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...State of Rhode Island. He proved to stand only 6 ft. 4 and weigh only 270 Ib. What he could do on a basketball court looked problematical to most fans. But they soon found out : hovering under the St. Francis basket, young Keaney snatched every ball off the backboard, heaved it the length of the court to his teammates, clustered around their own basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Rhody | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

Finegan, a former all-scholastic guard, can always be counted on to play a stellar game getting rebounds off the backboard. But he is not content with doing only this. He is also a consistent scorer, trailing only his guardmate Buckley in the field...

Author: By A. EDWARD Rowes, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/4/1941 | See Source »

...addition to Burditt's scoring and spectacular backboard play, Bill Suyder tallied six points, Dick Elken five, and Don Lutze four. Dillon, Hyde, Hadley, and Baker accounted for Harvard's remaining points. Saturday afternoon the Freshmen meet Exeter in the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Quintet Victorious Over Milton Academy, 33-19 | 1/9/1941 | See Source »

...going until the pressure is applied. Lutze is perhaps the steadier player, while Elken's total of twelve tallies in the M. I. T. contest exemplifies his sure eye. Center George Burditt, another six footer, in addition to rolling up a sizable score has utilized his height at the backboard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/8/1941 | See Source »

...game started off slowly as the score see-sawed between the two teams. Columbia was working fast off the backboard, while the Crimson seemed to lack confidence, and worked the ball down to the basket to no avail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIVE OPENS E.I.L. SEASON WITH WIN OVER COLUMBIA | 1/11/1940 | See Source »

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