Evening star., 1961-03-27
Austin Leaves K. of c. Rivals Limp
In Pacing DeMotho to First Title
BY DICK SLAY
star staff Writer

John Austin very likely Is the
best basketball player this town
has produced since Elgin Bay
lor.
That covers a lot Of territory
notably George Leftwich of
Carroll High School, among
others-but you won't get much
argument from the 1000 or so
spectators who watched him for
three games in the knights Of
Columbus tournament which
wound up yesterday at George
towns McDonough Gym.
DeMatha High School, which
hadn't won q single game in
two previous appearances, cap
tured the championship Of the
eighth annual K. Of C. event
yesterday by conquering Bishop
Loughlin Of Brooklyn, 71-6S, in
an overtime thriller.
It rivaled in excitement last
years 57-55 victory by Carroll
over st. GATHERINGS Of Racine,
Wis. Leftwich sank the win
ming shot in that one with 6
seconds to play and was chosen
the tournaments most valuable
player for the second straight
year.
Sets Scoring Record
Austin is this years MVP in
o walk. He scored q record 90
points in the three games and q
new high Of II yesterday. Tom
Stith, the current All-American
at st. Bonaventure, held the
previous tournament marks Of
81 and 35 points, plus q couple
others for most field goals,
which Austin also surpassed.
Stith played for st. Francis
Prep Of Brooklyn and per-
formed here in 1856 and ST.
A scrappy Notre Dame team
from Trenton, N. j., upset st.
GATHERINGS, 59-57, in the third
place game yesterday, and st.
Johns held on to beat South
Hills Of Pittsburgh, 65-62, for
the consolation title, an honor
the Cadets also won in 1856.
st. Johns had q 14-point
lead at halftime but needed
seven foul shots by Don Roth
in the last i: :25 to stay in front.
Roth won the award for most
foul shots in the tournament,
SO. st. Johns won the team
foul shooting trophy as well as
the award for best comeback
in the second half, achieved
the night before in a 51-41 vic
tory over Loyola Of Chicago.
Award to st. GATHERINGS
st. GATHERINGS was chosen
for the sportsmanship award.
The well remembered Stith
scored his points in 1856 mostly
from his post position. while
Austin the last three days got {
his from every point imagina-
BILE, often Spectacularly. Even
so, he shared final game ap- 4
plause with Teammates John
Jones, picked as the Journeys {
outstanding rebounder, and q
John Carrell, who had lost his !
starting job to hot-shooting !
Gary Ward in the Landon 4
game several weeks ago, but I
regained it when Senior Barry
Smith broke both wrists ]
against Spingarn. u
The windup game was tied
IL times and both teams led
on IL occasions each. Austin {
scored IL points in each Of the I
first three quarters to break
Stith's records. then the ac-
ton became careful. /
Jones Cuts Lead
Three baskets by Loughlin's !
Len Schnappauf and another :
by Gene Parchinski gave the ,
Lions their biggest lead, 66-63. !
Jones cut it to 66-65 on a tap
in with IS seconds left. Lough-
lin stalled until Carrell tied up !
ParchinSki and forced a Jump j
ball with Is seconds to go.
ParchinSki got the tap but
Carrell tied up Art Klink, who
in turn outjumped Carrell. but
the latter tied UP ParchinSki
again; this time with IL Sec !
onds to go. Carrell got the jump
this time and tapped to Bill
McDermott and DeMatha
called time out.
CarreIl threw inboundS to
Austin and the 6-foot flash
drove for the basket and was
fouled. Austin tied the game {
on his first foul shot with / 1
second left, but-perhaps just
to prove he's human-missed
the entire rim on his second
try.
In the overtime, Jones .