The Washington times., 1937-03-10
Quintet Wins
I Straight
Contests
BY SID KATZNELL

GlNlllS bItC 4OCoA SAANAASaSAo''S
some Of the finest amateur basket
ball games this town has seen in
many moons, the Washington
Times Community Center League
concluded its season last night
with j. Edgar Hoover's Bureau Of
Investigation G-Men winning the
pennant. The newly crowned
champions captured seven conSec-
utive games without losing one in
league competition.
Not only will the G-Men receive
a handsomely engraved silver cup
from the Community Center, but
will be given gold awards by The
Washington Times.
Hoover's men won the flag by
outfighting a fighting Jewish Com
munity Center team, 38 to 80, be
fore a goodly crowd at Tech High
School.
Playing without the services Of
Jim Thompson. high-scoring for
ward, and Joe Robinson, star cen
ter, the G-Men were forced to bat
tie throughout the proceedings.
The nonappearance of Thomp-
son and Robinson was just as
much OF a secret as some of the
Federal Bureau of Investigations S
detective missions.
j. Thompson Missed
ThompsonS shooting was con-
spicuously missed by the cham
pionS.
Tom Lynch, who starred for Mt.
st. Mary's three year ago, and
who has been playing with the
Federal Sleuths for the past two
seasons, scored the first point of
the game. He cashed in on foul
committed by Heilman, ]. C. C.'s
center, after 3 minutes of play
had been recorded. Beth" Bethel
needing 9 points to tie Thomas
Badger, of the Federal WPA, for
the leagues individual scoring
honor, seemed too anxious. Con-
Sequently his shots were going
astray.
]. C. C. grabbed a 4-to-1 lead
after eight minutes of the first
quarter had been played when
henderson registered a snow-biro
and Levinson dropped one in from
the 20-foot mark. Herb Thomp-
son, brother of Jimmy Thompson,
broke the ice for the Sleuths, sink,
ing a beauty from the side,
LevinSon quickly retaliated with
q neat shot from the center of
the floor. Forest Burgess,
Bureaus fleet forward, kept his
team in the running by making
q field goal from midway. Herb
Thompson put F. B. I. ahead for
the first time with fielder from
the side, but henderson made
good on a charity toss and the
score was deadlocked.
Burgess shot from far gave the
SleuthS the lead again. Gender
son deadlocked the count once
more with a sensational basket
from the center of the floor.
Thompson and Bethel scored field
goals in rapid succession putting
the Sleuths four out in front. 1t
was Bethels first basket in II
minutes of play.
G-Men Lead At Half
The half ended when Levy sank
o twiSter from the left of the
basket bringing j. C. C. within
two points of the G-Men, 1913.
Burgess opened the second
gtanZa with a well-placed pot shot
and followed with another a few
minutes later. Burgess was flash
ing his old George Washington
University form. Levy scored the
first j. C. C. basket in this half.
He placed his team within three
points of the Sleuths by sinking
q foul toss, 1916. Thompson'S pot
gave the Sleuths a 21-16 advantage.
For the next few minutes the
teams exchanged points, but Bur.
CESS Thompson and Bethel got
shot" and F. B. l. pulled away.
However, J. c. C.. scored two bas.
ketS with less than a minute re-
naming when isis" Esenstadt and
Doctor Sam zola dropped in field
goals. Bethel fell one point short
Of tying Thomas Badger, of Fed.
eral WPA, for the individual high
scoring honors. He needed points
and he was only able to chalk
up 8. Badger scored SO points in
the league and Bethel totaled So
Thus Badger will receive a silver
cup, symbolic of the high individ
nal scoring hnnorS