Word: berge
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Height was the forte of the four game winning spurt which initiated Coach Moc Berg's freshman quintet's basketball season but it didn't prove enough against an equally rangy team of hustlers from Boston College in the Freshmen's Garden debut before vacation. B.C. romped over the rather bewildered Crimson to the tune of 49 to 35, burst the bubble of their previously undefeated record, and throw a little perspective on what can be expected from the quintet in the future...
...hold their own in full-size, full-speed basketball the yearlings need a fast breaking offense. Berg worked on under-the-basket plays for the Boston College battle but tenseness on their first acquaintance with the Garden and a big audience slowed their shooting and passing. The glass backboards were seldom threatened by wild Crimson shooting. Breaks in the Eagle defense closed before the yardlings could capitalize on them...
Coach Moe Berg asserts that this will be the first real test of his quintet's undefeated record. "Their team, except for Deegman, their pivot, who is 6 feet 4 inches, doesn't reach much above 6 feet, and our height may do the trick. I've been amazed by the squad's improvement during the past three weeks. I hope to continue to be amazed...
...Berg will board the same starting team with which he began the season, with Jim Gabler reassuming his left forward position...
Coach Warren Berg's freshman quintet nosed out tufts 70 to 67 on the losers' home court Saturday for its fourth straight victory of the season...