Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
st. Theresa One Game
From Regional Grown
Battle St. Mary's s.
Tonight to Gain
Round of 8
BY GEORGE MAsKIN


There'll be 80 teams on the sur
vivors' slate in the annual state
high school basketball tournament
come II o'clock tonight.
And one of these 32-barring an
occurrence of earthquake proper
ltions-will be st. Theresa, Detroit
Catholic League champion and the
city's No. i bet to wind up with a
Michigan pennant.
The Pirates, undefeated in Is
starts this season, need only
Victory over a none-too-tough st.
Mary's of BEDFORD aggregation in
the Fordson high gym to reach
the quarter-finals of the Class b
title parade. The game starts at
z p. m.
BY winning, st. Theresa also
can haul in its second consecutive
regional championship. The Pr
rates first obstacle - and sup
posedly their toughest in the re-
gional, Melvindale with a perfect
record for the year prior to the
game, proved another "softie" for
George Dufour's gang last night.
PERSONALLY COLLABORATE
After a fairly close first half,
Don Osterman and Joe Smith per-
sonally saw to it that st. Theresa
should win in gallop, 34-19. Oster-
man fired in ii points. while
Smith raped in nine, thus en-
abling Dufor to employ his re-
serves during the final quarter.
Next to st. Theresa. of the De-
troit contingent still hanging on
lin the state classic, st. Stanislaus
lin Class c rates the best chance
lof hopping over the regional
hurdle. To accomplish the trick.
ISt. Stanislaus must knock off
Bhssfield which boasts the fancy
mark of 10 consecutive victories.
The teams ARE contesting at
Ypsilanti where last night the De-
troiters tripped University High
of Ann Arbor. 1923, as Blissfield
walloped Sacred Heart, 51-28. Bill
Upina, for the second night in a
row, was the st. Stanislaus hero
with Is points. Don Mulder led
Blissfield getting IA points.
Left with st. Theresa and st.
lStanislaus to carry the Detroit
hopes is Visitation in the Class B
regional at Ferndale. The Eagles
are booked against Birmingham.
following 1920 victory over st.
Clair.
ST. ANTHONY OUT
Birmingham furnished the skid
ding power for Detroit st. An
thony, 1884, while in Class A
action at Ferndale, Pontiac out
powered Crosse Pointe, 1921, and
Hazel Park eliminated Ferndale.
1921.
Another Detroit bunch to hit
the sidelines was DeLaSalle,
mighty conquerors the night be-
fore of Fordson. DeLaSalle's title
I hopes ended against River Rouge
when the Panthers staged strong
last half squirt to win, 1922.
Ollen Evans and George Bochacik
teamed to score 26 of the Rouge
points.
Clawson with Big ohnny
Creevey rapping in IA more points
! nosed out Lake Shore, 1927, and
plays Keego Harbor, 1910 state
, finalist, for the Class c regional
. crown at Lake Orion Keego won
from New Haven, 1870. st. Cert
!, rude. Class d Catholic Loop five,
whipped Log Cabin, 1920.
!, FLINT NORTHERN BOWS
\ Also included in last night
: dumping out" festivities was
: Flint Northern, for the last two
s years Class A champions. The
/ Vikings came through with bet
ter showing than expected in los
Q ing to Saginaw Eastern, 31-29, at
a lLansing.
: Northern held Saginaw's Valley
s champs On even ground until the
last two minutes. Then, with the
], score dead1ocked at II, Tony
d Tabalis and Rod Hudson connected
d for Saginaw. Thirty seconds be-
d fore the finish, Neal Nagelssen of
tho VIKINGS handled the hall