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

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, , R 8 lf. lx 5- . ilk? . ,B Few ti .pil ffx3 Yh, N, ,Qi N T el ' 'i .. NINE OF THE TEN Junior Varsity players line up for a picture, above. lAbsent was Jack Kralik. See next pagel. They are: Lett to Right-Front Row: Terry McNulty, Bernard Higgins, Sal Sarrica, Bernard Murray. Back Row: Mike Breheny, Tim Sulli- van, Ed Schloeman, Steve Pratt, Al Rose. McNulty and Pratt BROTHER MALONEY, below, who helped Mr. Sullivan coach the J.V., gives the team a few pointers during a time out period. Around the circle are Breheny, Murray, McNulty, Pratt and Higgins. Rice defeated Cathedral on this occasion 58-35. are Freshmen, the others are Sophomores. Top scorers for the squad were Higgins, McNulty and Breheny. The others saw plenty of action and showed real promise-particularly Steve Pratt who is growing as fast as he is improving. They should help the Varsity a great deal next year. J.ll. Ba keiball The Junior Varsity story was much the same as the Varsity's this year. A small, ten member team, they were up against some of the best teams in the City both in League and non-league play. With a 8 win, lO loss record they ended up in second division in league standings. There were the usual big victories and expected losses. Throughout the season, how- ever, they imitated their varsity big brothers' spirit, and every game saw them tighting every second of play. Dubois, Manhattan,La Salle and Hayes-the league's top teams-defeated the Irish each time they met, but not without difficulty. Manhattan's best win over Rice was a two point 37-35 decision. Their first vic- tory was by only one point Q35-341 Powerful All Hallows ran rampant over the Irish at their first meet- ing Q57-291 but met stiffer opposition the second time, winning by 7 points C48-411. Brother Maloney's charges showed some real po- tential against Molloy, Cathedral, Xavier and Power. Molloy fell 33-24, Cathedral 58-35, Xavier 42-40 and 49-34, and Power 3l-25. Individual scoring records are given elsewhere on these pages. Most of the ten man team should grow and improve in the months ahead and add real strength to next year's varsity. BERNIE HIGGINS DRIBBLES across court against St. Helena's after receiving a pass from teammate Murray, at left. Higgins was a speed player with a good shot. He tallied over T80 points for the season.

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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

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BERNIE MURRAY, above, hard-fighting MIKE BREHENY, above, tries to steal a Soph, works his way through St. Helena rebound. A good rebounder and scorer, defense. He averaged six points per he tallied over 145 points. game. FRESHMAN TERRY McNUl.TY finds an opening against Manhattan. ln the back- ground is Bernie Higgins. McNulty scored over ISO points during season play. Next year, he should make the varsity with ease. In a few years, he'll be a big- name in league circles. TWO RICE PLAYERS, at left, find them- selves surrounded after Sal Sarricu takes his shot against St. Helena's. Sal missed this one but scored in almost every game in which he played with a high of I2 against Xavier. Bernie Murray is in front of Sal. SOPHOMORE JACK KRALIK was kept out of action for some time with recurring illness, below. When able to play, Jack was a sharp-shooting, first-stringer, scor- ina in every game in which he played. Q, A... r I .-1' ani. LITTLE JACK KRALIK, above, makes ready to pass off against St. Helena's defender. Kralik made up in speed what he lacked in size-could dribble through almost any defense.