Evening star., 1955-01-08
Sub Stars in Clutch
As Armstrong Beats
Tech in Overtime
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By BOB Hanson
Before the basketball season
opened. Coach Charley Balti-
more Of Armstrong High had no
misgiyings about his starting
Eve. but there was some doubt
as to the depth Of the squad.
Bob Bailey. orenzie Hooks.
George Din, Charley Jenkins and
bob Green, the latter two at g.
foot-3, were counted on to take
Armstrong through q successful
season in the Interhigh League.
They did q good job last night
against Tech. but it remained
for a sub to keep them In the
game as Armstrong won In over-
time, 60-57, In the second game
of q double-header at Tech.
Anacostia STAYED OF Q fourth
quarter rally by Phelps to win
the opener. 4i-36.
The games, witnessed by about
1900 fans, were the first played
In complete integration Of sports
In the District public high
schools.
Woods q Clutch star,
Two afternoon games in the
league resulted in victories for.
Chamberlain. 62-47, over East
ern. and Bell, 50-46. over west
ern. The latter game was the
only one played in the West Diyi-
sion. All the others were In the
East.
The sub who iced the game for
Armstrong was Willie Woods,
6-foot-9 Junior and quarterback
on the football team.
Tech took q nine-point lead.
1880, going into the last quar-
ter only to see 1t dwindle to ST.
40 with less than fiye minutes
remaining. Woods tied 1t up
with a layup. Bob Bordeaux Of
Tech hit with q side court push
shot to put the Trainers ahead.
With only q few seconds remain-
ing In the game Woods again
made q layup to tie 1t $3.50.
In the overtime period. Woods
hit once more along with Jenkins
and foul shots by Dill and Hooks
which made the margin OF VIC
tory.
Jenkins and Hooks High.
Jenkins. with is points. and
Hooks with Il were high for
Armstrong, but the 8 points ac-
curnulated by Woods looked
bigger. Bordeaux, who hobbled
OF with an injured ankle in the
closing minutes, wound up with
10 points and Bob Bolen and
Gordon Gibson IL each for Tech.
Anacostia, by virtue Of an 18-l
point second quarter, hung on
for its victory over Phelps.
Neither team could get started In
the early minutes, Phelps hay-
ing only S points and Anacostia
I at the end of the first period.
The Indians kept the Trades
men from getting in close and as
a result Phelps was forced to
shoot from the outside with only
Ben Warley, who had Is points.
finding the range. Don Rhine,
with Is points, and Wayne
Thomerson and Calvin Knott,
each with 10. paced Anacostia
Hot ut Foul Line.
Chamberlain sank 80. Of as
shots, nine in q row. in the late
stages Of the game. to sink East
ern. Tony Maio. with 26 points,
16 on foul shots. and Gene
White with II. were high for the
Volts. Guss Bass. also with IL
points. was Eastern,s top scorer.
Bell and Western staged q
see-saw battle with no more
than four points separating them
at any time. With the score
tied. 46-46. and only seconds
remaining. AL Kotz hit from
the door and Al Hunt contrib
uted two free throws to put Bell
ahead to stay. Jerry Cherner
was high for Bell with 20 points
and Charley Folk, with is. for
Western. n
Lew Luce. the sophomore SEN
sation at Wilson last year, broke
loose with 50 points against
st. Anthony to top the sea-
sons single -gaine scorers so far.
Luce's total helped Wilson to
It's second victory in three games,
an 80-44 decision over the Tom
les. who were losing their third
Of four.