The Washington herald., 1922-01-11
TECH s NOSES OUT
BUSINESS; CENTRAL
DEFEATS WESTERN
Stenographers Perform
Impressively Though
Beaten, 27-23.
RED SUPPLEE STARS
Blue and White Basketers
Prove Disappointment,
But Win. 29-19.
By w. T. CoYLE.

pldyCT VIM ohO"So
ketball.
The others were slow. their team
work was miserable and they
missed many shots at the basket.
They had little or no trouble in car
rying the leather TO shooting dis
tance, but their eyes were dim, The
work Of the Blue and White toss
ers was disappointing even to thelE
most ardent admirers.
Bushes displayed the best bas-
ketball of the afternoon. Coach
Mike Kelly has drilled a lot of In
side stuff into his inexperienced
combination and the quint may pun
the unexpected in any game IL
starts.
Tech was saved through the in
diyidual efforts of Supplee and
Shanks. Supplee earned the tap
on Dennis in s out of 10 jumps. TINS
advantage put his team on the Of
fense in almost every play from
center.
Both Tech and Business are bound
to give Central trouble unless the
Blue and White entry can produc"
a better brand of basketball than
it exhibited in the inaugural.
Tech Noses Out StenoEs.
In the Tech encounter
the lead changed handy several
times in the first 90 minutes of the
going. When the gong ended the
first half, Tech was on the long end
of IL to count.
Neither team was able to score for
the first few minutes of the second
period until Walker tossed in a
free shot for the ''Stenogs." Supplce
then deposited the leather In the
basket to boost Techs figures to
Is. On the next play. Business
fouled Tech and Shanks made the
one pointer. Quesada. who mad re-
placed Mccormick at forward. cele-
brated his entry into the game by
counting double decker, when
Tech took the ball on the other end
of the court and brought 1t down
the floor by rapid-fire passing.
The Techites boosted their figures
to is when Supplee. after missing a
shot, made a second stab to send
the ball through the ring. Walker
came through with another one
pointer. On the next play, Captain
Dennis rang in a double decker
after receiving a long pass. This
counter put the figures at 20 to IL.
There was very little scoring dur
ing the remainder of the third
period, which ended 81 to Is.
The brief rest appeared to put
new life into both clubs. Supplee
started the fireworks with SHOW
bird" under the basket. and Aubinoe
went through the Business defense
for a two pointer. Coach heliVR
gamcsters then threatened to over
haul the Manual Trainers. After
Walker counted at the free line.
Connor batted the lelather in after
one Of his teammates had missed a
basket
Business continued its spnrt when
Dennis broke into the scoring coll
umn with a shot near the foul line,
Connor sent the Business rooters
Yelling when he rang in his fourth
field goal. There was only two min
utcs to go and the score stood 25 to
% Tech took a time out" and
framed a play. When the clubs went
back into action. Aubinoe dribbied
almost the entire length of the floor
with the pack at his heels and shot
the al.
Central Disappoints.
When Central and Western trotted
ONT t0T IntlI A"N
climbs appeared to be as unevenly
matched as Jack Dempsey and
Johnny Kilbane. But led by woer-
ner. a brick-topped lightweight the
battlers from across the creek"
fought every inch of the way.
After Capt. McFadden had made
n free toss in scoring the first point
of the game. Frisby. the George
town tap off" player. made goal
from the field. Weldon repeated
this trick when he set himself un-
der the basket but Dey and Birth
right counted in rapid succession
for Central. Frisby put Western
in the running with a shot from
scrimmage.
Dey then tossed in a goal on the
rebound from the basket after Nc
Fsdden had blown" a free toss.
The going was nip and tuck in this
neriod. which ended 3 to in Cen
trails favor.
shortly after play was resumed
NcFadden. the Central court boss.
made a one-hand peg from the side
of the floor for points. Little
Ally johnson then upset the Red
ana white team on a shot from
midcenter. Dey made another goal
on an easy shot. McFadden and
Rirthright followed in order with
double before the half
closed, Score: Central. 10; West
ern. 3.
Dey was the first to score in the
second period on a side shot. Nc
Fadden added another two-pointer
and Birthright followed with
goal. McFadden added more
po,nts at the free line. while West
ern sent its figures to Is on Fris-
bv's free .oss and .refferson's goal.
This ended the third quarter.
western rallied for several
minutes when Jefferson and Frisby
scored in bringing westerns total
to Is against Cen-ral's 27. With
about three minutes y go, McFad-
den broke away from the pack and
scored a 2-pointer. Before the game
ended Western added a foul toss.
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