Evening star., 1938-02-28
QUANTR|LLE IS ACE
OF PO|NT-GETTERS
Lusby and Lombardy Trail
Him in Interhigh Play.
Custer Still Going.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

BY BURTON HAWKINS.
Definitely tabled for special con-
sideration by rival coaches in the i'm
pending Evening Star metropolitan
scholastic basket ball tournament Is
Eastern Highs prolific scoring trium-
virate of Clint Quantrille, Lee Lusby
and Russ Lombardy, for that trio of
talented tossers alternated effectively
In naneuvering the Lincoln Parkers
to the interhigh championship.
Unless Westerns Bob Custer, an
J other scoring ace who will appear in
The Star tourney starting Thursday
night at Tech High gym. accounts for
IA points in the final interhigh game
tomorrow against Wilson at Roosevelt
gym, Quantrille, Lusby and Lombardy
will finish in that order in the scho-
lastic series point-gathering race.
Quantrille, with ITS pounds spread
neatly over 6-foot 2r2-inch frame,
absorbed his first basket ball while
hanging around the old University of
Maryland gym. Bozie Berger and
Shorty Chalmers, two of the Terps'
greatest basketers, unwittingly were
Clint's instructors, for they revealed
the niceties of the game to him in in
formal scrimmages there
Starred for Hyattsville.
After starring at Hyattsville one
season as a regular. Quantrille trans
ferred his talent to Eastern. served
one year as a substitute and has per-
formed two years as regular It
occasioned little surprise when he
registered "a points in the interhigh
campaign, for last year he was second
in that respect among players who
were slated to return to action this
season. Lombardy was first.
Basket ball is the winter topic of
conversation in the Quantrille house
hold. for Clint's brother. Dick, starred
for Hyattsville High several seasons
ago
The smooth play of Lusby and Lom-
hardy had its inception at the North
east Boys Club five years ago. for it
was there that Eastern's crack guards
launched their court careers together
on the same 100-pound team They
have stuck together. playing lis and
130 pound basket ball on the same
clubs before entering Eastern.
Lee and Russ present contrasting
styles of play that have blended we'll.
Lusby is polite, mild-mannered and
smooth. while the ball-hawkng Lom-
hardy is belhgerent and rough. ap-
parently without intending to be. He
was the hardest fighting player in the
interhigh series and while his scrappy
tactics served to lessen his popularity
with rival players, Russ nevertheless
produced results.
Lombardy Like Bill Burke.
Lombardy's ball hawking and ap-
parent immunity to fatigue are rem
iniscent of the late Bill Burke of Gen.
trail Like Burke, Lombardy concen-
trates on following the ball, spelling
the precision Of the opponents attack,
and spends much of the time picking
himself off the floor after scrambles
for the sphere.
Lusby. virtually carbon copy of
Lombardy in the matter of size, has
proved fundamental cog in the Lin
coin Parkers' defense, many times dur
ing the series unraveling defensive
bits of brilliance that have been mini
mi7ed In the minds of spectators
through his own smoothness. His SO
points in 10 series engagements indi-
cate Lees scoring also has heen timely.
They'll be marked mel in The Stars
tourney, for they're the best the inter-
high series produced this season.
EASTERN AMATEUR HOCKEY