Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-02
INrERHIGH LEAGUE STANDINGS
BY DICK STAY

AtIlolIOIlB CWO-Rame leaQ
atop the Interhigh League East
Division is not quite the cushion
it may seem. The Generals must
meet the next three teams in the
standings--Anacostia, Spingarn
and Eastern-in their remaining
four games.
Anacostia is the next oppon-
ent for Armstrong, on Tuesday
and the Indians are somewhat
miffed at being brushed aside as
contenders in a recent statement
by the Armstrong coach. j..
Herman Dawes mentioned East
ern and Spingarn last week in
an appraisal of formidable flu
ture opposition. although Ana
costa gave him his closest battle,
scoring wise, in a 1881 decision
three weeks ago.
Anacostia certainly looked the
part of contender yesterday in
the tail end of a double
at Mckinley Tech. The Indians
beat Eastern. 57-49. for the sec
ond time and displaced Spingarn
in second place after the Green
Wave was surprised by Tech,
67-60, in the opener.
Armstrong had little trouble
with Chamberlain, 1888, in the
other East game at Spingarn.
Dunbar and CardoZo remained
tied for the West Division lead
after a double-header at Roose-
welt, Dunbar dumping Bell. 49,
38, and Cardozo beating Cool
idge, 1892. The other West
game was played Thursday. re-
sulting in a 63-45 victory for
Roosevelt over Wilson.
A peculiar 80 zone defense
was Armstrong; best weapon
against Anacostia last time.
wen have to out-defense
them" Coach Russ Lombardy
said yesterday. THAT was the
best zone we've faced and we've
seen 10 of EN- this season."
| Appropriately, AnacoStia pre-
pared for Tuesdays encounter
by playing its best defensive
game yesterday, according to
'Lombardy Butch Grigsby held
Eastern's Jimmy Pratt to Just
two goals and Dave Martin was
a great help in slowing down
the Rambler's running game.
Score Ia Straight Points
Eastern shot of to a l4-4 lead
but Anacostia scored IA straight
points at the turn OF the first
quarter and never trailed there
after. although the count was
tied at 20. % and 80 in the
middle periods.
The Indians twice built g.
point leads in the last quarter
but the scoring of Bernie Chavis.
Ron Lawhorn and Pete Kettner
kept Anacostia within range and
a full-court press helped mar
row the gap to 1915 before
Anacostia pulled away again.
Anacostia got its margin of
victory on the foul line BY click
ing on 10 of % foul shots to
EaStern's 9 Of 20. From the
floor both teams were average.
with Anacostia hitting 19 of 81
shots and Eastern 20 out of So.
Little AL Freeman. who was
wearing three rolls OF tape on
his left hip because of a split
muscle. scored 16 points for the
Indians. as did Chavis for East
ern. Anacostia's Dave Watkins
hit for IA points and Martin and
Grigsby 10 each.
Tech, which had lost its pre-
vious three league games by a
total Of nine points, turned the
tables on Spingarn with a good
zone defense and the rebound
ing Of William Mckinney and
Wendell Isom. both 6-foot-4.
Lead Changes 16 Times
The lead changed hands Is
times before Isom and Don
Wade built a 60-54 advantage
midway in the last period. Don
Wills, who scored rs points for
Spingarn. made it 60-58 and
Irving Brown. who scored Ia,
made it 62-60 before Wade and
Isom collaborated for five points
i nthe last 25 seconds for the
final margin.
Wade tossed in % points, Me-
Kinney 10 and Isom IL. Spin
garn took a phenomenal 80
shots but sank only "a.
Armstrong held modest AZ
80 lead at halftime against
Chamberlain but poured in IS
points in the third quarter to
produce the runaway. Charles
Arts led the Generals with 10
points, followed by George Kit
trell and James Boltan with IL
each Ken Jones got is for
Chamberlain and Bob Norman,
VINO did not start because Of
disciplinary action. scored 10.
Dunbar. surprisingly. did not
empty the bench against Bell.
Coach Lou Williams used nine