Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
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In Beating Bee
BY DICK SLAY

BY DICK SLAY
At last, Montgomery Blair
fans can give a healthy hurrah
for one of its senior basketball
players. Dominated by UNDER
classmen who have stolen the
spotlight most of the season,
unbeaten Blair last night cap
tWed its most precious victory
on the outstanding play of Mac
Beasley, lean 6-foot-4 senior
center.
It was against arch-rival Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase before a
packed house of $500 in the
B-CC gym and the score was So
48. Because of four personal
fouls in the first half, Beasley
played little after intermission,
but he was in there at the end
to score the winning basket with
80 seconds to 60 and he was the
games high scorer with II
points and the leading rebounder
Coach Ed Moffatt said that
before last night Beasley hadn't
turned in a real good scoring
game this season. but when
Macs gone, we're gone" mean
ing he's perhaps the most valu-
able player regardless. He Just
turned II and if he was a year
older he would be the best player
around here: he's got all the
movements" Moffatt added.
Blair Takes Lead
Oddly, it was while Beasley
was on the bench in the third
quarter that Blair grabbed the
lead for the first time and built
q 1881 advantage. B-CC then
strapped the man-to-man de-
Tense and returned to its l-2-2
zone and began to creep up.
Bucky Brumbaugh, bees
high man with Is points, swished
a set shot with 2:30 remaining
to tie the score at 48-all. Exactly
two minutes later. Beasley
picked UP a loose rebound and
laid the ball in for the tie
breaker.
1t was Blair's fifth straight
triumph over B-CC in a three
year period and ninth in a row
!. this season, and it broke a tie
for first place in the Bi-County
League standings. It was the
first loss in eight starts by the
Barons and the first in Is
straight games for Coach Perry
Johnson. who guided the B-CC
junior varsity to II wins last
year.
Foul Shots Vital
B-CC played It's heart out and
edged the Blazers in field goals
l6 to IS. but lost the game by
fouling too frequently. Battling
Blair's superior height all the
way. B-CC committed twice as
many fouls, % to IL. Blair sank
20 of 81 free throws and B-CC
16 Of 20.
The Barons held leads Of 17-6
and 27-19 in the first half as the
l-2-2 zone defense confused the
visitors. Beasley solved it with
three baskets from side-court at
the start of the second period,
but then Bob Windsor hit three
outside shots in row to keep
B-CC we'll in front. Windsor
clicked on six Of eight shots for
II points before halftime. which
ended at 1923. but got none
after that. Tommy Brown and
Irving Faunce got nine each
for Blair.
Northwestern High, spanked by
Jerry Benitez and Fred Cominps
defeated Bladensburg, 55-45. last
night at Bladensburg.
The win gave Northwestern a
|2-1 record in the Maryland BIZ
County League. Bladensburg has
a 2-2 record.
Benitez had 20 points and
Comings 10. High for Bladens-
burg was Ken Waller with 10.
Suitland High came from be-
hind to defeat High Point. 51-4l,
last night at High Point. The
Maryland BIZ County League
game left Suitland with a 2-3
league standing and High Point
with a 1-3 record. High scorers
were Bob Shelton of Suitland
with IA and Butch Brown OF
High Point with 10.
Gaithersburg defeated Richard
Montgomery. $3.50. last night at
Richard Montgomery. Gathers
burg. which led all the way, was
spanked by Gary Elders who had
ID points. Bob Costello and Jim
LIE Compile. both Of Gaithersburg,
had IL and IL.
Paced by the Smith brothers.
Ducie and Richard. Fairmont
Heights defeated Carver Of
Baltimore yesterday at Fair
mont. 1910. to avenge an earlier
I74-73 overtime setback.
Behind most of the way, Fair
mont caught fire with the Smiths
spearheading the offense in the
second half. Ducie, the area s
top scorer, scored 81 points and
his brother hit for 20. AL Gam
bic aided the cause with IA more.
The victory pushed Fairmont's
season record over the 500
mark with four wins and three
losses.
Oxon Hill rolled UP 61-4l de-
feat on Laurel last night at
Oxon Hill in the feature game
OF the Prince Georges County
Class B League. Led by Frank
Ferguson's IA points, Oxon Hill
won its second start In the league
and third game in seven overall.
Laurel dropped its second deci-
sion in nine