Binghamton North High School - Wampum Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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'arsity Basketball Dick Ryder Fred Murphy .lim Franklin Bob Donovan as fa , 'A 'B'-2 .lohn Reutlinger Charlie Moore NORTH 65 E.S.S. 24 The Big Red got its Southern Tier Conference schedule off to a fine start by defeating the South- side Hornets by a 65-24 score. Playing on our home court the Indians were able to obtain a lead in the early stages of the game and kept building on it until they were well out of stinging distance of the Hornets. Led by the two skyscrapers, Ford Baker and Moe Goodspeed, scoring 17 and 11 points respectively, almost every man on the squad was able to sink a few for two or more points. After this game, many considered the Indians to be hot contenders for the S.T.C. crown. NORTH 65 CORTLAND 42 The Indians made it two in a .row as they de- feated Cortland 65-42 at Cortland. Again it was center Ford Baker, tossing in 15 points for high scoring honor. Close behind him were John Young and Vinnie Coyle with 12 each and Sonny Phil- lips with ll. Excessive fouling made the game rather rough but the Indians proved to be the better team. John Young showed outstanding backboard ability as he worked wonders under the boards. NORTH 52 ELMIRA FREE ACADEMY 57 The warriors traveled to Elmira to suffer their first defeat of the season at the hands of the Light Blue of Elmira Free Academyg The first half found North running up a 27-I8 nine point lead but with the second half came E.F.A.'s rise to victory. When big Willie Herman came into the game for E.F.A., the top came off the scoring kettle, and the Blue were able to overcome the Indians' lead and go ahead to win the fray by a 57-52 score. Top Northmen for the night were ,Ioe Garbar- ino who garnered 13 and Vince Coyle and Sonny Phillips with 11 and 10 respectively. NORTH 53 VESTAL 39 Led by Moe Coodspeed and his deadly hooking left handers, the Redmen were able to walk off the North court with a 53-39 win over the small but fighting Vestal five. The lead changed hands repeatedly during the first two quarters of play and at half-time the Northmen were in the driver's seat by a slim two point margin. In the second half North played its height to advantage and built up a sizeable lead which it never relinquished. High scorers of the night were Moe Coodspeed with I9 and Ford Baker with 17. '22

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Football c0uches7First row: lfreml Hawke, line coach: Gordon 0'Reilly. head roach. Second row: Gerald DL-nmrce, J. V. line C03CllQ Ozzie W'intcrs, freshman coavhq Charles Howland, J. V. couch. Below: Ioe is about to him the ground hard. kwa! , .fv- Albovez A pile-up near ihe side lim-z-1. Left: Garbarino plungvs through the line. Below: 'ills-re':-s how w4e'll flu it. says Couch 0'HL-illy. anrl the lndianQ pay careful attention to his words. www' a 21 N

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NORTH 75 UNION ENDICOTT 56 Led by the tall men, Ford Baker and Moe Goodspeed, the Red and Blue pulled an impressive win over the Orange Tornad5 from U.E. by a 75-56 mark. The Braves got off to a fast start, piling up a 22-9 advantage at the five minute mark. At half-time they held a 45-31 edge. During the second half Coach Reutlinger had his second string playing a good deal of the time and they did not allow the Tigers to score to any great ex- tent. Baker and Coodspeed shared scoring honors for the night slamming home 17 apiece, with Vince Coyle dropping in 15 and playing a nifty floor game. NORTH 54 WHITESBORO 53 John Young was the hero of North High when he sank his two foul shots in the final twelve seconds of this non-conference game. These final 2 points gave the Red and Blue-clad Warriors a too close for comfort 54-53 one oint victory over a snappy Whitesboro squad. '1Pwice the Indians were able to iight their way out of deep scoring holes to stay in the ballgame and stay right on the heels of the fast breaking Whitesboro five. With 70 seconds left in the game, the Warriors were able to go ahead of Whitesboro by a 52-49 score, but two quick buckets by the visitors left the Indians at a one point disadvantage. Then came John Young's two fateful foul shots which clinched the game for North High. NORTH 44 ITHACA 50 North dropped into a second place tie with E.F.A. as the result of a 50-44 defeat at the hands of the Little Redmen of Ithaca. The Ithacanis predominance on their home court held true as Ford Baker was the only Indian to hit for double figures when he scored 15 points.-The Red and Blue's greatest shortcoming was at the foul line where they missed 27. NORTH 53 CENTRAL 45 An overflow crowd of about 1,200 saw the Red and Blue-clad Warriors turn a heretofore ferocious group of Bulldogs into a whining group of puppies. With Joe Garbarino acting as the driving force the Redmen were able to come up with baskets when they were most needed and to keep the Centralites from sinking them too often. The Bulldogs took over an early lead but could not hold it and at halftime the score stood 23-18 in favor of North. 7-3 ,,:, Z. gk ' , .., . . EEE: ' ff ESS Joe Garbarmo Vince Coyle Morrie I ml 1 l .loh Y y Phillips d