Philadelphia Scholastic Basketball, 1950

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City Title

Public League

Playoffs

PRE-PLAYOFF
At SJ Prep
West 51, Dobbins 44
  Bill Johnson (20 points) and Jasper Brown (18) paced West, which scored the final seven points in the last 0:55. Rudy Miles (19) topped Dobbins, making its first postseason appearance.
SEMIFINALS
Doubleheader at the Palestra
Overbrook 55, West 45
  Jackie Moore scored 21 points while Gene Avella and Bob Alper added 10 apiece. Bill Showell had 14 points for West.
Central 44, Franklin 29
  Carl Hopfinger (14 points) led the way as Central used a 16-point run to storm back from a 24-16 deficit early in the third quarter. Franklin had never been in the playoffs.
FINAL
At the Palestra
Overbrook 45, Central 44
  Jackie Moore and Bob Alper scored 10 points apiece and 'Brook withstood a late-game assault by Central's Howie Landa. Landa scored 17 points, an effort highlighted by a hook shot and layup that drew Central within 45-44. At 0:06, he took a set shot that rolled around the rim twice before falling out.

Standings

Coaches' All-Public

Champs' Rotation

Catholic League

Playoffs

SEMIFINALS
Doubleheader at the Palestra
La Salle 54, West 40
  Tom Gola collected 14 of his 22 points in a 22-14 first half and Fran ‘‘Wacky’’ O’Hara (13) shot 5-for-5 at the line to raise his season’s markmanship to 60-for-67. Connie Miller was out because of illness. Ned Hogan (14) paced West.
South 48, North 42
  Dennis Collins scored 17 points and nailed a pair of one-handers as South left behind a 41-41 tie. Wearing a patch over his left eye in the aftermath of an injury several weeks earlier, John Lavin was used sporadically. John Rauchut (14) and Charles Kullman (12) led North.
FINAL
At the Palestra
La Salle 28, South 23
  Tom Gola scored 14 points as the Explorers (23-0) extended their winning streak to 24 games and captured their third title in five years. John Kane added seven points. No one scored in double figures for South.

Standings

Coaches' All-Catholic

Champs' Rotation

Inter-Ac League

Season's Recap
Haverford School (11-1)
  In Game No. 11, Bill Crowell hit four consecutive shots en route to 21 points in a clinching, 54-22 destruction of Friends’ Central. The Fords finished at 22-1 overall when they clipped host Episcopal, 39-24, behind George Lemmon’s 13 points. Malvern placed second (9-3) in its debut season and Charles "Jerry" Kehoe tied the league scoring record with a 40-point outburst against Academy of the New Church. Haverford’s Fred Gieg had scored 40 in a 1949 game.

Standings

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

Champs' Rotation