The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

of tonight's Rio Grande-McDe
that winner also advancing to
BY both st. Mary and st. Francis
moving into regional warfare, it
marked the first time in history
that two diocesan teams ever adj
vanced this far in the same year.
Last season of course New Lex
ington st. Aloysius went all the
way to the state championship. The
only other time a diocesan team
made the regional was in l947
when Columbus Rosary got to the
final game before losing out. Lam
caster St. Mary won the state
crown in 1880 but the Shamrocks
went directly into the state from
district warfare.
Rams Beat LU
st. Mary moved into tonight's
game by virtue of their thrilling
1886 double overtime victory over
Liberty Union in the finals OF the
District tournament last Saturday
night at Westerville.
The game was as close as 1T
could possibly be with the lead
changing many times before fresh
man Bill Allea won the Sudden
death" second overtime with an
under-t e-basket-shot with % sec
onds to go in that period.
Prior to that, however, a great
st. Mary team battled back several
times when it appeared they were
in trouble. By the same token a
great Liberty Union squad pulled
itself up when the Rams threaten
ed to win the game in regulation
time.
Bill Stewart, playing despite a
temperature and slight nose infec-
tion, tailed 20 points and main
tanned a monopoly on the boards
in one of the most outstanding
games of his brilliant high school
career. And center Dave Barker
scored nine points himself and
played a calming effect on the
Rams besides grabbing more than
his share of rebounds. Allen,
freshman forward who had played
little during the regular season,
notched four valuable second peri.
cd baskets to help pull the Rams
back after they had suffered bad
first period, and finished the game
with IA counters.
Always trying AL Buccllla, who
notched 13 tallies. scored one oil
the most telling baskets in the first
overtime when, with 1:4l remain
ing and the Rams trailing by three
points, he stole a Liberty Union
pass and raced down the floor to
score-then converted free throw
to knot the count at 54-54.
Newark Drops Freddies
Newark st. Francis win over
Fredericktown, 5445, wasn't quite
as heart-throbbing as the St. Mary
win, but that was simply because
the Green Wave, after trailing
1896 at the end of the third quar-
4 ter. turned on the heat in the final
period to score 18 points while
/ holding the Freddies TO eight.
Most of the Green Wave scoring
was done by center Joe Deering
who counted 20 points, and John
Callahan, who Clipped in with IL
tallies, many of these coming when
the st. Francis five badly needed
them,
Callahan hit IS foot effort al
/ the start of the fourth period tc
give his team 1887 lead and ther
sterling guard Ralph Dase pumped
in a Jump shot to increase the
margin to 40-37.
Deering then dropped IN twt
straight scores on perfect passes
from Dase and that was about al
there was to it. A tip-in by Larr.
Wilder on foul try by Deerini
after his second bucket zoomed St
Francis to a SOAP lead and the,
coasted in,
st. Francis had grabbed a Ia
first quarter margin but Frederick
town bounced back in the secon'
period TO narrow the halftime tota
TO 1921. The losers went ahea'
27.25 with $50 left in the thir'
canto and then increased that t
31.26. moments later. That wa
their largest lead of the night an
that is where Mr.. Callahan wen
to work.
He hit two straight set shot
from outside the foul circle, the
Wilder threw in one from tn
side, and Bobby Franks, who wa
held to eight points, scored on tw
free throws to make the score rea
Fredericktown 81, st. Francis 81
With 35 seconds remaining in tn
quarter Deering's tip-in made
37-37 wien the buzzer sounded. Ca
lahan's fifth set shot at the star
of the last quarter sent Newar
into the lead for good.
Should st. Mary get by Bowers
vile tonight they'll likely I'll
right into Lockland Wayne who's
annually strong team makes ther
one of the states top clubs yea
after year. Lockland is not nearl
as big as Bowersville-hut they'r
faster and they have great coac
in Joe Martin who guided them I
the 1850 state championship.
BY the time this column is rea
st. Francis will either be in tn
Saturday night finals with the vii
ner of the Rio-Grande-McDe
game or quietly watching from tn
sidelines. The Green Wave obv
ously drew the toughest test in tn
Pleasant City team which has 10.
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