Evening star., 1952-01-12

Tech, winner of q straight
games including six this season
and considered by most observers
a shoo-in for the District inter-
high basketball championship, is
not considered so by at least two
future opponents.
Coolidge, which holds the
league lead today after last
nights $3.50 victory over West
ern at Tech, and Eastern. loser
in both Of its league starts to
date, are entertaining ideas Of
upsetting the Trainers.
Coolidge gets its chance a week
from tonight when it faces Tech
in one-half Of a league double
header. Eastern, a SLAB victim
of Roosevelt in the other game
last night at Tech. doesn't meet
Tech until the last game Of the
league schedule. Meanwhile,
Eastern Coach Bobby Hart's chief
concern is getting his team into
the four-team playoffs.
Coach Reveals Strategy.
Coach Julian Colangelo of
Coolidge even went so far as to
tell how he planned to play Tech.
a fast-breaking outfit which has
run up, such one-sided margins
as 90-38 over Suitland, 1850 over
Georgetown University's Junior
Varsity. 80-59 over Lancaster Pa.)
High. 70-44 over Western and
83-32 over Bladensburg. George
Washington High has given Tech
its best game, losing 69-58.
But everybody's got a chance" ~
Colangelo says. 1--WE have the
height in Bruce Tucker t6-5), Ted
Myers (6-4) and Bob johnson
(6-3). We're going to con-
centrate on stopping Sullivan
Crank Sullivan) under the boards
and then use defense. We have
hopes"
''Tech," Hart says, "is the finest
working team I've seen, but
potentially I think we have the
best team in the city and canI
beat Tech. But we've got to make
the pfayoffs. I'll say this much |
If we make the playoffs, we'll beat
them.
Calls T0rbett Best.
II have the best big player inI
the city in Torbett (Dick Torbett,
6-3 under-the-basket worker), butt
he was in an automobile accidentI
last Sunday and injured his knee.
] also have Graham Pennington,
6-2. and Bill Hunter, 6-1h. Andl
I have Gino D'Ambrosio, a terrific
set shot. I've never seen anybody
with the touch he has. But in
juries and illness have hurt u.s.
Pennington has a sprained ankle
and Hunter was out because of
illness all last week"
Coolidge, loser only to Patter-
son Park of Baltimore in sevenl
games, almost blew the game with
Western. The Colts, led by Bill
Harrison and Carmello Pine, ran
up a 14-point halftime lead, then
lost it with S minutes remaining
in the final period. Arnie Scrib-
ner, Big Jim Wexler, a standout
from every angle; John Klar and
Pete Barr led the Raiders back.
Western trailed. 47-40, going into
the final. Wexler and Klar
brought the Raiders to within two
points and Scribner tossed in al
one-hander to tie it. The score
was even at Sc with 20 seconds
to 60 when Harrison plopped in a
one-hander from outside for the
victory. Wexler was high scorer
with 26 points. while Harrison
had IS.
Roosevelt Strong FiniSher.
Eastern trailed Roosevelt, 1876,
after one period, but drew up to-
within one point, 1922, at half |
time. The Ramblers, led by Tor
bett and Pennington, went out
front by seven points in the third
quarter and entered the final with
a fivevpoint bulge. Bill Smith,
Phil Perlo and Bill Wright COM
bined to score eight straight points
for Roosevelt in the first 6 minutes
of the final and Eastern never re-
Pennington re-injured
his ankle and had to leave the
game with Eastern trailing by two
points.
Tonight's double e-header at Tech
has Chamberlain meeting Wilson
at 7::30 and Anacostia facing
Bell at 9.