Evening star., 1955-01-22
Smoking Armstrong
] Leads East Division
As Anacosfia Bows
By Dick Say
INTERHIGH IEAoUE sfANDrNos


In the Tech gym last night was
covered partly by q card in
structing Armstrong students TO
sit for the game with Anac0stia.
the combination read ARM
STRONG smoking"
It was accidental. but appro-
pirate. The Generals have won
six in a row now and seven games
out of nine, their only losses COM
ing on a road trip through North
Carolina before Christmas.
Last night. Armstrong beat .
weakened but still top-rated
Anacostia club, 59-51. for its
third victory in the Interhigh
League. boosting the Generals
into the undisputed lead Of the
East Division.
A second game at Tech re-
suited in Eastern beating Phelps.
62-58, In an East Division battle
of non-winners. Another East
game was played in the after
noon at Spingarn and saw the
hosts rally in the last quarter
for a 58-55 triumph over Cham
berlain.
Dunbar Beats Western.
A West Division game at
Roosevelt developed into a 58-48
win for Dunbar over Western.
The West side completes its week
end tonight at Tech when pace
setting Cardozo plays Bell at
1880 and Coolidge and Wilson
tangle in the nightcap.
A series of developments led
to Anacostia's second defeat of
the week. which 1t had entered
with a clean slate before st.
Johns tumbled the Indians last
Tuesday. Not the least Of the
factors was the poor condition
OF Bob johnson and Don Rhine,
who we're laid up with colds
yesterday. Nor can Armstrong;
f1ne defense be overlooked.
Charlie Baltimore, the ARM
strong coach. installed q four
man zone to throttle Anacostia's
height under the basket and used
cat-quick Willie Woods to guard
Calvin Knott. the boy who us
ually cracks zone defenses with
his outside shooting.
The result was that Knott
didn't score q goal, gaining all
his six points from the foul line.
The whole Anacostia team made
only 10 goals. seven Of them In
the second half.
Made 81 Foul Shots.
That's right. Anacostia made
81 foul shots. Referees Milt
henderson and o. E. Troupe
called A fouls. "a against Arm
strong. in a game that definitely
was not rough. It was the most
fouls called in an interhigh
game this year.
Charlie Jenkins. Armstrong;
fine center, picked UP three
fouls in the first quarter and
didn't play again until after
intermission. Otherwise, the
score probably would have been
more than 1928 in favor Of
the Generals at halftime.
Early in the third quarter
Anacostia went ahead the only
time in the game, $3.50, on q
layup by Rhine. But Armstrong
curbed its ''fouling," regained
the lead and kept from two to
seven points ahead until 2:45
before the end. Then the Gen.
erals slowed down the game and
cashed in on free throws.
Wayne Thomerson played an
exceptional game in spite Of be-
ing slowed down by shin splints
and scored 20 points, which was
an interhigh record for the sea-
son until the Phelps Eastern
game later. Rhine helped out
with 10 points.
Jenkins scored 20 points and
Orenzie Hooks missed only, two
shots from the floor while piling
up q 10 total. Woods had Is
points.
Woriey Scores 81 Points.
Baltimore later said that he
felt his team would make the
league playoffs, considering his
club was unbeaten hallway
through the six-game schedule.
Il figure four wins win get any
one in" he said.
Thomerson's league high Of
20 points stood UP about an
hour and a half, as 6-foot-6 Ben
Worley Of Phelps scored 81 in
the nightcap against Eastern.
The Ramblers used O full
court press and q lot Of full
court passing to stay ahead all
the way. by as much as IL points
sometimes. Ed Barton. Bob
Roberts and Gus Bass scored
IA, Is and IL points, In that or
der, during Eastern's first win in
eight days.
Springarn, which has devel-
cped into q distinct threat in the.
East Division after eariy-season
troubles outside the league, OUT
scored Chamberlain, 2O-6, In the
last quarter to overcome q 1888
deficit in the top afternoon
thriller.
Lloyd Murphy sank the layup
that gained Springarn the aead
at 52-5l and finished with 10
points. Tony Maio and sonny
Lindamood each dumped In IA
for the stunned Volts.
Dunbar pulled away In the last
quarter from Western to break
open q close contest. John and
Bill Jones (no relation) paced
Dunbar again with II and lie
points respectively.
interhigh Cage Schedule
Moved Up Next Week
The Interhigh League basket