Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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MTX? BASKETBALL Wffillll FeaTuring a smooTh, sure, and versaTile oTTense, augmenTed by an almosT impeneTrable deTense, one oT The TinesT Teams ever To represenT Lowell on The hardwood baske+baII courTs capTured The coveTed A. A. A. championship, and supplemenTed This wiTh a vicTory over Sparks Union l-ligh, The Nevada STaTe Champions. A Red and WhiTe squad, well-drilled in TundamenTals by ThaT mosT compeTenT coach, Ben NeTT, sTarTed The season wiTh a win over CasTlemonT. This was Tollowed by vicTories over The CaliTornia Freshmen, Palo AlTo, San lvlaTeo, and oThers. The sTrong STan- Tord Frosh spoiled an oTherwise perTecT pracTice record by deTeaTing The Cards, 34 To I9. Because oT Lowell's very successTul early season accom- plishmenTs The Cards were insTalled co-TavoriTes wiTh Poly Tor The A. A. A. crown. The TirsT league TilT, ThaT wiTh Mission, proved To be as exciTing as any game played on local high school courTs in The lasT decade. The Bears were leading, 23 To 2 I, wiTh less Than Two minuTes leTT To play. Carl Troppman Tied The score aT 23 To 23 by virTue oT a beauTiTul Tield goal Trom midcourT, buT Fassler oT Mission made good on a Tree Throw To puT his Team ahead. WiTh less Than TwenTy seconds oT play remaining, Tony Franusich Took a desperaTe shoT and scored To give Lowell a 25 To 24 vicTory. Franusich wiTh Ten, and Troppman wiTh nine poinTs, were The leading scorers Tor Lowell. The vicTory was noT secured wiThouT cosT, however, Tor in The early parT oT The second halT NoTch De Bisschop Tell and iniured his leg and had To be assisTed Trom The courT. l-le was losT Tor boTh The Balboa and Com- merce games, and his absence was keenly TelT. DespiTe a belaTed lasT quarTer rally by a sTrong Balboa squad, The Cardi- nal Tive disposed oT This league opponenT, 23 To l8. Troppman, wiTh nine markers, was high poinT man. The nexT encounTer Tound The Indians vicTims OT a sTarTling upseT produced by a rugged Commerce Tive. ATTer Trailing Tor mosT oT The game, field goals by Burness. Franusich, and Troppman puT The Cards ahead wiTh seconds To go. A long one-handed shoT, coupled wiTh a Tree Throw, proved To be The deciding TacTors in The game wh'ch Tound Commerce on The long end oT a 28 To 26 score. Thoroughly incensed aT The manner in which The Commerce Team mis- handled Them, The Cardinal cagers loosed Their wraTh upon The unTorTunaTe Galileo Tive, crushing The laTTer To The Tune oT 4I To I3. Carl Troppman annexed high poinT honors wiTh sixTeen poinTs. The Indians conTinued Their winning ways by easily Taking The measure OT ST. lgnaTius, 32 To I I. Fine Teamwork enabled Burness and Troppman To elude The WildcaT guards and score on numerous occasions. 53 COACH NEFF

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DOUG MAA' T T S DAVE 'KOBLICK ART GOLDSTETN -HAiL'ii2dBLLERf7, T .sei-in sums, 6 Tom FRANUSTCH NOTCH L LBTLL LEE .Mm i ,Visa RAY COATS DONT RURNESS' 'J '66 A LZ, ' wmzneu seam immsv wow 4 were Younm In The sixTh game of The season, Lowell meT iTs arch-rival, The Then- undeTeaTed Poly guinTeT. Lowell enTered This game Taced wiTh The necessiTy oT deTeaTing her oppo- nenT if she enTerTained any hopes Tor The championship. Backed To The uTmosT by The sTudenT body and TaculTy, The Cardinals found The range, and aTTer a close TirsT halT, walked away wiTh a glorious 22 To I7 vicTory. Troppman and Guinee, Lowell sTars, were Torced Trom The game on personal Touls, buf Kobliclc, Egan, and De Bisschop proved able subsTiTuTes. Lowell now Taced a second ne- cessiTy, ThaT oT deTeaTing a sevenTh opponenT, The TighTing Irish oT Sa- cred I-iearT. An inspired Irish Team gave Lowell supporTers many un- easy momenTs in an engagemenT ThaT Tound The Cardinals, aTTer Trailing, 8 To 7, aT halT, coming Trom behind To score a 22 To I2 vic- Tory. Tony Franusich scored eleven poinTs Tor The Red and WhiTe sguad. ATTer This vicTory, which showed ThaT The Lowell Team was now a smooTh-TuncTioning uniT, hopes Tor a championship ran high.