Rice High School - Edmundian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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John Buckley and Frank Kane battle for a rebound with jim O'Connor goes in all alone as Kane watches fhis a La Salle player in the first game of the season. game was played against Power at the Girden VARSITY BASKETB LL Although the team finished the season with but six victories in nineteen outings, the Raiders proved themselves capable ball-handlers on the co-urt, as a quick glance at the scores will show. Out of the thirteen games lost, seven were lost by only three points or lessg Rice playing a good, clean game against their opponents. The sportsmanship shown by these young men evidenced their hard training, and the expert coaching of Mr. Birdsall. RICE OPP. 50 :5:La Salle 60 47 :5:Power 51 42 Iona Prep 43 64 if-Iayes 66 56 ZXAII Hallows 58 43 :i:Mount St. Michael 45 75 Cathedral 69 54 :kxavier 49 70 mst. Ann's 64 62 ala Salle 40 65 Cathedral 50 62 :l'Hayes 65 40 Iona Prep 46 48 :FAH Hallows 60 45 ::iM0llHf St. Michael 55 52 :'Power 54 50 Regis 68 68 : Xavier 71 57 :'St. Ann's 54 League Game jim Coyle, who was elected as captain of this year's team, made the All-City squad. He piled up a total of close to 300 points. X Vi- X I Il, .f aff 4K lax . - . ' 1' 4 tt its 4 A If-'- 1

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A' l .VA-Nbr' It looks as if the ref is going to blow his whistle as Frank Kane drives in for two against Hayes. Phil Byrne, A new-comer tu the school, tlwrovvs up a shot with but a twist of the wrist, John Buckley sneaks in along the wall, in our own gym, to help defeat Cathedral. A l.a Salle man takes the Jump from Louie Scaliti in a game we won, 62-40, at the Garden. Capt. Coyle taps one in amid stunned Cathedral players, We won this game by the score of 75-69.