Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
Gonzaga and TONES
Play Sfandout Teams
InCathoIic SemifinaIs
By Bob Hanson


st. Anthony and Gonzaga go
into semifinals Of the Washing
ton Catholic Invitational basket
ball tournament at Ritchie
Coliseum tonight against st.
AIMS of New York and West |
Catholic High Of Philadelphia,
respectively, and both have their |
work cut our for them.
The TONES defeated Bishop |
England High Of Charleston,
S. c., 1858, and Gonzaga got |
by Scranton CPa) Prep. 55-51.
in the opening round play last
night. st. AIMS reached the
semifinals with an 87-68 victory
over Benedictine Of Richmond
and West Catholic with a 1850
win over Mount st. Joseph OF
Baltimore.
In consolation games today.
Benedictine meets Bishop Eng
land at 2 o'clock and ScrantonN
Prep plays Mount st. Joseph at
$3.50. The semifinalS will start |
at 7:30 with st. Anthony play
ing st. AIMS. The GonZaga-
West Catholic game will start
about 9 o'clock.
ST. AIMS and West Catholic,
seeded first and second. appear
to be the class of the tourna-
ment and, unless the TONES and
Eagles pull upSetS tonight, will
meet in the championship game
tomorrow afternoon.
BOhne and Nolan Impressed.
Jack Bohne. st. Anthony
coach. and Tommy Nolan, Con-
zaga coach. both saw their OPP
ponents in action last night and
came away with the feeling their
teams would be in for q rough
time.
"St. AIMS is a fast. good
shooting team. and stopping
players like Tom Kearns and
Don Lane is a big order" Bohne
said. I'VE will have to play our
best to stay in the game, and
even that may not be enough"
Nolan stayed around long
enough to watch the first half
of the West Catholic Mount st.
Joseph game. He left shaking
his head.
watching one-half of this
game was convincing enough"
he said. They're big, fast and
their ball handling is just about
the best witnessed around here
this season. They're real tough"
st. Anthony was a bit slow
getting started last night and
held only a 20-19 first-quarter
lead. Then Bill Cassidy. held to
lone field goal in the first
period. began hitting with push
shots and the TONES started to
roll. They made it 1895 at half
time and GOAT at the end of
the third quarter. Cassidy made
Is points in the second period
and eight in the third, winding
up with a total of 90, high for
the game. Leon Walsh, hitting
on long shots, had IS points,
high for Bishop England.
Eagles Come From Behind.
Gonzaga also got of to a
sluggish start and was behind
at the end of the first period,
20-16. Ronnie Bennett. ably
assisted by Dick Ridgway and
Fred Thornett, pulled the Eagles
UP in the second quarter and at
ha1ftime they led, 1928. Con-
zaga was outscored in the last
half, 1913, but pulled out of it
on the strength of six foul shots
in the last five minutes of the
game. Bennett took scoring
honors for the Eagles with 10
points and Bill Gillard with Is
for Scranton.
st. AIMS started fast and at
halftime had run up a 1926
advantage. Substitutes were
used freely in the second half.
Kearns was high for the game
with "a points. John SiewerS of
rBenedictine scored %.
West Catholic maintained a
comfortable lead most Of the
game, although at one point,
with seven minutes remaining
in the game. held only a $3.50
edge. But Capt. Bob Devine
and Ed Mcguire put on a show of
shooting and ball handling that
soon put the Philadelphia team
out in front with plenty to spare.
Devine finished with % points
and Mcguire 10. Gene Neiber-
lein was high for Mount st.
Joseph with Is.