Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
Refugee Is Key
To DeMatI1a' S
Improved Play
BY JIM CAWOOD

BY JIM CAWOOD
Coach Morgan Wootten, in his
first season at DeMatha after
having coached the st. Johns
w last year, has learned his
lessons we'll. DeMatha's 62-58
upset victory over the favored
Gonzaga Eagles at DeMatha
last night proves the point.
DeMatha used an effective
1-3-l zone defense against Con-
zaga. a copy of the defense
Coach Joe Gallagher of st.
Johns, Wootten's former boss,
employed successfully last year.
1t held Jim O'Donnell. usually
one of the Eagles top scorers,
to four points.
However. Wootten says that
Gallagher told him not to use
this defense, which employs one
man outside. three in the middle,
and one underneath the basket.
unless he had a fine outside
man, the equal of Jimmy Man.
DIES, star at st. Johns last year.
This year Wootten believes he
has found that player in Rudy
Rutelionis.
New to Basketball
Rutelionis is a 5-foot-11 l40-
pound senior who halls from
Lithuania. Escaping with his
family from the Russians, Rudy
whose first name actually is
Algimantas. came to the United
States in 1949. He spoke no
English and was a complete
4 stranger to basketball. Five
| years ago he watched teams
playing at Merrick Boys Club
and decided to try the game.
i Rudy made the DeMatha
starting team in the middle of
his sophomore year, and now is
one of the most important men,
/ bers of what may be DeMatha's
best team ever. Besides leading
/ the Stag defense last night. he
scored 16 points. including four
vital foul shots in the last period,
and helped defeat the Eagles
attempts at a full court press.
| Wootten calls Rutelionis his
best defensive player. "He con-
trolls the ball and he keeps us
steady on the floor when we're
in a tight spot. Besides that he
adds a lot of spirit to the team
Cage Seals Victory
j In contrast to Rutelionis, Con-
zaga's need for a steady ball.
handler was emphasized when the
Eagles got the ball, trailing by
q points with 30 seconds to go
They couldn't work the ball in
side. and little Bob Thornett hac
to throw up set shot which
bounced high of the board tt
DeMatha's Ernie Cage. Cage was
lfouled and made. both shots tc
lgive DeMatha its Appoint margin
The Stays were leading. 4S-38
at the start of the last period
but Phil Mudd made four bas-
kets to bring the Eagles within
Ia point. $3.50. They never
scored again.
! Cage was high for DeMatha
scoring % points on eight of nine
free throws and 10 of 10 field
goal attempts. Following were
Rutelionis. with 16. and Bill Will
son, with II. Tom Coleman leo
Gonzaga with II points. while
Tom Matan had IA points and
collected Is rebounds. The Eagles
were without the services OF
starter Dan Slattery. out with
a cold.
7 Carroll scared to : an 82-3a
romp over Mackin and st, Johns
defeated Georgetown Prep. So
33. in a double-header last night
at Carroll.
1 Leading scorers for st. Johns
which PLAYED the first game
were Puddy Sheehan and Al
!, Camacho with IA points each
High for Prep was Tony Carroll
with IL.
/ Carroll players in the double
figures were Jim Howell. %;
Willie Wells. IS; AL Ferraro. IS,
and Ronnie jenkins, 10. BOZ
Schmidt led Mackin with II.
Columbian Prep came from a
1881 halftime deficit to defeat
st. Adams. 1858. yesterday al
A|ts EAAbdA1G.
Joe Bellino hit for 26 points
for Columbian, Bob Bornholdt
II and Hal Spooner 10. Billy
Gray and Jerry Lyman each had
Is points for the Saints.
Unbeaten Bulls Prep used a
dozen players, all Of whom
scored, in mauling Bainbridge
Prep. 1916. last night at Balm
bridge Naval Training Center
Lew Luce scored 81 points and
Doug Moe l6 as Bulls won its
fifth game of the season.
1 st. Mary's of Annapolis de-
feated Priory last night 59-44 at
Priory. Priory now has an over
all record Of GA and st. Mary's
has an overall record of 7-3.
High scorers for st. Mary's were
Pat Monroney with Is points and
John Cullen with IL. High for
Priory were Bob Murphy with IA
and Bob Simpson with 10.
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