Evening star., 1942-12-13
Royas' High Scorers
Have Tough Foe in
Aberdeen Quint
CoIonioIs Facing Bottle
With OkIohomo Aeeies;
Terps Engage Spiders

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Washington and Maryland basket
ball teams will be exposed to Sc
we're tests this week, with the high
power Hoyas facing the crack Alb
erdeen Proving Grounds five to-
morrow night at Tech High and
the Colonials colliding with the
famed Oklahoma Aggies at the same
site on Wednesday.
Maryland will unveil its 1928
edition Wednesday night in college
competition against Richmond at
College Park, then rest until Janu-
ary /, as will Georgetown follow
ing tomorrow nights tiff Catholic
u, which will play Wilson Teach
ers tomorrow night and Gallaudet
on Wednesday night at c. U. gym
then will be idle until January 16,
and G. w. U. will remain inactive
until January after the encounter
with the Aggies.
In skirmishing thus far local COL
legiate teams have produced five
high-scoring specialists, paced by
Georetown's 6-foot 8-inch John
Mahnken, who has averaged "a
points in the Hoyas' two games.
In those games, incidentally
Georgetown rolled up 1870 points,
crushing Western Maryland under
an avalanche of IS points, then scor-
ing los points against American U.
for a local scoring record.
Kostecka Also on Rampage.
The Hoyas also own another scor-
Ing sensation in Andy Kostecka
who compiled 16 points against
Western Maryland and % against
A. U. for 19-point average, but
that prolific scoring may be curbed
by the Aberdeen outfit.
Aberdeen possesses such players
as Angie Musi, Temples leading
scorer for three years; Morris
Becker, formerly of Duquesne; Ben
Scharnus, Seton Hall product; Abe
Novak. formerly with the famed
Ohrbach A. A.; Lou Romano, Sc
lected for several all-America teams
while performing for Glenville
Teachers; Bob Sigholtz, formerly
with the Philadelphia Sphas' pro
five, and Marty Passaglia. an all
Pacific choice while playing with
Santa Clara.
The service team whisked to the
ouarter-f finals of the professional
basket ball tourney at Chicago last
season. winning % of 26 games dur
ing the campaign, and is expected
to present line on Georgetown
team that may develop as the
greatest in the history of the school.
1t was that same Aberdeen team
that dealt Georgetown's freshmen
their only defeat last season when
Kostecka. Dan Kraus and Billy
Hassett were performing for the
Eoya frosh. That trio now is in
cluded in Coach Elmer Ripleys
starting varsity team.
Ags Have 7-foot Center.
The Oklahoma Aggies will be i'm
porting a squad from which team
could be plucked averaging feet
Sig inches. Some of the squads
towering specimens aren't regulars
but some sort of idea of what
G. w. U. will be facing is illustrated
in Center Bob Kurland, a 7foot.
2o6-pound specimen.
Anything under 6 feet Az inches
among the Aggies is considered a
midget. Lou Steinmeir stretches
feet inches toward heaven and
standing feet 4la inches are Ver-
non Yates. Wayland Glover and
Sam Aubrey. Aubrey and Stein
meir are starters. as is Jack Heron,
q mere 6-foot 2l2-inch lad.
The Aggies, who won 20 games
and lost six last season. are coached
by Henry Iba. whose teams have won
316 games and lost only "A for an
average of $40 over 16-year span.
They will have four games under
their belt by the time they face the
Colonials. who will have played only
Fort Meade.
Travis Leads Old Liners.
Maryland again will be spanked by
Ernie Travis, prolific scorer last
season and one of the smoother
players in this area. Travis is a
certain starter against Richmond,
with Coach Burton Shipley select
ing his others from Tommy Mont,
Jim KinSman. Jim Horn, Bob James,
Paul Flick and Jack Huffman.
Richmond. victorious over Rich
mond Army Air Base in its opener,
has four veterans in Capt. Bob
Erickson. Louis Miller, Doc Savage
and Dick Thistlethwaite. Miller,
though, is not likely to play against
the Old Liners due to broken COL
larbone suffered during football sea-
son. The Spiders have several
promising newcomers, principal OF
which is Lou Ciola. standout on
the freshman team last season.
Catholic u. which whipped
America U. and lost to Layola. will
be favored to spank both Wilson
Teachers and Gallaudet. Pacing
the Cards thus far has been Fred
Rice. jr.. who has compiled 20 points
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