Evening star., 1951-01-27
WI. Upho|ds Rating
By Beating Roosevelt;
Tech Roufs Dewitt


of the top high school basketball
teams in the area was upheld last
night when it beat Roosevelt, tied
for the District Interhieh League
lead, 52-45. at Fort Myers.
The Generals. second to George
Washington in Northern Virginia
Glass A competition. outshot the
Riders from the foul line to take
their victory. The teams were tied
with Is field goals apiece, but
WI made good on % free throws
to Roosevelts IL.
Riders Sid Frank and Bob Potts
fouled out to hurt Roosevelt's S
chances for a win. Bill Heath
made l8 points, II on foul shots,
to lead the Generals. ill Smith
with 13 and Bill Wright with 10
were Roosevelt's high point men.
Tech Routs Dewitt.
Tech hit its top scoring mark Of
the season as it routed Dewitt,
87-41. at Tech. Leading point
getters for the Trainers were
Snookie Herman. "a: Bill Breen,
is; Dick De Ceasare, IA: Charlie
Hartnett, 10, and Joe Cav, 10. Joe
McCauley led Dewitt with IT. The
Trainers scored SIS points in the
second half to gain their ninth
win against one loss in high school
competition.
Jerry Eckholm made "a points
for Priory but Jack Flaherty's
field goal for Chamberlain in the
last few seconds of an overtime
period gave the Volts a win at
Priory.
The losers overcame a six-point
halftime deficit to tie the game at
44-44 at the end OF regulation
play. Flahertysand Joe Kolley led
Chamberlain with Is points each
Colidge. using Is men. defeated
it's alumni. ABA, at Coolidge after
leading 1913 at halftime Dick
kaufman and Carmelo Pine led
the undergraduates with 10 and
8 points.
CIV Beats Petersburg.
George Washington has eight
straight wins and a l0-1 seasons
record after overwhelming Peters,
burg, 70-40, at CIV. Bob Kessler
tossed in eight field goals and
eight fouls to lead the Presidents
with "a points while Bugs Oliver
had 13.
Bob Hampton. a high scorer all
year for Maryland Park, went on
rampage last night, tossing in
80 points to lead his team to a
1866 win at Mount Rainier in a
Prince Georges County A League
game. Maryland Park is the loop
leader with a 81 record.
In the county's Glass B action,
Oxon Hill won it's fifth straight
league game, routing Laurel, S.
33, on the losers court. Hank
Henry was high tor Oxon Hill with
Is points.
De Matha buried Towson Cath
olic of Baltimore. 61-33 at De
Matha to bring the Stags' season
record to 8-8. All Ii De Matha
players scored as Frank Fucua
and Jim Murphy led the parade
with IA and IL points.
Gwynn Park Beats La Plata.
A technical foul, sunk by Jack
son Caldwell in the last seconds,
gave GWynn Park a 40-39 win
over La Plata at Gwynn Park.
Tom Wilson led the winners with
18 points while Bill Wright was
high for Laurel with IL. The
GWynn Park girls team, led by
Blanche Smiths II points, beat
La Platas girls, ALA, in a pre-
liminary game.
Dick Grist of Richard Montgom-
cry scored as many points as the
entire Capitol Pages team as he
led his team to a 60-19 rout at
Rockville.
In Montgomery County B
League action, Gaithersburg
trounced Poolesville, 6O-32, at
Poolesville. Dale Jackson led the
winners with 10 points.
Armstrong is still undefeated in
the Negro Interhigh League after
beating Cardozo, 47-38, and Dun
bar has its first loop win by up
setting Phelps, 44-30, in double
header at the Armory last night.