Evening star., 1952-03-04

ginia title which also was riding
on last nights game between the
Old Dominion powerhouses.
Compliment From Coach.
Dutch Usilaner, Tech coach.
who along with his team seemed
to have gotten more than he ex-
pected from Blair, tossed a back
handed compliment at the
tournament after last nights
opening round. If that's the
eighth-seeded team we just played.
it must be some tournament"
Usilaner commented.
Tonight's action promises to be
just as exciting as the basketball
that packed Ritchie Coliseum
with q capacity crowd Of $500
despite the rainy weather last
night. The st. Anthony's-R -Roose-
velt battle. sending the Catholic
League runnerup against the in
|terhigh's second-place club, is
rated a tossup between two fine
|schoolboy teams who did not play
each other during the regular sea-
son. The TONES have q 21-3 REQ
|ord while Roosevelt is 1876.
Both clubs have been playing
their best basketball recently.
Roosevelt gave Tech its toughest
hight of the season before losing
by four points in the Interhigh
finals ten days ago while st. An
thongs just missed upsetting st.
Johns in the last seconds Of the
Catholic League championship
battle last week before losing.
$3.50.
st. Johns beat Bladensburg, the
Prince Georges County champion,
earlier in the season but had to
fight all the way before winning,
44-36. Bladensburg defeated Blair
i'm an intercounty clash 10 days
ago and has given a good account
ing of itself all season against
perhaps the strongest opposition
of any team in the area.
Plenty of Action Tonight.
Some of the areas finest players
will see action tonight. st. Johns
lis led by rugged Bob Reese and
Roscoe Sweeney under the boards
with playmaker Nick Poulos.
Ralph Hawkins and Ronnie
Boothby for outside shooting.
Bladensburg and Roosevelt each
has one outstanding individual to
go with a well rounded club-the
Blades with high-scoring Don
Green and Roosevelt with hard
driving Bill Smith. The TONES
boast Tom Cassidy. second leading
scorer in the Catholic League;
powerful Bob Hall and rebounder
Jack Sullivan.
Last night, each team had one
star who shone either in victory
or defeat. For Tech. Snookie
Herman tossed in Is points al
though he didn't take shot in
the final quarter, but Blair's Marty
Sigholtz, who amazed the crowd
with his elusive dribbling and
taking, scored 10 points and kept
the Blazers in the game. George
Washington's Bob Kessler and
Washington-Lee's Jim Hill staged
scoring duel with Kessler win
ming. 1922, only after Hill had
fouled out.
Blair surprised heavily favored
Tech by taking an liza lead in the
early minutes but when Tech led
l15-14 most of the fans figured the
honeymoon was over for the Blaz-
ers. However, Blair refused to be-
llieve the Trainers press clippings
and trailed by only five points at
halftime.
Third Quarter Spurt.
Tech increased its margin with
Its usual third-quarter squirt and
the Interhigh champions led 48-3e
to start the fourth quarter. How
ever, when Bill Breen. one Of the
Trainers most dependable players
lfouled out early in the last period
IUsilaner put his club into Q
freeze to protect 5000 lead ano
1.-THE Trainers took only one shot
"a successful layup) for 5h min
Iutes. Blair was unable to score
lagainst Tech until Usilaner re.
moved the regulars with ! " min.
lutes to go when the Blazers mar
|rowed the Trainers margin.
] CIV won its eleventh straight
Northern Virginia title, mainly on
1.-The play Of the smooth working
lKessler and powerful Crenshav
, Hardy. Kessler scored II points
lin the first half to get his club
. I27-19 lead and GW's "thin man
Icontinued his fine play in the
final periods. Hardy was grea1
under the boards all night ant
dropped In Is points.
/ Hill, a 5-foot- 10 "pigmy" amoi1t
the CIV and WI giants. played
la great game. The Generals
lhustling guard drove in for layup'
3 land hit from the outside. to Civ
E them their only consistent SCORING
punch. g