Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
WOODW!ORTHAvERS
.STENOGS NOT DONE.
Coach Pays Tribute to His
Teams Gameness-Faces
Eastern Friday.
BY EDWARD A FULLER, JR.

w ''T That's how Lynn
Woodwork, Business
coach, came back at those who to-
day had the temerity to suggest
that the game Stenog team, fol-
lowing its 1924 defeat, after furi-
Gus battling, at the hands of Gen.
trail yesterday, Is Just about all
washed up as pennant contender
in the public high school basket
ball championship series.
In the other game yesterday
Tech conquered Western, 80 to 80,
in another blazing struggle.
We may be on the rocky edge. all
right" Woody admitted, "but believe
me, any team that fights like Business
did yesterday and has throughout the
series cannot be counted out until it
to win.
Business lost its first two games In
this series, you remember, and then
came back to knock OF Eastern, Tech
ana western. Those kids came back
once; they can do it again. Well be
out TO trim Eastern Friday and Tech
tuesday, and don't you forget that.
Inc way the boys rallied yesterday 70
almost beat out Central in those last
few minutes is all the proof I want
That they can still go plenty, Bobby
Lucas or no Bobby Lucas"
Plays Eastern Next.
That was quite a speech for the
usual soft-spoken, popular Business
coach. but that he meant every word
ne said was clear when you noted the
flashing fire in his mild blue ewes. the
determined set of his chin.
Business out of it, huh2 Well,
Wen see about that
Business will face Eastern FRIDAY in
the Tech gymnasium at $50 O'Clock
IN the first game Of q double header
IN which Central and Western viii
battle in the nightcap.
BUSINESS conquered Eastern, % to
-, In their first-round battle. while
Western overcame Central, AZ to ri.
should the Stenogs again overcome
the Light Blue they can tie eastern
ana Tech for the league lead at four
WINS and three losses each. on the
otner nand, should Business stIccun1h
20 Eastern, it will indeed be out az
Ine pennant parade. Western, which
Cooay dennitely out of the cham
".
second in q row by heart-breakinr
margin, being its nth, against lust
Two wins, hardly can be expected to
1AtLe with the same spirit against
Cenerai Friday as heretofore, but Won
can never tell. There's no love lost
between Central and western and Che
0eorgetownerS would relish nothing
more tnan handing their old rival 4
defeat that would just about knock its
title aspirations for the NEIL krcU-n
loop.
There wasn't much TO get excited
ABOUT In either of those games yester-
day until the final stages. But there
was plenty then. II more hair-Yaisine
competition can be staged than marked
the Wild play in the dying moments of
each OF the battles, it is hard to vision Il,
Lead Switches.
Tech grabbed the lead over Western
late in the first quarter and held It
until near the close of the game. En-
tering the fourth quarter trailing, IL
70 z4, western, after Bernie Reich
fnr Ina nao scored another floor goal
Ior Iecn, got busy and proceeded to
register nine straight points, to achieve
q tie at 1926. Then Sammy Taylor.
reserve guard, sank a foul that nut
western ahead. Here the fireworks
opened. Everett Russell dipped in 4
moor goal to send Tech out In front
again, only to have Anthony Iatona
come right back to put Western on ton
Win two-pointer. Waverly Wheeler,
aecn substitute, then sank o foul to
Gle IL up again at 29-al1. Roy Vowel.
Western center and foul shot extraor.
binary, followed by registering his
fourth toss from the free line in &c
many attempts. It was just a moment
later, though, when Artie Wilson, for
Tech, grabbed pass and scored a floor
goal, TO give the Gray the edge az
$3.50. Stan Amidon missed q foul shof.
Tor Western, and then Russell came
Lnrougn with foul toss for the final
Russell. incidentally, with Is points.
was the big noise for the Gray on at
tack. followed by Reichardt, who
chalked up 9 points. For Western.
Latona, Everett Buscher and YoweIl.
as usual, supplied the scoring punch.
Business, like Western, enjoyed an
early edge over Central, but the Blue
got busy in the second quarter to gain
an advantage to which it contrived to
cling until the watch of Official Scorer
Walter Haight showed that only a few
moments of play was left. Like West
ern, the valiantS who wear the Orange
rallied magnificently as the final quar-
ter got under way. Going into that
session in the ruck, is to %, the Stenogs,
with Bill Duryee and Lean sissy
ESenstad heading their assault, scored 0
points while holding the foe without a
marker to sweep ahead, "a to %. Al
Morgan. though, Central boy, who had
seen little series action until yesterday,
then tossed in a nifty overhead shot
and followed 1t up a moment later by
cashing a heave from the foul line.
Whitley Cumberland a moment later
sealed Business fate by finding the
final gun.
It was Morgan, assisted by Bill Burke
and Henry Broadbent, v-ha pointed the
way on offensive for C--tral. Duryee
and Esenstad were B.lS,nsss' chief
scorers.
Line-ups:
Tech (32) western (2nl