Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
WI High Underdog
In SemifinaI Tonight
With Lynchburg Five
By Bob Henson

Washington-Lee High, the |
only one of two area teams to !
survive the first round In the |
seventh annual Virginia State
scholastic basketball tournament |
at wills Campbell Memorial
gymnasium. encounters q heav-
ily-favored E. c. Glass team Of
Lynchburg in semifinals tonight.
The Generals will meet Glass,
defending champion, in the Sec
ond game. Hampton. second
seeded. will play John Marshall
of Richmond. top-seeded team,
in the opener at 1880 pm.
WI gained the semifinals
with a 50-41 victory over Maury
Of Norfolk last night while
George Washington Of Alexan-
dria was eliminated, $3.50, by
John Marshall. Hampton de-
feated George Washington Of
Danville, 48-41. and Glass de-
feated Newport News, $3.50, in
other opening round games.
Sectional Title Winners.
Both WI and Glass were Sec
tional winners during regular
season play. The Generals took
the Northern District title with
a I'll record and 1872 overall.
Glass was the champion of the
Western District. also with a I'll
record. and finished 1871 for all
games. The Generals scored 446
points during the season against
1886 for its opponents. The Hill
toppers accumulated 400 points
and its opposition 316. Of these
figures the two teams appear
evenly matched, but Glass is
given the favorite's role due to
its more impressive play last
night.
Before the tournament start
ed. Coach John Rothrock of WI
said his team would have to
play its best bah against Maury
to stay alive. The Generals were
lucky to get by Maury last night
and similar play against the
woodworking Glass team to-
night would put them among |
the also rams.
Westinghouse never held
comfortable lead. most of the
game being only four points
ahead. If it had not been for
the outstanding floor play and |
shot-making of Doug Watson.
the Generals likely would have
taken it on the chin. |
Close Game for WI.
The Generals took a 1873 first
quarter lead, Maury went into
front for the first time, 1917,
shortly after the second period
got under way and then WI
grabbed it back to go ahead at
intermiSSion, $500. With Curtis
Hathaway hitting with set shots
and Buddy Payne grabbing re-
bounds. the Commodores got |
within four points, 45-41, with |
1888 remaining in the game.
Tom Hockersmith hit for a field
goal and foul shot and Jim Wool
bridge for two foul shots for
WI in the closing minutes and
that was the game.
Watson with IA points, Sonny
Dugan with Is and HockerSmith
with II were high scorers for |
WI. Hathaway with 16 points,
10 Of them in the last quarter,
took scoring honors for Maury. |
Only an excellent guarding job |
by John Marshall on Doug Yates, |
f1fth-ranking scorer in the State,
kept George Washington from
scoring an upset victory. He
was held to IL points as against
his 20.6 per game average. But |
the Justices. in concentrating on
Yates, nearly got caught nap
ping as GW's Wilmer Anderson, |
with a big assist from little |
Mike Agee. hit for 20 points.
CIV Leads at End of Third.
The Presidents took a 1913
flrst-quarter lead but a 2O-point
scoring spree by the Justices in
the next period put CIV behind,
1920. at halftime. CIV bounced
back to gain a 1913 lead as
George Coburn stole the ball and
sank a desperation shot from
near mid-court as the buzzer
sounded.
The two teams see-sawed back
and forth in the final period. It
was 44-44 with four minutes re-
naming. 1916 with 31a and Az |
4S with 2:11 remaining in the
game. A set shot by Lee South
ard OF John Marshall made it
5O-48 and then Yates hit for CIV
to make it $3.50 with LOS re-
naming. Two foul shots by Don
Goode and one by Buck Jones |
cIinched it for John Marshall.
Jones wound up with Is points
Larry Rauppius with IL and
Southland with II to top the |
scoring for John Marshall
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