Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14
CENTRAL DEFEATED
IN FURIOUS BATTLE
Gray'S Chance to Keep Title
May Hinge on Game With
Western Friday.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

OAAAo OOohCG Dc1l Settles
- yet. Many of 'em did
last year when it lost it's
first game to Business, and it
was pretty generally figured all
washed up when it dropped its
third game to Central. That was
an awful start all right, losing the
first two out of three games. But
remember how they got started
and won the next five games to
land the championship. Yeah,
you better not count Tech out
yet"
! That's how an ardent Mckinley
rcoter sized things up today following
Techs 1925 triumph over its foe of
foes, Central, yesterday, In a furiously-
| fought battle on the Tech court. In
the other public high title game East
| ern conquered a desperately struggling
| Western quint, 81 to 29.
| you know, really think there's a
lot in this psychology stuff, that some
| times 1t takes a defeat or so to make
team snap out if it." our Tech friend
rambled on. You can't tell, that trim
ming Eastern gave us last Friday might
have been just what we needed to get
! started. We didn't look so bad against
| Central yesterday, anyway"
| Be that as it may that Eastern team
/ is riding out there in front today in the
championship race with two wins in as
many starts. Whether the Lincoln
Parkers are paying much attention to
the psychological angle of the situa-
| ton is not certain. Maybe, as a matter
Of fact, they figure they have the adj
| vantage. psychologically as the result of
having cleaned up everything in sight
| so far. AT any rate, Eastern is sure to
/ continue at the head or the procession
| at least until next Tuesday, when it
meets Business, as it does not play again
until then.
An Exciting Finish.
Whether Tech really is going to be a
| contender may be determined Friday,
| when the Gray takes on western, which
| aSSuredly is no puSh-OVer for any
scholastic team. Should Mckinley tri-
umph many will figure 1t has a. real
chance to win the flag for the third
straight season, but should it lose it will
be regarded as having only the fight
INCEST sort of show, despite the come
| back qualities 1t has shown in other
series. A defeat for Western also will be
| a body blow to its psnnant hopes, while
9 victory will send its hopes soaring
Teen defeated western in both their
! games last Winter.
Central and Business viii be battling
to stay in the race. Business lost to
Western, % to %, in one OF the opening
/ games Of the series. Another defeat for
the Blue or the Stenogs will be ter
4 rife setback for them. Last season each
defeated the other in close games
| Though both battles yesterday tenn
! ed with drama the Central-Tech scrap
| offered most thrills. Volta a battle
it was! With only few seconds to GO
Tech was desperately clinging to the
| lead, 1925. Broadbent had dropped in
two foul losses for Central. lust after
Artie Wilson had tossed in one for
Tech from the free line 1t looked
Ike Central might yet tie or beat Tech
| before Official Scorer Walter Haight
hred his final gun. Fighting like mad
! the Blue strove to get the ball through
| the hoop just once more. But it was
! vain fight After few desperate
lunges toward the basket it was forced
to cease firing as the final gun barked
It was great battle all the way.
The score was tied at SIS at the end
| of the first quarter. Tech was leading.
10 to 9, at the half and had increased
its margin to 1913 as the third quar-
ter ended. The Gray managed to hold
the lead the remainder of the way,
though 1T was never able to shake off
the Blue, which gradually closed up on
Tech, until the game reached those
final seconds and the scoreboard
showed the Gray ahead only 26 to rs.
Beach Leads Attack.
It was Buck Beach, an imperturb-
able boy with an unerring eye, who
xfroc fInn rYif1 Of
Ranging over the court, he four times
Gagged the ball from scrimmage and
made good 6 foul tries out of 8. Little
Bennie Reichardt, who led Techs at
tack in the Eastern game, again did
some nice-looking sniping Everett
Russell, as in the Eastern game, was
closely guarded and held to three
points.
! Downey Rice, with 10 points; Bill
Burke. hard-fghting forward, with Z,
and Henry Broadbent, forward, with 6,
were the leaders of Central's offense.
Western made its stoutest challenge
| against Eastern just before the end of
the third quarter, when it cut the lead
Of the Light Blue, which was ahead all
the way, to scant two points, at %
to 81. The Easterns then stepped out
and for the remainder of the game
maintained comfortable advantage.
Eastern scored 10 points in the first
quarter before Western was able to tally
single marker, but then Western got
busy After trailing, to IL, as the
first quarter ended, the Red was behind
only % to II at the half. 1t was then
that Western pulled to within two
points of the foe, only to be again
promptly left in the ruck.
Bill Noonan, rangy center, who led
his team in scoring in the Tech game,
again pointed the way yesterday with
- points. Bernie Leib was close behind
with 10. Anthony Latona and Everett
Busher again were Westerns leaders OH
attack, each with 10 markers.
Line-ups::'
Eastern $50. Western (29).
G.FP Pts GFPts
Zane, f.,.... s Latona, t.c... 10
lola, f.. ! Fox, f........ 0
Waters IT,. 0 4 Buscher, t.. 10
Noonan, c.. 2 IL Vowel, c.. 2 2 6
Leib, g....... 10 Summers, g, 4 0 !
Courtney, g.. Amidon, &c.. 0 0
Shirley g.. Taylor, &C.,.