Evening star., 1952-02-24
By Brian bsII, Jh

Teens AllsWihhitH bAshetbAll team
dominates the stars AisHiGh
Ave,
Three Trainers aalRed fiFst team
spets while another was awarded
special Venerable mention Wllu
son and Western placed eRe play.
or each on the AFst team 70 FeuHd
eut the selections
sneekie Herman and Bill BFeeh,
Techs hlah scoring tweseme whe
have led the Trainers 10 q vim
Nlng streak OF ab atFaieht games,
top the AFst team eheIees, Prank
sullivan, undeFrated TeheundeF
on Techs club, also made the
TOP Ave while Babe Marshall, who
graduated early this month and
missed the latter part OF the sea-
son, was awarded 0 special hon
OFahle mention slot,
Clear-Cut Selection,
Westerns Jim WexleF, runnerup
70 Herman for ieague-scoring hon
ors, was O clear-cut choice while
Wilson's Lon Herzbrun won the
other first-team berth in Q close
raoe with Roosevelt's Bill Smith
and Techs Joe Cav.
There can be little argument
with the selection of Herman and
Breen. Snookie topped all inter.
high scorers with a 20.6-point av.t
erage In eight games while Breen,
who was fourth in the scoring
column, got his points when Tech
needed them and was one Of the
city's best defensive men. Herman
and Breen. usually linked as O
team, are thought Of first when
Techs high scoring combination
is mentioned. Playing on the
outside In defense. their clever
ball-stealing tricks and fast-break
tactics were responsible for many
close games turning into routs.
Breen, who trailed Herman in
scoring last year, fell of his 1874
pace Of the 1950.51 season but
It was his "a points that was the
major pinch In Techs 67-63 VIC
tory over Eastern In the interhigh
piayoffs Friday night. Herman,
who tailies mostly from In close,
was Techs main weapon against
a tfaaflst6sfaaf1 defense while
Breen's long set shots LED the
Trainers AGAINST O zone.
Sullivan was perhaps the most
undeffated player In the league,
The ufspeetaeuiaf 6sfeets5 b.
iheh febeuhdef, played Ia the
shadow Of his more publieiBed
teammates but his uHdef=t basa
net work, many times against talls
or opponents, was the best In the
city, Other eeaehes besides Techs
Dutch UsilaneF realized sulllVah's
Importance and tried to scar de-
lenses TO keep the rough yeuhgs
steF from under the boards, They
did not succeed,
Difheult 10 Guard,
WeHier, q junior varsity PLAYER
last season, blessetHed Into y star
this year, The lAnky Raider Av.
erAged 1915 points q game ana
was the only other intefhigh
scorer TO stay close to Mefhatl's
teffid pace, WeKlef scored on q
variety of shots and his Ions stride
made him extremely aifheult To
suafd,
Hustiihe HeFEbfufi, afl6thef
player Whe saw no varsity aeti6h
last year, was outstanding Oil
season, Very fast, Lon hit efteil
ffefa the outside but preferred
DO drive around his opponents fef
elese shetsl Playing On tine cuts
side OF 6eaeh F6hy Kupka's last
shiitiRe seRe defense, HeFEbfuH
often forced bad passes aEla fFes
aueHt intercepted The ball.
Operating On its usual peliey
OF seleetihg The best players re-
Rargless OF years In seheel, the
stars Arst team includes three
jvnleFs, Rreeh and Herman are
the only senleFs, 4,
Marshall did not play enough 70
be considered for q spet on the
tlTAt two teams but he could not he
overlooked, Babe, Techs play
maker and quarterback tor
three seasons, was one OF the
smoothest players In the area, Not
Q high scorer, he concentrated IN
getting the ball TO the other
Trainers but showed on occasion
he could hit the basket regularly
II not guarded closely.
Slow Reaching Form.
Smith, Roosevelt's hard driving
guard, narrowly missed O first
team spot o. did Cav. Smith. per-
haps the leagues hottest" player
at the seasons end, was slow
rounding into form after the foot
ball season and only his sluggish
start kept him from the top Ave
Cav 10 recognized as one Of the
best ail.around players in the city
and will be chosen on many teams
In place Of Sullivan. The well.
built Tech forward. was rugged
under the boards and O high
Scorer on occasion but II was fell
that Sullivan, on whom the majol
rebound work fell. was O shade
more valuable 10 the Trainers
team.
Pine and Baker. Coolidge's out.
aide shota, were the main reason
the Ccits reached the playotfl
with almost no rebounders thi
season, Coolidge had 10 rely o.