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...halftime, McGuire's Redmen led a surprised Bradley, 34-29. All-America Melchiorre had not sunk a single basket. Could St. John's keep up the pace? Midway through the second half St. John's was still leading, and the Bradley Braves were wilting. Melchiorre, held to four points for the game, fouled out. Moments later, he was joined on the bench by two more first-stringers, for the same reason. St. John's wrapped up the game...
...Crimson started off with a quick six points, then Dartmouth fathomed Norm Shepard's early, sons defense--pulled in close around the basket--and began to hit from the outside. The Indians moved even with the varsity and led 9 to 3 after tea minutes; then the varsity shifted to a man-to-man defense, its at-patteras started to click, had it palled away to lead at the half...
...points before he fouled out. These two lanky Negroes are Bee's main scoring threats, but because opposing teams concentrate their defense against them, Bee's other sharpshooters also get plenty of scoring chances. Says hard-to-please Clair Bee, who knows that 30% is a good basket-shooting average: "I expect my boys to hit the basket on 40% of all shots...
...Weaver sunk a foul shot, and Captain Ed Tixier pushed in a long set-shot from the corner. Behind by six points, Harvard pressed hard on defense to gain possession of the ball, but succeeded only in letting Tixier get loose under the basket and score an easy...
After the game, the film will be edited until the only scenes left will show successful Harvard shots. "The camera-man has been instructed to follow the ball in its path through the air," says Bramhall. "It is very important that the ball be shown going into the basket...