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St. Philip basketball coach Clem Naughton hopes that his 1931-52 cagers make up in speed what they lack in height.The Gael mentor, who has been hard at work for the past ! couple of weeks trying to mould a potent pair of quintets, has the makings of what should prove to be a couple of strong teams.Heading the senior aggregation will be the team’s captain and senior forward. Dan Callahan. Dan, who stands five feet, 11 inches, was the team's leading scorer last season and a choice on most of the All-Catholic league fives, lie tallied 199 points in 14 games. Rack with t ailahan are suchexperienced hands as guards Wilbur Dickens and Tony 1 s-posito, forward .lint Heneghan and center John Shutte.Topping the junior squad will be captain John O'Connor who cavorts at forward. He’ll teamud with another senior. Charles*Hirth. Holding the inside track on the guard posts are Gus , Casaccio and John Tully, the • former a senior and the latter a junior. Battling for the center ] position are senior Bemie Mix. j ] junior William Gall and sopho-'; more Carl Champagne. Len1 Taglia. a junior, is also one of I; the better prospects for one of lt;the guard posts. iThe Gaels, who open their cage activities with a pair of practice game tussles against , the alumni on Nov. JO.
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Chicago Garfieldian
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Nov 14, 1951
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