City Basketball, 1961

Philadelphia

Scholastic Basketball, 1961

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City Title

At the

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

St.

Thomas More 51, Bartram 50 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Joe Burton (14 points), Larry White (12) and Bob Zell (11) were the leading scorers for

Tommy More. Burton added 11 rebounds. With 0:21 left, Zell converted a one-and-one to provide a 50-48 lead and White

hit one free throw at 0:06 after making a steal. Bartram's Willie Mobley (14) canned an uncontested layup at the buzzer.

Teammate Boyd O'Neal had 13 points and 20 rebounds. Bartram's Bob Lohse, a sub for West Catholic in '59, became the first

player to represent two schools in City Title games. More coach Jim Purcell played for the Golden Bears in '51, but did not see

action in the City Title game.

Public League

Playoffs

SEMIFINALS Doubleheader at the Palestra Bartram 55, Gratz 49 Chris Kefalos had 18 points and 10 rebounds while Boyd O’Neal mixed

15 points and 32 rebounds. Gratz’s Ted Blunt scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth

quarter. Franklin 51, West 45 Austin Garner (24 points) hit four consecutive free throws to start the

fourth quarter and put Franklin ahead for good. Six-nine Stoney McMorris, nicknamed

“The Franklin Flamingo,” grabbed 13 rebounds. Deforia Coleman (14) led West. FINAL At The Palestra Bartram 61, Franklin 57 (ot) Outfighting 6-9 Stoney McMorris, Willie Mobley leaped to grab an air ball and

posted a three-point play to give Bartram the lead for good, 58-57. Earl Monroe scored

Bartram's previous field goal. Boyd O'Neal had 19 points, 10 rebounds. Bob Lohse, a member

of West Catholic's 1959 Catholic League champs, became the first player in city history to

play for titlists in both leagues. For Franklin, Austin Garner shot 11-for-25 for 25

points and hit a 25-foot jumper with 0:01 left in regulation to create a 53-53 tie.

McMorris had 10 points, 20 rebounds.

Standings

Bartram | 11 | 1

Franklin | 11 | 1

West Phila. | 10 | 2

Gratz | 9 | 3

Northeast | 8 | 4

Bok | 7 | 5

Edison | 7 | 5

Overbrook | 7 | 5

Southern | 7 | 5

Central | 6 | 6

Olney | 5 | 7

Dobbins | 3 | 9

Frankford | 3 | 9

Germantown | 3 | 9

Lincoln | 2 | 10

Mastbaum | 2 | 10

Roxborough | 1 | 11

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

Matt Jackson | Bok | 12 | 271 | 22.6

Boyd O'Neal | Bart | 12 | 239 | 19.9

Austin Garner | Fkn | 12 | 254 | 21.2

Ted Blunt | Gtz | 12 | 179 | 14.9

Jim English | West | 12 | 165 | 13.8

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Hilderbrand

Pelzer | Edi | 12 | 163 | 13.6

Stoney McMorris | Fkn | 12 | 179 | 14.9

Chester

Krencicki | Mast | 12 | 219 | 13.3

Nelson Adderly | Edi | 11 | 146 | 13.3

Bob Vanderhost | Gtz | 12 | 201 | 16.8

Larry Cook | NE | 12 | 195 | 16.3

Champs' Rotation

BARTRAM

Coach

Tony Coma

Record

11-1, 19-4

Starters

Boyd O'Neal

Chris Kefalos

Willie Mobley

Bob Lohse

Bill Spencer

Key Sub

Earl Monroe

Catholic League

Playoffs

Semifinals

Doubleheader at the Palestra

Dougherty 70, Bonner 57

Vince Richardson scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Ed

Hockenbury’s drive began an 11-0 run that produced a 50-39 pad. John McKendry added

15 points. Eric Erickson (20) paced Bonner.

ST More 55, Judge 43

Bob Zell scored 17 points and John Garrett managed 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Judge’s George Sutor totaled 18 points and 19 rebounds.

FINAL

At the Palestra

ST More 48, Dougherty 47

Soph Larry White scored 13 points to compensate for the fact leader Bob Zell

(eight) missed his first 13 shots. Joe Burton grabbed 13 rebounds and John Garrett's two

free throws put More ahead for good, 46-45, with 2:11 left. For Dougherty, Ed Hockenbury

(18) and Vince Richardson (15) scored in double figures. Joe White failed to connect on a

last-shot jumper.

Standings

NORTH | |

Judge | 14 | 1

Dougherty | 9 | 6

La Salle | 8 | 7

SJ Prep | 7 | 8

Roman | 6 | 9

North | 1 | 14

SOUTH | |

Bonner | 11 | 3

ST More | 9 | 5

West | 8 | 6

Neumann | 5 | 9

St. James | 2 | 12

Coaches' All-Catholic

FIRST

TEAM | | | |

George Sutor | Judge | 15 | 304 | 20.3

Bob DeFino | Bonn | 14 | 287 | 20.5

Vince

Richardson | Dough | 15 | 225 | 15.0

Lou Martine | Judge | 15 | 194 | 12.9

Tom

"Ace" McCann | Roman | 15 | 235 | 15.7

SECOND

TEAM | | | |

Joe Burton | More | 14 | 190 | 13.6

Billy Oakes | Neum | 14 | 268 | 19.1

Tony Gielda | North | 15 | 249 | 16.6

Terry Collins | Prep | 14 | 199 | 14.2

Joe Lynch | La S | 15 | 212 | 14.1

Champs' Rotation

ST MORE

Coach

Jim Purcell

Record

9-5, 19-7

Starters

Joe Burton

Larry White

Bob Zell

John Garrett

John McDonnell

Key

Subs

Jim Vandergeest

Mike O'Meara

Nick Balestra

Inter-Ac League

Malvern (8-2) Penn Charter (8-2)

With Penn Charter coach Ray Evans unavailable throughout (health

problems), Samuel "Duke" Taylor came out of retirement and captured a 16th

championship (12 outright, four shared) in his 24th season. However, the final day was a

downer as host Malvern used a 39-27 second half to dump PC, 61-52, and create the tie.

Henry "Buzzy" Dugan had 10 of his 15 points in a 26-15 third quarter. Tom Kelly

added 14 points. PC soph Bill Soens scored 20 points.

Standings

Malvern | 8 | 2

Penn Charter | 8 | 2

Episcopal | 6 | 4

Gtn. Academy | 5 | 5

Haverford Sch. | 3 | 7

Fds. Central | 0 | 10

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST

TEAM |

Harrison

"Goose" Clement | EA

Henry

"Buzzy" Dugan | MP

Dave Geyer | PC

Tom Kelly | MP

Bill Soens | PC

Wm.

"Chip" Wilkening | HS

SECOND

TEAM |

Selden Gates | PC

Rusty Haines | EA

Jim Harrington | MP

Bill Radcliffe | EA

Steve Shaffer | HS

Champs' Rotation

(Tie)

MALVERN

Coach

Jack Kraft

Record

8-2

Starters

Henry

"Buzzy" Dugan

Tom Kelly

Jim Harrington

Bill McGovern

John Holsten

Key

Subs

Bill Brown

Dave Baxter

PENN

CHARTER

Coach

Duke Taylor

Record

8-2

Starters

Dave Geyer

Bill Soens

Selden Gates

Rich Redeker

Jim Ambler

Key

Subs

John Hohenadel

Lin Scarlett