The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-12-05
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NeaUark Catholic
Picked TO Win C.

Another season of keen, colorful basketball COM
petition will get under way next Friday when the cur
tain draws open for the ninth time on the Central
Catholic League.
Included in this years cast will be a new men,
ber-Springfield Central Catholic. Actually, Springfield
Catholic is a returning member as the school competed
In the Gel during the early years of the league.
Although that first basket has yet to be made
in Gel action fhis season. the fiHe has already been
conceded to Newark Catholic. Reason for all but
officially browning the Green Wave IS Gel cham
pions:
Newark Catholic has lost only one regular-Ben
Kuster-from last seasons squad which: Shared the
Gel title with St. Charles; won the Central District
Class A co-championship; reached the finals of the
regional Class A tournament; won 19 of 26 games.
The Green Waves battle-tested veterans-seven of
tnem-.range In height from oil to 6-3. In addition,
Newark Catholic Coach Walt Reid has an ample supply
OF promising newcomers from last seasons reserve
squad which won Is of 18 games.
However, there are four other Gel members who
would love nothing better than to sidetrack Newark
Catholics express.
s.. Charles, which rseked up . los record last
year, has only two Ieifermen to form the backbone Of
this years squad. II fhe Cardinals ielI at midseason,
IS Coach Jack Ryan hopes, The Green Wave may have
. tough time come Feb. 8 when they meet St. Charles
Although Holy Family didn't get off to its best start
this year, the scrappy Red Raiders, paced by Marty
Crawford, the leagues leading scorer last year, might
be able to pull that big upset.
Watterson, expected to improve its I'll record of
last season, has an inexperienced but fairly tall team.
The Eagles would like nothing better than to smack
uOWH Tile GIeeu wave.
Then there's Springfield Central Catholic, which
has a new school, new gym, a new coach-Dck Cos
tello-and Is in a new league.
Costello, In his sixth year In The coaching ranks,
has six players who saw considerable action last year.
However. fhe team lacks height end has only fair
speed.
However, it appears that even if Newark Catholic
loses one league game, the Green Wave should win the
title outright.
For the record, past Gel champions were: St.
Charles l951); Marion st. Mary 1885, Springfield
Central Catholic $685. Newark st. Francis 1854;
Columbus st. Mary and Newark st. Francis 1855; Col
umbus st. Mary 1885, Newark st. Francis Q957; and
Newark St. Francis and ST. Charles 1883.
On The Sidelines .....
Notre Dame guard AL Ecuyer was named to the
United Press international All-American first team;
ND end Monty Stickles made the second team while
ND fullback Nick Pietrosante got a third team berth
Marquette u. Coach Johnny Druze has called il
quits after a threeyear reign during which time his
teams won only two games, lost Is, and tied one
Buckeye Coach Woody Hayes last week be-
unosned the fact that TOO many top Ohio high school
football stars are bypassing osU Could It be
that these stars" want to play football and not sit
on the bench? -.
Perhaps all the experts and s~portswriters should
have listened to Notre Dame Coach Terry Brennan who
said the 1858 Irish were not as good as everyone
thought. ND, picked to equal or better its 1857 mark
Of seven wins, three losses, closed out this season with
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