Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
Reserves Take Over
As WI Routs Osbourn

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basketball team has lost two.
thirds of its high-scoring front
line, but three other boys have
stepped in to fill the gap for the
Generals stretch battle with
George Washington, Grovetor
and Hammond in the Northern
Virginia Group la League.
Jim Ellis, Lynn Moore and
Mark Mengering moved into the
starting lineup last night anc
led the Generals to a 1896 rout
of Osbourn at WI. The Gen.
erals and CIV, a 69-49 victor
over Fairfax at Alexandria, are
tied for the lead with 81 rec
ords. Hammond and Grovetor
follow at go.
The Admirals were hard
pressed by Falls Church in
chalking up their eighth
straight, 47-44, at Falls
Church; GrOvetOn buried Lee,
1888, at Gr0veton; Mount
Vernon tripped Mclean,
1885. in overtime at Mount
Vernon and Ann a n d a lie
bombed Stuart, 1859, at
Stuart in other Group la
League games last night.
Bob Sutton, 6-foot-5, and
Ray Hodgdon, Ga, both were
on the injured list for WI last
night and Ed Hummer, SIS, had
one of his poorer games. But
Ellis, Moore and Mengering
more than made up for their
absence.
Sutton, who missed last
weeks loss to Hammond, is
hobbled by injuries to both
ankles. Hodgdon sat out the
game with an injured hand.
Ellis, who subbed for Sutton
last week, came through with
II points. Moore, the football
quarterback, had 10 and Men
gering IL.
The race for the regular-sea-
son Group la title and a berth
in the State tourney could go
right down to the final game.
Westinghouse and George
Washington don't meet in a
league game until March 2.
The two teams opened their
seasons December in a nom
league affair with WI taking
a 51-44 decision.
Han mond, which has
Knocked off both WI and CIV
in league play, needs help from
the rest of the league in order
to take the title. Early-seaSon
losses to Mclean and Yorktown
hurt the Admirals' chances
badly. Hammond beat CIV, So
38, and upset WI last week,
44-41.
Groveton has been beaten by
WI and Hammond but hasn't
played George Washington yet.
The two clubs tangle February
II at CIV in another important
game.
GROVETON-LEE - JIMMY
Jones scored 10 points and Bob
by Dunn added Is plus hauling
down % rebounds to pace the
Tigers to the easy victory.
Groveton outscored Lee, 1913,
in the third quarter to take a
1923 lead. Bob Wills was high
man for Lee with 20 points.
MT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Pacella dropped in three
straight baskets at the start
of the overtime to give the
Majors the lift they needed to
break a six-game losing streak.
Butch Robey capped the victory
with three foul shots after Ter
ry Crete had scored three points
for the Highlanders.
Mclean led after each of the
first three quarters, 81, 1920.
and 1881. Pacella led all
scorers with "a points.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
FAIRFAX - Mickey Watts
paced the Presidents with Is
points, 10 in the final quarter.
Tom Hannum and Jim Conner
added IA each for CIV, which
led all the way to gain its 10th
victory in IL games.
The Presidents go after their
eighth in a row tonight at
Stuart.
HAM MOND FALLS
CHURCH-FallS Church played
its best game of the season, but
its rally fell short. Hammond
was able to score just two foul
shots in the fourth quarter.
Jack Alspaugh scored all six of
the Jaguars' points in the last
quarter.
Walt Wenk scored all IL of
his points in the first half for
Hammond and Jim MouShegian
melted 10 of his Is before inter-
mission.
ANNANDALE STUART
John Staples enjoyed his best
scoring night of the season,