Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01

WeXler 24.2, Baker 23.l, Perlo
1877 and Wright 14.4. Add those
figures and you get 1858.
But scoring would not be the
mythical teams only talent.
With Perlo and Baker to set up
plays, Wexler for the pivot, Herr
brun for drive-ih shots and
Wright to help WeXler with the
rebounds and supply points from
the corner, the team would have
a smooth working offense. All
are good off the boards, with
Wexler and Wright two of the
areas best. Wright is the top
defensive man but the others
are not easily faxed out of posi-
ton.
Baker Noses Out POllin.
If any Interhigh player could
have pushed aside one of those
chosen, it would have been
Roosevelt's Hal Pollin, valuable
rebounder. Gabe Ferazzi. Pollin's
coach, thinks Hal should be on
the team and he could be right.
For my money, Pollin, Wright
and Perlo are the three best in
the city" Ferazzi says. with
those three and Herzbrun and
Wexler, no team would beat
them"
Pollin was left out to make
room for Baker, whose terrific
scoring pace could not be lg-
nored. Ardie kept Coolidge in the
running until the last week end
of the season. With Perlo and
Wright named to the team. it
seemed fitting to put Baker in
front of third Roosevelt player.
But there is no doubt these
were the top six players in the
Interhigh League this year. How
ever, only a shade behind were
Westerns Frank Cohen, East
ern's Gino D'AmbroSio. Techs
Don DeAtley and Wilson'S Jim
Robertson,
Trio Leads in Long Streak.
Perlo, Wright and Pollin are
mainly responsible for the
Riders long winning streak. Phil,
who Quarterbacked the football
team, also directs the Roosevelt
basketball ofense. Wright is a
top college prospect - Coaches
Bud Millikan of Maryland and
Bill Reinhart of George Wash
ington especially want to nab
him. Bill is a deadly set shot, fast
enough to go around a close
guarding defensive man, good
under the boards and alert on
defense. Pollin, called the most
moderated player in the city by
Ferazzi, is perhaps the best re-
bounder in the area and lately
has been scoring Nlore.
Herzbrun and Wexler staged
a nip-and-tuck scoring battle
down to the last game of the
season. Lon scored 80 points
in his final appearance for a
total of 1879 while Wexler, miss
ing four foul shots in the last
minute a night later, made 20
to finish one point behind. Wex-
Ter also finished second-to
Techs Snookie Kernan-laSt
year.
New Scoring Marks.
However, Wexler did set a
new area scoring record this sea-
son with So points against Char
lotte Hall. Herzbrun hung up
3 fresh interhigh mark of IL
points against Tech. Both score
from either the outside or in
side and are good defensively-
Herzbrun ball hawking from the
outside, Wexler clearing the
boards.
Baker, a jump shot artist
scored enough points to win most
titles - his 23-point average
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mark last year-but finished
third. Ardie was the Colts meal
ticket and could be counted or
in the clutch, as witnessed by
his two-pointer from an almost
impossible position to beat West
ern in the last two seconds.
AS for the second team. it has
its share of fine players. too
in Pollin; Robertson, a 28-poin'
scorer in Fridays Semif1nalS
Gino. whose 1876 average wa
fifth in the league; tiny but ag'
gressive DeAtley, and Cohen
who kept the defense from con
centrating entirely on Wexler
Wexler and Herzbrun are re.
peaterS on the first team ant
Baker moves up from last year!
second five. Perlo and Wright
weren't even on the honorable
mention list in 1852. The othe