Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

i certainly is proving big year Tor
Tech athletically. Yesterday Nc
Kinley representatives won the
Il public high school basket ball cham
pionship to follow up their victory
in the foot ball series the past Fall.
To win the flag in the floor compe-
tition yesterday Tech defeated Business,
SO to 80, while western bowed to East
ern, II to %, in the Tech gym. Both
were hair-ralsing games that required
extra periods.
In other basket ball matches yester-
day in which scholastic teams of the
District group figured, Central defeated
John Marshall High of Richmond, Va,
80 to rs, on the Central floor; Emerson
downed Alexandria High, "a to IS, at
Alexandria; GonZaga handed Leonard
Hall a 25-19 setback at LeonardtoWn,
Md; Western lightweights scored over
EpiscopalS little fellows, 80 to is, in the
Episcopal gym and Friends drubbed
Woodward, IS to Is, in a Junior Prep
School League encounter in the Epiph-
any gym.
Two Capital schooIboy quints were
carded for action today, both on alien
floors. Dewitt was to meet Army and
Navy Prep at Baltimore and Eastern
was to engage York High at York.
Yesterdays games in the public high
series were crowded with drama and
marked by stirring finishes.
Tech in its championship producing
victory scored its sixth win in the series
against two defeats. Eastern and West
ern now are tied for second place, each
with four victories and three defeats.
Business Is fourth with three triumphs
against four losses and Central trails
with one victory against six setbacks.
Tech triumphed over Business after
a great rally that saw 1t tic the score
at 27-all just before the whistle sounded
ending the regulation game. It was
Carl MacCartee who Gagged the two
pointer that put the Mckinley team on
even terms with the Stenogs. Just be-
fore he came through with his shot,
Farhood, substitute, who had figured
IN little title play before, found the
scoring range from scrimmage to cut
Business lead, ~ to IS.
Tech In the extra period went on to
win after Brown broke a 1920 tie WITH
two-pointer. MacCartee followed with
another shot from scrimmage and
Brown came through with a foul toss
10 put the game in the bag for the
Mckinley outfit.
After Tech had gained the lead at
Z to ! at the end Of the first quarter.
BUSINESS rallied to gain the edge at
10 at the half. The Stenogs in
creased their advantage II to 10 at the
end Of the third quarter. and It was
not until the final quarter was under
way that Tech began to cut the
Stenogs' lead.
MacCartee was high scorer for Tech.
with II points, while Brown, johnson
ana Talnurtt registered timely goals.
nManoney, who counted 10 points. and
Neumann and Lucas were stars of the
Stenog team. e
1t was Mike Hunt, clever Western
guard, who Gagged the foul shot that
enabled Western to achieve a 1915 tie
WIN Eastern at the end Of regulation
pay. II was all Eastern in the extra
psllou, however, during which Western
Wa neio 10 one point, while Phillips
aad Wooo made goals from scrimmage
ana Capelli and Zahn foul SHOTS.
Herbie Thompson made Westerns lone
marker in this session. ~
eastern, starting a combination ~
little fellows, gained the edge over
western by to 0 at the first quarter
ana stu was in the van at the half
70 9. End of the third period found
eastern continuing to hold the ad-
vantage at IL to 8, but in the final
quarter Western rallied to tie the score
western was handicapped through the
absence OF Bob Freeman, it's clever
center, who has heavy cold.
1here We're no special stars in the
E,asGs,n- western game, which was
uoupaesS the best played so far in the
z points and Willis Fisher. Eastern WITH t,
o. led their respective teams on attack
The scores.