DuSable High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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F e Iwcfory rai The 1955-56 season saw our Panthers win eighteen and lose six. W'ith our record of seven wins and two losses in league play we ended the season i11 a three way tie for second place. The season's greatest thrills came during the Illinois Tech Tournament. Hlinning five straight games The Panthers became tourney champions lor the third time in four years. Completing his third year as head basketball coach is the leader of this fine team, Coach .lim Brown. The season's best games were victories in overtime periods against Moline, Hyde Park, and Lindblom: and the wins over perennially strong teams Dunbar, Crane Tech and Roosevelt ol' Gary. 1Ve scored 100 points or more in three games culminating in a 117 point barrage against Farragut to set a record which has since been broken. The tea1n's keenest disappointment was the loss ol' a hard fought game to Tilden 71-70. Leading by a slim margin during most of the game, the Panthers were unsuccessful in staying ofl the rally ol an in- spired Tilden team. The year's poorest showing was made against Taft in the play-off game which we lost 73-61. The 1955-56 Panthers boasted several outstanding individual per' formers. The star in our midst was McKinley Cowsen, an excellent all-around player who was acclaimed most valuable player in the llli- nois Tech Tournament. Clifford 1Vhite was a speedy, alert floor lead' er whose loss at mid-year hurt the fortunes of the Panthers. Best competitors after February were Luther Turner, a senior who has def veloped at DuSable into a gifted shooter, and Louis Bond whose ac- curate eye and effective defensive play should make him one of the city's best players next year. Soph-Frosh Row 1: Franklin Brady, David Reed. Angelo llonegan. Ronald Caull. Rox XYashinglon. Row 2: Roger Halchett. Clarence Cornelius. Ed Washington, Ubie Nunn. Coach Brown. Row 3: Brian 1,undin. Ezra Allen. manager. Alfred Moore. ..--- ' . i 4r 41' Abme: Nlckinley Cowsen. 'lialmadge Milan. zfuvrun-r 1 1 je J, f- ' 7 ,. .,......---Y ,-gg-s-1-J Below: Martin Iiorrence. Ierome Smith. .- ' Y' .. .,.YVfL . 1 iv-gc 'sc '-- k

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, .-,.-... 7-. 'O r.iQN ' an fA ers 6 L- 'Q -P! ,-,1.s.'2 4 QQ-2.-as 4 SJ ' I I Row 1: Martin lorrence, Ernest McMil- lon. Coach Brown, Luther Turner, Cap- tain Mcliinlex Clowsen. Row 2: Thornas Vance. jessie Dixon. Clifford XVhite. Row 3: Lawrence Moore, Talinaulge Milan. jeu orne Smith. Row 4: Louis Bond. Irving Wright. Clarence Leggett. Soph-Frosh Lnjoying ar successlul season were our Soph-Frosh who won eight and lost one in league play. Coaching duties were shared by Coach Joe Taylor who lelt DuSahle in lit-hruary and Coach ,kndy Gallagher who replaced hinr. .Xt season's end the team was tied lor hrst place in the Central Section. .X tlose, extiting gzune against Lindblonl opened conlerence play for the Soph-l-'rosh who won 5851. ln another thrilling contest our luture varsity players deleated Farragut 'lil-37 with Dave Reed and Angelo Donegan as high storers, Ken lidwards joined Angelo and Dave in leading, the team to il 31.153 win over lllllllllilfh llellcats. 'l'he season ended with at 50-'lil victory oxer Harrison. ln play-oll competition the Soph-Frosh stunned Lake View 53--18 to inoxt- into the second round. .X sudden death overtime cliniaxed the Von Steuben garne which we lost 58-545. Our boys were proud even in deleat lor tht-x played it hard. last, clean game. fy-,+L 1 ,J , .-,, rg. f' ,u lg 1. ' r N- i r r ib'-l'Zf ' ' l'gg lvlrvsl Xlrxllllwll .: Lu Right: lo l..f1.ff lfrflf Horn! les-1 lllkflll v R

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