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...advantage of the general court situation at any time, rather than rely on too many set blackboard maneuvers. This year, for the first time, Columbia has adopted the strategy of the "fast break," in which players pick off opponents' shots from the backboard and streak for the other basket without waiting to organize a formal, downcourt play in advance. Sometimes, when opponents are expecting the fast break, Rossini crosses them up by reverting to conventional, and slower, tactics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cream of the Ivy | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...tapped the cyst, drawing a fluid from it slowly, 120 drops a minute, so that no sudden loss of pressure would affect the heart. In four days he drew off some 200 Ibs. of fluid. Then the cyst itself was removed. It was about the size of a bushel basket, weighed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Great Cyst at Burnips | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

C.C.N.Y. and N.Y.U. won't be considered for post-season basket ball tournaments, it was also learned yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3 CCNY Stars Face Jail for Fixing Charge | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...Yardlings walloped the Terriers, 66 to 50. But the Wildkits have a fast, balanced team. They lost to B.U. only because they tried to freeze the ball in the last minute, hoping to preserve a one-point lead. B.U. succeeded in stealing the ball, however, and scored the one basket necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Team Underdog In Second Columbia Game | 2/17/1951 | See Source »

...basket famine continued yesterday afternoon in an inter-House 'B' league basketball game as Eliot's Elephants just managed to squeeze by the Dudley Commuters by a score of 19 to 17. The game stayed close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot 'B' Five Wins | 2/17/1951 | See Source »

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