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...four minutes the Crimson held its own against the shifty, Nassau quintet, but Lawry began to plague the Varsity with astounding accuracy on thirty-foot set shots, Joe Holman caged five consecutive fouls, and Princeton found itself with 27 points at the half. The Crimson couldn't find the basket and scored only...
...period was close, and Harvard left the floor trailing 21 to 24. After three minutes and ten seconds of the second period, the Crimson knotted the count at 26-all on Mariaschin's foul shot, but this was the last time the visitors were to see the basket for six long minutes as Cornell swept to an insurmountable 41 to 26 lead...
...time the Big Red defense was so effective that Harvard was unable to get off a shot at the basket, and appeared to be freezing the ball for one solid minute while trailing by 19 points. In the closing minutes coaches Roy Greene and Bill Barclay substituted freely, and the Crimson was able to close in slighlty...
Leading 42 to 39 with five minutes to go, the Yardling quintet succumbed to a Bruin surge led by Frank Mahoney and Ben Patrick and three minutes later was on the short end of a 46 to 42 score. Center Pat Dailey's two-pointer under the basket and high-scorer John Rockwell's foul shot with slightly more than a minute to play brought the Crimson to 45, but the crowd came to its feet in vain with five seconds remaining as Rockwell's one-hander slithered off the rim and the horn sounded...
...difficulties that are unique. Few college sports have so long a schedule, with the Varsity's 25 games a fairly typical example. To maintain an all-winning pace without once falling prey to the inevitable bad night, when nobody on the squad seems to be able to locate the basket without guided projectiles, is exceedingly unlikely of any quintet...