Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Two Boys Who Broke
Interhigh Record Set
For Scoring Duel
FINAL STANDINGS.
INTERHIGH DIV. u LEAGUE.

Lew Luce of Wilson High. who
set an Interhigh season scoring
record yesterday, and Zeke Zirkle
Of Anacostia, who broke the new
mark by two points an hour and
a half later, should provide quite
a duel when they face in the
first round of the championship
playoffs.
Wilson and Anacostia finished
the regular season yesterday.
tied for second place in the
standings. and are scheduled to
meet in the second game of the
playoff double-header next Fri
day at Tech. League-leading
Tech will oppose Eastern. fourth
ranking club. in the opener at
1880 pm. The winners will play
for the championship the follow
ing night at $3.50.
Luce and Zirkle last met on
the opening day of the Inter-
high schedule. January 8, and
Luce topped his rival with q
points to % as Wilson downed
Anacostia, 53-45.
AiIment Slows Luce.
Luce tossed in only 10 points,
TIA under his average, as Will
son eased by Chamberlain, 61-51,
in the opening game Of the two
double headerS at Tech yester-
day.
Reported still bothered by a
cold, Luce got little support from
his teammates in his successful
assault on the year-old record
of 1919 points set by another Will
son player, Lonnie Herzbrun. The
f1ashy sophomore didn't get his
hands on the ball as much as
usual, and as soon as he set a
new mark of 202 points Coach
Tony Kupka pulled him out of
the game with minute left in
the third quarter.
On the other hand Anacostia
players, notably Dickie Butler.
fed Zirkle continually in the Sec
ond game when it became evil
dent that Luce'S record was
within reach. Butler, who got % |
points himself in Anacostia's
67-49 victory over Bell Voca-
tional, forfeited several legiti-
mate shots at the basket in
favor Of passing off to Zirkle.
The result was 20 points for the
6-foot SHOEMAKER and a record
204 during the eight-game
schedule. The record-breaker
came on jump shot in the final
minute. A free throw as the
game ended gave Zirkle his 29th
point.
Western Finally Wins.
The night double header at
Tech resulted in a pair of up
sets as Western won its first
game of the Interhigh season,
57-56, over Coolidge and RooSe-
welt pulled away from Eastern
in the closing moments for a ST.
46 victory. Eastern thus dropped
out Of the three-way tie for sec
ond place in the standings and |
was awarded the questionable
privilege of facing Tech in the
opener of the playoffs. However.
Eastern is the only Interhigh
team to beat Tech this season.
Over in the Division II of the
1nterhigh League, Spingarn
clinched that championship, as
anticipated, by humping Car
dozo, 1857. Dunbar finished it's
season in second place by down.
ing Phelps, 57-45, in the second
game of the league double
header at Spingarn.
Elgin Baylor sank 40 points
for Spingarn to bring his total
for seven league games to 244,
which appears to be a record of
some sort. Spingarn still must
play Armstrong next Tuesday,
but the Scientists have wrapped
up the title with a TO record.
Dunbar follows with 60. Arm
strong is 4-3. Cardozo has a 2-6
mark and Phelps has lost all
eight.
In a game at Newport News,
Va, Armstrong defeated Hunt
ington High, $3.50. for the visi-
tors 18th victory in II starts.