Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have brought out nylon rugs that cost more than wool ($15 to $45 a sq. yd.) but wear better, are mothproof, and have a rich, glittery shine that housewives like. The stylists have put synthetic rugs out in every pattern from standard flowered designs to tweeds, plaids and bright basket weaves...
Slowly, matching Yale fouls with its own field goals, the Crimson closed the margin to as little as three points with two minutes to play. Hobson's pair of fouls raised the margin to five points, but a basket by Ike Canty again brought it to three points, 78 to 75. The Crimson stole the ball, but missed four straight shots before Yale sank another foul...
...Heck," he says, "I'd rather block a shot any day than score. It seems to do more for team morale." It also does something to the opposition's morale. Russell's breaking out of nowhere to stretch out a ham hand and ruin a sure basket can take the heart out of the best players around. Once he got warmed up, he and his teammates hardly had to exert themselves last week to gobble up Loyola (65-55) and St. Mary's (69-48) on successive nights...
Hollis is momentarily slipping after losing two straight. The team has relied heavily on a tall center, Charles Mallonee, but after one round, the opposition has picked up the nack for stopping his high scoring. Hollis still appears assured of placing at least second in the final basket ball standings, however...
Only seven seconds remained when sophomore Bob Barnett sank what seemed to be the winning basket for the Crimson. But Tom Cullinane, a substitute forward for B.C., put in a rebound a second before the buzzer and sent the game into overtime...