In the Ottawa final, the Glebe Gryphons defeated Ottawa Technical School 38-32; 31-24 (Total: 69-49). …………………………………………………… In game one, Glebe defeated Ottawa Tech 38-32 as Don Keill scored 14, Phil Cardinal 10, Charlie Fine 5, Bob Duford 3, Al Bland 2, Gilmour 2 and McClenahan 2, while Willans, York and Campbell were scoreless. Vic Kubisevsky led Tech with 20. Art Lazear added 10, Joe Asquini 6, Keith Luce 4 and Herb Reynett 2, while Scrivens, Young, Steele, Drake, Mahoney, Norman and Jamison were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, the Gryphons took the series with a 31-24 win as Don Keill scored 8, Phil Cardinal 6, Charlie Fine 5, Bob Duford 4, George Gilmour 4 and Al Bland 4, while Bruce Campbell, Graham McClenchan and Howard Whillans were scoreless. The Gryphons (coached by Bob Campbell) also included Jim York. Vic Kubisevsky led Tech with 13. Asquini added 5, Reynett 4 and Steele 2, while Lazear, Drake, Mahoney, Luce, Young, Norman and Scrivens were scoreless.
In the COSSA playoffs: …………………………………………………… In the quarterfinals, the Bowmanville Talons whipped Oshawa 32-11. …………………………………………………… In the east semis, the Bowmanville Talons dispatched T.C.S. 29-22. …………………………………………………… In the east final, Bowmanville defeated Peterborough 41-33. …………………………………………………… In the west quarterfinal, the St. Catharines CI Saints whipped Port Colborne 31-18 as Lawson scored 11, Rutledge 7, Fisher 5, Litman 5 and Morrow 3, while Boase, Rich and O’Donogue were scoreless. Biron led Port Colborne with 11. Karpenchuk added 5 and Nevar 2, while Mischevich, Luke, Bendes, Nicolchock, Graybiel and Horvat were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the west semis, Bowmanville dispatched Belleville 36-31. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, St. Catharines whipped Midland 48-32 as Lawson scored 20, Litman 13, Rutledge 8 and Fisher 7, while Morrow, Rich, O’Donoghue and Boase were scoreless. Quilting led Midland with 9. Pearse added 8, Smith 8, B Thomson 4, Courtmanche 2 and Currie 1, while J Thompson, Mclean, Whiteman and Strathearn were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the final, the St. Catharines CI Saints crushed Bowmanville 46-16 as Rutledge scored 12, Litman 11, Lawson 11, Fisher 6 and Morrow 2, while Rich, O’Donogue and Boase were scoreless. Ferguson led Bowmanville with 6. McIveen added 4, Rundle 4, Clemencs 1 and Sturrock 1, while Stutt, Harnden, Hovey, Wilcox and Strike were scoreless.
In the Golden Ball, a team continues in the A side as long as continues to win. Losers drop to the B (consolation) side.
In the opening round of the Golden Ball tourney, the Kitchener-Waterloo CI Raiders dumped Pickering College 35-26 (also reported as 32-23). Totzke led The Raiders with 14. Butler added 8. Fred Thompson paced Pickering with 12. Pickering also included Bob Moffat, Ed Richardson, Stu Sansom, Lou Lanier, Dan Kent, Wilf Coutu, George McGowan and Ben Budgeon. …………………………………………………… The St. Catharines CI Saints defeated Toronto Harbord Tigers 28-26 in overtime as Bill Litman hit the first bucket of the extra session to win it. Bill Litman paced St. Catharines with 14. Fisher added 6, Rutledge 4 and Lawson 2, while Morrow and O’Donoghue were scoreless. Nykolak, Len Smith and Herb Cheifetz each scored 6 to lead Harbord. Pinkus added 4, Goldford 3 and Varga 1, while Starr was scoreless. The Tigers also included Len Smith, Jack Goldberg. The Saints led 26-20 but the Tigers rallied with two “dog shots”, (according to the St. Catharines Standard) and a transition layup to force overtime. …………………………………………………… The Toronto East York Huskies defeated Toronto Riverdale Collegiate 32-24 (also reported as 32-28). Frame paced East York with 9. Poole added 8. Jack Currie led Riverdale with 12. Jack Edmiston added 10. Riverdale (coached by Jim Keffer) also included Colin Cranham, Jack McReynolds, Clayt Brandon, Hoare, Kerr, Tapper and Paul Phillips. …………………………………………………… Oshawa stunned the Toronto Vaughan Road Vipers 23-21 as Patte and Seeley led all scorers. Reddock controlled the tempo. Woodyatt led Vaughan Road with 7. The Vipers also included Canning. …………………………………………………… Central Tech defeated the North Toronto Norsemen 17-16. The Norsemen included Don Topp, McDonald, Rogers, Johnson, Smith, Buchan, Ron Bates, Bill Ellis, Ross Allan, McLeod, Harcourt and Meschino. ……………………………………………………………. The Toronto Runnymede Redmen dumped the Bowmanville Talons 34-32. The Talons included Ferguson, McIlveen, Brown, Gilhooly, Stutt, Sturrock, Clemence, Rundle, Hovey and Wilcox. …………………………………………………… Humberside defeated Central Y 36-34 as Hall led all scorers with 10. Casburn paced Central Y. …………………………………………………… Toronto YMHA defeated Toronto Western Tech 33-24 as Glait led all scorers. Ken Booker paced Western Tech, which also included Harry Anthony, Elmer Cassidy, Bruce Swallow, Nilo Ciotti, Rankin. …………………………………………………… Toronto West End Y defeated Parkdale 24-22. The Panthers included Cole, Scott.
In round two, the Kitchener-Waterloo CI Raiders defeated Oshawa 25-13 as Reszelnik and Roberts each scored 7. Dell and Patte paced Oshawa. Oshawa also included Reddock, Stafford.
In the quarterfinals, the Kitchener-Waterloo CI Raiders defeated Central Tech 23-21 as Roberts scored 9. Bill Haddleton paced Central Tech with 8. Central Tech also included Willie Richman, Bill Haddleton, Mike Zupina, Fred Scharfe, Murray Rosen, Joe Schechtman, Gus Dalianus, Tom Sherrington, Bill Darlchuk and Bucko Rotman.
The Toronto Runnymede Redmen defeated Humberside 41-27 as Coulter scored 15. Lachance added 10. Humberside included C Dann, T Hall, B Campbell, R Clark, G Hall, C Oda, D Phillips and J McIlwraith.
Toronto YMHA defeated Toronto West End Y 34-22 as Finegold scored 13 and Litvack 8. Lowes paced West End Y with 11. Jones added 7.
In the last quarterfinal, the St. Catharines Collegiate Institute Saints crushed the Toronto East York Huskies 35-15 as Fisher scored 12, Rutledge 9, Litman 8 and Lawson 6, while Morrow, Boase and O’Donoghue were scoreless. The Saints led 10-4, 22-8 and 32-12 at the quarters. Poole led East York with 8 (also reported as 5). Rolson added 5, Monk 2, Kimoss 2 and Blackwood 1, while Frame, Pilkey and Pettinger were scoreless.
In the semis, the St. Catharines Collegiate Institute Saints edged the Toronto Runnymede Redmen 32-31 after leading 8-5, 10-7 and 18-16 at the quarters. Rutledge paced the Saints with 11 (also reported as 13). Litman added 6 (also reported as 7), Morrow 5, Lawson 4 and Fisher 3, while Boase and O’Donoghue were scoreless. Coulter paced the Redmen with 12. Lachance added 10, Neumark 6 and J Robson 3, while Patterson and Halliburton were scoreless. A late Runnymede rally knotted the score on a pair of buckets by Coulter.
In the other semi, Toronto YMHA edged the Kitchener-Waterloo CI Raiders 28-27 as Nisker scored 10, Simon 6, Litvak 5, Glait 5 and Simbraw (Simbrone?) 2, while Fingold was scoreless. Carl Totzke led the Raiders with 13. Roberts added 6, Reszetnik 3, Butler 2, McCarger 2 and Smith 1, while Woeller was scoreless. The score was knotted at 11 at the half.
In the final, the St. Catharines Collegiate Institute Saints dumped Toronto YMHA 34-29. The Saints led 8-5 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 15 (also reported as 14) at the half, and at 25 after three quarters. YMHA had three players foul out in the fourth quarter and were left with three players on the floor. As a consequence, they faltered down the stretch. Litman led the Saints with 11. Rutledge added 8, Fisher 5 and Lawson 4, Morrow 4 and O’Donoghue 2, while Boase was scoreless. Simon led YMHA with 10. Glait added 8, Nisker 7, Fingold 4, while Simbrone and Liprack were scoreless.
The co-bronze medalist Kitchener Collegiate Institute Raiders: Carl Totzke; Roy Roberts; Julian Reszetnik; Howie Butler; Bob Hamblin, Murray Opper, Dave Woeller, Norm Wallis; Louis Smith; McCarger; Smith; coach E.H. Devitt, publicity F.J. Hodge, principal W.J. Unwin, faculty manager F.W.R. Dickson
The co-bronze medalist Toronto Runnymede Redmen: Coulter; Lachance;
The silver medalist Toronto YMHA: Simon; Nisker; Fingold; Simbrone; Litvack; Glait; Wiseman?; Collis?; Ballaban?;
The champion St. Catharines Collegiate Institute Saints: Bill Litman; Tony Fisher; Alex Lawson; Don Rutledge; Jake Morrow; John Boase; Joe O’Donoghue; Lloyd Rich; John Neilson; Robert Neilson; coach Jim Shaver; assistant Evan McDonald