Evening star., 1952-03-02
Eight Leading Teams
Take Part in Event
Opening Tomorrow
By Brian Bell. lr.

pOy players.
Each team in the event has at
least one outstanding individual
star; several schools have two or
three. Five of the boys playing
in the tournament were among
the top 10 in the Catholic League
scoring race: four were among
the first 10 interhigh point-get-
ters. Half Of the stars chosen
to play in the annual ALL High
An-Prep game March il will see
action in The Star tournament.
If a coach could pick a team
from the top players in the event,
he could take on any high school
opposition and be a heavy favor
lite. Who would he choose?
Many From Which to Pick.
He could pick Snookie Herman,
Bill Breen, Joe Cav or Frank
Sullivan from Tech; Bill Smith
from Roosevelt: Bob Reese, Ros-
coe Sweeney or Ralph Hawkins
from st. Johns; Tom Cassidy, Bob
Hall or Jack Sullivan from st.
Anthony's: Bob Kessler from
George Washington; Ted Groom
or Jim Hill from Washington-Lee.
Don Green from Bladensburg or
Marty Sigholtz from Montgomery
Blair.
The consensus Of sports writer's
IN the city Is that the best five
that could be selected from the
more than 30 high schools In the
area would include Breen, Herman,
Reese. Kessler and Priory's Jerry
Eckholn1. Ali except Eckholfn will
play in the tournament this week.
This Il the third straight tourhas
meht performance for Kessief
Bfeef1 and Herman. Az A s6bh6s
more, kesslef led his dW team
Into the 1850 flhAls where they
lost by three points 10 Tech, but
the slender iBsyeafa6id was chosen
the outstanding player In the
tournament
Others HOHeFedr
Bfeeh was awarded 0 hFst team
speb on the mythical allsteuFnas
faeRt Ave and Herman was given
q seeend stFlHe pestr
Last year, BFeen and Herman
mace the hFst allsteHFnameRt Ave
while Reese and MEX PeHlas, ans
ether 6tr Johns star who will see
aetlen In this seasons event, made
the second team, KessleF was
stricken with the mumps and
dld not play with his team In the
1851 tournament,
Herman, Rreen, Kessler and
Reese have been even better this
season than they were last. For
the second straight season Herman
topped the interhigh in scoring
with 206 average while Breen,
runnerup in the 1851 scoring race,
finished fourth with 14.4 average
and led his team to victory in the
playoffs by tallying "a points
against Eastern in the semifinals
and 20 against Roosevelt in the
finals. Reese (called "the best
player in the area" by many was
st. Johns top point-getter with a
14.6 average and finished fourth
in the Catholic League scoring
race. The slender Kessler, as usual,
led the Presidents to victory, COM
ing of the bench in the last few
minutes Of one game to get his
team the decision. His coach,
Rasty Doran, has the frail 6-foot-5
pivotman eating vitamins to be
sure his health is up to par for
the tournament.
Cav Among Top Scorers.
Besides Breen and Herman, Tech
placed Cav among the top 10
interhigh scorers and Sullivan
was chosen for All-High honors.
Roosevelt's Smith, who was play
ing some of the best high school
basketball Of the year at the end
of the season, finished fifth in
league scoring with 1873 average.
These five stars were chosen on
the All-High squad to meet the
All-Prep team in 10 days.
In addition to Reese, st. Johns
has Sweeney among the top Cath
olic League scorers and Hawkins,
q surprise star this season. st.
Anthony's Tom Cassidy averaged
better than 1876 points game
and finished second to Eckholm in
the league scoring race, while the
TONES Jack Sullivan, a cousin to
Techs Tom Sullivan, and Hall also
were high in the point-getting
department. Reese, Sweeney, Hall,
Cassidy and Hawkins will play for
the All-PrepS against the ALI
Highs.
Hill, who is 5-foot-10, teams
with Washington Lees Ted
Groom, a 6-foot-6 pencil, to lead
the Generals in scoring. He is a
hustling player who can drive in
for layups or hit from the outside.
Play For Lesser-Known Schools.
Sigholtz and Green are stars
for Maryland teams which haven't
received as much publicity as
larger schools this season. 1t
must be remembered that last
year, Maryland Park, Lttle-known
Prince Georges County champion.
played Tech in the first round
and although it lost, Maryland
Parks Bob Hampton set a new
tournament scoring record with
q 3S-point performance.
Green. who at 5-foot-7 is the
smallest Bladensburg player and
its leading scorer. is an all-around
athlete who has been averaging
IS points O game this season.
Sigholtz, playing on a team with
out an outstanding record, has
received the praise Of every OPP
posing coach and his all-around
ability has made them claim he
would be one Of the areas bright
er stars at school with O better
record.
In tomorrow nights opening
round Of the tournament Tech