Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Seven-WayScramble
For P|ayoffs Begins
After Tech Wins. Spot
By Bob Henson
InterhIEh division y LeaEue standInEs


the Trainers can do no worse
than tie for first place, but the
remaining three positions are
up for grabs among seven teams.
Anacostia, Wilson and Eastern,
all tied for second, are favored
to fill the open spots. Each
plays its remaining two games
with lower-ranked teams. But
should one falter. Coolidge, Bell
and even Chamberlain and
Roosevelt could move in with
surprise victories.
The Interhigh schedule will be
completed with two double
headers next Friday and the
same arrangement the following
Friday. Here, in the order of
the schedule, are the games to
be played by the seven teams
still in the running:
AnacoStia must play Chamber
lain and Bell, Wilson must play
Coolidge and Chamberlain, East
ern must play Western and
Roosevelt, Coolidge must meet
Wilson and Western, Bell has
one game left with Anacostia,
Chamberlain still must play Ana
costa and Wilson and Roosevelt
has to beat Tech and Eastern.
Tech Wins by One Point.
Tech removed any doubt about
its position with a tension
packed 1911 last-second victory
over. AnacoStia yesterday at Tech
in the first game of an afternoon
double-header.
In the second game, Coolidge
defeated Chamberlain. 1897. and
in a night double header, East
ern beat Bell. 55-48, and Wilson
defeated Roosevelt, 1851. The
three losers all suffered their
fourth defeats and are faced with
winning both their remaining
games in order to qualify for
the playoffs February %.
About 1000 fans tensely
watched first Tech and then
Anacostia take the lead. The
Trainers held a 17-16 f1rst-quar-
ter edge and Anacostia a 1875
lead at halftime as Zeke Zirkle
of Anacostia hit for a field goal
just before the buzzer sounded.
Scoring Battle Waged.
1t was a battle of Hans Jepson
and Tony DiChiacchio of Tech
against Zirkle and Dick Butler
of Anacostia. First one and then
the other would swish in a set
shot or push shot. The lead con-
tinually changed with neither
team able to get more than a
two-point margin until Tech
finally got another five-point
lead. 68-63. on shots by Tom
Merryman and Jepson with
three minutes remaining.
AnacoStia cut the margin on
a field goal by Wayne Thomer-
son but Tech codntered on a
field goal and Stu Knott then
tossed in two free throws. Butler
made a heroic effort to salvage
at least a tie with push shot
with one second remaining but
the game ended before the In
dams could get another shot.
1--WE play them one by one"
Coach Artie Boyd of Tech said
after the game. But I'm happy
there is only one left to play. We
beat a real good team and it
could very well have gone the
other way"
DiChiacchiO High for Tech.
DiChiacchio took scoring hon.
ors for Tech with "a points, with
Jepson finishing with 20. Zirkle
was high for both teams with
Is points and Butler right be-
hind with 25.
So even was the game that
only a matter of, a few fouls
made the difference. AnacoStia
made. q shots from the floor
and Tech 26. The slight differ
ence was in the foul shots, Tech
netting 20 against Anacostia's II.
Sophomore Lew Luce, leading
scorer in Interhigh games with
better than a 25-point average,
gave a near-record performance
in leading the Wilson victory.
His 40 points came within a free
throw of tying the Interhigh obi
vision y record set by another
Wilson player. Lonnie Herzbrun,
last season.
So Points Set Record.
But this performance was
overshadowed by a new record
high for all high schools games
in this area when Elgin Baylor
poured in SO points to lead
Spingarn to a 91-48 victory over
Phelps in a Division II double
header at Spingarn last night.
The previous mark was set by
Jim Wexler Of Western last year
when he scored 50 points against
Charlotte Hall Military Academy.
The 6-foot-4 Baylor played the
entire second half with four fouls
on him but threw in 80 points to
go with 81 he had scored before
intermission. Baylor also broke
his own Division II record of a.
points, which he set against Car
dozo while playing for Phelps
two years ago.
The victory, Spingarn's fifth
In league play, kept Spingarn
out in front in the standings,
but Dunbar kept pace in the
runnerup spot by downing rival
Armstrong, $3.50, in the second
game of the twin-bill.
Outside of Division II, Car
dozo went to Baltimore for q
meeting with Carver and took
home a 1882 victory on Delano
Catrell's two free throws with
Is seconds remaining.
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