Evening star., 1941-12-09
Fine Team Play Marks
Early Basket Ball
Prep by Raiders
Good Reserves at Hand
First Time in Yeors;
Little Hoyos Active
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Much Of the advance talk about
who will take the high school bas-
ket ball championship If Roosevelt
doesn't repeat centers around East
ern and Wilson, but the boys out
at Western quietly are going about
the business of building a serious
contender.
Serious" is just the word for
Western this time Much of the
horseplay and individual efforts on
some past teams is missing and in
practice the Red Raiders are pre-
senting a closer knit organization
with real teamwork evident. Only
time Western has won a cage title
was in 1887 when George De Witt,
Gerald Burns, Hugo Schulze and
Hop Lomax were the big guns, and
Coach Cliff Moore has several young
sters who may turn out the same
way this time.
He has no crew of stars returning,
but there is smattering of expert
ence and size available with some
good reserve material. Letter men
are Don Gross, low scorer but
recognized last year as probably the
best defensive player in the city,
and Forward Jim Karas, a fast
shooter who with little more ac-
curacy should be a big scorer this
season.
Western Reserves Good.
Experienced players are Tony
Murphy, 6foot-2 pivot man: Hank
Grady, Charles Stephenson, Bernie
GlttleSon and Swanson Moore.
Moore is another big boy and if he
goes as we'll in actual games as in
practice he will be one of the sur
prise players in the series The start
ing lineup probably will have Cross
and Stephenson as guards, Murphy
as center and Karas and Moore as
forwards. This crew will be tested
Wednesday when the Raiders open
their season entertaining George
Washington freshmen.
For the first time in several years
the team probably will have an ade-
quate supply of reserves. Several
newcomers have shown enough to
earn places on the team, among
them being Billy Stephenson,
Charles brother; George Beatty,
Clarence Lemley, Ray Love and
Carleman Squires.
Two big boys left over from last
years team form the nucleus of a
l0-man squad Coach Orrel Mitchell
Is preparing at Georgetown Prep
Tor q tough schedule Letter men
are John Shovel and Ray Schnei-
der. both over 6 feet. Experienced
players from last years team are
Jack Lally, Tony Boyer and Ed
kney. Beyer. a sophomore, par
ucularly is promising. He played a
lot Of football for the Little Hoyas
this year and is regarded as one
OF the most promising all-around
athletes there.
Little Hoyas Are Promising.
Filling out the team are several
likely newcomers, among them Joe
McAndrews, a transfer from st.
Peters in New York. He is a small
boy, but like Boyer promises to be
an outstanding athlete. Another is
Jim ODonnell, brother of Gonzaga's
Lane ODonnell. He is little, weigh
Ing only about 125 pounds, but has
the stuff to make a good PLAYER.
Another lad from an athletic family
Is Bill Martin, son of Billy Martin,
former Georgetown football star,
while Zip Dowd and Dick Nicho-
ladies, both rugged players, fill out
the first team squad.
It's a good passing combination
and needs only a tighter defense
and experience, which it will gain
throughout the season, to rank
again with the best in this section.