St Josephs Collegiate Institute - Star Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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edging the Raiders 57-55. Next came two defeats, one to Canisius, 74-65, when the team collapsed in the second halt atter building up a huge lead in the opening session, and to Timon, 57-53, despite the superb play of Tex Ritger whose l9 points paced the Maroon attack. Shaking oft the effects ot the two game losing streak, the Saints ran up their highest score of the season in unseating the Knights of DeSales, 89-70. Ritger and Stockman, with 20 points apiece, led the barrage. ln a March ot Dimes charity game, the Saints ran through an outclassed Nichols tive 74-64. Four players hit tor double figures. The Maroons closed the season by detecting a tighting Fallon team 54-49. The opening game ot the playoffs saw the Saints and Flyers meeting each other for the second time in tour days. The tall Maroons again prevailed, 60-54. ln the title game, the Timon Tigers, by virtue ot a commanding 32-l6 halftime lead, defeated the Saints 53-52, but only after the Maroons had staged one ot the greatest comebacks of local schoolboy history. Tex Ritger, chosen All-Catho- lic forward, led the rally by tallying T7 points. y X l l fi-aft C52 X l If 1 bc. I I it li l 4243 4 ff? 1 is T .ffeffvlfs Harry hoists it You can't touch me Just a little o Z' T All Catholic Te tn ,, 5 .L ' 'Q xK7

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to tall prey to the home team to the tune ot a 511-3l shellaclcing. Continuing in their winning ways the team also walloped Dutty 43-38. The second Canisius game provided a heart- warming revenge atter the original drubbing in- flicted by the Crusader team. lt was then thot the varsity hopefuls overwhelmed their arch-rivals by a tremendous twenty-seven points. The third St. Joe Basketball team, the Freshman Five best showed their ability in overpowering a Canisius Frosh quintet. Herman Brauch and Brian Ahern led the Maroon offense. Owen Doyle, Bill Straub and Bob Paske also buclceted the ball tor St. Joes. With these teams having provided the necessary experience for the up and coming players, Coach Frank Schivone need not tear the coming ot next year's competition. Two more for our side Surrounded! FRESHMAN TEAM Front row: M. Ryan, J. Wolf, R. Keller, C. Cole, F. Kuhn, F. Kreutzer, M. Martineck, R. Paske. 2nd row: Brother David, coach, A. Longo, l. Jacobs, O. Doyle, G. Beldon, W. Straub, W. Stockman, H. Brauch. Missing: B, Ahern. 141 K