Evening star., 1953-12-23
Two Stars Bolster
Tech Hopes Despite
Loss 10 81. Johns


Tech High Schools basketball
team, despite its 1855 loss to st.
Johns yesterday at Tech, should
find itself in the thick of the
Interhigh title race this season
with such scoring threats in its
lineup as Hans Jepson and Tony
DiChiacchio.
The Trainers. who lost to Will
son in the championship playof
last year. are looking to Jepson,
a transfer student from Califor-
mia. and DiChiacchio, the only
returning first-stringer. to put
them in the playoffs again this
year. Jepson and DiChiacchio
each scored 20 points yesterday,
high for their team, and now
have averaged 10 and Is points,
respectively, in three games.
It was this pair that came
close to turning defeat into VIC
tory for Tech in the last half.
JepSon scored IA of his 20 points
in the last two periods to help
bring his team from a 1880
deficit at halftime and 56-5l
score at the end of the third
quarter to within two points of
a tie with less than three minutes
to play.
Rusevlyan Stars for Cadets.
But Bob Rusevlyan, st. Johns
star. tossed in four consecutive
fouls and field goal to seal his
teams victory. Rusevlyan fin
ished with "a points. high for
the game, and along with Bernie
Mccarthy, who had IA points,
kept the Cadets ahead despite
the heroics of Jepson and Di-
Chiacchio.
Armstrong, Division II cham
plon the last six years, won its
third game in four starts as it
defeated Carroll, a likely Catho-
lie League title threat, 55-48,
at Carroll yesterday.
Carroll Rally Fails.
Led by Bill Hessler and Frank
Wlghtman. both on the ALL
Catholic second team last year,
the Lions put on a third-quarter
spree and came within two points
of tying. But Armstrong re-
fused to fold and pulled away in
the final quarter. During the
third-quarter splurge, Hessler
hit for seven points and Wight
man eight. Hessler wound up
with 13 points and Wightman
IL, high for Carroll. Terry
Hatchett with 18 points and
Charles Allen with Is were Arm
strong's high scorers.
DCA DCdGS Ou1CAduUs
Ray Windsor with 16 points
and Ray Duncan and Charles
Stringfellow, each with IA, paced
Bell to its second victory in three
games, a 57-41 defeat of Suit
land yesterday at Suitland. Ed
Beavers with 20 points was high
for Suitland.
Behind 24-2O at halftime,
Phelps rallied to defeat Fair
mont Heights yesterday, 43-39,
at Spingarn. John Womble of
Phelps with Is points took scor-
ing honors. Ken Marshall with
IL was high for Fairmont
Heights.
The presence of players from
last years championship team
failed to impress Wilson as it
defeated the Alumni yesterday
at Wilson. 1929. Lou Luce with
19 points and AL Mason with IS
led the Varsity. Lon Herzbrun,
Al-High selection last year, was
high for the Alumni with IL.
WI Wins Third in Row.
Washington-Lee won it's third
victory in as many starts, de-
feating Anacostia at WI yes
terday, $3.50. Sonny Dugan
with IA points and Doug Watson
with IL were high for the Gen
erals. Dick Butler with IL points
was top scorer for the Indians.
Chuck Motley tossed in a
field goal in the final seconds of
play to give George Washington
Alumni 59-57 victory over the
Varsity at CIV yesterday. Mott
ley, playing for Hampden-Syd-
ney this year, was high scorer for
the Alumni with 13 points. Doug
Yates, with 16 points, paced the
Varsity.
In games today, Coolidge will
play Montgomery Blair at Z pm.
at Takoma Park Junior High
School, while four other schools
will play alumni teams to wind
up the weeks high school has
ketball schedule.
TheVarsity- Alumni games are
Westerns 2:45; Bethesda-Chevy
Chase, Z; Richard Montgomery,
7.20 and GoifbarShI,ro 7.on