Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Injuries May Hamper
MesfCaihoIicToni
In 81. John S Game
By Dick SIoy


players, three Of them starters,
figure to make ST. Johns road
easier tonight in the semifinal
round of the Washington Cath
Ollie Invitational basketball tour
.l1ament.
~"' West Catholic showed consid-
cradle fash in disposing Of Ben
"edictine of Richmond, 71-53. in
the second game Of the opening
" round last night at Richie Col
iseum. But Joe McGinn suffered
c2sa damned thumb that required
- q splint; Joe Spratt and Gerald
eccDonaghy sprained their ankles
-"' slightly and Jim Dunn may have
eG:Sprained his wrist in the effort.
,e'Donaghy was the only one of the
Z5 foursome who did not start the
~ssgame.
:S:i; That leaves Jim Usilton. who
coached the Philadelphians to
,-xunnerup finish in the WCIT last
year, with 6-foot-2 Pat Carey.
sre6-foot-5 Jim McNichol and g.
~; foot-2h John Rowan among his
,..,frst liners in peak condition to
go, tangle with st. Johns overall
7T::height.
r'ot St. Johns Beats Charleston
'@4' In the opening game last night,
st. Johns turned on the heat in
the third quarter and pasted
sS=Charleston Catholic High, $3.50.
-,iGonzaga lost to defending cham
ercpion st. AIMS of New York. 65-
;,t.63, and st. Peters Prep of Jersey
:.9nEity literally ran away from CAL
,.'vert Hall of Baltimore. 1858.
.zon That resulted in the following
.jipairings today: Consolation
o1. Bracket pm, Charleston VS..
vBenedictine; $3.50, Gonzaga VS..
S3calvert Hall. Championship
- bracket-7:30 pm, st. Johns
saNs. West Catholic; 8 pm, st.
.i-Ann's VS.. st. Peters.
ed: Gonzaga's defeat was the most
difficult to swallow for the
:;ocrowd Of 5000 who wandered in
-."and out during the four hours
.:Iof action.
-,,,.i Minus two first-stringers be-
ycEause of scholastic difficulties,
is the Eagles rallied against the
&C taller Stanners to erase a Sec
ond-quarter deficit of 10 points
>-and battle the visitors down to
the wire in the second half.
Larese Sets Record
,ss York Larese, 6-foot-2 forward
who set a tournament record of
81 points, popped in a Jump
shot with 1880 to go, but Ronnie
Bennett tied the score at 63-all
: with pair of foul shots 10
seconds later. Then st. AIMS
stalled until Larese tried an
other jump shot with time run
ming out. He missed, but Vincent
Cox, only 5-foot-9, was in the
right spot for the rebound and
made a layup with only two
seconds remaining to ice the
decision.
coach Tommy Nolan thought
the loss of Tom O'Brien, a g.
3oot-2 junior playing only his
third game, on fouls in the third
quarter hurt him most.
40"I had Hank Buchanan ready
to go In the game when oBrien
had four fouls on him. but be-
fore I could get him in O'Brien
fouled out" Nolan said.
But I have no complaints.
The kids played a whale of
ball game" Lou Carnesecca,
.4i1e st. AIMS coach, agreed.
=: Two Records Tied
-tSt. Johns had a difficult time
of it in the first half against a
tricky but understood Charles
,-tan club, trailing by 1929 at
,tntermission.
- Then Coach Joe Gallagher's
charges got their fast break
,functioning and the Johnnies
rang up 10 straight points at
the start of the third quarter to
take 1890 lead. They were
never less than IA in front from
Then on.
Besides Larese's tournament
record of 81 points, which
eclipsed the 20 by Bill Cassidy
'iof st. Anthony and Don Lane
@1m st. AIMS last year, two other
marks were tied. Benefits IL
foul shots tied another Cassidy
"5fecord and st. Peters tied the
team field goal scoring mark of
5i29 set by West Catholic twice
I'm 1854.
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