Evening star., 1955-01-14
Key Players Return
Helps Eastern High
End lis Losing Streak

End lis Losing Streak |
Three scholastic basketball |
teams had s.streaks" broken in
Washington area games yester-
day and for one Of the teams it
was . real pleasure.
Eastern. with several key play.
ers back In shape after missing
several games. broke q four-game
losing streak with q 72-56 victory
over st. Anthony, its most con-
vincing win Of the season.
Georgetown Prep, and Bulls
had winning streaks broken.
Landon broke Props undefeated
record Of seven straight with
45-34 victory and Bulls lost Its
first game In five starts. 93-57.
to the Maryland freshmen. Iti
was the fourth win without p loss
for the frosl1.
Three Players Rejoin Eastern.
The return Of Huddy Lewis,
out with q cold: Ed Barton and
Charley Sampson, the latter two
out with leg injuries. gives East
ern q starting lineup OF players
all over six feet.
Coach Bobby Hart Of the Ram
blers believes he has the team In
its best shape so far this season.
It Is none too soon as Eastern
will need all the height and
shooting ability IL can muster to
get by Anacostia, unbeaten in
seven games, in the first game
Of q double -header in the Inter
high League tonight at Tech.
The second game will pit Spin
garn against Tech. In two aft
ernoon league games. Wilson is
at Roosevelt and Chamberlain
faces Armstrong at Spingarn
Highs gym.
blair Meets Northwestern.
Important games also are be-
ing played In other leagues to.
night. Montgomery Blair and
Northwestern. both with 20 rec
ords in the Maryland Bi-CounLy
League. clash for the league lead
at Blair.
In the Northern Virginia
League. the top game is the
George Washington Washing
ton-Lee contest. CIV Is making
its first start in the league while
WI is 1-0, winning over Fair
fax last Tuesday.
The headline attraction In the
Catholic League is Gonzaga at
Carroll. The winner here takes
over the league lead with q 30
record. The other league game,
also at Carroll, will be Mackin
VS.. Priory, the first Of the two
contests.
Eastern Pours It On.
Eastern took a 1921 halftime
lead and continued to pour 1t on
the hapless Tonnes In the game
yesterday at Eastern. Lewis
return to the lineup might have
been the spark the Ramhlers
needed. He scored 81 points,
high for the game, with Barton
next at IL.
Kurt liable with Is points,
Blackie Bruner with l3 and Don
Dell with II paced Landon to
its fourth win in six games.
Tony Carroll and Greg Didden,
each with 10 points, were high
for Prep.
Ben Warley hit for IL points
to pace Phelps to a 37-34 victory
over Parker Gray. The win
evened Phelps record at 2-2.
The weekend schedule:
TODAY.
Wilson at Roosevelt, 800.
Chanesrlain sa vs.. Armstrong ct Spin
Eastern VS.. Anacostia ct Tech. 7:s0.
Spingarn at Tech, 0. 81
Bethesda-chevy Chase ct Bladens-
Ncrthwestern at Montgomery Blair. =.
Wheaton. ct Richard MONTGOMERY, 8.
Sherwood ct oaithersburg, 2.
Gwynn Park at Frederick Sasscer. 2.
Laurel at Surrattsville. 1880.
DeMatha at Oxon Hill, a.
Margaret Brent at LaPlata, 8.
Calvert County at Great Mills, 8.
Winchester at Carver. &.
Damascus at Mount Airy, Z.
GeorEe washington at WASHINGTON.
Mount Vernon at Fails Church. 2.
Garfield ct Herndon, z,
sOsbourn ct Wakefield. $40.
Warrenton ct Brentsvills. 7:30.
Mackin vs.. Priory at Carroll. 7:30.
Qonzage at Carroll, D:15.
81. stephen's vs. CAPITOL PAGES ct
coiamSisn Prep at woodward Prep.
Charlotte Han ct Friends, 3:30.
TOMORROW
Bell vs.. Dunbar at Tech, 7:30.
Cardoza VS.. Coolidge at Tech, o.
ST. Andrews ct 81. Adams. 2.
Christchurch at Episcopal. 3:30.
W. Va. School FOR Deaf ct Kendall. 3.
Columbian Prep e 0WU irosh. $3.50.
Georsetown Prep 81 peAdathA. 3.
81. Anthony vs.. ct. Johns. '3:45.