The Washington herald., 1922-03-01
TECH QUINT STOPS
CENTRAL, AIT, in
Asst SCHOOL TILT.
Manual Trainers Give
Blue and White I'm
expected Defeat.

IN keeping with the season OF
basketball upsets. Tech pulled the
unexpected in yesterdays closing
scholastic league game at the Coli-
scum In winning a buriesaue hoor
tilt from Central. "a to IL,
1t was centrars only defeat In
eight starts In the inter-high series.
The champions held the Techites too
cheaply. figuring they could pull tn.
game out Of fire whenever they
choose. They tried hard In the last
quarter. when both clubs played as
though the championship was at
stake. Tech had too much in re-
serve to allow the game to slip
through its fingers.
For the first three periods the
game was one of those parlor az
fairs, with Central apparently loaf
ing. while the Manual Trainers were
playing with a determination to
win. In sticking Woodward in the
lineup. the Techites gained a big
edge over their Mount Pleasant foes.
who allowed the newcomer to run
wild
woodward stars.
lie banged the baskets. for three
goals in the first quarter. scoring
The Central players were ordered
to stop" the youngster and Ell was
guarded very closely for the re-
mainder OF the affair. though he
finished his afternoons work with
another two-pointer.
After. the first period ended 6 to
in Techs favor, Birthright sent
Central to the front on q basket
On the next play, Bill Rhees put
Tech in the lead on a two pointed,
which advantage was held for
thirty seconds when Dey tossed in
one of those trust to luck" bas-
kets.
Central's lead was sheet lived,
however, as the lanky Supplee
found the iron rim for two points.
Tech held this bulge when they
added three more baskets before
the whistle sent the teams to their
dressing room for breathing
spell. One of these baskets pro-
vided the feature play Of the
matinee. Shanks, while sitting on
the floor. making a pass to Wood
ward, who being closely covered,
passed It back to Shanks. who
IecoNerSu inc uall as nc "ds IisiuB
and shot in the same position.
Third Period slow.
Both slowed UP in the third
period, the extent OF Central's
scoring being a free toss. Shanks
made the longest shot Of the game
during this ten minutes Of play.
With the score standing 10 to 10
against them. the champions added
three points on q foul and a short
toss by Dey. After Shanks Melted
a free peg, Fellers and Birthright
repeated in rapid succession with
baskets boosting Centrars total to
II while Tech had 20. With two
Rees and Woodward. both Of whom
showed signs Of weakening. and
put in Aubinoe and Price. The
speed of the fresh reserves in the
last two minutes killed whatever
hope Central had Of overhauling
the Manual Trainers.
Supplee put the game out OF Cen
trails reach by tossing in two bas-
kets before the tilt ended. Suppiee
showed a return to the form that
stamps him as one Of the best IN the
series.
Tech. Central
Rhees. .....L. F.. .BirthriEht
Woodward. ...R. .Dey
Supplee. c. .McFadder.
Shanks. Buckley
House. G. Casey
Substitutions-(Tec AubInoe for
Rhees. Price for Woodward: Gem
traD Phillips for Dey, Harper for
Birthright. johnson for Casey. Dey
for McFadden, Fellers for Phillips,
Birthright for Harper, Mooney for
Johnson. McFadISen for Buckley.
Field goals-Woodward 90, Sup
plee (3), Rhees (2). Shanks (2), Dey
(2), Birthright CD. McFadden. Fell
lers, Buckley. Foul goals-Rhees.
1 out of 4: Shanks. out of 4; House,
out of 8; Dey. out of 4; McFad-
den, l out of l. Referee-Fsller.
Umpire-Fitzgerald
Score by periods:
Tech ....... 6 10 ) 5--A
Central ....... Ill