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

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SECOND ROW: Brian Toole, Steve Casper. FIRST BOW: Warren Hastey, Ernie Durazzo, Jorge Horgacitas. MISSING: Bob Bradford, Andy Robin. LAKERS The Leagues strongest team on paper, Warren Hastey's Los Angeles Lakers, failed to materialize until late in the season, losing two of their first three games and ending.the race in third place with a 3-3 record. Although the Lakers lacked experience, with the exception of Varsity veteran Warren Hastey, they had a distinct height advantage, as forwards Ernie Durazzo and Warren Hastey and center Brian Toole posed serious threats on the boards. Late-comer guard Jorge Horgacitas and Warren Hastey tied for third place League scorers with 68 points each. Speed was furnished by guards Bob Bradford and Andy Robin and forward Steve Casper. The deterring factor for the Lakers was a lack of offensive interplay. Lakers Opponents April 20 28 Celtics 34 April 26 41 76'ers 29 May 4 44 Warriors 45 May 11 38 Celtics 37 May 13 48 76'ers 51 Mav 15 62 Warriors 41 st Jorge Horgacitas pushes in two of his 68 season points. . 3 I r ' I Warren Hastey Bob Feldmann Captain Student Coach Durazzo steps ball out. Durazzo sinks a two point set shot despite hungry Celtic defender, Ed Trimble. 291

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l Tom Clark Cliff Gehrke Captain Student Coach Between 2 Clark swishes a jump shot. FIB Brent Peck, Ken Wagner Crai l bal Wooley. ' CELTICS ie ability to hustle and play clutch basket- provided the necessary ingredients for a chafmpionship Boston Celtic season, as they drop ped only one game to the Los Angeles Lak- s indicated by the statistics, the Celtics ersiby one point. too, most of their victories by small margins. Thel winning formula was the fast breaks and aleqtness to enemy errors of guards Craig Wo Tom ley and Ken Wagner, the rebounding of cenlfer Ed Trimble, the ball-handling of forwards Joh Eig poin Clark and Flay Snider, and the back up of Foarde, Bruce Granick, and Brent Peck. th-grader Craig Wooley brought credit and ts to Cliff Gehrke's Celtic five as he snatched 71 points during the season an.d second placka in League scorers. Celucs Opponents April 20 34 Lakers 28 April 26 38 Warriors 34 lVlay1 4 38 76'ers 35 May 11 37 Lakers 38 May 13 37 Warriors 34 May 15 37 76'ers 36 l Brian Toole, unmolested by battling Ray Snider, peek reaches vainly to deviate Laker shot.Y gets off a jump shot. 290 l 1 l l

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.Q L 1? 'Bob Garza Richard Kaufman Captain Student Coach Dennis Walsh charges past uard Bob Augustine 9 for a lay-up. i 5 'fs'-Za.: ,mms .A 'i M , 'f v-an f E xl is lit? 2 Attias is out-distanced by Durazzo for the tip. 292 ECOND BOW: Dennis Walsh, John Groel, IRST ROW: Messod Attias, Bob Garza, ichard Augustine. MISSING: Al Barich, Robin Ray. 76'ERS Although Bob Garza's Philadelphia 76'ers occupied the League cellar with five losses and one win, their record is a poor indication of th teams's caliber. Of the .five losses, the mgrgin of defeat in the four games with the 'two top teams was of three points or less. Forward Bob Garza led the League in scoring with a total of 80 points. Forward and guard Dennis Walsh furnished the 76'ers with versa- tility and the height necessary for rebounding. Th consistency of forward Messoid Attias, the sp ed of the Augustine guards, Bob and Richard, an the back-up of Robin Flay, John Groel, and AllBarich should have spelled victory, However, the difficulty seemed to be the coordination oflall of these ability at the right time. l 76'ers Opponents l A ril 20 29 Warriors 30 A ril 26 29 Lakers 41 4 35 Celtics 38 11 31 Warriors 33 13 51 Lakers 48 15 36 Celtics 62 pre-season practice, forward Bob Garza: