Evening star., 1954-02-17
Two Games With WI
Make Mount Vernon
Title Path Thorny

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Virginia basketball title. but
there's q. far from easy road
ahead.
The Majors, safely over one
hurdle with q 60-59 victory over
George washington High last
night, now must meet tough
Washington-Lee Friday and
again next Tuesday. Mount
Vernon has a 5-1 record while
George Washington stands So
and WI. 81.
Falls Church and Fairfax,
the other two league teams, are
out of the running for the
championship with lis and 0-5
records respectively.
Majors Squeeze Out Win.
The Majors squeezed out their
win, the first In its history over
CIV, when Bill EdmondSon
dropped in a foul shot with Is
seconds remaining in an over
time period in the nightcap Of
a doubleheader at WI. In the
opener, Washington-Lee STAYED
of a last-quarter rally to defeat
Tech, 1857.
In meeting WI Friday the
Majors will run headon into a
team ranked No. l in the area
with IL victories. eight straight.
against only one loss. Mount
Vernon. likewise. has dropped
one game but has played only
eiaht. It's curtaiied schedule is
due to the lack of a gym. expected
to be available in April.
mot having a gym of our own
has handicapped us somewhat"
Coach John Grinnell said. But
thanks to Special Services at
Fort Belvoir we manage to get
in at least an hours practice al
most every day. Without their
cooperation we would really be
bad off,"
Lay0ff Hurts Mount Vernon.
The Majors last game was a
week ago and lack Of competi-
ton was apparent as they missed
scoring chances. A side court
push shot by Wilmer Anderson
of CIV tied it up at 55-55 with
one minute remaining in regu-
lation time. Both teams scored
in the overtime period. but both
also missed several chances from
the foul line until Edmondson
caShed in on his second of two
free throws.
Edmondson, All-State selec-
ton last year, was high with 80
points. Mike Agee's II was high
for CIV.
In the opener. WI took a
57-44 lead into the last quarter,
but Techs Hans Jepson, Tony
DiChiacchio and Stu Knott
started hitting and the Generals
were hard-pressed to head of
the determined Trainers. Sonny
Dugan with l9 points and Jim
Woolridge with II paced WASH
ington Lee. Jepson. DiChiac-
chic and Knott each had IS for
Tech.
George Mason Beats Herndon.
George Mason. with John
Tasker'S 13 points pacing it's
attack, finished in first place in
Virginia Group III play with a
55-42 victory last night over
Herndon. The Mustangs, with
an 81 league record, will enter
playoffs Friday to determine
the league champion.
Landon'S nine game winning
streak was snapped when Balti-
more Friends took a 53-47 VIC
tory in an Interstate Academic
Conference game. Landon still
has a chance at the champion
ship If it can take ST. Adams
and Sanford (DelD in its re-
naming league games.
In preliminary to the George
Washington William and Mary
game, st. Johns defeated the
CIV freshmen. 96-o4, on a field
goal and foul in the last five sec
ondS by John Frazier. Frazier
also led the Cadets in scoring
with 81 points. Paul Thompson
was high for the Frosh with %.
The schedule for the remainder
OF the week:
Georgetown Prep at Episcopal, 800.
ST Anthony at OXon Hill \
Mackin at Spingarn, $3.50
Dunoar VS.. Bates in Annapolis. /.
$3.50 ''"
Suitiand at Arundel $40.
Wakefield at Falls Church w BIS.
johnson Williams at I'arker-Gray, j..
Tomorrow.
ShSmberlain VS., Wilson at Tech. 3:15.
Bell VS.. Anacostia at Tech S.
Coolidge vs. Western at Tech, 730.
essGo1o esstsa1 Ts at sOGSsysI, sOSss1n At Teen g.
Phelps VS.. Dunbar at spingarn. g.
?, Sonzaga VS.. st. Johns at Catholic
Mackin vs.. GEORGETOWN Prep at Gu.
Mount Vernon at Washington Lee, 8.
George Washington at Fairfax S:30
st. Adams at Landon, 800
:. Armstrong VS.. Huntington at Newport
News, Va.
DeMartha at Falls Church. &.
Bladensburg at Westminster, T.
Richard Montgomery at Gathers
burg, Z.
+ Sherwood at Laurel, 7:15.
PooleSville at Damascus. 7:30
Southern at Frederick Sasscer, z,
Lackey at La Plata. 8.
Bulls VS.. CIV. Frosh at Uline. ti:3O.
ST. Stephens at George Mason g.
Stuyvesant at Herndon &.
Capitol Pages at Wakefield, g.
Parker-Gray VS.. Walker-Grant at
at Fredericksburg, g.
Spingarn at Hoffman Boston, 3.
Saturday.
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