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

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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

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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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1848 ......,.,..-. .-. W-, . ,. .,..,....-,,,..-,... , - . , - ,. , .V .- - 'Cr' VARSITY TRACK TEAM l Robert Hwmme tm A err Chur her lohn Bra-. 1l leter Llptrot Stem lim, l to r VC alter Bu klex C evree Eberle Frank Smlth Bru e 'xl Conner hle l eph Sagge e R bet Vhlllamstn Dtnalel C 1rl1t Donald C x 7 FRESHMAN TRACR TL AM me R b l ue lxexm let ll lo rt r IL INDOOR SEASON De La Salle ln the 47 48 Indoor season boasted one of the best mile relay teams 1n the clty They placed ln the money at most meets ewen quallfylng for the nlght trme runnmg at the mayor sportmg club meets at the Garden Leadxng off Don Cox prow 1ded that good hold on a strateglc POSIIIOH so essenual n relay racmg Bruce McConnach1e sophomore speedster usually held the POSIIIOH and W1ll1e WlllldmSOH gained a bit t1ll our anchor man the one and only Frank Smlth poured ll on Frank xs gomg to take adwantage of a scholarsh1p offered hlm by St john s Unn erslty for track and we would llke to wish hlm all the luck m the world He s a swell guy and deserxes such a break oe Saggese Smith W'1ll1amson and Don Cox vsmd up their hlgh hlgh school track careers rhxs vear and xery successful careers they are vslll be expected to carry on De La Salle s great track trldltlon The outstmdmg members of the team and thelr speclaltles ire Frank Smlth half mule and mule XXlllldl'T1SOl'l--440 and half mlle Cox 770 and 100 yard dashes NIcConnach1e 770 ward dash and Callahan mostls anxthxng Bob hls proxen hlmself one of the best all around runners to eome to De L1 Sllle smce lohn uxglex vuth the exception of course of Prank Smlth who was slowed down thls selson because of xll ness Track remfuned to be the top sport at De La Salle and the boss dld a svsell lob m carrung on the school s gl0I'l0I.lS rradltlon ln the art of foot raclng Congratula IIODS to Mr Als nvnck and the track team Kne'e'ir1,Q, l. to r,: . T4 , lb S c , Y l .59 , ' ' . .Y e ', , ,Z . C' j, 3 e Y , .'-', c.c ec',,os - s, o r Sw , w T ':, of. . , , . Q V' V .Q fr . .' . 5 -V M Q: V l l , , Q N' ' - 1 ' 3 7 . . ,, . . ,, . .I . . . 'g . . ', 1 3 D 'Y . , Y Y , V I . . . . , , , , ' J , g , , , v ' Callahan, Bruce McConnachie. Buckley and Eberle 2 . I 1 1 2 . 1 1 A 1 . k . ' .- i .I - ' i ' . .Q , . im.. . - Q L ,-H J, , , -1 k' 1' 1' . . 2 '1 - A A A Q .iv - .,- . ' 5 - .Q ' f V I ' ' A K . A 1 ' r : v . Y . . Y. , I.. to V1.: lla ' l Callahan, tw err in Y, ' V' ' ' ' ' ' , - 7 Ol fa, xo e Lf.xllul1an, Robe r Cfos all... ' - U v ,Y , , , ., '