Evening star., 1923-02-04

Eastern certainly has the bulge over
the other teams as II turns into the
stretch Of the cham pionship race. X
& du" TO face both Central and Bust
L-@SS TINS week. aud should ii lose DO IL
Games could not be more than tied fC"'
-" TOP berth. To gain a share of the
leading place Western or Business
then would have to win twice. The
,'tt"r two clash Tuesday, and The
loser practically viii lie out Of the
contest for the title.
statistics o. the first round show.
that Eastern owes its present envta =
nj" position TO the excellent work OF
lts guards and the Keen, eye OF Jack
'apitol Hill boys have accumulated
The eEcatcst point total in the league.
bur their lol betters Westerns total
by only point. while Central has
scored 80 and business 93. But the
"a%icrners have had counted against
tfcm only "a points. much smaller
amount than charged against any
other quint ia the league.
western has permitted its opponents
10 tally SIS points, a5 have been made
asaInsr Central. SO against Business
and ll9 gainst Tech. The latter team
mas TO its credit only 6S points and
70 of them were registered in one en-
gaEemcnt. Much credit for the low
scoring Of Eastern's opponents must
90 to capt. Leland Cardwell and his
SIDE partner in the back court Bruce
kessier. These boys repeatedly have
checked rallies of opposing teams and
s6iy assisted their fellow players.
smith Heads the Scorers.
Jsck Smith of the Capitol Hill quint
annexed high-scoring honors IN the
drs, round Of the series. In his four
games he managed to contribute to
MS teams total Al points. This
amount is greater by 10 than that
c~cJited TO Ray CARRIER of Western,
in I've l,a
thrown u goals from scrimmage. a
rumbcr exceeded only by Don Chill
Dress of Central. who has thrown Is,
and "qualed by but one other, Bob
May OF Business.
NJ free tossing Smith leads the field
with record of 25 successful shots IN
~ trials for an average of go. O'Dea
OF Eastern has an average of 100, but
ne has been in but one game and had
only four throws from the 15-foot
p"cketing the most free tosses in a
single game. Against Western he
made good in OFF, trials. Capt. Dey
Cf central. with 9 points made In 10
spect. and CARRIER Of Western is third
with | ! points III II throws against
central.
Smiths good work at the 15-foot
ihc total score summary. for 1t has
been outpointed from the floor by one
team and tied by another. Western
has tossed 81 goals from scrimniage,
Eastern and Business 35 each, Cen
trail. 81, and Tech, %.
Central is setting the pace at free
tossing, with an average Of .529. It
has Gagged - of 81 shots. Eastern
IS second, with 3 good tosses in So
for a mark of 525. Western is third,
with $50, having sent 26 of so shots
to the mark. Business ranks fourth,
with % of 49 possible points for .4ss,
and Tech is last, with .407, having
sunk but "a of 50 heaves.
Childress has scored the greatest
number Of goals from scrimmage IN
a single game. Against Tech he reg
stored seven goals, several Of them
rom difficult angles. He made just
one less against the Business Quint.
smith of Eastern tossed five against
Tech, and Ham Adams Of the Manual
Trainers threw like numbers in the
game against Business.
individual scoring statistics Of the
first round Of the series follow: