In the Toronto city finals, the Toronto Rose Playgrounds defeated Toronto YMHA 38-35; x-x (Total: x-x). …………………………………………………… In game one, Rose Playground prevailed 38-35 as Jack Scott scored 18 and Hughes 10. YMHA included Mendelsohn, Steinhart.
The Ontario championships were an eight-team elimination tournament in Hamilton. …………………………………………………… In the quarterfinals, Hamilton Tuxis thumped Brantford 33-26 as Markle scored 8, Fleming 6, Brand 6, Bourne 6, Long 4, Missen 2 and MacDougall 1. Jordan led Brantford with 11. Rutherford added 7, Boomer 4, Janes 2 and Pates 2, while MacMillan, Macauley, Sparks, Mitton and Silverthorne were scoreless. …………………………………………………… St. Catherines CI whipped Guelph 50-26 as Terry scored 14, Waterhouse 11, Whipper 9, Stoddard 8, Quinlon 4, Whalen 2 and Sutton 2, while Gayder and Carroll wee scoreless. Nagee led Guelph with 10. Raithby added 5, Baugh 2, Kerr 2 and McFarlane 1, while Hewer was scoreless. …………………………………………………… Toronto nipped London 40-38. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Windsor Ford Office Juniors stomped Whitby 85-31 as Bill Fisher scored 24, Norm Smith 14, Bruce 13, Bob Daragon 8, Elmer Robitaille 6, Leon Farrah 5, Jim Van Wyck 4, Bill Jamieson 4 and Lorne Pare 3. The Fords also included Bill Tuck and Harry Longmuir. …………………………………………………… In the semis, Toronto edged Windsor 42-41 as Rogers hit a bucket with 30 seconds to play and a free throw with 3 seconds to play to pull out the win. Scott led Toronto with 18. Rogers added 8, McKay 7, Hughes 7 and Weston 2, while Huntley, Allan, Mile, Ingram and Banner were scoreless. Fisher led Windsor with 18. Bruce added 13, Smith 4, Robitaille 3, Tucks 2 and Jamieson 1, while Farrah, Van Wyck, Baragon and Pare were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the St. Catherines Collegiate Stars edged the Hamilton Tuxis 40-37 as Bob Terry scored 20. …………………………………………………… In the final, the St. Catherines CI Saints prevailed 42-39 to earn the right to venture to Woodstock, N.B. in search of the Niagara Peninsula’s second straight Eastern Canadian crown.
In the New Brunswick finals, the Woodstock Red Raiders defeated Moncton 20-25 and 50-16 (Total: 70-41). In game two, Woodstock prevailed 50-16 as Slipp scored 13.
In the Eastern semis, the Woodstock Red Raiders defeated the St. Catharines Stars 29-33; 37-23 (Total: 66-56). …………………………………………………… In game one, the Stars, comprised of the same St. Catharines Collegiate school team which played in the Ontario high school championships, won 33-29. Stewart led Woodstock with 15. …………………………………………………… In game two, Woodstock led 5-3 after a quarter and 10-9 at the half before eventually prevailing 37-23. Ronnie Tommy began to dominate in second half and fvnished with 18 points. Stewart had 8 and Slipp 6 in the convincing win.
In the Eastern final, the Woodstock Red Raiders whipped the Halifax Oxford Athletic Club 43-20; 40-27 (Total: 83-47).
In game one, Woodstock took a 19-7 lead at the half and romped by 23. Shaver Slipp scored 15, Ronald Tommy 12 and Stewart 11.
Woodstock won second game 40-27 to capture the title by an 83-47 count as Ronald Tommy scored 14 and Shaver Slipp 10.
The Eastern runner-up Halifax Oxford Athletic Club:
The Eastern champ Woodstock (N.B.) Red Raiders: Ronald Tommy; Stewart; Robert Brown; Shaver Slipp; coach Bob Brown