Word: basket
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Both teams played cautiously at first. With Don Lofgran sinking a succession of rebounds, San Francisco went ahead. By half time, the Dons were leading 27-19, and Lofgran had scored 17 points. Kerris, forced from his favorite under-the-basket spot by good San Francisco defensive tactics, had sunk only three...
...points (next time Princeton switched its defense, put two men on Tony and upset Yale 47-45). When Williams tried guarding him with one man, he racked up 52. No one had so completely mastered the one-handed hook shot, flipped while taking a stride away from the basket, as Tony Lavelli. His detractors pointed out that he was slow afoot and weak on defense, but Yalemen replied: "All Galli-Curci could do was sing." Tony Lavelli could shoot...
...Sparked by their 6 ft. 8 in. All-America, "Easy Ed" Macauley, one of the leading college basket ball teams of the year...
Charlie had become a top man in a Pyramid Friendship Club, a money snowballing craze which last week was sweeping across the country as the chain-letter game did 14 years ago. He was not the only man to make a fast buck. Another Detroiter got a bushel basket full of money in one evening, and gave away five-dollar bills as mementoes of the stirring occasion. People in Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and dozens of other U.S. cities and towns hit the jackpot too and found themselves in a delirious state of sudden solvency...
Lethargy was the big Harvard ailment. During the first half the quintet showed no ability at all under either basket, while the Terriers, sparked by Daly and Winkler, took control of the ball after almost every shot. At one time, BU led by 21 points...