Evening star., 1952-02-13
By BiII Fuchs

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Saturday ut Tech-Western vs.. Cham
neriain. 1880 p-m.; Wilson vs. Bell 9.
By Bill Fuchs
The well-laid plans Of Coach
Bobby Hart win be put to the test
Friday night when his Eastern
High School basketball team faces
undefeated Tech in the second
game of an interhigh double
header at Tech.
Roosevelt and Coolidge. current
ly deadlocked with i've victories
and two losses each, viii battle for
second place in the first game at
7::30.
A victory over Tech would give
Eastern q place in the playoffs,
along with Tech. Roosevelt and
Coolidge. An Eastern defeat prob
ably would result in a four-Way
tie for fourth.
Anacostia. 1888 victor over
Chamberlain in the second game
of a twin bill yesterday at Tech.
has ended its interhigh play with
a 4-4 mark. Eastern, 47-44 victor
over Western In the first game. has
o AS mark.
Western and Wilson stand at
3-4 and are heavy favorites over
Chamberlain and Bell, respective
ly. in the last double header Of
the regular season Saturday night
at Tech.
Tentative Playoffs Set.
Playoffs for the final playof
berth. if needed-and it appears
they will be-will be held next
Tuesday and Wednesday at $3.50
pm. at Tech.
No one is giving Eastern much
chance against the speedy, deadly
shooting Trainers. Almost no one,
that is. Quiet, confident Bobby
Hart has been studying the Tech
basketball machine. as keenly as q
law student going up for the bar.
And Hart claims he's learned his
lessons well enough to pass his
team right past Tech and into the
playoffs.
do you really think you can
beat Tech?" a reporter asked Hart
yesterday.
why not?" Hart said. ''I fig-
ure if we have any kind of a
shooting percentage, we'll beat
'em. I figure well control the
boards. with Dick Torbett and
Joe D'Ambrosio in there. (Joe has
missed the last few games because
of illness. but will play Friday.)
We're going to throw full press
at them. OF course, we don't
figure to stop Snookie Kernan's
jump shot, but if he just has a
normal night we should be able
to Offset it."
Barely Beats Western.
There are q lot of people in
this town who don't think a high
school team in this area can touch
Tech" a reporter put in.
Il don't belong to that school" !"
Hart answered. We're ready for
'em and we've got to beat them.
We don't want any special play
OF. We want to end it Friday
night"
Harris calm optimism is heart
warming to those looking for more
excitement In the fading inter-
high season. but q little battling
IN view Of yesterdays game
against Western. The Ramblers
just did win that one, after blow
ing an l1-point lead in the sec
ond quarter.
Dick King. Gino D'Ambrosio,
John Linthicum and Torbett
paced Eastern to an ILL ad-
vantage before Jim Wexler scored
Westerns first field goal with
only Is seconds left in the first
period. Eastern led. 17-6, before
Wexler started to hit. consistent
ly. Wexler. a tall hook and lay
up artist, scored nine points in
the latter half Of the second Pc
riod, which ended with Eastern
In front by only two points, 22-20.
Wexler made his last goal that
period with only four seconds re-
manning.
Linthicum's Shots Seal Game.
Wexler. Bruce McKeithan and
Dennis Whitaker led the Raiders
to a 1926 command midway of
the third quarter. Western led,
1892, going into the fina... The lead
changed hands twice in the final
before Bob Ahern scored a lay-up
and Torbett tossed in . two
handler with three minutes left to
put Eastern ahead to stay. 43-4O.
Linthicum helped sew up the game
by dribbling in for layup under
the basket and later passing to
Ahearn on a faSt-break for
another.
Torbett scored II points, Linthi-
cum IL, and Ahern 10 to lead
Eastern, while Wexler ran up %
points on eight field goals and
six of 10 fouls.
Chamberlain didn't score field
goal the entire first period against
Anacostia. The Indians, mean
while, scored eight and matched
the Volts three fouls to take a
first-period. 1873, lead. The In
dianS led, 26-l5. at the half and
1925 after three periods. Poochie
Hilleary led Anacostia with 13
points, while Tony Magnatto was
high for the Volts with IA.
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