The evening world., 1911-02-04
Champion Newtown Organi-
cation Supplies Three
Players This Year.
Forwards Developed Strong,
but Guards Have Been
Weak This Season.
ALL Scholastic Team
OF Basketball Stars
Second Team.
by b Leslie.

bail five from the Greater New
York high school teams in the
Public Schools Athletic League basket
ball tournament presents this year un-
usual difficulties in several directions.
Primarily II has indeed been an upse,
season because OF tho disqualification
for professionalism OF Friedland. cap
tain and forward on the Stuyvesant
team. one OF the best all around play
ers in the league. and the suspension
OF Bailen. Newtown's star. Friedland
ruined Stuyvesant's chances OF winning
tho tourney by being caught playing
professional basket ball outside while
he was on The Fifteenth street school
team.
Frledland had an excellent chance to
cop" the medals and make II three
basketball championships I'm a row.
Then Bailen. n strong guard ON the
Newtown team, was not permitted to
play IN several games while his case
vas being voted upon by the High
Schools Games Committee. 1t was
during his absence from the game that
Newtown lost their only game. that to
Ia stern District High. And, adde,. 70
all that. many teams were weakened
because of good players becoming in
eligible to play on account OF their
studies.
Good Forwards Developed.
In spite of the fact that the teams
this year were not up to last years
standard the year has developed a lot OF
good forwards. but not one single guard
has stood out In a way TO make him
conspicuous. Two OF the best forwards
seen on the court this season are john
son and Kelly OF Newtown High School,
Long Island. They work together IN
great shape. pass well and both have
ability TO cage the ball from most any
place on the court. R~osenkranz Of
Stuyvesant and Kirshner of Clinton as
seconds are hard to beat. They both
shot well. but did not get into the team
work Ike Johnson and Kelly.
Other forwards that are worthy of
mention are Grossman OF Clinton, Dom
aldson and Ashmead OF Richmond I'M.
Whyte or Commerce and Smith OF
FLUSHING. These players are little In
ferior 10 the others except In speed.
The guard positions this year are
weaker than last. but Levy OF New
town and Schulman OF Commerce are
hard. consistent players and entitled
to the positions. They are strong n
get into the team work a great deal.
Their style or game Is entirely different
from last Gears all-scholastlc guards,
Bowling and Archibald. The running
guard style OF game as played by last
years guards enabled the guards to
shoot a great many baskets. This We ir
the guards played more of a sticking
game.
Close on TO Schulman and Levy for
all-scholastic honors we're BaiIen of
Newtown and Gavin OF BOYS High
Pressing them hard were Israel OF
Commerce. Roberts Of %Stuyvesant and
Houber OF Citation. Although these play
ers do not measure up to the first two
their records for the season are fully
as good " not better.
F~raenzwick a Star.
FraenZwlck for centre will be the
unanimous choice OF the basket hal
fans. He easily outshone every man for
that position, II was his star playing
that enabled the Eastern District Ave
to make such a good showing, Runge
OF Flushing comes nearest 10 him.
The only player who again makes the
all-scholastic team IL Johnson OF New
town. Last year he was the best for.
ward In the tournament and he has
again demonstrated that he not only
was the best forward OF the season. but
one OF the best that ever played. and
that's going some. because there wers
some good ones; take Caveilaro of Stuy.
vesant. for example. Fraenzwick OF
Eastern District and Schulman OF Com,
merce were on last years second all.
scholastic team. Their experience helped
gain for them their positions this year
Newtown was easily the best team OF
the season and deserves the champion,
ship, The Ions Island Ave was not a
team OF stars, but It had on Il withou,
doubt the best players OF the season
So c~leverly was the machine welded 10,
Rether last season by Mr.. Gensen, who
is now at Boys High School. that Il
was not until the first game this sea
son that Mr.. Glbney. who coached IN.
team this year, knew he had a winner
johnson, Kelly, Planteroth. Car, BalIen
and Levy make up the squad. and wher
in u game they played with absolut,
harmony.