The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-17

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Young Harry Perlman hung on
every word and trembled. He at
tracted the eye Of Louis Berger,
Tilden coach, and q smart one. Der.
ger is ever vigilant. Nothing escapes
his shifty, bright blue optics. He
knows his players from the inside
out
He spotted Pearlman's unusual de.
meanor. He remembered that the
evening before the lad had turned
down q steak for dinner and asked
Tor eggs.
"a steak might give me indiges-
ton or something explained the
boy. PearIman was not quite him.
self, the coach observed, and 1t
troubled him. The youth might blow
up under the strain Of the big battle.
The cOacIl's worry increased
when he noted Harry's unusual ac-
tons while the TifLhn boys were
having their last get-tOgether be-
fore taking the floor against
Eastern.
As the session broke up, the coach
took the youngsters arm and whis-
pered in his ear: Lets show 'em
how we did it in Chicago. Harry.
Go right to it. You know howl
It was tight game from the
start. The teams appeared to be
equal in speed. Both were strong
Extensively. In fact, Eastern's de.
Tense was so effective that Tilden's
players found 1t difficult to get near
the basket. Eastern was more than
holding its own defensiveIy.
Out in Chicago the Tilden boys
Won the championship by beating
Crane In the final game. The score
was II to IA. In this contest
Tilden had encountered the same
etonewaIl defense that Eastern had.
But Ttlden found q way to get
through 1t. Toward the games end
they started shooting from q dis.
rance. They drew the Crane de-
Tense away from the basket terri.
tory to guard the shooters.
Then Tilden. like flash, would get
= man into the unprotected space
near the basket and pass him the
ball. The rest was easy. The
strategy brought victory.
So when Eastern'S defense was
found 20 be almost impenetrabIe,
Itlden got busy at long range.
One player after another heaVed
away, expecting more to bring
Eastern's guards to the court cen
ter than to ring in baskets.
One Of these take-a-chance shoot.
ers was Harry Perlman, the boy
with shaly nerves.
In the first quarter. with the
score close and both teams fighting
fiercely for an advantage. young
PerlnAn got possession of the ball
basket. He saw the Eastern tie-
Tense coming to him. He'd never
get within close range
On the dead run Perlman cut
loose. The ball looped twenty feet
through the air and dropped through
the hoop as clean as a whistle.
Wow! What luclx!"f somebody
shouted. q
The first half ended tie, at
10-aIl. 1t appeared that the team
that got the breaks would win, for
Eastern and TiIden, in that first
half, were as evenly matched as the
They were going to IL like de.
mons i'm the tkird period. TiIden
used its IOng-slIOt strategy. IL
was fairly effective at times, but
not consistently.
Young PerIman once again got
the ball and started down the floor.
And again the Eastern defense
barred the way to close try for
goal.
And once more he cut loose.
Without altering his pace, the
speeding player heaved
Swish! 1t was a beauty!
Say, that guy has a horseshoe
with him" This from an Eastern
rooter.
1t was a ripping contest in the
fourth period. Tilden appeared to
have slight edge in skill, and
was a point or two ahead.
Baskets were few and far between.
In fact. each goal was an event.
But there was one way of getting
the ball through the hoop. Perlman
knew it.
With not many minutes to go.
the young player received the
sphere and started in the general
direction of the basket.
And for the third time he sent
the ball on long, looping
flight. There was another
Swish" and PerIman had count.
ed his third sensational field goal.