Evening star., 1955-02-19
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Armstrong 10 Win;
Tech Gains PIayoffs
By Bob Honson

Il pays to do your school
homework and . little more be-
sides.
Armstrong High can vouch
for this following q hard-earned
67-54 victory over Spingarn las
night at Tech in the opener of
a double-header before q stand
ing-room- only crowd. In the
second game, Tech clinched q
fourth playoff berth in the East
Division with a second half
splurge to defeat Eastern, 77-59.
Two afternoon games in the
league resulted in Phelps win
ming its first game. 68-65. over
Chamberlain and Coolidge edg-
ing Western in the last few Sec
onds, 65-63.
The double-header last night
was witnessed by more than
1900 fans with an estimated
1000 more trying to get in. They
were admitted in between the
two games when some of the
crowd left after the first game.
Armstrong; victory strictly
belonged to the boys. according
to Coach Charley Baltimore.
1.-THE night before the game
CThursday) they were given q
mimeographed sheet outlining
what to expect from the Spin
garn players Baltimore said.
THE sheet told what certain
Spingarn players might possibly
do. Our boys were told to study
1t at home. to read it several
times and just before going to
bed,' Baltimore added.
Game Close Throughout.
Evidently the Armstrong play
ers learned their lessons. Besides
figuring out Spingarn's plays,
they told Baltimore they wanted
to use a zone defense instead of
man-to-man. Baltimore gave
In and Armstrong, finishing
strong, wound up with the
coveted top-seeded position in
its division.
Spingarn made a valiant bid
for victory and was in the game
until the last few minutes.
Armstrong could gain no better
than six-point advantage, until
about five minutes left when it
pulled away for keeps. 1t was
Armstrong; 18th victory in 16
games, the last 13 wins in a row.
8 Charley Jenkins finished with
Is points for Armstrong, Willie
Woods Is and Orenzie Hooks IA.
Tony Washington and Dick
Wells, each with IA points, were
high for Spingarn.
Tech and Eastern battled on
even terms for the first quarter,
1918, and Eastern took a one
point halftime lead, 1880. But
after that it was all Tech as
the Trainers scored Al points in
the last two periods to finish
with the highest total in the
league this season.
Bob Bolen with % points. |
Tony DiChiacchio with 18 and |
Bob Bordeau with II led Techs |
offense. Bill Snow topped the
Ramblers with Is points.
Wins on Late Goal.
Coolidge sewed up a playoff |
berth in the West Division on a
last-second field goal by Mike
Breuer, substitute, the only
points he made. Coolidge was
trailing Western at the time, |
63-62. and added a foul shot |
following Breuer's shot to seal |
the victory.
Julian (Doc) Weingarten had
26 points for the Colts and Bob |
Lomax of Western had q.
Phelps and Chamberlain
played a tight game with the lead |
swapping hands several times |
and with neither able to gain
more than four-point advan-
tage. With less than two min
utes left in the game, Fred |
Saunders of Phelps made field |
goal and followed with two foul |
SHOTS to put his team ahead.
o7-63, and the Volts couldn't
catch up.
Big Ben Marley, one of the
top scorers in the league, led |
Phelps with % points. Gene
White was high for Chamber
lain with 0c