastern Highs bssketers YESTERDAY
toppled Tech from second place IN
inc league and won their last rame
OF the season. 23 to IL. at the COLT
scum Coach Guyon's boys exhibit
ed more team play than at any
other time this season and headed
TAch all the way.
In the ether game, on the Central
nigh floor. Business defeated West
ern.' 2s to IL. thereby clinching sec
ond place in the final standing Of
the teams.
Poor condition seemed to play a
leading role in Techs downfall, for
not one Of the lads had any too
much pep and speed. The forwards
particularly were off-color and not
a basket was contributed by them.
luke suppiee. though he dropped in
three baskets. was not allowed TO
so the route and was twice re-
placed by Rhees.
o'Dea In Fern.
Joe oDea. Eastern's big center.
was In form and helped his mates
considerably by passing well. His
basket total was only one. but he
constantly gave the ball TO Hook
and Roudabush when they neared
the blackboard. For the first time
during the series. the Eastern for
wards accounted for q large portion
OF the teams points. Hook. a re-
cent addition to the varsity. hit the
insids OF the rim three times and
Roudabush put two beautiful long
shots In.
toss. Eastern took the lead through
RoudaSush's peg and was never
headed or evsq hard pushed. Hook
was on the heels OF Roudabush with
a Z-pointer and then Roudabush
followed with one from the middle
Of the floor.
Tech was held to one field goal in
the first half and Supplee looped
that one. Shanks and House were
able to add but three poinIs on
seven free shots and Eastern led at
half time. IL to 6.
Tech Stages Conebaek.
As usual, Tech staged a fine come
back at the beginning Of the second
half. Supplee and Shanks quickly
added four points before Eastern
counted. but Hook came through
with a basket and oDez widened the
margin by steady work at the free
lire. He gave the Light Blue and
white eleven points from sixteen
chances at the foul line. On the
other side. House Shanks. Rhees and
Hsrwood were doing poorly, making
ave out OF sixteen shots.
Hooks playing looked better than
that of any forward Coach Guyon
has tried out in the series. He was
mewhst too close a guard. but
was always after his man and the
ball. Wood substitute guard for
Tech, gave a good impression while
in the game and bstted in a basket
Eastern. Pos. Tech.
Hook .....I. F..... Aubinoe
Eoudabush ....R F....... oueseda
o'Dea Center. Supplee
Cardwell ....I l.. C..... House
Lehnert .R. G.... Shanks
Substitutions: Dornin for Rouds-
bush, Besvens for Shanks. Rhees for
cuppIce. SndUhs NhOi-
noe for Shanks. Supplee for Rhees.
Price for Aubinoe. Harwood for
Queseda, BeaVens for House. House
for suppIee. Wood for Shanks. Goals
from court: Hook. 3: Roudabush. 2:
o'Dea. /: Supplee. ;; Shanks, l. Free
tosses: O'Dea. II out OF 1s: Shsnks,
l out of 6; House, 2 out OF 5: Har.
wood. 1 out OF (: Rhees. missed l.
Referee. Bryan Morse. Umpire. Earl
Fuller. Time Of periods. 10 minutes.
steness show Well.
A neat reversal of form was
shown in the Business-Western
game at Central High. When these
two schools met in the first round
of play in the scholastic series.
western won by 2e-to-lS score.
Yesterday. the Stenogrsphers turned
the tables to win by almost the
same score, &c TO l..
The bows from across the creek
covered just as much ground as
usual. but bad passing lost them
many chance to bring the ball
within shooting distance. Time
after time they passed the ball di-
rectly to an opponent. They played
their usual good defensive game.
too. holding the Businessites to nve
baskets from scrimmaSe. three OF
these being contributed by the
lanky Sincell. One OF these three
was the feature shot OF the game,
q parabola from midcourt.
The westerners outscored Busi-
ness from the floor. 6 to 8. Connor.
the forward who has been turning
in stellar performances of late. was
SO we'll covered that he tailed
nary a score.
Wen From Foul Line.
But where the Business hVe won
the game. and bv the same token,
Western lost Il, was from the hf-
teen-foot mark. The officials. more
than usually eagle-eyed. called
total OF forty fouls. which. includ-
ing fouls committed when a player
was attempting a basket. called for
forty-flve free tosses. Business get
ting tweuty-ons chances to score
via the free.throw route. walker
and Dennis between them ac-
counted for sixteen successful
shots. walker netting seven in ten
in the irst half.
Dennis then took up the burden
and. after blowing his first try.
registered nine times in row ana
then missed his last. Jenress.
woerner. Baird and Kent all took
q crack At the same stunt but failed.