American High School - Anahuac Yearbook (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Allphin battles Patria's Alatorre 1141 on the Bears' offensive board, as Hoff 1151 moves into release position. In the most, astounding upset of the season, the AHS Bears nicked Instituto Patria in their first encounter, on Tuesday. January 16, but lost the second time, thus splitting the two game series. Patria had a highly-rated and tall basket- ball team. In the previous year this team had won the Catholic Schools' champion- ship and had come in third place in the city tournament. However, the Bears soon tarnished their lofty reputation with a 39-38 thriller. Forward Cliff Gehrke culminated his high-hitting by scoring with a beautiful lunging lay-up with four seconds left on the clock and thereby gave the AHS a well- merited victory. The Bears overcame their height and age disadvantage as they grab- bed more rebounds, thus monopolizing ball control. Revenge for Patria came Thursday night, as superior height and guard Lombera's 28 points proved too much for the AHS. Patria played an excellent game and was obviously prepared for any possible AHS upset, as indicated by the 48-53 score. AHS PATRIA January 16: 39 38 January 18: 48 53 STI TUTO PATRI Patria's Facha 191 gains offensive rebound as Bears' Hogg 151 vainly struggles to screen out both Rovzar 181 and Carmona 171. Patria captain Rovzar 181 is aided by coaches Kirkpatrick and Marshall after being fouled on a lay-up. Bears huddle for clutch time-out instructions as they trail 37-38 with 25 seconds remaining on the clock. x-. - -. A .- -, f. , 4. - . .,, , . E f .' ' Cliff Gehrke 1221 Bob Feldmann 1131 Al Allphin 1211 Forward Center Center Senior Junior Junior 285

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E 1 CUMS Hassey C101 antici- pates two point result of Gehrke's set shot as he idly observes the trajectory, CE TRO N IVERSITARIO MEXICC Allphin, leaping well above CUM defender Ponce 1151, tips in a rebound to widen the scoring gap. John Jauregui 1111 Tom Clark 1141 Forward Forward Freshman Junior Forward Lorrie Hogg 151 screens guard Vargas 1131 and sets for a defensive l , You Forward Hoff tips a jump ball to awaiting iDennis Small 171 to set up a Bear basket I i L A very aggressive Centro Universitario lMexico team managed to break even with the AHS Bears in a series of four l games played in the AHS gym. l With some good teamwork, real hus- l tling, and sharp shooting by forward Cliff iGehrke, the Bears swept the first two games, played on successive nights, Jan- l uary 12 and 13, by 48-31 and 45-40 scores. iThanks partly to the fouling out of one of lthe key CUM players in the first game, lthe Bears were able to run up the greater lmargin of victory, However, in the second lgame, CUM was more cautious but unable lto fluster the maturing Bear five. i Unfortunately, the second set of games lplayed two weeks later were in complete contrast. CUM, still aggressive, had spot- lted and capitalized upon some Bear weak- lnesses, despite a clutch performance by Gehrke. The AHS' low percentage of rebounds and completed shots were defeat- ling factors in themselves. The respective 35-40 and 32-38 scores, however, were not lindicative of last minute Bear rallies which Ifailed. E AHS CUM l January 12: 43 31 l January 13: 45 40 5 January 26: 35 40 1 January 27: 32 38 l Olaf Hoff 1151 i Forward l Senior l

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Center Allphin, driving neatly behind La Salle's de la Concha l11l, pops in an easy lay-up for a tally. Taking advantage of their greater height and experience the Eagles of the Univer- sidad La Salle defeated the AHS Bears three of the four games played. The first two games were played on February 1 and 2 at the La Salle gym, noted for its excitable crowds. La Salle won 62-51, despite an early AHS rally led by high scor- ing forward Cliff Gehrke that shocked the Eagle fans. In the second game La Salle indicated that they were prepared for any AHS surprise as they rolled to an apparent- ly easy 46-33 victory. The third game, played at our gym, on Friday, February 9, was a repeat perfor- mance as the Eagles rode on their expe- rience and height to a painless 43-34 vic- tory. In the final game, Saturday night. the AHS Bears turned the tables and shocked La Salle in a tremendous 65-33 victory. The Bears played one of their finest games of the season, dominating the boards, causing many turnovers, and relying on high-point man Richard Kaufman and uncontrollable Cliff Gehrke for offen- sive action. NIVERSIDAD LA SALLE in rx: Guard Baumann Guard Small l7J pushes a wrestles Car enas l9l for jumper past Macias' l7J possession, s Gehrke and outstretched hand, Allphin l21l , ove in to- assist. ' AHS LA SALLE February 1: 51 62 February 2: 35 48 ' 7 February 9- 34 43 6' de la Concha U11 easily bats ball away from 5'8 Ron February 10: 65 33 Spjut l10l. ' I ad v . as Frank Gehrke i101 Charle Baumann l1 2J Warren Hastey l4i Guard Guard Forward Freshman Senior y Junior 286