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

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BROTHER MALONEY, Athletic Director and J.V. Coach, below, watches the action intently. With him is Richard Mueller, yearbook editor, OWEN LEONARD SCORES an easy basket against Dubois in season opener, below. Rice won 51-50 in a real thriller. JOE MURPHY APPEARS to be all alone in the gym as he takes a foul shot against Xavier, ot right. Murph scored 13 points in this game, which Rice won 71- 69. Joe finished the season with 196 points and a great rebound and assist record. JOHN ROBINSON CATCHES o hard-thrown pass during a practice scrimmage, above. John tallied over 20 points in live of the games. He had a tremendous one-hander. Prospects of a college scholarship look good for John. 'fs PETE DANOIS TANGLES with a St. Helena's player in an effort to get a rebound, above. Pete missed this one but he got lots of others. He had terrific tight. Look- ing on is Joe Murphy. NEIL O'NEll. TAKES ONE of those hard- to-stop shots for which he became fam- ous, below. Neil played and scared in every game, closed the season with 214 points. The small, freckle-faced redhead was incredibly fast and had snake-like coordination. few,

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SOME OF THE PANDEMONIUM that followed the 65-64 Man- hattan victory, at right. Team and fans went wild after beating the powerful Bronx squad in one of the biggest upset victories of the year. CHARLIE NOVAK is up against the wall against la Salle while Joe Sullivan moves in, above. Charlie scored I4 against la Salle, despite our loss to them. NEIL O'NElL TAKES A GIANT STEP on his way to the basket and another two points, at right, This was in the first of St. Helena's game in which he scored I4 points. Neil trav- elled with such speed that opponents got out of his way. Well under six feet, he could soar above the giants of other teams. AN UNDER-THE-BASKET SCRAMBLE, below, shows four of the Rice team. That's O'Neil, Danois, Bonilla and Murphy fight- ing for a rebound that didn't materialize when the enemy lXavier! scored. Robinson is in there, too, but only his arm is showing. X' X JOE MURPHY and Joe Sullivan scramble for a rebound during an after noon practice session, below. ln the background is John Monahan A the season's close, Rice was invited to the lona College tournament Details of their success in this tourney are in the school paper