Evening star., 1941-03-13
Versatility and Right
Spirit Characterize
Every Member
CounseImon, MuIvihiII
Key Men in Gonzugu
March to Honors
By GEORGE HUBER.

Individually and collectively the
all-Metropolitan Washington high
school basket ball team as selected
by The Star forms a Quint that
should delight even the most exact
ing critic.
Every player is outstanding in all
phases of the game, with speed, ac-
curacy, basket ball sense, leadership
and team spirit. They are the pick
of % school teams in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area.
These players, chosen after match
ing and comparing the opinions of
coaches, referees and members of
The Stars sports staff, are Francis
Counselman and Bob Mulvihill of
Gonzaga, forwards; Paul Baker of
Landon, center; Hymie Perlo of
Roosevelt and Moe Schulman of
Eastern, guards. Mulvihill regularly
played center with the Eagles, but
he has been shifted to forward on
this honor team to make place for
Landon's outstanding athlete, Baker.
2 PerlO Choice Acclaimed.
Bound to be regarded with unanim-
5ity is Perlo'S presence on the team.
Hymie is the answer to coach'S
prayer for an all-around athlete.
Outstanding also in baseball and in
football until an injury forced him
from the gridiron, he has been at
peak the last two seasons with the
basket ball squad at Roosevelt. He
is fast and accurate, and opposing
coaches have learned to their regret
that all Perlo needs to score is to
get his hands on the ball. He's a
swell team player and natural floor
leader. with an ambition to become
an outstanding basket ball coach.
Selection of Eastern's Schulman
as Perlo's running mate at the guard
position also was easy. Noes fight
ing spirit and ability had much to
do with earning the Ramblers their
second-place rating IN the District
interhigh cage series. As a defen-
sive player he was without peer,
being particularly adept at snag-
ging rebounds from the blackboard.
He could score points with the best
of them, too, but devoted most Of
his ability to setting up Eastern's
scoring plays.
Duke Hashagen, Bethesda Chevy
Chases blond guard, and Ben
Decker of Georgetown Prep were
Others who earned consideration for
the aIl-Met first team.
Eagles Give Scoring Punch. 4
An unusual scoring punch is given
the team by Mulvihill and Counsel
man, both of Gonzaga, as forwards |
Both can shoot baskets from all
angles and rate highly among the
city's scorers, but they did not let
their shooting ability detract from
team and defensive aging. They
supplied the punch that carried the /
Eagles through the Catholic School /
League undefeated and to victory in |
The Stars Metropolitan tourna-
ment.
. 1t was difficult. however, to choose |
both for the first team. Frank /
Ciango certainly deserves strong
consideration for his playing with |
Roosevelts championship outfit, as
does Rube McNab of Washington
Lee, who was so highly regarded in
Virginia that he was selected on
the all-State team.
The fifth member of the honor
quint is Baker at center, real star
Is one of the best teams in Landon's
history. Big and tall, Paul was the
key man in Landon's effective zone
defense and a shooting artist who
led District schoolboy scorers
through most of the season.
1t is interesting to note that all
schools represented with players on
first and second teams, with the eX-
ception of Wilson, participated in
The Star Metropolitan tournament, |
tending to show that one or two
individually outstanding boys on a
team can make that quint a cham
pionship contender.