Evening star., 1943-01-12
Contains All Factors
Needed 10 Recover
From Bad Start
Riders Student Bureau
Providing Interesting
Statistics on Comes
By GEORGE HUBER.

A paradox of the high school
basket ball situation here is that
Roosevelt hasn't won a game In
three starts, yet still is regarded as
one of the tough teams.
For one thing, the Rough Riders
have lost to good quints, Bethesda
Chevy Chase, George Washington U.
Freshmen and, lastly, to Tech in an
overtime engagement that opened
the high school championship series
last Friday night. In fact, that last
defeat did lot to raise their reputa-
ton, because any teams that give
Tech battle has to be good. Other
wise the Riders high ranking comes
as a combination of several circum-
stances. Roosevelt generally is
tough. and it's hard to conceive of 1t
having a poor team; Coach Reds
Auerbach has an excellent reputa-
ton both as coach and a player
himself, and, lastly, there are nu-
merous players on the team with
proven ability, such as Charley
Howard, Preston Wannan, Bunny
Citrenbaum and Ollie Kennedy,
Wannan Goes in February.
Wannan will leave the team In
February, but until then he will be
OF real value to the Riders Coach
Auerbach still has another ace up
his sleeve, too, good zone defense
he has shown only for a few min
utes in the game against Bethesda
The success OF Eastern's surprise
zone defense against Wilson last
week may be the means Of bringing
out that style more this season.
Tech. too. might have a zone de-
Tense as a secret weapon. Coach
Dutch Usilaner has used it occa-
sionally, although the last time he
tried, 1T against Western in the play
offs two seasons ago it Topped.
Anyway, Roosevelt's losing streak
Is expected to end tomorrow when
1t plays host to Georgetown Prep.
The Little Hoyas have a good little
team. but hardly in the same league
was Roosevelt.
Big schoolboy battle of the early
part OF this week is today's engage
ment between Tech, leader in the
public high series, and St. Johns,
which has the best record Of the
outside clubs with five wins in six
starts. Tech, with three straight
trlumphs, Is the only undefeated
team In this area except for st. AL
bans, which has played only once
and has a smooth, polished team
with plenty of height.
Form Statistical Bureau.
Don Wolpe and several of his fell
low students at Roosevelt have
formed the Interhigh Statistical Bu-
reau to keep all sorts of records re-
garding athletics. They are COM
piling history of scores and other
events here and also are making a
rather interesting statistical study
OF the current high school series.
They're keeping a record of the
number Of shots taken by each play
er, the time each team has pos
session OF the ball and so forth.
According to the bureaus figures,
several players made excellent aver
ages in last week ends activities.
Ollie Kennedy of Roosevelt. Bob
Brewer OF Tech and Bob Hill of.
Central were successful with of II
shots. Fred Seaton of Eastern made
Of IA and Billy Deck of Eastern
dropped 4 of 10.
At the other end of the list is
Bob (Stickemup) Frailey of West
prn who failed to cipE opo sc 1c
tosses.
Possession of the ball also was
proved a factor in winning games.
Three of the four winners had the
ball longer than the losing team.
The only exception was that Roose-
welt had almost a tWo-minute edge
over Tech and still lost.