Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1942, Page 19

PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942. SPORTS. A-17 Three Teams Struggle for Lone Place in Playoff of Schoolboy Court Series Tossup Seen Among Western, Eastern And Coolidge Roosevelt Cinches Spot In Conquering Colts; Ramblers Nip Tech By GEORGE HUBER. A three-way struggle for one open- fng in the championship playoff round is the interhigh series setup for the next two weeks with West- ern, Coolidge and Eastern as the teams involved. Roosevelt is a cer- tainty to be in the title bracket after winning its fourth straight by topping Coolidge yesterday, 22-18, while Wilson and Central with three wins and one setback each almost are a cinch to be in. Tech and Anacostia definitely are out, having lost four games, Tech's last defeat coming yesterday at the hands of a fast-closing Eastern five, 27-24. The program is a tough one for all three teams seeking the one remaining place in the round of four. Coolidge has yet to meet ‘Tech, Wilson and Western; Eastern must face Roosevelt, Western and Wilson, while Western goes against Anacostia, Eastern and Coolidge. It appears & tossup any way these games are regarded. Capone Is Tech’s Poison. One of the sensations of the series eame in the Tech-Eastern fray yes- terday when Tech with the biggest upset of the year in its grasp saw a 9-point edge it carried into the final period disappear before Larry Capone’s eagle-eyed shooting. Tech led & the way until the final minutes, ending the first quarter 8-3, the half 14-5 and the third period 22-13. Capone began his drive in the third period and netted 11 points to bring Eastern within 1 point of Tech midway of the final | session. | Mike Lieb, another Rambler hero, dropped in a midcourt looper | to send his team ahead, 25-24, and George Piggott, with half a minute | to go, made it safe with another 2-pointer. Tech tossed in a full ney team at this point, but it was too late. Hank Pizza was best for Tech with nine points. He sank seven straight tosses from the foul line. He missed four in a row in the last | period, however, and that was the margin of Eastern's victory. Eastern. G.F Pts. Tech. Craig.f ¥ &pcies Liev.c ' Pigaott.e 1 [ 5 Wingo.g 0 ra 0 Totals.. 11 62 Referees—Messrs. Buscher (. C. A. B Riders Have Big Period. A “second-period spurt during which it netted eight points for a | 14-7 halftime lead gave Roosevelt its fourth straight series victory in downing Coolidge, 22-18. Other- ‘wise the Rough Riders and Colts battled on even terms. Coolidge was able to earn only four goals from the floor and three of these were supplied by little Addy Bas- sin during a scoring spree in '.he: third period. The Colts displayed some close guarding in holding the Riders to | the lowest score they have made in | series play this year, but they couldn’t hit the loop enough and 0 7 Smith, Minn | Adax. Minn. PLAYING STERNER Exams Occupy Kotz As Big Ten Scoring Lead Is Attacked BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 28—Big Ten basketball guards who have gone to a lot of aches and pains to stop the one-hand scoring of Wisconsin's Johnny Kotz, are in for vicarious pleasures this week. They get a re- spite while Johnny 1is being subjected to midyear examinations. Kotz, top scorer in the conference with 114 points, will not return to Big Ten action until February 9, when the Badgers play at Chicago. He steps out of the scoring race § leading the fleld by 29 points. L] Q BB RDID~1-1D IO S35REEERee Mount Rainier Victory Is Paced by O’Connor Joe O'Connor's 10 points paced Mount Rainier High's basketers to 8 28-22 win over Briarley Military Academy yesterday at Rainier. Mt. Rainier. G.F.Pts Briarley. Schwin Raufman.t | srrnsromon got most of their points from foul tosses. Roosevelt'’s scorimg Wwas | spread down the line with Center Charley Howard best with eight points. Roosevelt Robertson f_ Citr'nb'm.{ Wannan.{ Howard.c Redin o] ] Coolidge. Watkins.{ Bassin.{ hea, Bartlett ¢ Hollowell.c Meiklejohn,f Penng - Total ] 2 | 1| 0| 1 [T Koester. DeShazo.¢- Totals__ Ahearn Will Be Quizzed| About Girls’ Boxing The District Boxing Commission | is concerned over the w-cunedi “boxing” of Frances Corrigan and | Olga Baranoff, woman rasslers, at Uline Arena on Monday night and has summoned Promoter Goldie Ahearn to explain at & meeting on Monday. Ahearn is pleading ignorance, blaming the incident on Jack Pfeffer, New York booking agent. Goldie rushed to the ring and halted the bout after learning the | gals had donned gloves. Golden Gloves Awards Are Due February 5 ‘ Golden Gloves awards to indi- vidual champions and winning teams of the recent boxing tourna- | ment will be presented at a ban- | quet to be held at the Mayflower | Hotel February 5. | The District Boxing Commission | will present trophies to the Wash- ington and St. Mary’s Boys' Club, | title novice and senior teams, re- spectively, while individual cham- pions and runners-up will receive golden gloves, trunks and bathrobes. e ol Howwmone ol orcwon ol 0555520 5! 5 Immaculate Alumni Win Immaculate Conception Alumni basket ball team topped Eastern | Branch Boys’ Club quint, 37-36, yes- terday at Eastern Branch, Jack | Glasser was high for the winners | with 10 points and his basket with 20 seconds to go won the game. Hockey Results BY the Associated Press. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston. 0: Toronto, 0 (tie). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Tulse. 2; Dallas, 3 (te). 8t. Paul, 4: Bt. Louis, 4. EASTERN AMATEUR LEAGUE. New York. 11; Washington, 3. Johnstown, 11; Atlantic City, 7. TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Hershey at Cleveland. New Haven at Philadelphia. fitceburah et Springfleld. alo at Washington. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. mnnou- at_Omahas. at Port Worth. "BASTERN AMATREUR LEAGUB. A el el o} v | 553050100, | sisemonSon als Braddock Will Referee Battle Royal on Mat Jimmy Braddock, the former world heavyweight boxing cham- plon currently attempting to be- come g physical instructor for the Army, will referee a rassling battle royal Monday night at Uline Arena. It will mark Braddock’s first ap- pearance in Washington as a mat referee, although he boxed an ex- hibition here while heavyweight champion and later refereed on an amateur boxing card. Y’s ‘B’ Quintet Victor The “B” team of Cleveland Park's Y. M. C. A. downed Georgetown Prep's-junior quint, 24-14, yesterday in the Garrett Park gym. GAME—Mary tennis champion, who is helping in the physical training pro- gram for women. She is aide to Alice Marble, more recent net queen, who is in charge of the work. { Crushes Friends : In Court Tilt Pts. [ points. Browne, former national —Wide World Photo. Court Test Plans Halted by War Plans of the University of Maryland athletic department to stage a State tourney for high school basket ball teams at Col- lege Park have been dropped for the duration of the war and until conditions warrant such a ven- ture. A survey, recently completed, showed a pleasing response to the idea, but the consensus of opinion of the high school lead- ers and coaches was that trans- portation problems and pressure of defense duties made such a tournament illogical at this time. Late Rush by Landon After testing its opponent for the first two periods, Landon School’s basket ball team put on a second- half spurt for a 29-18 victory over Friends School yesterday at Landon. Landon led 11-8 at the half, and with Ted Brawner and George| Kriner scoring consistently, more than doubled its margin in the final two perfods. Cotton Smith as usual topped Friends team with seven| Priends. PPty C8mith.f _ i nc! Bushmeyer.t Bensinger.c Bowie.c Landon. P Pts. Sager.{ 00 ©35 0. Anderson.¢ | | Greenba'm.g JSmith.g Kriner.g McCullin.g Loo: = | Eag Totals. 13 320 Tt Virtz, Hocker Bag Game {For Rockville High Rockville High's basket ball team staged a second-half rally to defeat Sherwood cagers, 23-20, yesterday at | Rockville. | Sherwood led at the half, 12-7, but in the final period Rockville tied the score at 20-20 and went ahead on a foul shot by Bill Virtz and a goal by Lee Hocker. Rockville, G.F.Pts. Sherwood. lyn;x-m’:‘( B woomero@ [SEEEI | oo, B | 23mommoom » 'Poerstel Youngsters in Glory As Barons Trim "Twas quite & day for the Poer- stels—all three of 'em—at Bethesda- | Chevy Chase High's gym yesterday. The Poerstels, lest you're unacquaint- | ed with the Baron sports family, have three fingers, as it were, in| Bethesda’s home games this year. Cute, vivacious Shirley captains the corps of coed cheerleaders; Ken- | g neth, not yet of high school age, runs the scoreboard with all the accuracy of an old-timer, while “Big Brother” Dick incites both to spontaneous | vocal outbursts while cavorting on | Brewers __ the floor as a Baron forward. Well, Dick was quite the hero for Bethesda yesterday, even if Carl Julllen did carry off individual scor- | | ing honors with 15 points, because | the Barons, behind from midway the second quarter, were facing appar- | ent defeat at the hands of a good St. Albans quint with the score 24-20 | against them and little more than | 10 minutes to play. Bethesda had matched its guest | basket for basket in the third period, | but just when it appedred the host quint never was going to close the 2-point gap the “elder” Mr. Poerstel stepped into the picture. Loring Ap- pleby’s basket had left the Barons only 2 points behind for the third time since play was resumed and then it was that Poerstel took a quick pass, pivoted neatly and drop- ped in a snowbird to tie the score. Less than a minute later, Dick was fouled, sank the free toss and Bethesda was ahead—for only the second time during the game and the first time since early in the sec- ond quarter. Dick’s shots seemed to instill con- fidence in his mates, especially Jul- lien, who ran wild in the last period to cage four fleld goals. The final score was 37-32 and you didn't have to ask Bhirley or Kenneth Poerstel \ St. Albans | which side had the 37. One look at their beaming countenances was enough. It was only the second defeat in | six starts for St. Albans which pre- | sented quite a player in Earl Elliott. | Elliott found the cords for 13 points | and played a good all-around game. Bethesda. G.FPts. 8t. Albans. G.F.Pts. drby.t *__ 10 2 Elilott.f __ 6 1 13 uifien.e =2 Phillips,c Latimer.g Appleby.g 15737 ‘Totals | Score at half—8t. Albans, 16; Bethesds, | 14. Referee—Sivighy (A. B.). Totals Court Fireworks Due |Virginia to Revise Ring Teams - For Matches With Maryland Victor, Varsity Welter, Not Apt to Start; Several Freshmen Changes Likely CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 28.—Virginia’s boxing line-ups, varsity and freshman, will both be revised before the Cavaliers meet Maryland in a double-header in College Park on Saturday, but just who will go into the ring against the Old Liners probably will not be determined until tomcrrow afternoon. Capt. Kenneth Rathbun, lefthanded middleweight, was kept out of the North Carolina meet by a bad tooth and his place was taken by Tom Chalmers, who woné¢ As Gonzaga Battles §t. John's Tonight Torrid Rivals, Not Yet At Peak, Stronger Than Their Records Show That neither team is enjoying great success will have little effect on a big crowd coming out tonight to witness the first of two basket ball games this season between St. John's and Gonzaga. They meet at Tech gym following a lightweight preliminary at 7:15 p.m. It has been true in the past that even poor teams resemble cham- plonship outfits when entering this game and this year’s Johnny and Eagle squads are not poor ones, her evidence to the contrary. either can boast a record above the .500 mark, although the John- nies experienced a short stay with everything even last week after it defeated Bethesda. Right now St. John’s has won four and dropped five, while Gonzaga also has four victories, but six defeats. Neither can be assigned the role of favorite off these records. Gon- zaga beat Georgetown Prep, which topped St. John’s, but on the other hand the Johnnies claim a victory over Eastern, which topped the Eagles. It so happens that neither coach claims an underdog rating for tonight, however, Both Potentially Strong. After being defeated by Western on Monday, a bystander remarked to Coach Irv Holbrook of Gonzaga that he hardly could be expected to win with that team. “Well,” Horse answered, “if T was a betting man I'd call you on that. Just watch us Wednesday.” Much the same sentiments are being expressed by Geme Augusterfer, St. John's men- tor. Both potentially are much better outfits than the records show. Gon- zaga won not only the Catholic school champlonship last year, but the Metropolitan title as well, losing only six games over the whole stretch—including tournaments. It just hasn’t been able to hit a con- sistent pace this season. Al Lauck has had a few hot min- utes, but he isn't ringing the bell consistently, and Bill McKay, one of the tallest schoolboy cagers in Washington, also has yet to do everything Coach Irv Holbrook ex- pects of him. Any day now he promises to break lose with some good pivot shooting and make use of his height in snaring rebounds and Holbrook hopes he chooses to- night's game for the transforma- tion. Other Likely Starters. Others in the starting line-up probably will be Bernie Nolan, Tony Tancred! and Ray Fanning. St. John’s, too, has been blowing hot and cold and at one time had a three-game wihning streak. Coach Gene Augusterfer has among his players such boys as George Hughes, Patty McCarthy, Sleepy Thompson and Larry Cooke. Each at one time or other had hot streaks. His prob- lem is to get them all working to- gether at the same time and if they do St. John's promises really rough going for Gonzaga. Little McNally Leads W.-L. High fo Win Over Fairfax Basket ball coaches like to have a lot of tall boys on their teams, but size isn’t everything as little Jimmy McNally of Washington-Lee High will demonstrate. Although the smallest man on the team, Jimmy turned in some timely shooting last night to lead the Generals to a 27-26 victory over Fairfax High at Fairfax. Washington-Lee was forced to come from behind a 17-11 Rebel edge at the half, with baskets by Maynard Tiahart and Buck Newsome in the closing minutes finally sending the Generals to the front. GFPis. Pairfax. GFPis 2°1 6 Earmant __ 3 HoooHONON; Bruins Earn Lead Tie In Scoreless Game By the Associated Press. Boston’s bandaged Bruins couldn’t score, but the single point they gained last night in their overtime, | scoreless deadlock with Toronto lifted them into a tie for first place | in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers. Tuke Gare of That Cold RIGGS TURKISH BATHS 5i've. /5 & G S NW. g1 AILEHI'Q!! 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Scan- lon tops the list with 94 points and Rice is close behind with 89. ‘The pace-making Loyola quintet was idle last week because of mid- year examinations —the doldrums into which most of the other teams are, drifting this week—but the Grayhounds' sensational Bernie Thobe held forth place with 73 points. Ed Mocowski of Western Maryland slipped into third with 81, adding 14 points against Wash- ington College. Others in the first 10 are Tanne- Just Can’t Be Nice To Mexican Quint By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky, Jan. 28— Radiating pan-American friend- ship, Kentucky’s basket ball coach, Adolph Rupp, presented a dozen roses to Senora Teresa de Ochoa, wife of the University of Mexico's h, before the Kentucky-Mexicd game here. Distressed because Kentucky led, 33-7, at the half, Rupp used every substitute, played the Mex- inucans about even in the second The Kentuckians even called their plays out loud, but failed to help their visitors. None could speak English. 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