Evening star., 1954-01-09
School Fund TO Suffer
In Afternoon Slate
For Bell and Volts
BY Dick SIox

By Dick SIoy
A glance at the basketball
schedule for the Interhigh (Di-
vision y League reveals that Bell
and Chamberlain viii be playing
only one league game at night
between them this SeaSon-and
such. an arrangement may prove
costly to the District athletic
fund.
The manner in which these
two vocational high schools won
their league openers yesterday
afternoon in Mckinley Tech gym
could entice a lot Of new Gus
toners to attend those Friday
night double-headers. But those
who wish to watch Chamberlain
and Bell pass out some Of the
same punishment they have been
receiving since they joined the
Interhigh group in l949 viii have
to be there Tuesday and Friday
afternoons. except on the night
Of February S, when Bell takes
on Eastern.
In the first game yesterday
Bell jumped of to a 40 lead
against Western and stretched
the margin to 38 points before
winning. 73-42. Chamberlain
had to come from behind to de-
feat Roosevelt, 70-68, as Russ
Williams scored Is of the Volts
20 points in teh last 4 minutes
is seconds.
The evening double header
was anti-climactic as favoriteS
Wilson and Tech won their In
ter-high openers.
Wilson Beats AnacOstia.
Lew Luce, Wilson's 5-foot-10
sophomore sensation, paced the
defending champions to a 53-45
victory over Anacostia. Zeke
Zirkle'S % points were high for
the Indians, who suffered their
fourth loss in seven starts.
Hans Jepson. lanky center.
got 90 points to help Tech to
1852 triumph over Coolidge.
Bob Wondrack's 18 points could
not avert the Colts fourth de-
feat in five games as Tech won
its third Of five outings.
Zip Lehr, Western coach. was
stunned. Don't ask me what
happened" he said in the dress
ing room later. "I thought we
looked very good against st.
Anthony last Tuesday, even
though we lost. Before that we
held down the score against
Frederick and I expected our
alumni to beat us by 20 points
and we won by g."
RebOunding Is Difference.
The difference was probably the
rebounding. Observers couldn't
remember more than a half
dozen times that Western got
the ball on Bells blackboard.
Ray Windsor and Sam Cheri.
Bells two big men. were flawless
under their own basket and
Windsor retrieved the bali of
Westerns boards enough to pour
in Is points. high for the game.
Charlie Stringfellows followed
with 10 points and Ray Duncan
had Is for Bell, while the best
for Western was IL by Frank
Cohen and 10 by Bob Lomax.
Chamberlain, which has been
regarded as the patsies Of the
league along with Bell for these
last five years, was no less inn
presSive In its victory In the sec
ond game, its eighth in a row
without defeat.
The Volts trailed from mid
way in the first quarter as Dick
Preziotti, Larry Stearman, Ken
Erickson and Demetric Koutras
kept Roosevelt out in front by
as much as 10 points in the
second and third periods. Then
Phil Perlo, Roosevelt's All-High
guard who had been the play
maker most of the way, fouled
out almost midway in the last
quarter with the Riders leading,
$3.50.
Williams Puts School Ahead.
Williams. 18-year-old senior
who transferred from Tech two
years ago, scored four goals and
two foul shots to give Chamber
lain q 60-59 lead and then fol-
owed with five more points before
the final whistle. He ended up
with 81 points and Dudley Holtz
and Bill Rice helped out with Is
and IL, respectively. Preziotti
had % and Stearman got IS
points as Roosevelt dropped its
second straight game.
At Spingarn last night the Di-
vision II League Of the Interhigh
got under way when the host
team, led by Elgin Baylor's 81
points. walloped Phelps. $3.50,
and defending champion Arm
strong got by Cardozo, 52-44.
Tom Reddick, second d-string
center for Armstrong, broke a
44-44 tie and went on to score
eight points in row for the final
margin. Charlie Allen led the
winners with II points.
Dunbar. fifth team in Division
II, went to Fairmont Heights and
won its third in a row, 63-53,
thanks mostly to II points by
Warren Williams.
Montgomery Again Beats