City Basketball, 1956

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1956

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City Title

At the

Palestra | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

North

Catholic 68, West Phila. 67 | | | | | | | | | | | |

Bobby McNeill (29 points), Jim Kenny (16) and John "Josh" Keenan (13) paced

North to the win in its first City Title appearance. Playmaker Jack McColgan hit a jumper to break the game's 16th and final tie,

57-57, and McNeill followed 15 seconds later with a three-point play. For West, which scored the final four points to

make things close, Ray "Chink" Scott shot 11-for-24 en route to 31 points and grabbed 25 rebounds.

Public League

Playoffs

SEMIFINALS Doubleheader at the Palestra West 54, Gratz 45 With West ahead, 41-39, Ray “Chink” Scott (26 points) and Hubie

White (13) fueled a seven-point spurt that decided the issue. Leroy “Sweets”

Alexander (21) led Gratz, absent from the playoffs since 1939. Northeast 80, Bok 58 Bob Young (23 points), Herb Adderley (18), sub Gene Lennox (15) and Jim

“Tee” Parham (13) led the barrage. Charles Stewart (26) and Dave Riddick (14)

paced Bok. FINAL At the Palestra West 70, Northeast 58 Ray "Chink" Scott (22 points) and sophomore Hubie White (20) were

best for unbeaten West (17-0), although Carl Lacy and Fred Brockman also hit double

figures with 13 apiece. Herb Adderley (21) and Bob Young (18) topped Northeast, which shot

8-for-25 at the foul line.

Standings

Northeast | 12 | 0

West Phila. | 12 | 0

Gratz | 9 | 3

Bok | 9 | 3

Central | 8 | 4

Dobbins | 7 | 5

Lincoln | 7 | 5

Overbrook | 7 | 5

Bartram | 6 | 6

Southern | 4 | 8

Frankford | 3 | 9

Germantown | 3 | 9

Olney | 3 | 9

Roxborough | 3 | 9

Franklin | 2 | 10

Mastbaum | 1 | 11

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Ray

"Chink" Scott | West | 12 | 380 | 31.7

Stan Greenberg | Cent | 12 | 292 | 24.3

Herb Adderley | NE | 12 | 291 | 15.9

Calvin Gore | Gtn | 12 | 325 | 27.1

Bob Young | NE | 12 | 197 | 16.4

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Jimmy May | Fkn | 12 | 333 | 27.8

Dave Riddick | Bok | 12 | 244 | 20.3

Gerry Lipson | Cent | 12 | 188 | 15.7

Wayne Hightower | Ovb | 12 | 223 | 18.6

Sam Williams | Dobb | 12 | 251 | 20.9

Champs' Rotation

WEST

Coach

Doug Connelly

Record

12-0, 17-1

Starters

Ray

"Chink" Scott

Hubie White

Carl Lacy

Fred Brockman

Saul Schwait

Key

Subs

Elliott Berman

Paul Turner

Harry

"Sonny" Mowery

Catholic League

Playoffs

SEMIFINALS

Doubleheader at the Palestra

North 63, West 53

Jim Kenny scored 12 of his 23 points in a 20-11 third quarter. Bobby McNeill

added 20 points. It was the first time in CL playoff history that teammates reached 20

points. West’s 6-7 John Driscoll scored 25 points, but was held to six in the second

half by North sub Larry Sarafinas.

La Salle 67, St. James 49

Joe Heyer, who’d broken the CL one-game record with 49 points during the

regular season, hit for 18 points. Hugh Brolly (13) and John Simpson (10) also reached

double figures and Charles ‘‘Little Obie’’ O’Brien, son of coach

Charles ‘‘Obie’’ O’Brien, did the ballhandling. Ray Linden (21)

led St. James.

FINAL

At the Palestra

North 48, La Salle 47

The Falcons, making their first appearance in the title game, emerged

victorious when John "Josh" Keenan scored on a last-second rebound basket after

Fred "Zeke" Slaveski missed a jumper and then hustled for the rebound and missed

the follow, too. Keenan scored 16 points, two more than Bobby McNeill (10-for-13 at line).

Hugh Brolly (18) and Joe Heyer (17) led La Salle.

Standings

NORTH | |

La Salle | 12 | 1

North | 11 | 2

Roman | 5 | 8

SJ Prep | 4 | 9

Judge | 1 | 12

SOUTH | |

West | 12 | 1

St. James | 8 | 5

Neumann | 7 | 6

ST More | 5 | 8

Prendergast | 0 | 13

Coaches' All-Catholic

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Bobby McNeill | North | 13 | 257 | 19.8

Joe Heyer | La S | 13 | 276 | 21.2

Ray Linden | St. J | 13 | 234 | 18.0

Jim Dunn | West | 13 | 178 | 13.7

Hugh Brolly | La S | 13 | 165 | 12.7

Jim Kenny | North | 13 | 256 | 19.7

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Bob Craig | Neum | 13 | 208 | 16.0

Jim Brown | Prep | 13 | 243 | 18.7

John Driscoll | West | 13 | 164 | 12.6

Bob Goudlock | Roman | 12 | 189 | 15.8

Tony Amendola | Neum | 13 | 146 | 11.2

Champs' Rotation

NORTH

Coach

Ed Scullin

Record

11-2, 22-4

Starters

Jim Kenny

Bobby McNeill

Jack McColgan

John

"Josh" Keenan

Fred

"Zeke" Slaveski

Key

Subs

Tom Samulewicz

Larry Sarafinas

Bob McArdle

Inter-Ac League

Penn Charter (7-3)

On the season’s final day, the visiting Quakers topped Episcopal,

51-41, to win the championship under emergency coach Sam "Duke" Taylor, who was

filling in for Ray Evans (illness). Ollie Powers scored 18 points and had eight in a 10-0

run that closed the third quarter and put Penn Charter ahead, 33-25. The Quakers were the

first team in league history to win an outright title with a winning percentage as low as

.700. Gtn. Academy was second at 6-4.

Standings

Penn Charter | 7 | 3

Gtn. Academy | 6 | 4

Episcopal | 5 | 5

Haverford Sch. | 5 | 5

Malvern | 5 | 5

Fds. Central | 2 | 8

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM |

Ollie Powers | PC

Jim Weinstein | FC

Dick Crawford | GA

Dave Barry | MP

Roger Colley | EA

SECOND

TEAM |

Sandy Tuttle | HS

Barney

Berlinger | PC

Don O'Neill | MP

Clark Goebel | EA

Fred Krick | HS

Champs' Rotation

PENN

CHARTER

Coach

Ray Evans

Record

7-3

Starters

Ollie Powers

Barney

Berlinger

Harry Hoffman

John McIlvaine

Carl Albrecht

Key

Subs

John Phelan

Howard

Colehower

Pete Budd

Julius Rauch