Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

4 "A
V V front in the race when the
public high school basket
ball championship series was halted
sumHfarily by school authorities be-
cause of disturbances that followed the
Central Western game last Tuesday
at the Arcadia, the Blue and White In
nowise possessed all the plaers of
worth who performed In the series.
Central, though, had an exception
ally we'll balanced and cohesive com
binati0n. In Forrest Burgess and
Pete Nee the Blue and White had a
pair OF forwards that were outstand-
ing not only for their abilityat regis
tering baskets, but in general play;
In Sam fash, a center, who, though
not so tall as some CT his rivals, was
cool, brainy performer, and in Capt.
Warren Swift and Bill Crouch a cou-
pie of guards who ever showed
sturdily.
When it is considered that Coggins
had only Capt Swift left of his crack
1885 quint. the development of
such a good five this year was indeed
notable achievement.
Western Five Improved.
Coach Dan Ahearn's Western entry
proved Central's stoutest foe, and
after bowling to the Blue and White,
20 to IS, when the teams first clash
ed, came back last Tuesday to put
up a magnificent fight in the second
battle between the fives that ended,
38 to "a, for Central.
Western improved markedly be-
tween it's first and second games with
| Central. The outstanding player for
the Red and White was Bob Wilson,
guard. In addition to exhibiting a
rugged defensive game, Wilson was
his teams ranking scorer and stood
mighty close to the top for the series
individual honors in this respect.
Capt. Charley Walker, Westerns
other guard. played his usual stalwart
| floor game and ranked high as
| basket sharpshooter. Don CARRIER and
| Alton Buseher, who held forth at the
| forward posts for the Georgetown
schoolboys. revealed decided worth.
and Sam Coombs, tall center, did well.
showing to much better advantage as
the series progressed.
Business Started Well.
| Business team, coached by Jack Col
| Inns, started strongly with victories
over Tech and Eastern in it's first two
games. However, after a gallant but
| losing scrap against Central before
whom they fell. IS to %, the Stenog
graphers faltered, losing to Western
and then to Tech. Just what was
lacking to make Business a consistent
winner is hard to determine, as Der.
nard Jones and Bill Keefer, forwards:
Sam Marks and Revelle Jones, who
alternate at center. and Charley May
and Tony Stewart, guards, all showed
sturdily.
The Stenographers doubtless would
have made a much better showing had
AL Harrington, center, been available.
| He was in school, but not eligible to
play.
Starting the season with but one
member of last Winters bang-up team
at hand-Capt. Cy Hogarth, guard
Eastern naturally was at q disadyan-
tage and lost it's first three games be-
fore winning it's lone victory.
Eastern Team Green
Coach Charley Guyon had to do
much experimenting before he hit
upon his most formidable combina-
ton, and while it perhaps lacked a
bit in polish, this five gave its oppo-
nents hardy opposition, and all but
upset the sterling Central team, to
whom it lost only % TO %.
| 1t was clear that the Lincoln Park
ers had potentially strong team. and
| likely would have scored a number of
triumnhs in the series had it been
completed.
| Capt. Hogarth was easily the bright
est star for Eastern, being among the
| top scorers in the series and playing
I cleverly on defense, McAllister, Essex,
Hoffman, Bushong, Depro and Doerr
were other Eastern tossers to show
their mettle.
| Gaining but one victory in five
| starts, Tech finished last. but the
| Manual Trainers were another team
that was finding itself as the series
advanced, and probably would have
! shown the way to some more of it's
rivals had all the games been played.
Tech Grew Better.
| In their last appearance the doughty
little Techites showed real class in
| humbling Business, 2T to Is.
Louis Berger, who played the first
| two games at center and then was
shifted to forward, and who topped
his team in scoring, was perhaps
Techs most consistent performer, es-
pecially on attack, although Weigel,
Capt. Terneak, Galotta, Gaskins and
Smith did good work.
Business High lost two clever ath-
letes as the result of midyear exam
nations. They are Paul Dobrowolski.
fullback on the boot bali team and
hard-hitting first baseman on the base
ball nine, and Al Harrington, clever
foot ball, base ball and basket ball
player,
With the public high school cham
pionship series off. interest in the
sehoolboy basket bali circles will be
centered this week on outside"
| games, and a number of highly at
| tractive clashes are caFded.
Business and Strayer's win meet to-
| morrow afternoon at the City Club,
| starting at $3.50 o'clock, and Eastern
High will engage Catholic University
! Freshmen in the preliminary to the
| G. U.-Fordham clash tomorrow night
| A bang-up tilt is booked for Tuesday
afternoon between Central and Straw