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Word: balling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year's champion, picked up two Jayvees in the draws, and retained three regulars. The team will lose most of what little height it has at midyears when center and pivot man John Brunsman (6"3") graduates. At least till then the style of play will be short pass, ball handling with feedins to the pivot. The tentative lineup includes: Jack Norman, Wally Baker, Chuck Brynteson, Dave Warden, Al Rosenberg, and Len Ragozin...

Author: By Jack Spbatte, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

Northeastern rates a couple of pegs below the Bruins. But they can score, and that's what counts most. Tonight, the Huskies will send out an all-senior forward group of center Inga Walsh, the captain, Charles Diehl and Tom Blair. All three have been playing varsity ball for Northeastern for two years. Walsh is the big man. The six-foot-four former Milton High School athlete has a layup shot just as crisp as his crew haircut, and he handles the ball with considerable adroitness. Creedon and Landini, both sophomores, are the guards...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Basketball Team Plays Home Opener Tonight | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

Small colleges will push for the elimination of the free substitution rule when the American Association of Foot ball Coaches convenes in San Francisco on January 4, the Associated Press reported last night. Harvard and grid powerhouses will try to keep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Small Schools Will Veto Of Free Substitution Ruling | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

Twice in the evening, before the half and just before the final whistle, the Bruins cashed in on poor ball-handling and defense work by the Crimson. The first time, they made up a nine-point deficit, narrowing the half-time Crimson load to 23 to 30. A series of three field goals coming among a flurry of fouls Inter ended the game with Barclay's squad still clutching a two point margin...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Brown Five Loses, 52-50; As Free Tosses Win Game | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Only when Smith and Pete Petrillo kept the ball in their control under the backboards did the Crimson look like it was playing to win. Petrillo handled the rebounds almost flawlessly and Smith tucked in several single foul shots neatly doubling their vaine...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Brown Five Loses, 52-50; As Free Tosses Win Game | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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