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Ray Evans, Wyandotte

Probably the finest burly basketball player I have ever seen
in high school is Wyandotte's star, Ray Evans. Although he is built like
a professional wrestler, Evans handles the ball with the skill of an
artist. He is one of the greatest high school "feeders" I have ever
Seen. His ability to get the ball ini to a closely guarded post man
is a revelation. The first tournament game with Colby saw Evans at his
best in this respect. Trailing by eight points at one point in the
third quarter, Wyandotte rallied to win by five or six points. Standing
out in this rally was the sensational passing of Evans. He fed his men
inside for pie bucket after another. In addition he is a crack scorer
in his own right. During the season he led Wyandotte in scoring. He is
a erack long shot and a dandy on drive-ins. When Wyandotte beat Hutch-
inson so badly in the semi-finals, Evans shot three times from past the
free throw line and hit every one of them. In the final game he tied
the score in the last minute of play with as hard a one-hand chance as
I have seen in some time. He goes good when the chips are down. His
rebounding both on defense and offense is good. He gets up on the back-

board nicely.
Evans also stands out for his ability to spark a team. When

he was in the game Wyandotte played considerably better than when he
was out. Even more so than his physical presence alone would account
for. He is a dynamic figure in action, dribbling like a demon, breaking
up plays and urging his teammates on. This boy is my kind of a ball
player. He never stops battling. Apparently he is not the best defensive
man on the squad, inasmuch as he did not guard the opposing team's aces,
but on the other hand Coach Elbl may have wanted him out on the front
line in order to be able to break fast.

Ray is 6 feet 34 or 6 feet 2 tall and weighs around 187
pounds. He is a Catholic and Notre Dame and St. Benedicts are inter- .
ested in him as well as all of the schools around here.

His first year in high school, Evans was astar on the
second team. AS a junior he won a first string berth on the Wyandotte

team and was a real star the last two seasons.