Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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.

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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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foe Burke rings up two points. e Vqrsihl- lx uxY15l l' gncige ag time ,mice Scum NEXT YEAR - THE VARSITY IUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Tlie admitted skill of the lunior Varsity Basketball team was ace centuated and cleverly demonstrated throughout the fourteen game schedule. The finesse with which the boys roamed the court proved fatal to ten of their opponents. Frank Griffins clever passing, loe Spare acino's and lohn Manons rapid floor play, and loe Burke's dead eye under the basket proved the outstanding factors in most of the games, but the consistently fine play of the entire squad was the reason for the successful season. Two of the four defeats were via the one-point margin and the direct results of what was only to be termed bad breaks, The Bethesda- Chevv Chase team edged the lay Vee, l9-l8, inthe first encounter and the second St, Iohn's game gave the lohnnies a 23-22 margin. But the record book also contains accounts of the victories over the St. lohn's and BethesdafChevy Chase auintets Which, incidentally, was the only defeat the latter team suffered all season. The lay Vee also put an end to a twelve-game winning streak held by the Coolidge Quint. A successful season amply repaid the efforts of loe Kozik and the boys have developed remarkably. Next year their talents will greatly strengthen the Varsity Squad. TUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD lst Row L R I Wilson Mgr McGrath, Griffin. Sparacino. Callaghan, Emory, Mgr 2nd How L R Mr KOZlk Coach Burke, Noone. O'Keefe. Mannon.