Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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n mnfer CATHCLIC CHAMPS AGAIN! BASKETBALL As the football season bowed out, the new king, Basketball, stepped forward. The guint played their first game on December 6, beating Greenbelt, 32 to l7. foe l-lickson and Chester Coakley, both old stand-bys, were back again, assisted by Scott Cranston, Dave Carroll and Sam Tancredi. Cranston led the scoring in this game with l3 points to his credit and proved to be a consistent high scorer throughout the year. Our next game did not prove quite as easy, for Montgomery-Blair held us down throughout the session but the final score was 37-35, with the Eagles on top. This game seemed to augur ill for the purple quint, and so it happened. The first defeat of the season was deliv- ered by Central to the tune of 24-l5 in a hard fought contest. Not dismayed by this loss, the Eye Street Quint took Anacostia, 29-lU, Devitt, 34-27, Blair, 30-12, and in the second Central game, a tight zone proved the de- ciding factor as we won, 36 to l4. lt seemed as if the season had just started and yet the first St, Iohn's game was at hand. The lohnnies were beaten, 33 to 29, by Hickson, Coakley, Carroll, Crans- ton, and Kellinger. But journeying to Baltimore, Gon- zaga met defeat at the hands of a strong Mt. St. losephs team, 36 to 3l. The team was back in the winning column a week later by defeating Georgetown Prep., 36 to 34, but soon succumbed to the larger and more experienced Bullis team. We lost two games to the Little Admirals, one 3l-27, the other 5l-30, and these losses were followed by another administered by a vastly improved Ana- costia team, 35-34. The determined Eagles did a permanent about face for the better and won all of the remaining sched- uled games, taking Greenbelt, 52.-27, Devitt, 58-39, and Mt. St. Ioe, 26-15. The Saints had a l6 game winning streak before this loss and that game was about the hardest fought contest of the year. Not relaxing for a moment, Gonzaga slaughtered Landon, 45-15, N. T. S., 26-16, and won the final game with St. lohn's, 44 to 38. After the Eagles nipped Georgetown Prep., 2l-20, they were invited to the Star Tournament but on an off night lost to Woodrow Wilson, 35-l8. L.-R.: Carroll, Cranston. Coakley. Kel linqer. Ready. Tancredi. Noone.

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filairanfd T V A s iff' lst How. L.-R.: O'Meara, Kline. Iohnson, Lowe, Reilly, B. Davis, Redmond: 2nd Row: Watson, Sheehy, De Chard, McDonald, Di Misa, O'Neill, I. Maher, 'Wintermeyen Mgr. Mullaly: 3rd Row: Fr. Herlihy, Gleason, Taylor, McMahon, Flint, Wratten. Ielly, Healy, Sewell, Logan: 4th Row: Pope, Shanley, Burmcm, Davis, W. Maher. Lavins, Hitzelberger, P. Daly, F. Daly, C. Dalv. IUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL The call for candidates for the Iunior Varsity victories against two defeats. Football team was answered by 178 spirited The members of the lunior Varsity team bear responses. From such a large aggregation of watching. Anyone who saw them in action will determined and capable youngsters, it was not attest to this fact. Many of them are sure to win difficult for Father Herlihy, Sl., to choose a rep- berths on next year's Varsity. They have resentative group. The team responded fully to learned the fundamentals of team play and the expert coaching and met the demands of have made themselves familiar with the system a difficult schedule in laudable fashion, At the used by the Varsity. They are ready to don close of the season the record book showed six the Purple and White. lim Pope, a sure bel lor next year's Varsity. The Iunior Eagles' eleven. Lavins and Shanley-two blocks in the forward wall. ft 'K ,K 1 ff 1 t iff i 695. H 14

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:ie bull on the rim-and it went in. L.-R.: Hickson, Ielly, Di Frcrncisci, Iealy, Elsey, Kennedy, Carvey. Bull! Ball! Whos got the ball? Tliere were many times during the year when we chanted Hour team is red hot and we won't torget that lighting Purple and White team, The record speaks for itself, showing l5 wins and 5 losses for the regular sea- son, and it is evidence ot the team's prowess. There is nothing but praise for loe Hicksons ball handling, Chet Cr-akleys shooting and lighting spirit, and Scott Crans- tons accurate aim. Dave Carroll and Bill Kellinger were always tliore to pluck the ball ott the backboard, and increase the marain, while Sam Tancredi was always ready to bounce into the game to add his Zippy spirit and keen playing. They were a great team, We'll remember them, tor ottering us many a thrilling performance and leav- ing such pleasant memories ot our last year at Come on, Purple! Craven and lVIcBurney, hard- working Managers. Gonzaga. Hicksorfs famous undcrhund shot stopped by cz Iohnnie hand.