Evening star., 1951-12-15
Gonzaga Gains Top Tie
In Catholic League;
Snow Hits Schedule
CATHOLIC LEAGUE sTANDTNCs
By Bill Fuchs

Coach Bob Russell of st. Paul's
Is convert to the zone defense.
Russell. a longtime advocate of
the man-for-man type of defense,
had a quick change Of affection
during the third quarter of his
teams game with Gonzaga yes
terday at Priory. Gonzaga won,
57-38. but st. Paul's held the
favored Eagles even during that
third period.
I'VE were having such hard
time holding them on their weave
pattern" Russell said, $50 between
halves I took some pennies out
and showed the boys how to work
the zone. They had never played
it before, but I was well pleased
with them.
Il come from New Jersey where
they play mostly man-for-man.
Usually it takes long while to
teach a zone. But we're going to
work on it,
Prl0ry Game Postponed.
Gonzaga's victory puts it in
first-place tie with st. Anthony's
in the Metropolitan Catholic
League standings. The snowfall
kept Georgetown Prep from keep
ing its date with Priory for the
other half of the scheduled dou-I
ble-header yesterday. That game
will be played Monday.
Tomorrow a double header at
DeMatha, starting at 2 pm, pits
Prep against st. Anthony'S and
st. Johns, the favorite to take
the title. against DeMatha.
Joe Kozik, Gonzaga coach, is
afraid lack of height will keep
his team away from the title.
'I've got Is ballplayers who could
make anybody's team" Joe says, |
"but the trouble is they're not big
enough. I've got Mike Williams
at ga. but he's only sopho-
more and not ready yet. The
only other boys with any height
at all are Mike Lucas and Tom
McKavitt, and they both measure
about 6.2."
Odd st. Paul Combination.
A Mutt-and-Jeff combination is
leading st. Paul's this season.
Jay Manning stands 6.4 and Bob
by Herman about So, and togeth-
er they've been counting about /
80 points per game. Manning got
IA yesterday and Herman 13, or
all except eight of st. Paul's
total.
Don Maio, with eight field goals |
and five fouls for 26 points. led
Gonzaga. which held 1876, |
first-period lead. Maio and Frank |
DeGirolomo led the Eagles to a |
26-l5 half-time command. Both |
teams scored nine points in the
third quarter, while st. Paul's ex-
perimented with the zone.
The weather wiped out most |
of the scholastic schedule yester- +
day and last night. but WASH
ington-Lee, Landon and Douglass
of Upper Marlboro overcame the /
elements and the opposition.
Washington-Lee beat Western.
1888. for its third straight VIC |,
tory. last night at Stratford !,
Junior High in Arlington. Ted ,
Groom scored 19 points to lead i
the Generals, while Jim Wexler |,
was high for Western with II.
Chamberlain Bows to Landon.
Chamberlain. which held st. I
Anthony's to a AZ victory Thurs
day. decided to score yesterday
at Landon. but the Volts didn't
score enough and lost 41-38.
Chamberlain led until the final
two minutes, when Frank Kimball /
tied it at SO with a field goal. |,
Dick Barnett sank a foul with one
minute remaining and 80 seconds /
later clinched 1t with goal. Kim
ball led Landon with II points,
while Chamberlain's Tony Mag
MOTTO was high with II.
Joe CAN'T scored % points to
lead Douglass to an easy 1928
victory over Manassas at Upper
Marlboro.