Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

Ting. You can count on that.
1t has been a long time, since
way back in 1919, in fact, when
Business won the basket ball
crown, that the Orange and Blue
has been hoiSted in a major sports
series. These years have been
long and hard, fraught with dis
illuSionments, and shattered
dreams. Fate has been cruel,
passing the Stenogs by with mer-
CHESS regularity. Lack of material
and scholastic failures have
proved insuperable obstacles. But
through it all the Stenog teams
have been fighting the good rght,
hoping against hope for the break
that has never come. Through IL
all they have been in there
battling"
And now at last it appears that the
sun is about to break through the
clouds for the Orange and Blue. II
looks like fate is going to give busness
and Woody break. The series, now
ever. is not over yet. by long shot.
woody is quick to remind you. 1t does
look, though, like the end of the long
trail for Business is in sight.
StCHUSS ONCANnOW AS~AA'
For Yesterday the battling Stenogs
vanuulshed Tech. defending champion
a. to Is. in one of the games OF the
double-header that opened play in the
public high school basket ball title series
in the Tech gym. Central conquered
Eastern, % to %, in the other contest.
Both results were in the nature OF up
sets, though before the games 1t was
generally conceded that any OF the
teams had a real chance for victory.
There was nothing fiuky about the
PLAYED the Mckinley team thoroughly
and completely. They deserved to win.
with little Matte Newman, captain
and forward playing like demon, ano
Spencer Chase, altitudinous center, ana
Bobbie Lucas, the other forward, rem
dering signal cooperation, Business ex.
i1ibited smart. headS-up basket ball All
the way. Time and again it forced Tech
to abandon its famed zone defense ana
come down the floor after the ball.
There were those, including this re-
porter. who, predicted that Business did
not have the stamina to conquer Teen.
There was no denying their fine pre-
season record and their fine spirit. But
it was thought that the team. par
ticularly little Newman and the equally
dinninutive Lucas, would be unable to
stretch But we were mistaken, quite
mistaken. At least right now 1t looks
that way.
From start to finish the Stenogs
fought as though inspired. Little New
man was all but unstopable, as was
Chase. They we're simply poison to the
Maroon From scrimmage and the foul
line they found the hoop for basket
after basket with almost uncanny ac-
erNrAd 1E vAnfHfg and
Chase IL Chase's ability to get the tap
consistently and his work as feeder"
also helped his team nightly. Capt.
Carl MacCartee and his mates strove
desperately TO turn the tide OF battle.
But to no avail. 1t simply was Bust
ness day.
Tech Fails in Last Half.
Tech contrived to hold the Stenogs
to even terms for the first half which
ended in q 1916 tie, but thereafter
Business held the whip hand.
Central in vanquishing Eastern, gave
an exhibition that proved beyond per-
adventure that Coach Bert Coggins, who
was turning out title-winning teams
with almost monotonous regularity I'M
I'll last season, has q quint which will
have TO again be considered as fore
most title contender this season. And
Eastern was by no means unimpres-
sive In no wise can the protegss OF
Charley Guyon be counted out CT the
flag chase yet.
DoWney Rice. center. son of Coach
Fred Rice of the Catholic University
ouint, and Capt Wilbur Cross were the
paragons of the Central attack, the for
mer counting II and the latter 8 points.
Bill Noonan and Barney Kane did the
bulk of the counting for the Light Blue
and White. For a time Chief Guyon
put in his famed pony" team. but
the little fellows could not cope with
Coggins' boys. and it was not long be-
fore Eastern's big team was again on
the job.
Central and Business and Eastern and