Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22

Until yesterday IL looked yer.
salt the old flag in quick order. II
and Tech, the defending champion
ern to sweep the first round.
Western, though, not only Ia,
with infinite thoroughneSS, the co
The win put Western in first
place tie with Central at three
wins and one less each. In the
other game of the double header
yesterday, Tech, which bowed to
Central last Friday, came back in
roaring style to drub Eastern,
Al to 81. As a result Tech now is
in third place with two victories
and two defeats, one game in the
wake of Central and Western.
The setback was the third for East
ern, which has won only one game so
far, and just about put Coach Chief
Guyons pupils among the also-rans.
The Lincoln Parkers and Business now
are tied for last place. each with a
lone triumph and three losses.
Second Round Due.
Starting Friday afternoon. each
team will get another and final crack
at the other. Play in the second round
of the series will begin then with Cen
trail and Eastern and Business and
Tech doing battle. Central and East
ern viii open the program at 3:45
o'clock. In their first clashes in the
opening games of the series Central
turned back Eastern, 20 to IS. and
Business rang up its only win so far
in the set over Tech. 81 to IS.
On the basis of past performances
Central should again take" Eastern
Friday in rather handy style, and Tech
should avenge the early season defeat
&NI AwT ElrNk d.
this series has become total loss. One
might as well have tried to pick the
winners by the color Of their uniforms,
a toss of a coin or some method other
than comparative scores.
Techs victory over Eastern yeSter-
day was brought about largely through
the ability Of Everett Russell, Capt.
Carl MacCartee and George LaSSise to
send the ball looming through the net
ting with persistency and eclat. Rus
sell found the cords for Is points and
MacCartee and Lassise each chalked up
an even dozen.
1t was Lassise, perhaps, more than
any other of the MaroonS who did the
most for his team. From the time
this boy, who was kept out Of the Cen
tral game Friday because Of an infected
toe. entered the contest early in the
second quarter it was different Tech
team. Soon after he took the floor.
amid tumultuous applause from the
Tech rooterS, he made his presence
felt. A moment following his entrance
Barney Kane scored q two-pointer to
put Eastern ahead, LIS, for the big
gest margin the Lincoln Parkers en-
joyed during the game. Then Tech
awoke with a will.
Nal Johns hooked q two-pointer
from the side and Lassise followed with
q follow shot. Russell came right along
with another toss from scrimmage to
put Tech ahead. IL to IL. From that
point the Gray was always ahead. At
half time Techs margin was II to IA.
The first quarter had ended in fall
tie.
Tech Steps Out.
1t was in the third quarter. though.
that Tech began to go places" 1t fairly
burned up the court, rolling up II points,
while the demoralized Eastern team was
able to score not a single marker.
Entering the final quarter with this
34-14 lead, Coach Boyd's proteges
coasted to victory, and before the final
whistle had sounded the Tech second
stringers we're on the job.
Though LasSie and MacCartee and
Talburtt and Johns, for that matter,
about all the color to 3 game that was
otherwise about as drab as 1t could be.
Russell scored time and again after q
mad rush down the floor and q spec
tacular lunge at the hoop. He per-
formed in much the same fashion as in
Techs recent game with Western, in
which he was the big shot in the Red
teams victory.
Incidentally, Russell now has total
Of 4fc av1A fc id frv MI
in the battle for individual scoring hon.
ors in the series with Capt. Wilbur
Cross Of Tech, who formerly was on top
with "a points. Jimmy Thompson Of
Western is the new leader with IS
markers.
Little Barney Kane put up a stellar
exhibition for Eastern yesterday, play
ing an alert game on defense and scor-
ing Is points to head his team on
attack
Capt. Thompson hogged the spotlight
in the Western-Central game, ptling up
81 points, or more than half OF the
total made by his team. This flock OF
markers, together with the "a registered
in previous games, enabled him to take
first place among the series scorers.
Thompson Cages Ball.
Thompson scored yesterday from all
kinds Of angles. though many OF his
shots were made on follow-ups close to
the basket He always seemed to be in
the right spot for try at the netting.
Meanwhile. Capt. Cross of Central was
sble to score only s points. AT that,
though, he topped the Blue and Whites
attack.
Bob Freeman. lsnky center, also took
a prominent part in the Reds onense,
coming through with five 2-pointers,
while Downey Rice. Centrars clever
pivot performer, was able TO register
only 4 points.
Western, as usual. was slow to start
and Central held a slight advantage
during the early going. the FIRST quar-
ter ending with the Blue leading,
to 4.
Starting the second quarter. however,
the West End team got its attack func-
tioning effectively, counting points
against 3 for Central, to achieve nail
time lead at Is to g..
Then, after nearly four minutes OF
the third quarter had passed with
neither team counting. Thompson zap
ned in one from scrimmage for west
ern. Thompson did all the other scor-
ing for his team in this quarter, regs-
tering three more double -deckers. RICE
got a nice side-court shot for CentraIS
only score OF the quarter, which enoeo
with Westerns advantage increased 10
81 to IL. .
During the final quarter Western
steadily increased its lead, with Free
man and Thompson accounting Iof
most of the points.