Christian Brothers Academy - Cadet Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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repeatedly held his opponent to a tniniinuln of points. while he managed to seore 148 points himself. Frank Restifo was the only junior on the starting five. Although he did not excel oflien- sively. his opponent rarelx' hit double numbers when HFl2lIllill',, was guarding him. The Purple and Cold finished the season tied with La Salle of 'l'rox' lor the League lead. in spite ol the laet we had beaten them in both league games. The play-ofl' game was played on the neutral Court at Siena College. The Albany Cadets took the lead at the outset and never were headed. winning -194-l. In the Evangelist 'llournarneut held at the same place the Brothers swept by St. -Iohnls. 56 l lv. La Salle. fill 28. and St. Columbals. Til HU. to win the tournament. Oddly enough. the Brothers opened their season against La Salle. their bitter rivals. The game proved to be rugged and seoring was kept at a lniniinurn. lVhen the final whistle blew C.B.A. was on the long end ol' a 29 20 seore. The seeond game ol' the season brought together the pre-season favorites. C.B.A. and St. Klaryis. After leading H1Ost ol' the way. the Brothers were beaten by a Gael rally. 38434. Catholic Central, though not in the same class as C.B.A.. put up a gallant Hght before bowing. -l9f34. Milne. the next opponent, was no mateh for the Golden Tidei, and were beaten 5631. The Brothers,' racked up their fourth win in five starts by trouneing Albany High, 47-33. After trailing highly favored C.B.A. by only a point at half time, Cathedral became victim of a fierce C.B.A. rally and were turned back. 49-34. The first ol' the two games with our aneient rivals V.I. was a disappointing one as the team bowed in the final minutes ol' play. 40138. Hitting for fifty pereent ol' their shots, the Purple and Cold trouneed St. Mary's. 61-40, to gain a tie for top spot in the league. The week-end of Feb. ll was disastrous. as C.B.A. bowed to Catholic High and F. Rc-stifo Controls ball T. Carroll takes the ball off the baekboatd Albany High. -H '42 and fill 29 respeetively. These. however. were the final losses inflicted on the team for the remainder ol' the season. llilne and Albany Academy were both thrashed by the Brothers, the forrner 48' 32 and the latter 69f47. In a thrilling game. which saw the Purple and Gold rally from a J. Sobieski G. Batkiewiez F. Restifo II. Blerry 'lf C ll nw

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-TAY VH-1 TITEAM Silling. left I0 righl Il. Apple, DiBiase, Gervais, Murnane, W. Hensel. SfIl7l!lf7l4Qf T. Condon, F. Ilntehinson R, DeStefan0, Dunn, McDon- ald, R. Uhl. JAY VEE This yearls .lay Vee basketball team completed an enviable record of ten victories in seventeen outings. This record takes on added luster when it is considered that every member of the team. with thc exception of one. is a sophomore. Brother James, the teamls coach, can look back over the past season and feel assured that it was a task well done. The first game of the season saw our future stars playing La Salle of Troy. Sonny Gervais scored ten points in a losing cause. as the team was beaten 51-25. The second game. played at home. saw a vastly improved quintet fight gamely. only to bow to a La Salle rally in the final quarter. 32' 23. St. lNIary's forced the team into two overtimes before winning. f30ff28. and registered their first win of the season. In the return game. the team also brought home a victory as they triumphed. S3-29. The Brothers won their second straight contest as they nosed out Catholic Central of Troy. 31126. The return game, however. was won bv the Troians. 46 45. in a game which had the crowd on its feet throughout the 32 minutes of play. Al- though Milne. the Purple and Gold's next oppo- nent. had a deficit of height advantage. Brother James' scrappy quintet showed they had what it took when they emerged victorious. 40f35. The second game of the series resulted in a 34120 vic- torv. Albany High School offered little or no resistance as the Brothers routed the Garnet and Gray 42 f26 at home. but the Albany High small court proved too much of an obstacle and the team bowed. 37--36. in the return tussle. The Cathedral .Iay Vee was less effective than their varsity and dropped both decisions to our fighting quintet by score of .il 28 and 38 252. -lim Xfcllonald led the way in the first game by dumping in nineteen points. In the second game. however. Sonny , Gervais swished in twelve points to lead his team to victory. Oddly enough. Curro scored ten points in both contests to pace his team in unsuccessful bids for victory. ls? Both contests with Albany Academy .lay Vee proved thrillers, as both teams were evenly matched. The Brothers proved to be too strong on their spa- cious court and downed their rivals. 36550. In the second contest, however. Academy upset the apple- cart, 36-33. The two Vincentian games were knock 'em down and drag 'em out contests, as all athletic contests against the Lions seem to be. In the first of the two games the Brothers, after having piled up a 12 to 2 lead in the first quarter. fell piey to a Lion rally in the second quarter. from which they never recovered. W'hen the final whistle blew. the Blue and Vlhite emerged with a well-earned 46-39 victory. The second game was played on the home court before 1.800 enthusiastic fans. After a grueling first quarter. the Purple and Gold had built up a I0 to 5 lead. As in the first encounter. V.I. rallied and took a 1746 half-time lead. In the third quarter the Lions continued to roll and possessed a commanding 29'-l6 lead going into the fourth quarter. The final period proved to be the most exciting of the season. The Brothers gamely rallied and came within one point of tying the score, The Lions thus maintained their 'lay Vee mastery over the Purple and Gold with a 315-152 score. Rinclla and Conway kept the scores