Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-29
TORTOISE VS.. HARE
St. Johns, O'ConneII Play for Title
By JIM CAWOOD
Contributing Writer

The age-old contest between
the tortoise and the hare should
be re-enacted tonight In the
finals Of the second annual
O'Connell basketball tourna-
ment, probably with q different
result than that which Aesop
originally wrote.
st. Johns High School, which
loves to run every time 1t gets
its hand on the ball, and host
O'Connell, which will pass the
ball around for three minutes
without a shot II 1t suits the
Knights purposes, will play for
the championship at 8:45. st.
Johns is a strong favorite to
repeat as champion.
In last nights semifinal
games before LOO spectators,
st. Johns fast break was too
much for st. Stephens as the
CadentS rolled to q 1880 VIC
tory and O'Connell went into
overtime to defeat LaSalle of
Philadelphia, 46-42, and run
its winning streak to seven
games.
LaSalIe Streak Ends
In consolation action, West
Catholic Of Philadelphia came
from behind in the second half
to defeat Landon, 74-68, and
Towson Catholic rolled over
Good Counsel, 72-40, as the
Owls Dan DuVall set q tour
nament scoring record with 80
points.
Preliminaries to tonight's
championship have Landon and
Good Counsel battling to stay
out Of the cellar at 4, Towson
and West Catholic meeting for
fifth place at $50, and LaSalle
versus st. Stephens for third
place at 7:15.
The masterpiece Of last
nights program was the finale,
with the Knights ending La
Sales winning streak at six
straight in a game in which the
score was tied Is times and the
lead changed hands five times.
O'Connell pulled in front by
five points, 40-35, with 5:37 re-
naming, the biggest lead Of the
game. but Bill Magarity's push
shot with 1:20 left tied the score
at 42-42. The Knights went into
a freeze until one second re-
manned, at which point Bart
Steib was fouled on q lay-up at
tempt. The 5-foot-9 senior
missed both free throws to send
the game into overtime. |
The knights froze the BAH
for 10 seconds in the extra
period before Dick Buckley
made a lay-up on q good pass
from Wayne Bach. The Little
Explorers had two chances to
tie the score, but Steve Matson
Of O'Connell was fouled re-
bounding an Grant shot by
Magarity and sank both throws
with A seconds remaining to
end the scoring.
Gaidjunas Scores ~
Matson, Q 5-foot-1I Junior
who has developed into q sur
prisingly good rebounder and
scorer for the knights this
season, scored Is points, as did
Buckley, but 6-foot-7 Frank
Gaidjunas Of LaSalle led all
scorers with "a points, over
half his teams total. LaSalle
outScored O'Connell by one
basket from the floor, but the
knights made IL Of % free
throws compared to the Ex-
plorers' six for nine.
While O'Connell slowly
wended its way to victory, st.
Johns lost no time wrapping
things up in the opening semi
final. A fast break led by
Roger Panneton. Ned Carr and
Bob Lewis sent the Cadets into
a AIT first quarter lead and
they breezed the rest Of the
way.
Panneton paced the Cadets
with % points. Lewis, closely
guarded by st. Stephens, had
IA, and Carr scored IL before
he fouled out In the third
period. The loss was the Saints
first in six games.
Carr was particularly i'm
preSsive on defense, holding
the Saints Jim Howard with
out a field goal until the Cadets
had q 1920 lead.