Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
BY BILL FUCHS
Star stan Writer


The Silencing of Troy Cath
Ollie Central's big gun, Almond
REQ. and another rapid-fire
/. barrage from its own 'front.'
line equipment will be the twin
detectives Of Carroll in the
seminal round Of the knights
of Columbus interscholaStic
basketball, tournament tonight
at Georgetown University.
: The champion of Troy. N. Y,
unbeaten this season in 10
games. and Carroll. 1862,
. against high school opposition,
will meet In the nightcap Of a
four-game attraction, starting
at 5 pm.
Bishop Neumann Of Phila-
delphia. small. fast and fancy.
takes on Defending Champion
Archbishop Molloy Of New York
City, fresh OF the scare Of its
season from Gonzaga, in the
other seminal Of the cham
pionship bracket.
Gonzaga, runnerup to Carroll
: for this areas Catholic school
supremacy, featured the action
) in last nights opening round,
by carrying Molloy to overtime
before losing, 1910. That is
the hardest-come victory Mol
10y has had in running up a
string of 80, 90 this season.
REQ Tops Scorers
Carroll won with ridiculous
ease over Norfolk (Va0 Cath
Ollie, getting no points in the
final quarter and still floating
in, 51-22. Neum a mn out
strapped a much bigger Park
ersburg wv. Va Catholic team
in winning, 1868. The 6-foot-
6, 205-pound REQ dumped in rs
points, tops for the night. in
leading Troy to a 53-42 victory
over LaSalle Of Cumberland.
It will be Gonzaga against
Parkersburg and Norfolk
against LaSalle in the losers
bracket tonight. The winners
will meet in the first game of q
triple-header finale starting at
1890 pm. tomorrow for con-
ISOLATION honors. Tonight's los
ers in the CHI mpionshi p
= bracket will meet for third
place in tomorrow's second
game while the winners will
battle for the championship
won three out of the previous
four trimmings by Molloy.
CAROLS task tonight is a
formidable one. The big REQ,
who plans to go to Notre Dame
next fall prior to becoming a
!. dentist, has averaged IS points
Z a game this season and has had
plenty of bench time when the
I, opposition crumbled early.
= Hes the best big player I've
/; SEEM" says Coach Bob Dwyer
Of Carroll.
-. Hes the best I've ever
coached" says Bill Carley, who
!: has had Is years of coaching
all of it at Catholic Central
This was his first time in ac-
ton since last Friday. He hurt
, his leg then and we put him
on crutches because we were
afraid he would damage q
cartilage. He got rid of the
: crutches Wednesday"
Edge in Height
!. Carroll, with 6-foot-9 John
: Thompson and 6-foot-7 Tom
Hoover, will have a height ad-
vantage over Troy, but REQ IL
expected to minimize that with
his kangaroo leaps under the
boards. He counted q number
Of tap-ins among his 10 field
goals last night. LaSalle, led
by Van Parsons, Dick Garlitz
and Chuck lines. made a close
game Of 1t until the third quar-
ter. Then REQ, Joe Geiger
Ed Connally and George Bes-
settle broke 1t open.
Gonzaga, now 1853 for the
season, made a brave try
against Molloy. Willie Hsll
{ Molloy's highly publicized
scorer, made only three field
goals and nine points. but was
tremendous of the boards.
It was close all the way with
Molloy's 5-point lead late in
the game biggest Of the night
NM Asaa.