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

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BILL McLAUGHLlN LOOKS tor a receiver, at left, during the second Xavier game which Rice won 60-58. McLaughlin ranked fourth in team scoring with 84 points for the season. He'II move to the J.V. next year. BOB. GRETTLER STARTS to cut towards the basket during a game with Our Lady of Good Counsel, below. Rice beat O.L.G.C. twice this season, ended the season with ll wins and only 5 losses. 3 BILL McLAUGHLlN CLIMBS ABOARD a Hayes defender in an effort to get the iump. McLaughlin played in every game, BROTHER VRANKA, below, team's coach and the President of the C.H.S.A.A. Fresh- averaging 5.3 points, with o high of 15 man League, tutored one of the best Rice against Xavier. In this game against teams in years. For the tirst time in many a Hayes Annex, Rice won 58-53. seasons, Rice earned o place in the play- otts. Around him are Neary, Reilly, Saun- ders, Grettler and McLaughlin. LANKY BERNARD REILLY, below, lunges for a loose ball while Bill McLaughlin rushes in, Reilly was a top scorer with 'I69 points, an average of 10.6 per game. 1 , X, K l 'K K

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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.

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EIGHT OF THE TEN MAN SQUAD get their group picture taken before the final game. They are: Left to Right-Front Row: Robert Adams, James Neary, Stan Griffiths, lsrael Ruiz. Back Row: William Mc- Laughlin, Nick Saunders, Ber- nard Reilly, Bob Grettler. Ab- sent were Simmons and Stell. The Frosh travelled each day to practice in a local public school gym. Often, they could not practice at all and had to play some games after a week away from needed practice sessions. They did extremely well desnite difficulties. THREE RICEMEN, below, had this shot well covered. They're McLaughlin, Neary and Reilly. Neary was shooting one of his deadly one-handers. He had a 10.6 points per game average and was a leading playmaker. -4 Fre hmen lla kethall The Freshmen team's record this season left all Rice fans with high hopes of a future basket ball powerhouse. The ten man squad finished sixteen games with ll wins and 5 losses in sea son play. Only two of the losses were league games, and with eight league victories, Rice earned a spot in the Championship playoffs. De tails of this appear in the final school paper. The squad did a tremendous amount of scor ing for a Freshman team. They outscored their opponents by 33 points, piling up a season tota of 751 points, an average of 47 per game. Vic tories included wins over St. Helena's, Xavier O.L.G.C., Power, Dubois and Bergen Catholic Neary, Simmons, Saunders and Reilly all tallied over TOO points each, with little Jim Neary tops at 170. All will move to the J.V. next year where they'll get much more experience. With limited practice sessions this year, they have done amaz ingly well. Next year should really see a cham pionship squad. BILL McLAUGHLIN and Bernie Reilly team up to keep the ball away from two Hayesmen, at left. Br. Vranka's boys played both Hayes Annexes twice and were victorious in all four games. Their only league losses were two games to La Salle. The other three defeats came from Manhattan ltwicel and Archbishop Molloy.