Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...throttle Mariaschin, the Crimson Varsity maintained its careful man to man defense all the way and effectively bottled up the Bruin attack. Hefty Captain George Crimshaw was held to 7 points, while the Zuber brothers, Paul and Dave, who paced the home team scoring, managed to dent the basket for a scant four field goals apiece...
...final stanza, an inspired Jayvee team took to the floor, and, sparked by Bob Crotty and Mike Dehco, they put on a three minute basket barrage that netted twelve points and broke the game wide open...
Statistically, man for man, basket for basket, the combine that Harvard, will meet tonight looks like a million rubles, but who knows--as W. Post once warned, "Don't, believe everything you read in the paper...
That same height advantage, however, was not always in evidence, for the Varsity quintet seemed to have uncommon difficulty in recovering rebounds from its own backboard against the tinier Techmen. On defense, John Gantt turned in a good performance underneath the basket...
...managers expressed it yesterday, the idea this year will be to work the ball under the basket by well-integrated plays, "so that any member of the team can take any shot called for." This may not be so exciting as seeing Wyndol Gray take a favorite one hand flip shot, but the general opinion around the coaching bench is that more integrated team play is the kind of ball best suited to the present material...