Word: backhanded
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...opened the scoring early in the first period, when Bill Quinn picked up the puck in the center zone and faked his way around the Crimson defense for an unassisted goal on a backhand shot from about ten feet out and ten feet to Bland's left...
...number three, defeating Ron Picket in consecutive games, 15-11, 15-5, and 15-7. Playing the fourth-ranked Indian, Bob Schwartzman ran into trouble only at 14-13 of the second game, after winning the first by 15-8. But he capped a long rally with a backhand drop shot, to win it 15-13. He won the third...
...match against Dartmouth's Dave Smoyer at number two was typical. Howell moved to an early 6-1 lead, and then ran the first game out to 15-10. After taking the second by the same score, he broke an 11-all tie in the third with a backhand from deep in the left rear corner, off the left rear corner, off the left wall, and into the right front corner, where the ball gave two dismal bounces and rolled out of Smoyer's reach. Howell won the game...
...Rockhampton Rocket." A blushingly shy redhead, Laver has been thrown off stride by the nagging irritations of a match, is now carefully mother-henned during play by Hopman. In action, Laver is a remarkably coordinated shotmaker with surprising power for his size, relies on a rare overspin on his backhand shots to put away the big points...
Capitalizing on a slight Crimson letdown, the Colby hockey team scored two key goals in the second period and went on to win Saturday's game, 4 to 2. Harvard's point came on a blue-line shot by Mike Graney and a 15-foot backhand by wing Stew Forbes...