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St. Louis Tourney

Wahoos Enter Gateway To The West

By DOUG DOUGHTY

Trivia question of the day:
What do Barry Parkhill, Harry
Rogers and Bob Sherwin have
in common?

Answer: they are each
boosted by their respective
schools as All-Americans and
are counted on by the
sponsoring International
Association of Firefighters,
Local 73, to give added spark
to this Yuletide's St. Louis
Invitational Basketball
Tournament, December 27 and
28.

Parkhill, Charlottesville's
beloved Mr. BP, will lead the

Wahoos into battle against
Georgetown University and
either St. Louis University, led
by Rogers, or Army, whose
Sherwin is an All-ECAC pick
from last season.

The 'Hoos' first round foe
Georgetown is on the upswing
after a disappointing 3-23
campaign in 1971-72. The
Hoyas are coached by former
Providence star and Boston
Celtic John Thompson, a giant
of a man at six feet 10 inches.

Thompson most recently
tutored the St. Anthony's High
team in the Washington area
with remarkable success. St.
Anthony's under Thompson
challenged DeMatha High for
metropolitan supremacy.

Fortunately for the Cavs,
Georgetown does not come as
highly recommended as
Thompson. The Hoyas have
started as many as four
freshmen this year, three of
whom followed Thompson
across town to Georgetown.
They're learning now but
Thompson is determined to
build himself a power.

Starting for the Hoyas
should be first-year men Merlin
Wilson (6-9), Greg Brooks,
Mike Stokes and Jon Smith.
Joining these youngsters is
another first-timer for the
varsity, sophomore Mark
Gallagher, who averaged 28
points a game in three games
for the frosh last season.

Potential replacements are
returning lettermen Vince
Fletcher, Mark Edwards and
Tim Lambour. Fletcher and
Edwards started 44 games
between them last season and
each hit for double figures.
Lambour is a scrappy 5-8 guard
who Thompson inserts in the
lineup to soothe the rattled
nerves of his fledglings.

Army, on the other hand,
counts heavily on tried
material to run its aggressive
offense. Coach Dan Dougherty,
in his second year at the
military academy on the
Hudson, has disdained the
disciplined offense of his
predecessors Tates Locke and
Bob Knight and has the
expressed goal of "putting the
ball back in basketball".

Dougherty had limited
success in his first year. The
Black Knights had an 11-13
record, but did beat NIT
runnerup Niagara and powers
Penn. St. and St. Johns.

Sherwin averaged 22.6
points a game in his junior year
and the 5-11 senior was fifth in
the nation in foul shooting
with 88 per cent
marksmanship. He is joined by
10 returning Cadets, most
talented of which or 6-4
forward Chris Peterson (10.8
last year), guard John O'Malley
(7.6) and forward Doug
Crewse.

For Army, which is
restricted from having players
over 6-7 by military
regulations, "promising
newcomers" include front
courters Bob Creedon, Dave
Thomas and Steve Seminoff.
Any guards will have a tough
time supplanting Sherwin and
O'Malley.

St. Louis deserves mention
last because the Billikens are
the class of the tournament
and definitely rate
consideration for the
championship Currently 4-0,
the Bills have been receiving
votes for a place in the Top 20.

Coaching this Missouri
Valley power is traveler Bob
Polk, who has had winning
records at Vanderbilt, Trinity
University and St. Louis.

Rogers, a 6-7 forward-guard
is the drive behind the
Billikens. Their leading scorer
last year. Rogers is a
all-Missouri Valley pick who is
also a reliable rebounder.
Throughout the Midwest he is
known as "Mr. Versatility".
Also returning is center Bill
Paradoski, a tiny 6-4, who
scored 9.3 points a game last
season.

CD/Saxon Holt

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