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Cross Named To All-South Penn Conference 5Bevans, Capitani Co-Captains Of 1954 Dream TeamLong Tom Set Three New Mark And Threatened As Many OthersTom Cross was an almost unan« lmous selection to the official All-South Penn basketball team announced today by the conference’s sportwriters and coaches.Big'Tom polled 65 yotes out of a possible 68 as the scribes met in Gettysburg two weeks ago and combined their selections with those of the coaches.However, he did' better in/the scoring records, as he et three new individual records during jthe past campaign and threatened three others.TWO TROJANS Others named to the dream team were, Wray Bevans and Jim Chase of Chambersburg, Reggie Rife of Hanover and Prank Capitani of Hershey.Cross teamed with’ freshman coach Harry Pure to give Tornado forces the best basketball team Jn years: It won 10 of 20 regular season games and was granted the privilege of entering District III Class B playoffs.He bcame the first member of a Tornado basketball team to ever capture the individual scoring title of the .South Penn as he dropped in 305 points in the season past. NEW RECORDSThat mark was an average of 23.7 points in 14 games and surpassed? by 27 points the old mferk of 278 set last year by Hershey’s Fred Evans. He was 75 points ahead of his nearest^ rival for, honors as Hanover’s Rife scored 230.His 305 added to his 208 of a, year ago created a new two -year conference record of 513, which also wiped out a record set by a Hershey player. Maurice Reichenbaugh scored a total of 446 in the 1948 and 1949 campaigns.A third record held Jointly by Hershey’s Dick Gaspart and Hanover’s Norm Schue was thrown aside as Cross scored 87 foul goals. Gaspari had scored 82 in 1952 and Schue had matched that a year ago* THREATENS MARKS Cross threatened three records, He dropped id 109 field goals, just five short of the all-time season mark of 114 set by another skyscraper, Jeb Stewart, in 1942 while with Chambersburg. His game high of 33 against Mechanlcsburg fell short of Reichenbaugh’s mark of 39 against Carlisle in 1949.Cross’ career total of 513, recorded in only two years, came within 20 points of the record of 533 recorded by Jeb Stewart in two full seasons with Chambersburg and an abbreviated six-game season with Mechanicsburg.Chambersburg'* Jake qorwell, an honorable mention choice, matched Cross’ career record with 513 points, but those points werescored in three full seasons.TWO TROJANS The conference selectors named champion Chambersburg’s two leading scorers to the dream team in Wray Bevens and Jim Chase.Bevens, a 6:03 senior, is a high Jumper and holder of the jzvelin record at the county seat school. Dancing gave him poise and high jumping made him one of the better rebounders in the loop. A great driver, he was tied fbr third in | the league’s Individual scoring race with 223 points for the sea-ri.Chase at 6:04 is the tallest man on the club aside from Cross. A broad-jumping Negro, he was con-sistent with a right-handed push shot from anywhere on the floor as he, was seventh in conference scoring and second on the CAHS club with 182.Here's Lineup For College Cage Tourneys TonightNEW YORK m — The National Invitation Tournament takes the center of the stage in college basketball’s biggest week of the year today as the 16 teams remaining in the National Collegiate Championships awaited t h fe l r next games. fSemifinals were on tap in the NIT with top-seeded Duquesne favored over fourth-seeded Niagara and second-seeded Western Kentucky expected to tbpple third -seeded Holy Cross, The final, and a consolation final for tonight’s losers, is scheduled Saturday.Some of the NCAA entries headed; for the four regional tourney sites — Philadelphia, Iowa City, Stillwater, Okla., and Corvallis, Ore.—and those .already on hand got in their final practice licks.Here’s how they’ll line up for the NCAA tilts tomorrow night:At Philadelphia—Navy vs. Cornell and La Salle vs. North Carolina State.At Iowa City—Penn State vs. Louisiana State and Notre Dame vs. Indiana.At Stillwater—Bradley vs. Colorado and Rice vs. Oklahoma AM.At Corvallis—Southern California vs. Idaho State and Santa Clara vs, Colorado AM.N. 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StandingsStanding Of The Teams ^EASTERNWon LostPet!New* York .27.6141Syracuse ...29.580Boston.....29.5741Philadelphia40.420,Baltimore .54.2291WESTERNWonLflstPet.Minneapolis........ 4526.634Rochester .,......... 4227.609Fort Wayne........ 3930.565Milwaukee .51.2821954 All-South Penn Conference Basketball TeamOFFICIAL 1954 ALL STAR SOUTH PENN BASKETBALL SELECTIONSSelected by South Penn Sportswriters' Association and coachesFIRST TEAMNameSchoolAgeHt.Wt.ClassVotesFrank CapitaniHershey185- 9165Senior68Wray BeyensChambersburg176- 3165Senior68Tom CrossWaynesboro176- 7210Senior61James ChaseChambersburg' 186- 31/2175Senior56Reginald RifeHanover•175-10150Senior44SECOND TEAMRobert TancrediHershey166- 3170Senior28Jay SchmittGettysburg186- 2 '190Senior24Clyde WashingtonCarlisle156-175SophomorellRobert DelanceyCarlisle176- 1180Senior19Ralph TolbertChambersburg175-11175Senior17HONORABLE MENTIONEd Burba, Carlisle, 14; Robert Jacobs, Chambersburg, and Earl Kohlhaas, Mechanics-burg* 8; James Snyder, Hershey, 6; Jacob Corwell, Chambersburg, 5; Gary Study, Hanover; Larry Provard, Waynesboro; Charles Wagaman, Hanover, and William Weaver, Shippensburg, 3.
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