Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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STAR TOURNAMENT With a successful season behind them, the fighting lrish of Gonzaga met an equally successful Mt. Rainer quint. The lanky Mounts provided an excellent opponent for the Eagles, and the first half produced an- other seesaw battle. George Jelly and Bill Kellinger upheld their team's scoring. During thesecond half Healy's one handed western shots gave the Eagles an advantage which they never relinquished. Burke and Jelly were high scorers. The win gained them a berth in the semi-finals against Tech, inter-high Champions. The Gonzaga-Tech fracas has been called the best school-boy game for twenty years. With the confidence of a Roman legion going into battle, Tech completely dominated the Eagles with a fast type of playing that was seemingly unbeatable. They increased their lead at one point in the first hatf 20 to 3. The second half will be remembered for many years to come by every student at Gonzaga. Steadily trying to overcome the I3 point deficit the Eagles were rewarded for their persistent intrepidity, when in the last minute G. Jelly counted for his l4th point and sent Gonzaga ahead with a one point margin. ln the last disputed seconds in which the veritable winner is still the object of debat- able discussions, A. Davis of Tech slipped through the Gonzaga defense to register the game winning basket. As a result of the Eagles demonstration the Tournament committee awarded Gonzaga the Cup for the Outstanding Team.

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i l i i BALTIMORE TCURNAMENT GEORGETOWN PREP After drawing a bye in the first round of the Maryland District of Columbia Catholic Basketball Tournament, Cionzaga's rip-roar- ing five got off to a sizzling start and overpowered a wobbly George- town Prep team 52 to 35. George Jelly and Joe Burke paced the Eye Streeters offensive with their spectacular sharp-shooting, notching 23 to 16 points respectively. Bill Kellinger and George Garvey with their beautiful floor work engineered the Conzagan's scoring parade while Jim O'Donnell was outstanding for the losers. MOUNT ST. JOSEPH Drawing down the curtain on the 1944-45 court campaign in the finals of the Loyola University tournament, The Eagles cagers donned their basketball togs for the last time this year and went on a scoring rampage in downing Mt. St. Joseph 55 to 29. The Purple five annexed the inter-city Catholic Crown with this victory. George Jelly, Joe Burke and Scott Cranston were Gonzaga's big guns tally- ing enough points between them to defeat the Mounts. Jelly netted l'5 points while Burke and Cranston dropped in I4 apiece. Old reliables Bill Kellinger and George Garvey played headsup ball shining with their accurate passing and sparkling finesse. Soph- omores Pat O'Neill and Johnny O'Keefe played impressively and show promise for next year's team.