Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-18


Defeat at the hands of Centrs
aspirations. Coach Artie Boyd's
captured only one.
In the other half of yesterdays
double header Western contrivee
to squeeze out 29-to-28 decision
over Business in a battle that was
a thriller If there ever was one
The win put Western in undiS-
puted possession of second place
one game in the wake of Central
The Red and White now has wor
two contests and last one.
Western just about completely
squelched Business pennant hopes. The
Stenogs, who began the series regarded
as leading contender for the title fol
the first time in years, have just 6
lone victory against three big defeats
to show for their efforts so far. Bust
ness. after conquering Tech in is open
ing game, lost thriller to Central be-
fore dropping that heartbreaker to
Western yesterday. Tt just seems that
there "ain't no Santa Claus" SO far as
the Stenogs are concerned.
Only Western Remains.
Central, in addition to Tech, has con-
uuered Eastern and Business. Western
alone remains to be engaged by the
flashy proteges of Coggins. Whether
they will also "take" the boys in Red
will be determined Tuesday afternoon
when Central and Western square of
In the second game of doublerhe
which will be opened with a contest
between Eastern and Tech at 3:45
o'clock. 1t looks like the Central-West-
ern game, which will mark the end Of
play in the first round Of the series,
may go far toward settling the cham
pionship. as
western by winning would, of course,
tie Central for the lead. On the other
hand, victory for the Blue and White
would give it lead that would make
1t heavy favorite to annex. the flag.
Central doubtless has been the more
impressive team to date.
In last Winters series Western twice
vanquished Central. The scores were
26 to 10 and 26 to IL.
Eastern and Tech both will be hot
after victory Tuesday. A defeat for
either will be well nigh fatal to their
waning title chances 80 81.
After the opening quarter Tech was
never in the running against Central
yesterday. 4, s@
= = Reserves Tried Out,
Displaying superior team play and
Y. keen scoring eyes the Blue and White
took the lead about midway of the first
: quarter and steadily widened its margin.
With the game tucked away Coach
Coggirls ran In his reserves during the
last minutes, "-t
Central met the zone defense of
Tech in clever and effective style. With
one plyaer in the center and one each
at either corner .undet the Tech basket
Central contrived to score time and
again, the Blue and White snipeFs
showing exceptional ability to swish the
cords from the far angles. /:
the. zone system for the man-to-man
style but Central's drive on the cords
was not to be denied. y
: Capt. Cross, Lampson and Parkins
were. the siege guns, of the Central
bornbardment. They counted often and
from all kinds of positions Gross
chalked up 1T points with Lampson and
Parkins registering i Il, and 8, reSpec-
lively. Everett Russell, who ran wild
in Techs winning game over Western
Tuesday, was held to 5 points. Capt.
MacCartee was high scorer for the. Nc
Kinley team with 8 points. LaSsiSe,
clever guard, was out of the Tech line
up because of an infected toe but even
had he been on the job it is doubtful
whether the Maroon and Gray would
have been able to do whole lot better
against CogginS' boys.
Overcoming 80 Tech lead in the
early going, Central was ahead at the
end of the first quarter IL to 8. and at
the half 10 to IL; Then in the last
half.the Blue and White peppered the
netting with vengeance and soon was
far in the van.
A nifty goal from the floor by Paul
Chatlen in the dying seconds enabled
Western to exc out its triumph over
Business. Earlier Chatlen had missed
q snowbird under the basket. Just be-
fore Chatlen scored his decisive goal,
Freeman had missed try from the
. foul line that would have tied the
. score at 28-all.
Scoring Honors Divided.
Western, as its wont, started slow
~, Business holding an 11-3 lead at
the end of the first quarter. In the
second period, however, the Red and
Z White rallied in spirited style and at
! half time Business was ahead only ID
: to II. 1t was a great battle there
after, though Western achieved slen-
der lead just before the end of the
third quarter and managed to stay in
front until the final moments. Then
in those fieeting seconds Chatlen came
. through with his dramatic toss that
gave Western victory.
Scoring honors were well divided on
both teams, though Capt. Thompson
and Freeman, each with seven points,
led Westerns offense, and Lucas, LOTUS
: end Capt. Newman were most con-
sistent for Business, with nine, eight
and seven points, respectively.
Western. GF.Pts Business G.FPts
= Thompson, I. 3 z Newman, rs, 4