Evening star., 1945-02-16
Colts Bid for PIayoff
Berth as They End
Rambler Streak
InterhiEh Standings.
Does not include today's Rames.)

Opportunity knocked at the dress
ing room door OF Techs basket ball
team today as the Maroon pre-
pared to take on a visiting Western
quintet and the knuckles behind the
knock were supplied by Coolidge
five that registered the biggest up
set of the high school league season
yesterday.
Coolidge slapped a 40-to-38 over
time win on an Eastern team that
went to sleep in the fourth quarter,
swapping the Ramblers' winning
streak at Is games and giving Tech
the opportunity to tie for the top
in the high school series by licking
Western today. Tech, plotting
strategy for the important clash
knew it had everything in the cards
TO do its
Meanwhile, as Wilson prepared to
entertain the Roosevelt Rough Rid
ers, and Central got set for an in
vasion by the Anacostia Indians,
further deadlockS were in the offing.
Wins by Central and Roosevelt
meant that fourth place would be
split by Wilson, Coolidge and Gen.
tral, with playoff games necessary
before the title tilts by the four top
teams could be held.
Extra Game Planned.
School authorities. however, after
a glance at the form sheet that in
dicated victory for Wilson and
Central that would tie up only those
two teams, made arrangements to-
day for a game between the pair on
Monday to break the expected
snarl. Central, moreover, faced the
possibility of being thrown out of
the series for the title if it lost, but
no one this morning was giving
Anacostia, winless in high school
play. a chance to beat the Vikings.
Eastern's Ramblers had no ex-
cuses today for the licking they
took from Coolidge because there
isn't an alibi in the book they could
use with any justification.
The two points that beat them in
an overtime period were registered
by Dean Hausrath. 1t was the only
field goal he made in the game
And that tells the story of the upset
Eastern played a fine game for
three quarters, and with a 32-to-22
lead going into the final period, evi-
IDENTIFY thought the ball game won.
Discounting such Coolidge players
as Hausrath, Joe Laing, Bill Cannon
and Kenny Hazel the Ramblers
made the fatal mistake of easing
off.
That was all Coolidge. kicked
around the circuit considerably this
season, needed to spring its sur
prise attack. When that fatal
fourth ended, the score was 36 to 36.
Colt Attack Picks Up.
Eastern had another chance to
swing the decision in the extra
period when Bob Lamon sank a
long shot from the sidelines to put
the Ramblers ahead, but by this
time Coolidge had picked up too
much momentum to be stopped.
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it up again, and then Hausrath
arched in the winning two-pointer
The Colts hung on to the ball in
the remaining minute.
The red hot finale came after
Eastern had taken a 9-to-4 lead in
the opening period and breezed into
a comfortable 23-to-12 advantage at
the half The Ramblers began to
coast midway in the third when
they held a 32-to-16 edge and it
was then that spectators began to
notice the first signs of the Coolidge
uprising with Laing rolling up points
with regularity.
AS the tempo of the Colt attack
increased in the opening minutes of
the fourth, Laing dropped in pair
of field goals and aided by the hot
scoring of Cannon and Hazel, knot
ted the count at "a to "a, with 2
minutes to go.
The Colts moved ahead for the
first time in the game with minute
TO go in regulation time when Haus-
rath sank pair of free throws, but
Lamon tied the score as the gun
went off.