Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-12
East Division
Shock Supplied
BY Armstrong
INTERHIGH STANDINGS
BY DICK STAY

armstrong; basketball team
obviously hasn't read the script.
This isn't the season the Cen
erals are supposed to mess up
the Interhigh Leagues East Dr.
vision. That should come a year
from now. but today Armstrong
is riding in first place and is a
good bet to stay there for at
least another week.
| Actually. Armstrong; 1881
overtime triumph against Ana
costa last night at Tech was
not an upset because a week
earlier it gave everyone fair
warning when it manhandled
Tech. But with Frank Smith as
the only senior on the roster, q
brand-new coach in Herman
Dawes and the four defeats in a
row before the league schedule
opened. who would have thought
lit?
And the way it happened last
night wasn't according to script.
either. Dawes threw a 80 zone
defense at Anaocstia and
shackled Butch Grigsby with
just five points. The calm, ac-
complished floor leader took only
six shots from the floor and the
two he made were layups off the
fast break.
! Dawes, who used to be an as
sistant coach at Howard Uni
versity. later denied that his
team aimed at stopping Grigsby
I'VE concentrated on every man
out there; they had four men
in double figures last game. y
Dawes said.
Coach Russ Lombardy of Ana
costa combatted the zone by
using three players up front to
Armstrong; two. and as re-
suit Dave Martin and Paul
Barnes got 16 points each. But
6-foot-4 Dave Watkins scored
only Z points, all in the first
quarter when the Indians held
their only lead. and he fouled
out early in the overtime.
/ Anacostia went in front, 1914,
before Charlie Arts tipped in
a pair of foul shots at the end
i of the first period to erase Arm
strong'S last deficit at 1912.
The Generals held 7-point leads
three times in the middle quar-
tiers and still led by 6 with three
minutes to play. But Barnes,
AL Freeman and Martin hit on
consecutive jump shots to tie
it at 46-all with 20 seconds re-
manning.
I Miss Important losses
! James Balton and Grigsby both
missed a free throw each with
two seconds to go and it went
into overtime. Armstrong scored
five quick points. four by the
6-foot-4 Arts: Anacostia tied II
with five of its own and then
Arts threw in a rebound with SIS
seconds left to provide the win
ming points.
Arts. 6-foot-4 junior, was high
scorer with 81 points and Smith
added IA. 1t snapped Anacostia s
five-game winning streak since
an opening loss to Carroll and
bumped the Indians out of q
tie for first place in the East Di-
vision.
In the East Division double
header yesterday at Eastern
Spingarn stayed on Armstrong s
heels with a 73-42 victory over
Chamberlain after Eastern beat
Phelps. 70-6l. in the opener.
Eastern opened a 29-11 spread
in the middle of the second quar-
ter and eased home behind Jim
EPratt's 22-point performance
Herb Gray of Phelps scored &c
points, 20 in the second half, and
hit IA Of Is free throws.
Spingarn vaulted to a 1913 lead
over Chamberlain after one pc
riod. Jim Coleman sank 81
points and Don Wills Is for the
winners, while Bob Norman got
IA and Ken Jones IL for the
Volts.
In an afternoon game at Tech
yesterday. Dunbar took advan-
tage of Roosevelt's idleness by
taking over first place in the
West Division with a 78-49 tri-
umph over Western. Elliott
Marley paced Dunbar to it's third
league win with 81 points. Jim
Neal had % for Western.
1 The West Divisions other two
games. played at Roosevelt, re-
suited in Cardozo swapping Bell.
1925. and Coolidge beating VIM
less Wilson, SAL.
The winners of both games re-
ceived l6-point performances, by
Herb GLADDEN. of Cardozo and
Garry Miller of Coolidge, while
the losers were led by 10-point
totals by John Luce of Wilson
and John Whiteman of Bell.
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