Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
INTERHTGH LEAGUE STANDINGS
By BOB HANSON

by Dub hANSON
The mterhigh League basket
ball situation suddenly has be-
come more complicated.
Things were going along
serenely for the top teams in
the two divisions. particularly
Armstrong. leader in the East,
and Cardozo and Dunbar. shar-
ing the lead in the West. But
several upsets yesterday put a
different slant on the situation
Armstrong, after running up
eight straight victories. all in
league play, dropped a thriller
to Anacostia. 57-54. in the night
cap of a double-header at Tech
In the opener. Western. lead
ing from the first moments Of
the game. won going away from
Dunbar, 1882, in the biggest
upset in the league to date.
Two other games, although
not having a bearing on the title
race. nevertheless could be listed
as mild upsets as, Phelps defeated
Eastern, 63-49. and Wilson edged
Coolidge, 54-51.
The only two games that fol-
lowed the script was Cardozo's
1927 smothering of Bell anc
Spingarn's easy 82-49 victory
over Chamberlain.
Armstrong and Cardozo thus
hold the lead in the East and
West Divisions. respectively. The
pressure is on the two pursuerS
Anacostia and Spingarn in the
East and Dunbar and Roosevelt
in the West, with the remaining
few games each a must" win
I'VE have three league games
remaining and all are impor.
tant," Coach Russ Lombardy Of
Anacostia said. I'VE have tc
win them all while Armstrong
loses one of its three to gair
a tie. Maybe that's wishfuI
thinking, but we're hoping fol-
the best. There could be some
more upsets before this is over
Yesterday, .Anacostia surgeo
into an early lead, saw it tied ir
the waning moments of the
game, then fought back to grat
its well-deServed victory.
The Indians pumped up tt
q l3-point advantage at one
stage Of the first quarter, but
sagged and held only a five.
point margin. 34-29. at halftime
With less than two minutes re.
naming in the third quarter
Charles Arts of Armstrong drove
in twice for layups to pull hi.
team into a 43-43 tie, but A
Freeman one-handed a layup fol
Anacostia with IS seconds left
and the Indians led. 45-43.
Anacostia twice had q five.
point lead in the final perioc
only to see Armstrong dig II
and shave it. Dave Martin con.
nected on two fouls for Anacos.
tia to make it 1882 and Arti.
again hit. this time on q jumI
shot. to make it 54-53, Arm.
strong. with two minutes left
That was the last time they
held lead.
Freeman missed q foul shot
but Paul Barnes grabbed thu
rebound and dumped it in Il
give Anacostia a lead it held
$3.50. Freeman added two foul!
with 81 seconds left to WING
1t up.
Martin was high for Anacostis
with II points followed By
Barnes Is. Top scorer. however
was Arts with "a.
Phil Schriver may be the rea.
son Western is on the move. HI
has appeared only in the Raid.
ers' last three games as a start.
er and has averaged % points g
game.
The 6-foot junior had a par
Of a finger amputated last sum
mer and it only recently stopped
giving him trouble.
Schriver scored 10 points ii
last weeks 1926 rout Of Bell anC
26 in the Raiders 1910 upset O
DeMatha Friday.
Westerns record was two win
and seven losses when Phil joinet
the starters. Yesterday Schriv
er scored Fl points and Franz
Neal, high scorer. Melted "a t,
lead the victory over Dunbar am