Evening star., 1934-01-20
EASTERN EXPECTS
TO TAKE CENTRAL
Mentor of Lincoln Parkers
Can't See Why Rivals Are
Made Title Choices.

<X yHAT's all this stuff
w you guys are putting
Y Y in the papers about
Central being the
choice to win the championship
noW?"
'Lissen, Eastern, with Tom
Davis back in there at center and
the other fellahs going the way
they are now, is clicking, and
we'll show you fellows just how
much you know about the situ-
alton after we get through with
Central Tuesday"
Mike Kelley, Easterns fighting coach,
does not relish bit having the Lincoln
Parkers counted out of the public high
school title race. That is plain from
the above verbal shafts sent out today
by the Irish mentor.
Mike was not so set up over the way
Eastern yesterday trimmed Western,
though it was by 48-23. Tech barely
conquered furiously-struggling Roose-
welt quint, 1926, in the other game.
What has Kelley all smoked up is the
way Davis and his other charges per-
formed He is particularly keen about
the improved form Basin showed.
Harry has been in a slump but Nike
believes he's on his game now.
Eastern's win gave it two victories
against one defeat in the title race and
Techs triumph made its record three
wins against one loss. Central defend
ing champion. idle in the series yes
terday, is heading the flag parade with
three victories in as many games.
Roosevelt and Western each has lost
all three of its series starts.
VXvHAT fight those Roosevelt
" Riders put up against Tech.
plainly weakened by the alb
sence of their crack forward, Al Gillem.
who is i'll in Walter Reed Hospital, and
otherwise crippled None in the small
gathering that turned out for the most
unattractive card in the series to date
was particularly stirred when Coach
Lynn WoodWorthS boys, soundly
spanked in their two previous title
games. battled Tech point for point
through the early stages. But when
the Riders refused TO be shaken of
as the game entered its closing min
uteS and pulled to within one point
of Tech at 1925 with only a few mo-
ments to go the atmosphere became
electrified. A truly stunning upset ap-
peared imminent. But after Roose-
yelt's sharpshooters several times barely
missed the hoop Red DAILY, Techs big
red-head guard, sent one of his well
known loopers whiStling through the
cords and Milton Muliltz sank a foul
and Tech was under the wire a winner.
DAILY not only came through with
this vital last-minute shot, but he was
peppering the cords consistently
throughout the game. heading the Tech
attack with l3 points Huck Cava-
naugh. another red-head guard. but
much simmer than DAILY. whose sensa-
tional sharpshooting has been the out
standing feature of ROosevelt's play.
meanwhile also was socking the hoop
for 13 markers.
- ASTERN simply ran away with
r. Western, which was playing with
out the services of Forney who is
ineligible, and Stadler who also has
been lost to the team, at least tempo
With Basin, Davis and Dizzy Dean
bombarding the basket. the Lincoln
Parkers amassed a 28-8 lead at the
half Then Coach Kelley stuck in re-
serves who finished the game with
Mccarthy and Hollidge showing par
ticularly we'll Little Jimmy Corcoran
with 3 points, did most of Westerns
scoring.
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