Evening star., 1938-03-01
st. John s QuintStar 7ou1neyPick
GREAT lob DONE
BY AUGUSTERFER
Former c. U. Star Shines as
Coach-Team Impressive
Beating La Sale.
By BURTON HAWKINS.

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At the ripe old age of "a. bull.
necked Gene Augusterfer is absorb.
ing paeans of praise for one Of ths
most creditable coaching performance.
manufactured in this sector From 9
student body of 425. Gene has pro.
duced what generally is regarded a.
the finest basket ball team ever nodded
at ST. Johns and, by the same token
one of the best ever developed here
in schoolboy ranks.
A product of the school he now
coaches, having starred in both foot.
ball and basket ball at st. Johns, Gene
rapidly is establishing himself as 8
coach of considerable ability. Twice
in the past two years he has pilotec
the Washington Pros to the Dixie
Football League championship anc
now. in his first year at the helm Of
st. Johns, has carved team which
has won 19 of 81 games.
st. Johns. installed as favorite te
snatch The Evening Star Metropolitan
tourney championship by many
through its return to form last night
at Catholic University gym before
1000 spectators in spanking La Sale
High of Philadelphia, 26-17, neverthe.
less anticipates maximum OF trouble
Sees Difficult Job.
Augusterfer, a regular at Catholic
University for three years in foot.
ball and basket ball and brother OF
Rita, local swimming star, iully
realizes each of the seven other crack
clubs in The Star tourney would like
to bump the Johnnies. The Cadets
however, feel confident they will be.
come the first team outside the inter.
high realm to grasp the coveted crown
The Johnnies who clash with Fred
edicksburg High Thursday night al
Tech High gym in the inaugural game
of the Metropolitan, are eager te
establish themselves without doubt al
the smoothest club in this sector before
moving on to Chicago and the Ma.
tional Catholic Scholastic Tournament
To accomplish that beyond question
the Cadets first must trim Bethesda
Chevy Chase, which will meet Mount
Rainier in the nightcap of the twin
bill Thursday, because the suburban
school has been the only schoolboy
team to trounce ST. Johns.
Also looming as threat to smear
the impressive record of ST. Johns is
Eastern, interhigh champion Despite
a previous close lose to the Cadets, the
Lincoln Parkers still are regarded as
dangerous in The Star event.
After Two Triumphs.
St. Johns is determined to capture
both The Star tourney and South At
lantic scholastic title in the Washing
ton and Lee University tournament at
Lexington. Va, next week before seek
ing national recognition at Chicago
The Johnnies were expected to receive
an invitation to the Washington and
Lee competition today, while an invi-
tation to the National Catholic tour
ney will be received by March 10
Currently the Cadets are concentrating
on the Metropolitan mix-up, for that
promises to be as stiff a test as the
other two events.
Charles O'Brien, La Salles dapper
coach, Is enthusiastic about St. Johns
chances of snatching all three tourney
titles, pointing out that its set shot
stars will click well against the zone
defenses employed almost universally
by the Western teams the Johnnies
figure to face at Chicago.
They'll run into many variations
of the standard zone defense at Chi
cago." O'Brien offered. but those
kids are great set shots. I'd say they
have durn good chance to sweep
all three titles" Having taken three
teams to Chicago. O'Brien apparently
would know one schoolboy team from
another.
Second Half Tells.
After battling point for point in
the first half, La Sale wilted before
St. Johns gluey guarding in the
second half, and the Cadets coasted
to another triumph. One pot shot
three minutes before the final gun
and brace Of fouls comprised La
Sales only scoring in the second half.
st. Johns spurted late in the Sec
ond quarter to enjoy an 1913 lead at
half-time, and it never relinquished
that margin. Jim Giebel was out
standing for St. Johns, while Larry
O'Donnen and Johnny McGlone paced
La Sale.
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