De La Salle Institute - Torch Yearbook (New York, NY)

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1848 70 JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM at hy L rl R bert H lltr T1m thx C 1111 r Dems Behan Dex IS U1 11 nlmg C '1 hX 1 t 1 'lel l'1 we rre llmN111rp-hx Vk1ll1'1rr1 5 nnell 1 1 j V BASKE'I BALL The 1nab1l1ty to book games afforded an uney entful season for jumor VHISIIY Bas ketball Brother Leonard worked hard to bulld a ttam around Torres, Connors and Murphy , and a medlocre record of 4 wlns, 5 losses was complled Connors the cap tam, Murphy , Torres, D1sch and late comers Sullnan and O'Donnell are expected to see Vars1ty' competmon 1n the 1948 49 season Th1s bunch, lackmg only exper1 encc, should show themselyes well upon De La Salle's entrance 1n the CH SA A b.1skctb.1ll league, IH whlch schools vull be cltlsslfled accordmg to enrollment Oyer lookmg the record of the team wh1ch does not show much because of the small num btr of games ll played, thej V has passed .along some good mater1al for next year M Q Q . J ,,, -..,.. .- . v-.,...- ,. ..-.,--W -..-A, ..--.-.f Y' ' R' A ' 1 1. E Se Url, to 712 1 ' 0 L, O C ' , ' O ' 0 LY S, It , 11' 4 T CCL Sm 1 J: ,mc '11 ren Mtht s, . n s To s, o 1 j, '. Ol o , N1 ch. el Sullivan.

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VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM L t 'xlanager lienjxmm Xhndaro I lm Nlurphx Thtmws Ol l'lllWI 'lll I hn f l Elwarl llalden Charles I3I '1LWWlI Wllllam M X'l'lDLlS lwmes Torres Henrx Hellfertx Anlrew Ctrtlml E lward XX nl ln Nlr X IH ent X11 hwel CW h VHISIIY Story Basketball at De La Salle contlnued to be a very unstable sport with the red and blue fielding a sharp lookmg but 1ncons1stent club wh1ch won 9 and lost 15 contrasting last year s fine record of 18 and 6 successful because of the fast break which was golng so well and because of the sllghtly easxer competltlon compared wth that of last years combine Andy Cordlal would be back to garner scormg honors Hank Hlelferty, a newcomer prowlded the necessary hustle and shooting ablllty to play topnotch ball Padden and Cassldy were counted on for height and McManus and Dragowltz were to go to exen greater heights than they reached last season as sophomores The most xaluable player was Andy Cordlal Because of hum wt won manv a game that would hast been lost Hank Hulferty was reallv a good lighter and what he llckcd ln brawn he more than made up ln hclght ack CRSS1dS was a great asset to the team especmlly agamst the blg boss Ed Padden got off on the wrong foot and nuer d1d get going Howtser he played a swell game at Rlce and played well agalnst St Peters Mr Mrchaels dcserx es all the praxse posslble for hrs palnstaklng work wnth the team The members of the team who are grad uatmg would l1ke to bid a fond farewell to a swell guy and a fine Chrlstlan gentleman Andrew Cord1al 1948 69 . o T.: . 1 I 'z ' . . ,Vo . j, 1 .. ' . t . ,vo Qassity, t '. t .t , Q 1 Q . It 2, ' c. . Q, I. . 5, I' ' j, t ' v '. , t u s , . . c . 'c. s- uc. 5 ' v Q v , At the start of the season all hopes pointed to be very 5 Y . , . , , , e v . 2 1 . A ,, - I , 1 ' ' I . V A ' , Y

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1948 FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM lst Row L t R llradx Clarke Bra ther Bernard Cavanaugh Nl G vsan nd Row I. t R ll de Phelan lxelley Landy Cumfle Nlulhall C wlet PROSH STORY De La Salle has not been graced wlth a frosh team of the callbre of thls in a long tlme and nf all goes well De La Salle wxll once agaln rlse as a basketball power ln 3 or 4 more years Led by Crowley Mc Gowan, Mulhaul, Kelly and bolstered by G11 Brady of baseball fame, they won 10 and lost 12 The record does not even do them jusnceg they are smart, trlcky and rugged, as can be shown nn thelr game wlth La Salle Mllltary Academy ln which they ran away wlth an excess of 23 po1nts from the Cadets at Oakdale Brother Ber nard can be glven much credlt and pralse for h1s work wlth these boys Surely his efforts have been rewarded. Posslbly, not trymg to second guess Coach Mlchaels, 5 or 4 of these boys wlll jump JV ball to help them gam the experlence necessary to develop them mto topnotch ball players ' 5 l 5 9 , rl l 4 - 2 J .11, j, , W , V,Ag0' 2 ,o. a, .,' ',.', ',. .,ro'j 9 ' ' s , - l 71