Evening star., 1923-02-14

at the expense OF the students.
To acquire funds. it has been pro-
posed to tax High School Athletic AS
sociation ticket holders. attending the
remaining scheduled double-he readers
in the series, % cents for each pair OF
games. This proposition is being con-
sAered this afternoon, and it has been
Iitimated that it will meet with little
opposition in the advisory board.
The faculty advisors argue that the
athletic association tickets call for
only a twenty-game series, and as
that many contests have been played,
there should be no objection to an ad-
ditional tax for the matches yet to be
held. They do not take into consider
alton the fact that the students were
not responsible for the conditions
that led to the invalidatton or the
first four engagements and the re-
newal of the series. 1t appears to be
Another case of attempting to make
the students suffer for the mistakes
of the school authorities.
In all likelihood the double-header
Friday will be played at the Arcade
Central and Business already have
agreed to stage their match there,
and Eastern and Tech probably Will
be directed to do SO by the advisers
Central found the floor fast enough TO
ruafup a record score for the series
Yesterday in beating Tech, 43 to 20,
and High School officials. who We're
rxesent, approved the further use OF
tMcourt. 1t is high time that some
centNl authority selected playing
he4d kr High School engage;ments. eager an
sSnti puS an end to the squabble over
minor matters INDUCED In by some OF
the. coaches.
Western is quite fortunate in pos
sessing two such clever basket ball
oiayers as CARRIER and Dulin. These
boys, more than any others, kept
raeir team in the running for the
basket ball championship, when IL
encountered Eastern yesterday. Inc
Red and White was outScored from
the floor, 10 goals to 8, but CARRIER
helped his quint along with fourteen
successful shots in eighteen trials
from the foul line, in addition TO
playing an excellent floor game, and
Rulin not only fed his teammates
we'll, but came through with a pair Of
baskets that bolstered his team when
it most needed bolstering.
Western outplayed Eastern at pass
ing, but it was unable to- show to ad-
vantage under the goal. The Eastern
ers, loose in the open field, were saw
age in their back-court guarding and
frustrated many well meant Western
attacks. This overzealous defense
was costly, however, for 1t gave Gar
Der frequent opportunities to demon
strate his skill at free tossing. He
did not miss with a toss until his
tenth effort.
Had ODea performed up to pre-
vious form at throwing from the
charity mark Eastern would have
pendable Capitol Hill player made
good in only six of thirteen tries. a
record far below his average. But
he did well at scoring from scrim-
mage as did Jack Smith, each boy
eSunting four times.
The victory put Western on even
terms with the Easterns, who had
been undisputed leaders since the
start of the series Each team has
won five times in seven starts
Two series records went by the
boards in the Central-Tech go at the
Arcade. The Centralftes completely
o6tclassed the Manual Trainers to
run up count of 43, exceeding by
10 points the game record made by
eastern against Business, while
ChildresS of Central threw eight held