The Washington times., 1933-01-25
JOLT HANDED
CENTRAL BY
''PARKERS'
By GARRETT WATERS

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One of the most entertaining
comebacks in several seasons.
One Of the most startling upsets.
One Of the most thrilling games
seen in series play in the past
four years.
These few words offer picture
Of Eastern's inspiring 35-to-34 vic
tory over Central yesterday in the
1nterhigh school series game be-
tween the two teams at the Tech
gymnasium.
AS a result Of the Lincoln Park
ers' unexpected triumph, a dead
lock for first place exists in the
series today. Central, instead of
finding itself on the crest Of a
championship wave with five vic
tories in as many starts, now
realizes that it is sharing top hon
ors with the new team of the
hour-EaStern-with four tri-
umphs as against one loss for
percentage of .800-the same mark
as Eastern which also boasts of
four victories and only one loss
to date.
Central Matched
Eastern scored it's triumph yes
terday by matching Central at
every turn. Never once did the
team lag in its play; not once was
Central able to wear Kelley's boys
down, and not once did Easterl'S
combination of Waters, Nolan, Da-
Wis, BayliSs and Dean allow Cen
trails speedy machine of Burke,
Shore, Moulton. Upton amid Nau
run away on scoring sprees which
featured their exhibition the last
time they faced the Lincoln Park
ers.
Discussing individual perform
ances. the work of Tommy Nolan
and Dizzy Dean was outstanding
for Eastern. What these two
youngsters did to aid their team
toward victory will be talked about
for months. Nolan was every
where, passing, shooting and play
ing easily his best floor game Of
the series. Deans guarding was
absolutely the best exhibition by
any performer this year.
Central's play was not its worst
In the world-not by long shot.
The Mt. Pleasanters went about
their work in the same speedy,
spectacular manner, but they
found to their surprise that they
were up against a team out for
revenge and plenty of it for that
one-Sided lacing handed it on
opening day of the series. East
ern got revenge, even though it
came near being nosed out in the
waning minutes.
Second Half Thrilling
The second half was easily the
most thrilling of the game. The
third quarter ended with the two
teams deadlocked, % to %. Mid
way in the final period, a 27-27
tie existed. Then Eastern began
to draw away on baskets by Nolan,
Dean and Waters. In the closing
minutes Tech rallied, when Nau
sank foul and Burke and Shore
came through with spectacular
floor goals. Official Scorer w.
Dewey Haight's gun ended the ex-
itement, with Eastern on the long
end of a 35-to-34 count-not a
large count, but a winning one
just the same.
It was during the first half
that Eastern found that it had
the chance to ultimately triumph.
A 9-to-4 lead was gained, and this
Increased to II to II by half time.
Central's third quarter rally
started the game on its thrilling
path, while Eastern'S ability to
keep pace in the fourth quarter
became the fitting climax.
Roosevelt defeated Western, 46
to Is, in the opener for the day.
The victory was Roosevelt's Sec
ond in the series. and Westerns
fifth straight loss. The latter
club got off to an 8-to-3 start in
the first quarter but was unable
to keep this advantage, once
RooSevelt's scoring stars, Joe
Sherman, Rube Hayman and Billy
Harris, got going.