City Basketball, 1960

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1960

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City Title

At the

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

Bonner

55, West Phila. 46 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Frank Corace shot 9-for-14 en route to 19 points and added 11 rebounds as Bonner became

the first suburban team to capture the City Title. Charles "Bud" O'Donnell (13) and Bob DeFino (12, 13

rebounds) also hit double figures in points. Ernest "Sonny" Jackson topped West with 17 points. The Speedboys entered the game 24-0.

Public League

Playoffs

SEMIFINALS Doubleheader at the Palestra West 56, Bartram 54 (3 ot) The teams scored two points each in a regulation OT and then went

scoreless through a sudden-death OT. Finally, four seconds into a second sudden-death OT,

sub Bill Daisey, a 5-8, 128-pound junior, was hacked while driving in for a layup attempt.

He made two free throws to give West the necessary two points and the win. Asked about the

free throws, Daisey said, “I was afraid to miss ‘em.” Ernest

“Sonny” Jackson scored 17 points. For Bartram, which trailed, 46-37, after three

quarters, Richie Moore scored 15 points. Overbrook 72, Northeast 57 Walt Hazzard (27), Wali Jones (18) and 5-5 Rick Beckett (15) led

’Brook, which stormed to a 41-20 halftime lead. Howie Turnoff scored 26 for

Northeast. FINAL At the Palestra West 53, Overbrook 43 Ernest "Sonny" Jackson scored 17 points as West raised its record to

24-0. Jim English added 12 points. Overbrook's Walt Hazzard scored 10 of his 24 points in

the second quarter. West led by at least 10 points throughout the fourth quarter.

Standings

West Phila. | 16 | 0

Overbrook | 14 | 2

Northeast | 13 | 3

Bartram | 13 | 3

Edison | 12 | 4

Franklin | 11 | 5

Gratz | 11 | 5

Southern | 10 | 6

Central | 7 | 9

Dobbins | 7 | 9

Germantown | 7 | 9

Olney | 4 | 12

Roxborough | 4 | 12

Mastbaum | 3 | 13

Bok | 2 | 14

Frankford | 1 | 15

Lincoln | 1 | 15

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Walt Hazzard | Ovb | 16 | 340 | 21.3

Howie Turnoff | NE | 16 | 319 | 19.9

Ernest

"Sonny" Jackson | West | 16 | 267 | 16.7

Joe Williams | Edi | 16 | 348 | 21.8

Steve Edelstein | Gtn | 16 | 371 | 23.3

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Carl Vernick | West | 15 | 240 | 16.0

Matt Jackson | Bok | 16 | 382 | 23.9

Bob Thornton | Bart | 16 | 277 | 17.3

Richie Moore | Bart | 16 | 304 | 19.0

Bobby Jones | Ovb | 16 | 301 | 18.8

Champs' Rotation

WEST

Coach

Doug Connelly

Record

16-0, 24-1

Starters

Ernest

"Sonny" Jackson

Carl Vernick

Jim Hanner

Ed Williams

Jim English

Key

Subs

Bill Daisey

Bob Becks

Catholic League

Playoffs

Semifinals

Doubleheader at the Palestra

Bonner 52, Dougherty 49

Frank Corace scored 18 points for the Friars, who piled up a 42-29 lead after

three quarters. Bob DeFino (14) and Paul Gallagher (12) helped. Bob Harrington and Cy

Cosgrove scored 12 apiece for Dougherty.

St. James 56, Judge 47

Don DiJulia scored 19 points while Steve Courtin (10-for-11) and Andy Pinter

(9-for-11) used strong foul-shooting to add 16 and 15 points, respectively. The Bulldogs,

who went ahead for good, 44-42, on Courtin’s basket, shot 26-for-29 at the line

overall and 17-for-18 in the final quarter. SJ played without rebounder Bill Donahue,

injured in a sledding accident. George Sutor (19) and John Monahan (17) paced Judge.

FINAL

At the Palestra

Bonner 62, St. James 45

Frank Corace popped for 20 points while Charles "Bud" O'Donnell (17)

and Paul Gallagher (10) also reached double figures. The Friars led, 39-18, after three

quarters. Steve Courtin (14) paced St. James.

Standings

NORTH | |

Judge | 12 | 3

Dougherty | 11 | 4

La Salle | 9 | 6

North | 9 | 6

Roman | 5 | 10

SJ Prep | 0 | 15

SOUTH | |

Bonner | 12 | 2

St. James | 9 | 5

ST More | 7 | 7

West | 5 | 9

Neumann | 1 | 13

Coaches' All-Catholic

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Mike Steele | More | 14 | 276 | 19.7

Frank Corace | Bonn | 13 | 210 | 16.2

Tony Mairone | North | 15 | 294 | 19.6

Steve Courtin | St. J | 14 | 240 | 17.1

Jim Flavin | West | 14 | 273 | 19.5

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Joe Kelly | Judge | 15 | 235 | 15.7

Chas.

"Bud" O'Donnell | Bonn | 14 | 212 | 15.1

Bill Garberina | La S | 15 | 235 | 15.7

Dan Fitzgerald | Dough | 15 | 252 | 16.8

John Monahan | Judge | 15 | 182 | 12.1

Champs' Rotation

BONNER

Coach

Tom Sabol

Record

12-2, 18-6

Starters

Frank Corace

Paul Gallagher

Chas.

"Bud" O'Donnell

Bob DeFino

Mike McGrory

Key

Subs

Mike Manning

Warren

Winterbottom

Eric Erickson

Inter-Ac League

1960 Malvern (9-1)

The clincher came in Game No. 9, a 50-44 win over visiting Gtn. Academy as

Pat Mahoney scored 19 points and Joe McGill was close behind with 16. GA, which received

14 points from Chuck Devlin, was the runner-up at 8-2.

Standings

Malvern | 9 | 1

Gtn. Academy | 8 | 2

Episcopal | 6 | 4

Penn Charter | 5 | 5

Haverford Sch. | 2 | 8

Fds. Central | 0 | 10

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM |

Chuck Devlin | GA

Joe McGill | MP

Merrill Ambler | PC

Harrison

"Goose" Clement | EA

Jim Conway | GA

SECOND

TEAM |

Tom Kenny | MP

Jim Buckley | PC

Dave Bunting | HS

Mickey Milhous | FC

Bob Schwarz | EA

Champs' Rotation

MALVERN

Coach

Jack Kraft

Record

9-1

Starters

Joe McGill

Tom Kenny

Pat Mahoney

Joe Straub

Bill McGovern

Key

Subs

Bob McMahon

Tom Kelly

Henry

"Buzzy" Dugan