The Washington times., 1937-12-28
HANK LUISETTI
STANDS OUT ON
COLLEGE COURTS
BY CHICK KENNY

STedG6SI COlleB6 DdSkGIDdu player
of the country in action this year.
There was chance last season
when Stanford opened negotiations
with George Washington for a
floor tilt, on the way to the
Madison Square Garden spectacle
in New York, but for some reason
or other the game fell through.
This year, the Indian team
again comes East bringing with 1t
the great Angelo Hank" Luisetti,
two years all-American court star,
but no negotiations trans
pired between Stanford and the
Colonial athletic authorities, other
wise a game may have been
staged here in Washington either
this week or next.
Not since the days Of Charley
Hyatt at Pittsburgh, has such q
phenomenal player hit the college
hardwoodS. From all you hear
and see written about the player
he must be really the goods.
STANDS EN- ON EAR
Luisetti stood the Pacific Coast
Conference on its proverbial ear
for two years now, and when
Stanford came East last year and
played to capacity houses l New
York and Philadelphia, all who
witnessed the clashes against
Long Island University and
Temple, respectively, were OF the
one opinion, that the lad has no
equal-and never has, for that
matter.
He was the standout performer
in every college game he has
taken a part in, and has been
picked on every all-star team in
every section Of the country.
ALLrOPPONENT MENACE
Every college that had the mis-
fortune of playing against TINS
6-foot 2A-inch, 184-pound San
Francisco menace has selected
him on it's all-opponent team. New
York, Philadelphia and Cleveland
sports writer's who select the out.
standing visiting team players to
show in their respective cities
each year, placed him at the top
of the list as a court star par
excellent last season.
This point-crazy cage star as a
sophomore two seasons ago scored
416 points in % games and 41O
counters last year as ajunior. He
scored 305 points in 18 games as a
freshman player his first year at
Stanford.
SHOOTS 1853 FIELD GOALS
Last season, Luisetti made 1853
field goals and sank IA out Of 100
free throws.
But regardless Of all the stories
that have been written about
Hank, little attention has been
paid to his remarkable defensive
record. His scoring feats, ball.
handling and play-making are
we'll known, but few have paid
much heed to his work when the
other teams has the ball. It is
not only the fact that his oppo-
nentS find it hard to score on
him, but he managed to prevent
them from tallying and does it
within the rules.
COMMITS FEW FOULS
In his sophomore year he COM
mitted only 80 fouls in 20 games
and last year he was penalized 90
times in 27 contests, total Of 81
infractions in Sc games. The rec
ord is all the more noteworthy be-
cause he has always been in the
limelight and every effort has
been made to check his scoring
drives or force him into fouling.
They say out on the Coast that
Stanford has a greater combina-
tion this year than last, when it
was generally recognized as the
national intercollegiate champion
by winning IS Of the ~ games
played, including several In the
East and Midwest against power
full foes.
HUFF RATES HIGH
True, Hank Luisetti is the stand.
out performer Of the remarkable
Stanford Indian court team, but
then there is another lad on the
squad who must not be counted
out of the picture when the Palo
Alto five is Saluted. He is Dale
Huff, the smallest member Of the
team, who travels in the van Of
the Big Red five to scout the fu-
ture opponents.
Huff is a close student Of the
game and spends most of the sum-
mer attending coaching schools
and is well adapted to give reports
on the styles used by different
teams in the different sections of
the country. Stanford plays
Temple early next week and Huff
already has secuted the Owls in
their defeat of Illinois. He already
has the dope on Long Island U.
and C. C. N. Y, the two teams
Stanford will play in Madison
Square Garden this week, and
he already has viewed Duquesne,
which the Indian team will battle
in Cleveland during the holiday
season.