The Washington times., 1931-01-14
CLOSE.
26-25 FRAY
To TECH
By GARRETT WATERS

high school basketball series?
Well, there's no use worrying
any more about it, for the real
dark horse has uncovered itself.
And it's none other than genial
Burt Coggins' Central High School
quintet.
The Mount Pleasanters did not
win in their contest against Tech
yesterday. But they certainly
flashed a brand of basketball
which stamps them as a strong
contender for the crown, if a
continuance of their fast pace
can be kept up in future appear
anceS.
Eastern Beats Western
The contest was a hair-raising
climax to an interesting after
noon which saw Coach Guyon's
Eastern combination beat down
a stubborn Western five, 81 to
20, as an opener.
Eastern, incidentally, took .
commanding lead in the race
by its victory and stamped It,
self the probable champion.
Big Bill Noonan was once again
the teams leading scorer, while
Ernie Leib chimed in to co-star.
Noonan counted four times from
the floor and twice from the 15-
foot mark for 10 points, while
Leib counted four baskets and
one foul for 9 points.
Eastern ran up a big lead in
the first quarter, and this stood
it in good stead as play in the
later going brought out.
Western, trailing IL to 4 at the
end of the first quarter, was un-
able to get on even terms at no
time, despite several heart-rend-
ing rallies in the three final quar-
ters. Tony Latona produced
some excellent floor work, as did
Buscher, but that lead was too
great to overcome, that's all.
W2Cta Game
The Tech Central game. Watta
game, watta game! Play was ex-
ceedingly rough during the first
part, so intent were the players to
score and make runaway brush
of it.
The first six points Of the
contest were by virtue of fouls,
with Reed, Wilson, Reichardt
and Reed, again of Tech, max
ing good theirs, and BrOadbent
and Rice producing for Central
Downey Rice inserted the first
basket of the fray after this per-
formance of 15-foot shots and its
swish through the rims tied the
score at A. A foul by Burke
put Central ahead momentarily
while a free toss by Beach, OF
Tech, made it SIS when the first
quarter whistle sounded.
From there on the fight waged
warmer and warmer until the
final minutes.
Tech, by some excellent work
by Bucky Beach, was able to get
a 17-to-13 lead at third quarter
time. A 1O-to-9 advantage was
all they held at the 1ntermisston
hour.
The Final Quarter
And now something about the
final quarter. With the score %
to 18 against them midway IN
the period, Burke raised Central
hopes to a boiling pitch by IN
serting a basket from almost
nowhere to make the count %
to 20. Then Broadbent made a
free toss to make it % to p:
Two fouls by Beach helped
Tech here, but a follow-up by
Rice put Central back into the
running again, Is to %. Burke
was a victim of a fourth per-
sonaI foul then, and Wilson,
raising his arms amid greaG
clanor from the fans, made good
to give Tech a 26-to-23 lead.
Rroadbent's two fouls put
Central once more back into
the game, 26-25, where the
excitement ended when Time
keeper Walter Haight'S fat lit
tie hand raised the gun In
shot, hating things.
The tension in those last few
minutes can be realized only by
those who had the fortune OF
witnessing the fun. Central, IN
those precious moments, fought
cOurageously to get into the van,
while Tech all the while fought
Just as earnestly to stay IN the
lead. Which they did.
Tech Win Timely
Central's showing can be put
down as very unexpected
event. And chiefly because
Coach Coggins' men were not tlg-
ured to put up such a stubborn
brand of basketball.
Techs victory proves very
timely. By it, the Manual
Trainers are still in the race,
with the opportunity in the off
ing to overhaul Eastern. later.
if Eastern is to be Overhauled.
Rice, Burke and Broadbent
were the big scorers for Cen
trail, by the way, with 10, 7 and
6 points, respectively. Beach