The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
L.I. U. BUILDING
 SQUAD AROUND GREEN CAGERS
Claire Bee Lost Four Merl- bers of Last Years
 Team
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 New York, Dec. s - (U.P) - Loss of four members from the team which won the National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden twice in the last three years has given coach Clair Bee of Long Island University's basketball squad a difficult assignment of re- building.
 Although Ossie Schechtman, Dolly King, Si Lobello and Sol Schwartz are gone from last years squad which won % and lost only two games, including thre victories In the National Invitation Tourney, the Blackbirds can again be counted on to come up with another strong con- tender for metropolitan and nation al honors. a..
 Captain Hank Beenders, Saul Cohen and Dick Holub, who alter mated on the starting quintet with the above four, are the only vet erans returning. Al Schneider, Vic Perez and Art Gurfein are other squad members who will be back but they saw little action year ago. Of the above group. Blenders is the only senior.
 Frosh Must Produce
 The success of this years team, according to Bee, hinges on the performances of members Of last seasons freshman squad which went undefeated in g games. Stan Waxman, Howie and Lennie Rader and Fred Lewis of this group were members of the James Madison High school city champs Of l939- 30 which established scholastic record of 37 straight victories. Also up from the frosh are 1rv Rothen- berg, Stan FronZak and Luke Sa- 1 pin.
 Only two members of the squad are under six feet-Schneider and Waxman--both s feet II inches. Bee can field e team composed of Been- ders, 0.5; Holub, 6.0; Rothenberg, 6-7; durfein, 6-6; and sapin, e-4.
 He plans to use two big men and three small men most of the time. He started out with as many aS l5 different combinations but narrowed favor with him is composed of Holub to six. The i've that found special down possible starting combinations at center, Beenders and Fronzak at forwards and the Rader twins at guards.
 This group is the hardest driving combination, is better defenSively Lewis, two of the best scoring However, that omits Cohen and than any other group on ofenSe. and moves the ball more smoothly threats. But if Rothenberg improves in the early games, he will be given the starting center assignment, ard f Cohen and WaXnlan improve de- fcnsiyely, they may break in. Lack Experience
 Experience is definitely lacking in this years LlU squad. Schneider iS the smaftest player on the club, but Bee believes he iS more valuable on the bench awaiting an emergency during the game when he can be substituted to stra!ghten mattrs and act as a player coach"
 Bee has Q record of 02 per cent victories in the la8t eight years- and 1t isn't accidental. Ills teams always have plenty of basketball "caVvy" and with little experience this years team could be one Of the best.
 The team plays Q 27 game sched- ule with eight in Madison Square Garden, i3 on q home court and six away. On the road, the Black birds meet Tennessee. DePaul in Chicago, Albright ct Reading, Pa; Canislus at Buffalo, N. F., Lasalle in Philadelphia, Springfield, Mass, in Q Golden Ball climax game Gnd Brooklyn College,