Evening star., 1925-02-15


Business is the only school TAI
selected.
Good forwards were plentiful, out
Walker Hale of Central is selected as
standing head and shoulders above the
others. 4 deadly shot from beneath the
basket. and at the same time cautious
one, an accurate passer and dripoier
second to none, Hale won the paudits
of the fans time and again.
Another tribute to his work at for-
ward is his winning OF the laurelS IN
point scoring for the season. In addl-
ton to bringing in total OF 80 counters
in eight contests, 2l ahead OF his near
est rival, the Central star headed the
league at foul shooting, making good on
three-fourths of his chances.
scuggs Cool Player.
Boots Scruggs of Eastern gets the
other position at forward, while Mae
donald of Central and Councillor of Tech
are picked for the places on the second
combination. Not in the least spectacu-
lar, but nevertheless cool player and
shifty floor man with the ability to get
through the enemy's defense. Scruggs
proved very valuable to Eastern. Coun-
clor undoubtedly was the fastest man
who appeared on the George Washing
ton court in the series. but his chances
for making the first all-high quint were
dirnmea somewhat by his failure to ap-
pear in more than a trio of games. How
ever, at the close OF the series he was
going strong. and the responsibility for
Eastern's final defeat and subsequent
loss of another chance at the title can
be placed almost wholly upon him.
Macdonald of Central gets the other
forward position on the second five over
CARRIER Steward; Gichner, Werber and
Radice, all of whom played brilliantly
at times. but fell short of making the
grade. Steadiness, ability to outguess
the defense presented by the opposing
team and faculty for teamwork, de-
veloped by a good many seasons OF
drilling with his present playing mates,
earned Mickey the cheice.
Bill Banta, Angus Heeke and Henry
Lamar received consideration for the
pivot position in the string selec-
tion, and for ability are rated as nearly
three of a. kind The first two were
placed for their consistently good per-
forniances in all departments of the
cage game, especially their work in
backing up the defense While the light
est center performing in the high-school
loop, Banta of Central was able to out
jump his opponent on most occasions,
and made UP in speed and fight what he
lacked in size. While not warranting all
high consideration, the noticeable inn
provement in the work of Joe Croeon,
Techs rangy tap p-offnlan. is deserving
OF the highest praise.
Dulin Brilliant Guard.
All-high guard twice is the former
record of Capt Roland Dulin of West
ern, who gets the position again this
year and, in addition is runner-up TO
Hale in the number of points seoreO
in the championship series. OF the
r. srf - n iVxl, k1,,
in the title games. Dulin earned first
place without any argument. More
over, his ade eptness at caging the
sphere from outside the penalty zone
made him doubly valuable and placed
him above most of the forw ards in
point-gathering for the season.
AS a field general, Dulin's nearest
rivals were Thurston Dean of Central
and Bruce Kesser of Eastern. These
two made the alI-high selection last
year, but with Kessler on the first
and Dean on the second teams. In
view of his having directed the Mount
Pleasant quint to championship hon
ors after a poor start and against
heavier teams. the Central leader.
who tips the scales at less than 135
pounds, gets the call to fill out the
roster of the mythical quint for 1925.
The merits of Bruce kessler were
not to be overlooked, however. He
was a guard that stuck to his man
every minute of the game, and a past
master at the arts of feinting and
lodging when the ball was in his pos
session. The shifting of Bennie from
forward to the guard position along
about the middle of the season seemed
4 good move for the Eastern team,
and Bennie was guarding well and
making good on enough long shots
TO keep him in the spotlight up un-
til the final game, when his inabil-
ity to connect with the basket on nu-
merous occasions cost Eastern dearly.
Good Players Lost.
Playing with an inexperienced team,
Capt Zahn of Tech proved to be
somewhat of sensation on several
occasions, but scholastic difficulties
at the end of the series, together with
his ever-prasent tendency to foul an
opponent in the act of shooting for
the basket, lowered his general aver
age considerably
Mid-year graduations took Capt.
F'urman the outstanding player OF
the Business quint, out of the series
and left a considerable vacancy in
Coach Woodworth's lineup. The loss
TO the Western team of Henry Gich-
ner, also by the graduation route, aft
er western had piled up a formidable
lead in the title series, undoubtedly
had a great deal to do with the Alb
solute rout of the Red and White
team in the final stages of the cham
al