THE 1958 NBA ALL-STAR TOUR 2018 Michael Hamel MichaelHamel.net

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1 THE 1958 NBA ALL-STAR TOUR 2018 Michael Hamel MichaelHamel.net This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license: In 1958 the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks met in the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year. Bill Russell suffered an ankle injury in the third game which forced him to miss the next two contests and affected his play in the sixth and deciding game won by the Hawks on April 12. Boston s initial reign as NBA champions was over. Two days later, two teams of NBA All-Stars began a tour to many of the same sites that the Celtics had visited a year earlier. Charles Caruso again promoted the tour. 1

2 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 2 Unlike the 1957 tour, players from all eight NBA teams were represented, including 16 of the 20 players who had participated in the NBA All-Star Game in January. 2 Bob Cousy and Bob Pettit were named captains of their respective squads. 3 There were also a few special additions for selected games. Russell s ankle injury kept him from playing in the first five games of the tour, and he was also delayed due to a break-in at his home in Reading, Massachusetts; fellow Celtic Tom Heinsohn filled in for Russell during this stretch. 4 Halfback R.C. Owens of the NFL s San Francisco 49ers, who had earned AAU (Basketball) All-American honors in 1957 and was being pursued by the Minneapolis Lakers, 5 played for the West team during their stops at San Francisco and San Jose. And for the game at Louisville on May 1, three Kentucky natives who had played college ball in the state were added to the rosters: Vern Hatton, Frank Ramsey, and Charlie Tyra. 6 K.C. Jones also joined the tour for 10 games from April 18 through April 27. Jones had been drafted by the Celtics in 1956, but had yet to play for the team due to a commitment to serve in the Army. However, Jones had continued to play basketball. In 1958 he earned AAU All- American honors while leading the Fort Leonard Wood AAU team to a fourth place finish at the annual AAU Tournament, including a 20-point/20- rebound performance in a losing effort in the semifinals. 7 Scheduled to be discharged in August, Jones was granted a 13-day leave to participate with the College All-Stars in a game against the Harlem Globetrotters at Boston Garden on April 16 (the All-Stars won 87-77; Jones scored 4 points) and then joined the tour on the road in Eugene, Oregon. 8 East All-Stars Team West All-Stars Team Paul Arizin Philadelphia Warriors Larry Foust Minneapolis Lakers Carl Braun New York Knicks Dick Garmaker Minneapolis Lakers Bob Cousy Boston Celtics Cliff Hagan St. Louis Hawks Richie Guerin New York Knicks Vern Hatton University of Kentucky* Tom Heinsohn Boston Celtics Jim Krebs Minneapolis Lakers Neil Johnston Philadelphia Warriors Clyde Lovellette Cincinnati Royals K.C. Jones Ft. Leonard Wood (AAU) Slater Martin St. Louis Hawks Frank Ramsey Boston Celtics Dick McGuire Detroit Pistons Bill Russell Boston Celtics R.C. Owens San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Dolph Schayes Syracuse Nationals Bob Pettit St. Louis Hawks Kenny Sears New York Knicks Gene Shue Detroit Pistons Bill Sharman Boston Celtics George Yardley Detroit Pistons Charlie Tyra New York Knicks *Hatton was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the second round of the NBA Draft on April 22, Players who only played on part of the tour are listed in italics.

3 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 3 List of Games Note: East team score is listed first for all games. Date Location Score Notes Mon 4/14 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE Pettit 22, Lovelette p.m. start. 9 Tue 4/15 Einar Nielsen Field House, Salt Lake City, UT Heinsohn 21, Schayes 18; Garmaker/Shue p.m. start. 10 Wed 4/16 Pasco High School Gym, Pasco, WA Garmaker Thu 4/17 Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, WA Schayes 29; Pettit 25, Shue Fri 4/18 McArthur Court, Eugene, OR Johnston 19, Heinsohn 18; Garmaker 29. First game on tour for K.C. Jones (2 points) p.m. start. Sat 4/19 Hudson s Bay High School, Vancouver, WA Braun 19; Pettit 24. First game on tour for Bill Russell. 14 Sun 4/20 Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA Arizin 22; Hagan 27, Garmaker 25, Pettit Mon 4/21 War Memorial Gym, Vancouver, BC Cousy 26; Garmaker 23, Hagan Tue 4/22 Tacoma, WA Sharman 28, Cousy 23; Pettit Wed 4/23 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA Sears 22, Sharman 22; Yardley Cousy game-winning hook shot with three seconds remaining. 19 Thu 4/24 Municipal Auditorium, San Jose, CA Sharman 29, Sears 20; Hagan Fri 4/25 College Memorial Gym, Bakersfield, CA Garmaker Sat 4/26 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA Sharman 31, Arizin 22; Hagan 33, Yardley Sun 4/27 San Diego Arena, San Diego, CA Guerin/Arizin 20; Pettit :30 p.m. start. Mon 4/28 Roy Johnson Gym, Albuquerque, NM Guerin 20, Russell 18; Hagan 35, Garmaker 24. 8:30 p.m. start. 24 Tue 4/29 Denver Auditorium, Denver, CO Guerin 24; Lovellette Wed 4/30 Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, OK Sharman 23; Pettit Thu 5/1 Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY Braun 24; Hagan 40, Pettit 25 and 17 rebounds. 8:30 p.m. start. 27 Fri 5/2 SMU Coliseum, Dallas, TX Sharman 21; Lovellette Sat 5/3 Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX West won Sun 5/4 Loyola Field House, New Orleans, LA Sharman 26; Pettit Wed 5/7 Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, FL Sharman 26, Cousy 24 and 15 assists; Lovellette 24, Pettit Note: Contemporary wire stories disagree on the number of games on the tour. An article in the New York Times on May 5 implies that there was only one game remaining on the tour and that the East led 12-8 at that point; an AP wire service story that appeared in many other newspapers agrees. Other wire service stories state that the series spanned 22 games, not 21, and that the East won the series However, I have found

4 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 4 two stories that place a game in Houston on May 3, and articles in the Miami News make it clear that the two teams took May 5 and May 6 off before concluding the tour on May 7. The official program for the tour contains a schedule of 21 games but has a few discrepancies: 1) The game in Lincoln, Nebraska, is listed in the program on April 12; 2) The game in Denver is listed on April 13; 3) The game on April 19 was originally scheduled for Portland, Oregon, instead of Vancouver, BC, and 4) The game in Tacoma on April 22 is not listed. Partial Set of Box Scores 31 April 14, 1958 West All-Stars 108, East All-Stars 105 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska Bob Cousy Cliff Hagan Bill Sharman Bob Pettit Carl Braun Slater Martin Ken Sears George Yardley Richie Guerin Dick McGuire Paul Arizin Gene Shue Neil Johnston Dick Garmaker Dolph Schayes Larry Foust Tom Heinsohn Clyde Lovellette TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars Note: West quarter scores do not add up to 108

5 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 5 April 15, 1958 East All-Stars 133, West All-Stars 131 Einar Nielsen Field House, Salt Lake City, Utah Carl Braun Dick Garmaker Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Neil Johnston George Yardley Tom Heinsohn Larry Foust Richie Guerin Dick McGuire Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Ken Sears Gene Shue Bob Cousy Clyde Lovellette Bill Sharman TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars April 16, 1958 West All-Stars 137, East All-Stars 131 Pasco High School Gym, Pasco, Washington Carl Braun Dick Garmaker Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Neil Johnston George Yardley Tom Heinsohn Larry Foust Richie Guerin Dick McGuire Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Ken Sears Gene Shue Bob Cousy Clyde Lovellette Bill Sharman TOTALS ? 131 TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

6 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 6 April 17, 1958 West All-Stars 132, East All-Stars 124 Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington Bill Sharman George Yardley Bob Cousy Larry Foust Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Neil Johnston Gene Shue Dolph Schayes Slater Martin Ken Sears Bob Pettit Richie Guerin Dick Garmaker Carl Braun Dick McGuire Tom Heinsohn Clyde Lovellette TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars Note: East quarter scores do not add up to 124 April 18, 1958 East All-Stars 132, West All-Stars 111 McArthur Court, Eugene, Oregon Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Neil Johnston Larry Foust Bob Cousy Dick McGuire Bill Sharman Dick Garmaker Carl Braun George Yardley Ken Sears Clyde Lovellette Tom Heinsohn Slater Martin Richie Guerin Gene Shue K.C. Jones TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

7 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 7 April 19, 1958 East All-Stars 129, West All-Stars 125 Hudson s Bay High School, Vancouver, Washington Dolph Schayes Cliff Hagan Paul Arizin Bob Pettit Bill Russell Clyde Lovellette Bob Cousy Gene Shue Bill Sharman Slater Martin Ken Sears Dick Garmaker Carl Braun R.C. Owens Neil Johnston Larry Foust K.C. Jones George Yardley Richie Guerin Dick McGuire TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars April 20, 1958 West All-Stars 133, East All-Stars 113 Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington Dolph Schayes George Yardley Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Bill Russell Larry Foust Bob Cousy Dick Garmaker Bill Sharman Dick McGuire Neil Johnston Clyde Lovellette Ken Sears Gene Shue K.C. Jones Bob Pettit Carl Braun R.C. Owens Richie Guerin TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

8 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 8 April 21, 1958 East All-Stars 134, West All-Stars 127 War Memorial Gym, Vancouver, British Columbia No box score found April 22, 1958 East All-Stars 149, West All-Stars 136 Tacoma, Washington Dolph Schayes Dick Garmaker Paul Arizin Bob Pettit Bill Russell Larry Foust Bob Cousy Cliff Hagan Bill Sharman Gene Shue Carl Braun George Yardley Neil Johnston Dick McGuire Richie Guerin Clyde Lovellette Ken Sears TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

9 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 9 April 23, 1958 East All-Stars 131, West All-Stars 129 Cow Palace, San Francisco, California Ken Sears George Yardley Paul Arizin R.C. Owens Bill Russell Clyde Lovellette Bob Cousy Dick Garmaker Bill Sharman Dick McGuire Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Neil Johnston Cliff Hagan K.C. Jones Larry Foust Richie Guerin Gene Shue Carl Braun TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars April 24, 1958 East All-Stars 130, West All-Stars 117 Municipal Auditorium, San Jose, California Ken Sears George Yardley Dolph Schayes R.C. Owens Bill Russell Larry Foust Carl Braun Dick McGuire Bill Sharman Gene Shue Richie Guerin Bob Pettit K.C. Jones Cliff Hagan Neil Johnston Clyde Lovellette Bob Cousy Dick Garmaker Paul Arizin TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

10 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 10 April 25, 1958 West All-Stars 136, East All-Stars 126 College Memorial Gym, Bakersfield, California No box score found April 26, 1958 West All-Stars 158, East All-Stars 156 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California No box score found

11 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 11 April 27, 1958 East All-Stars 132, West All-Stars 109 San Diego Arena, San Diego, California Carl Braun Dick Garmaker Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Neil Johnston George Yardley Bill Russell Larry Foust Richie Guerin Dick McGuire Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Ken Sears Clyde Lovellette Bob Cousy Gene Shue Bill Sharman K.C. Jones TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars April 28, 1958 West All-Stars 159, East All-Stars 138 Roy Johnson Gym, Albuquerque, New Mexico No box score found

12 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 12 April 29, 1958 East All-Stars 127, West All-Stars 120 Denver Auditorium, Denver, Colorado No box score found April 30, 1958 East All-Stars 144, West All-Stars 139 Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma No box score found

13 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 13 May 1, 1958 West All-Stars 146, East All-Stars 140 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Bob Cousy Bob Pettit Bill Russell Cliff Hagan Dolph Schayes Clyde Lovellette Paul Arizin Vern Hatton Frank Ramsey Dick Garmaker Charlie Tyra Larry Foust Carl Braun Dick McGuire Richie Guerin Gene Shue Neil Johnston TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars May 2, 1958 East All-Stars 135, West All-Stars 129 SMU Coliseum, Dallas, Texas EAST FGM FTM PF PTS WEST FGM FTM PF PTS Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Bill Sharman Cliff Hagan Bob Cousy Slater Martin Bill Russell Gene Shue Neil Johnston Dick McGuire Paul Arizin Dick Garmaker Carl Braun Clyde Lovellette Richie Guerin Larry Foust Ken Sears Jim Krebs TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

14 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 14 May 3, 1958 West won Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas No box score found May 4, 1958 East All-Stars 126, West All-Stars 123 Loyola Field House, New Orleans, Louisiana Carl Braun Dick Garmaker Dolph Schayes Bob Pettit Neil Johnston Larry Foust Richie Guerin Dick McGuire Paul Arizin Cliff Hagan Ken Sears Gene Shue Bob Cousy Jim Krebs Bill Sharman Clyde Lovellette TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars

15 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour 15 May 7, 1958 East All-Stars 138, West All-Stars 132 Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida EAST FGM FTM PF PTS WEST FGM FTM PF PTS Carl Braun Larry Foust Dolph Schayes Clyde Lovellette Neil Johnston Dick Garmaker Richie Guerin Bob Pettit Paul Arizin Dick McGuire Ken Sears Cliff Hagan Bob Cousy Gene Shue Bill Sharman TOTALS TOTALS EAST All-Stars WEST All-Stars Notes First edition: May Larry Boeck, Hagan On Stars; Tour Opens Here, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal, March 9, 1958; Leading Pro Cagers Play Here Thursday, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal, April 28, Two of the missing players were the critically ill Maurice Stokes, stricken during the 1958 playoffs, and his former teammate and subsequent caretaker Jack Twyman. 3 Wire story, Three Members of the Hawks Tour with Pros, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 14, Jack Barry, Auerbach Praises Celts for Showing, Boston Globe, April 14, Grundman, Adolph. The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, p268. Owens was also a teammate of Elgin Baylor at the College of Idaho, and both would play AAU ball in Seattle. For a description of the Lakers interest in Owens, see: Wire story, Owens May Turn Pro Cager, The San Bernardino County (California) Sun, April 24, Larry Boeck, Stars Get Tyra For Tilt Here, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal, April 25, Grundman, p184, p258, and p Jack Barry, College Stars Down Trotters in Hoop Finals, Boston Globe, April 17, Wire story, K.C. Jones Makes Debut in Pro Game, Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times, April 18, Bill Russell to Play With All-Stars Tonight, Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening Journal, April 14, Despite the optimistic headline, Russell did not play.

16 The 1958 NBA All-Star Tour Wire story, Heinsohn Shines in East Five s Victory, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 16, East-West Pro Cage Game On Tap at Utah Tonight, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 15, Wire story, Pettit Helps West Gain Victory, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 17, Wire story, Western All-Stars Again Edge East, The North Adams (Massachusetts) Transcript, April 18, Eastern All-Stars Whip West , Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette Times, April 19, Wire story, East Defeats West , The Eugene (Oregon) Guard, April 20, Wire story, Hagan Pours in 27 As West Beats East, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 21, Wire story, East NBA Stars Even Series, The Decatur (Illinois) Herald, April 23, Wire story, East All Stars Edge West, Even Cage Series, Sacramento Bee, April 22, Both stories state that the series was now tied Wire story, Sharman, Cousy Pace Eastern Pros To Win, The (Roseburg, Oregon) News-Review, April 23, Wire story, Cousy s Hook Wins For East, The (Mitchell, South Dakota) Daily Republic, April 24, Larry Boeck, Stars Get Tyra For Tilt Here, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal, April 25, 1958, incorrectly states that the West team won the game in San Francisco. 19 Wire story, East Cagers Shade West, The Oregonian (Portland, OR), April 24, Wire story, East All-Stars Defeat West Quintet Thursday, Ironwood (Michigan) Daily Globe, April 25, Wire story, Garmaker Scores 29, West Wins, , Los Angeles Times, April 26, Wire story, West Tops East, The Eugene (Oregon) Guard, April 27, Wire story, West Nudges East Stars, The Oregonian (Portland, OR), April 27, Wire story, Pettit Has 28, The Cincinnati Enquirer, April 29, Story states that the series was now tied 7-7, but the East actually led Wire Story, Western All Stars Crush East, , Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune, April 29, Wire story, East Wins NBA All-Star Game, The (Benton Harbor, Michigan) News-Palladium, April 30, Story states that the East now led the series Wire story, Pettit Scores 20 but East Team Is Victor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 1, Bill Surface, Hagan, Pettit Lead West Win, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal, May 2, Wire story, East on Top, The (York, Pennsylvania) Gazette and Daily, May 3, Wire story, Bob Pettit Scores 27 Points as West Loses, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 5, Story states that the East had now clinched the series with a 12-8 record. Had the series consisted of 21 games, the East s 11 th victory would have clinched the series. 30 Wire story, East All-Stars Are Tour Winners, The Rhinelander Daily News, May 8, Story states that the East had finished the series with a 13-9 record. 31 Box scores obtained from the following: 4/14: Lexington Leader, April 15, 1958; 4/15: Kansas City Star, April 16, 1958; 4/16-4/20, 4/22-4/24: The Oregonian (Portland, OR), April and 23-25, 1958; 4/18: Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times, April 19, 1958; 4/27: San Diego Union, April 28, 1958; 5/1: Lexington Herald, May 2, 1958; 5/2: Dallas Morning News, May 3, 1958; 5/4: New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 5, 1958; 5/7: Miami News, May 8, 1958.