Evening star., 1962-01-25
SURVNE SHOWDOWN TACTICS BY ST. Johns
RombIers Prove They Have Ability to Adjust
BY STEVE HERSHEY
y Star staff Writer

ID star staff Writer
Eastern High School, aver
aging nearly 10 points a game
this season. scored only 27
points yesterday, but won an
other basketball game anyway
in overtime.
The Ramblers overcame the
slow down tactics of Joe
Gallagher, st. Johns basketball
coach, to defeat the crippled
Cadets, 27-23, at st. Johns.
1t was their eighth victory in
nine games.
HYesterday we won by twenty,
today we won by four. What's
the difference as long as we
Win?" Johnny Moffett, East
ern's coach, said when asked
why he went along with st.
Johns stalling game.
AFTER a while I was afraid
for us to shoot because if we
missed, we wouldn't get the ball
back for three minutes. So we
Just held it. After all. we were
ahead"
In other games involving
prep schools, Episcopal de-
feated Friends. 59-49. at
Friends, st. AnthOny's re-
,mained unbeaten by whipping
PriOry, $3.50, at PriOry and
Woodward Prep won with a
rush, 42-34, at the National
Training School. st. Albans
Aeased by St. James, 43-42, at
st. Adams. Bulls Prep had an
easy time with West Point
Prep Of Fort BelvOir, winning,
100 = 73 at Silver Spring
sArmOry.
Gallagher was forced to play
a cautious game because Soph-
omore Brian Keller was the
only regular in uniform. High
scoring Bob Lewis, Ned Carr
and Skip Endres have ankle in
juries and John Wood has the
flu, Three other sophomores
and a junior made up the
Cadets lineup, which played
without substitution.
1--WE made them play our
game, and we almost pulled it
off" Gallagher said. 1--WE were
giving up too much height and
speed to play our normal game,
but I didn't think they would
slow down, too"
Keller sent the game into
overtime, sinking a foul shot
with 3:43 left to play to tie
the score at 21-21. Eastern,
which had scored just one
point in the period, then held
the ball for the last shot but
scoring ace Jerome Chambers
missed a jump shot from the
key. 1t was the only shot East
ern took in the quarter.
With a minute gone in the
extra period, Reggie Green
cashed in on a three-point play
to give Eastern all it needed.
Chambers added a foul shot,
then a field goal with 20 sec
ondS remaining. st. Johns
lone basket. came on a jump
shot by Bill Ring at the buzzer.
ST. ANTHONY'S-PRIORY-I
The TONES, with four men in
double figures, led all the way
to win their sixth game of the
season. The games top scorer
was John Platt of Priory, with
90 points. 1t was Priory's third
loss in eight games.
WOODWARD PREP-NTS-
National Training School closed
it to 1884, but Woodward
slowed down the action and
scored the games last seven
points, five from the foul line,
taking its third victory in IL
games.
EPSICOPAL-FRIENDS-Sid-
well Friends held a slight lead
for most of the first quarter,
then Ed Darlington and Dan
Mcdonald gained control of
the backboardS for Episcopal
and the Maroon continued on
to its second victory in five
games.
: ST. JAMES-ST. ALBANS-I
Morris Foote twice sank two
foul shots to give st. Albans
three-point leads in the last
minute, and the home team
held on to win it's third game
in seven and even it's Inter-
state Athletic Conference record
at %, Tony Rubino, the st.
Adams high scorer this sea-
son, missed the game and will
be sidelined indefinitely after
being knocked unconscious in
practice earlier this week.
BULLS PREP-WEST POINT
PREP-Gene Parchinski led a
second-half rally, scoring 26 of
his A points after intermission.
The losers led by two points
at the half, but Bulls scored
six points in a row at the start
of the third period and was
never headed. The victory broke