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...over half of the first period, Harvard seemed almost asleep on the court as its offensive drive ran in neutral gear. Little effort was made to work the ball in or to follow up shots off the opponents' backboard...
...Richards and Mike DeLeo complete the first five. Richards is a rugged guard who is very valuable under the defensive backboard. DeLeo, because of his small size and speed, is good as a floor-guard and besides has shown some shooting ability...
Individually, Bunks Burditt, last year's Freshman captain, was the star of the evening, playing a full 40 minutes and running up a total of 21 points. His center pivots and off-the-backboard play ran the big Jim Olsen and two of his reliefs ragged in their vain efforts to halt the hard-playing Sophomore. Defensively, Burditt held the usually high-scoring Dartmouth center to a lone field goal...
...Crimson encountered four different types of backboards on the whole trip. Detroit had a glass backboard, Bradley Tech owned a fan-shaped metal one, Michigan State had a plain sheet of glass, and Illionis and Notre Dame used the regulation board made of metal instead of wood...
...another one-sided contest, the Gold Coasters capitalized on a fast break and some good backboard play to trim the Deacons 27 to 14. Dick Craig, Bill Jackson, and Bob Eckert stood out for Adams while last year's all-House forward, Deacon Howie Ezell, led the punchless Kirkland with five points...