Evening star., 1955-02-12
Interhigh Twin Bill
Tonight Wont Clear
PIayoff Situation
NrERB1oH BASKETBALL STANDINGS

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Tonight's Interhigh basketball
double -header at Tech, which
will be played unless the city
receives another heavy snowfall.
will do little to clear UP the play
off situation in the East Division.
although only three games will
remain thereafter in that sec
tion.
Phelps meets Tech at 7:30 and
Spingarn faces Eastern at 8. OF
the league records so far. Tech
and Spingarn are favored to win,
but such a result would rule out
only Phelps from the eight-team
championships on February %.
March /. 3 and 4.
Each division was able to get
in its afternoon game yester-
day and Anacostia locked up a
playoff berth by beating Cham
berlain. 70-46, at Eastern while
Coolidge beat Bell, 58-41, on
Roosevelt's court.
Bell Is Eliminated.
Coolidge now can finish no
lower than tied for fourth. Such
deadlocks for the last playoff
spot in each division will be re-
solved in extra games that will
be played during the week Of
February 81. Ties for second or
third will be broken by a flip of
the coin.
Yesterdays result at Roosevelt
eliminated Bell from the playoff,
the only team among the leagues
IA in that predicament as yet.
Phelps can be eliminated tonight,
and Monday, in the double
header postponed from last night,
Western could drop from con-
tention by losing to Roosevelt,
which is probable.
To avoid further ENHANCEMENT
with possibilities and probabili-
ties, the remaining Interhigh
games are listed below. Zach
team plays six games in its di-
vision, the top four finishers
qualify for the playoffs.)
Tonight-Phelps VS.. Tech and
Eastern VS.. Spingarn.
Monday-Western VS.. Roose-
velt and Wilson VS.. Dunbar.
Friday-Phelps VS.. Chamber
lain, Spingarn VS.. Armstrong,
Tech VS.. Eastern and Western VS..
Coolidge.
STANDARDIZATION VS.. Cardozo
and Roosevelt VS.. Dunbar.
Tech in Rare Danger.
If Tech fails to qualify for the
championships it will end a
streak of five straight years that
the Trainers have entered the
playoffs. Before losing out in
1949 Tech had string of nine
under Coach Dutch
Usilaner, who came to Tech in
1910 and left in 1852. Until this
year a team had to finish in the
top four of a nine-team league.
Coach Russ Lombardy unveiled
jim Edwards as a starter yester-
day and he led Anacostia with a
16-point effort. Wayne Thomer-
son had IA points, Don Rhine
and Calvin Knott IL each and
Bob johnson II as the Indians
hung up an 11-3 overall record.
Chamberlain fell behind early
and never threatened. but Don
Fugel contributed Is points and
Gene White IA.
Coolidge raced to a 31-14 lead
at halftime and had about as
little trouble with Bell, in spite
of 81 points by Sam Cheri for
the losers. Doc Weingarten sank
% and Bob Wondrack 20 for the
Colts, who won their fourth
game in a row.
Woodward Prep almost snapped
It's six-game losing streak, but
was beaten, STAG, by DeMatha
IN a sudden-death overtime.
John McDonough, who had
another good day with 80 points,
threw in a layup to break the
deadlock. Bill Allen, who paced |
Woodward with % points, had |
scored in the dying seconds of |
regulation time to make it 47-47 |
at the buzzer.
Laurel High School handed |
Surrattsville it's 11th loss in a
row yesterday by winning 63-38, |
at Laurel.