Evening star., 1952-03-07
Alexandra Five
Gains Support;
Trainers at Peak
Defending Champions
Seek 18th; St. Johns
And Roosevelt Lose
BY Brian Bell, Jr.

"
Tech will not be a prohibitivel
favorite against high school
cpppnent when the Trainers face
|Ce0ree washington OF Alexandria
ia the final Of The Evening Star
Metropolitan Basketball Tourna-
|ment tonight ct 8 in Ritchie
|ColiseuIn, College Park.
st. Anthony's and Washington
Lee, eliminated from the tourna-
|ment In the first round. will meet
lin i preliminary at ,7:3O.
Tech won its 37th straight game
10y trouncing Roosevelt for the
third time this season. 1858.
while CIV edged st. Johns 57-53
lin last nights semi-fnals before
Ian overflow crowd of nearly 1000.
Despite the Trainers return to
lmid-season form against Roose-
lvelt, George Washington. ,nlpres-
Isive in winning over st. Johns,
lis only, a slight underdog tonight.
I'm fact, Rasty Doran, CIV coach.
land Joe Gallagher. st. Johns
coach, are all but predicting q
victory for the Presidents.
Considered Decisive.
'Before we played Gallagher
told me he thought the tourna-
ment winner would be decided In
our game" Doran said last night.
TIN inclined to 60 along with
him."
Gallagher's comment after he
saw his st. Johns team lose In
the final seconds was: II was more
afraid Of this club (GW) than ]
was Of Tech"
OF course, Dutch Usilaner, Tech
coach, looks at the situation a bit
differently. His all-winning team
beat CIV by IL points in the Presi-
dents first game Of the season
and Usilaner is of the opinion
he can do it again.
II said when we first played CIV
that so goes Kessler tBob Kessler.
the Presidents 6-foot-4 starr SO
goes GW," Dutch said. Roosevelt
was In the same situation tonight
50 goes Smith tBill Smith, SO
goes Roosevelt. We stopped Smith
and we can stop Kessler."
Trainers Lone Worry.
The way I look at it. we have
to- worry about one man, Kessler
They have to worry first about
Snookie Herman. II they stop him
Bill Breen may beat them and
even il they can hold those tw,
down Joe Cav may have q goot
night from the corner or Dicl
|DeCesare may be just as hot al
he was tonight. We can concen'
trate on Kessler: they can't Sc
themselves for any one man."
II USilaner has quite an incen'
tive to win. He is transferring Il
Wilson Teachers College aftel
this season and would like to wine
up at Tech with his third straight
Star Tournament title In q row
and his fourth crown since tax.
ing over the Trainers.
BY winning tonight Tech viii
tie Eastern for the most Stal
tournament titles (five) and will
share ,honors with the 1934-35.
36 Eastern clubs as the only
school to win the crown three
straight years.
Barring the way is q tall, CIV
team with one Of the area
lsmoothest players in Kessler. TIL,
graceful KesSler scored % points
lin the Presidents opening rount
lgane against Westinghouse,
Monday and tossed in 20 las
night. He grabs most Of the re
bounds although he gets help IL
] this department from 6-foot-:
lCrensilaw Hardy and 6-foot-:
lies McMenamin. Bugs Oliver
Chuck Motley and Billy Morton
are the Presidents fine outside
: linen.
Lead on With Herman.
Il The Trainers will lead of will
the incompatible Herman who ha'
3 lscored Is and 28 points in Tech,
: two games this week. Breen Il
I Expected to snap his tournament
slump with the long set shots thai
Ebeat CIV the first time, the twt
{ clubs met this season. Franz
Sullivan, slowed with virus In.
: -lfection but still rugged, and Jos
lCaw win handle the boards fol
Tech while Dick DeCesare, a sur.
elprise with 13 points mostly or
yIlong ones last night, viii b
81 Usilaner's fifth starter.
i CIV has probably the best zons
: in the area. If Tech is to b
beaten it is probably this defenst
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