Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-23
STAGS ALSO WIN IN TOURNEY
CaIabrese Sparks Cadets
BY STEVE HERSHEY
Star staff Writer

SNA SseAA VAAteA
Jay Calabrese, who usually
saved his best offensive efforts
in football for st. Johns tough
est games, has continued ihis
habit In basketball to help
boost the Cadets into the semi
finals of the Washington Cath
Ollie Invitational tournament at
8 o'clock tonight against South
Hills of Pittsburgh.
Calabrese added q career
high Of % points to a 32-point
effort by high-scoring Bob
Lewis as the Cadets surprised
Gordon Tech Of Chicago, 81
SO, before crowd of $500 at
Georgetown University last
night in the opening round Of
the tournament.
South Hills upset highly
regarded st. Augustine's of
New Orleans, 67-47, in the
opener; DeMatha struggled
past Matignon Of Cambridge,
Mass, 1888, and LaSalle Of
Philadelphia held off Mount
Carmel of Chicago, 1884, in
other first-round games.
DeMatha and LaSalle clash
in the other semifinal tonight,
at $50. st. Augustine's meets
Gordon Tech at 5 and Matig-
non battles Mount Carmel at
$50 in consolation games.
st. Johns, which set a tour
nament record by scoring 81
field goals, broke open q tight
game in the third quarter by
outscoring Gordon Tech, 27-13.
Calabrese scored IL of his %
points in the period, mostly on
driving layups. Lewis, the Ca
diets scoring leader all season.
scored 10 of his 80 in the same
eight minutes for his highest
scoring quarter.
Tied Five Times
Bill Kamka kept the Chicago
team in the game in the first
half by scoring l3 of his 26
points. The score was tied five
times before st. Johns took the
lead, 1927, on g three-point
play by Lewis with 2:45 to play
in the half. A last-second tap
by Cas- Banaszek, who also
finished with 26 points, kept
Tech within two points, 1892,
at the half.
Fast-breaking DeMatha was
harnesSed by a deliberate
Matignon team before pulling
away at the finish. The Stays
took 11-9 lead at the end of
the first quarter and MAIN
tanned a slim advantage until
the third quarter. The visitors
managed only three points in
the third period. and DeMatha |
took command, 31-21.
Jim Colliflower, DeMatha's
only senior and the teams
leading rebounder, broke a |
blood vessel in his right foot
in the fourth period and is a
doubtful starter tonight. Soph-
omore Bernard Williams paced
the Stays with IA points.
Extends Lead
The first game also was
cracked open in the third |
quarter as South Hills ex-
tended its halftime lead of 90
rs to 47-3O after the third |
period. Fred Luvara led the
winners with 81 points. The
taller team from New Orleans
was outhustled on the back
boards and fell hopeleSsly be-
hind after South Hills scored
IL straight points in the third
quarter.
LeSalle jumped off to a 60 |
lead and widened the gap to
50-37 after three periods. Mount |
Carmel rallied in the final
quarter to come within four
points, 1854, with 20 seconds
to play, but key foul shots by
the winners kept the losers at
bay.
The Little Explorers will
throw the tallest player in the
tournament Center Frank
Gaidiunas, at DeMatha tonight.
The 6-foot-7 senior poured in
10 points and grabbed IL re-
bounds last night. Terminate
George Smith led the attack
against Mount Carmel with 81
points.