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...varsity starting lineup will remain the same tonight as in the opener, with Bill Dennis and Harry Sacks at the forwards, Captain Dick Lionette playing center, and Paul Shaw and Roger Bulger at the guard positions. Shaw, Bulger, and Sacks are all sophomores, while Dennis is a junior. Wesleyan, however, will start a preponderantly senior team, with Steve Rack, Bill May, and Jim Teachout, all previous double letter-winners...
...four men who played on last year's varsity are still not far from consideration, however. Ed Krinsky is pushing Bulger hard for one guard slot, with Ed Condon right behind him. Senior Forest Hansen, the only double letter winner on the team besides Lionette, is also pressing for a starting position. Bob Grump, who had the highest shooting average on the 1951-2 team, can substitute at either forward...
...players this year are definitely scoring conscious with Bulger the only so-called "defensive" player on the starting team. But even Bulger, Shepard expects, will be able to average about eight points a game. Dennis, who scored over 25 points several last season, was never the less one of the poorest percentage shooters on the team. With the more potent all-around team this year, Shepard hopes that Sachs and Shaw will do a lot of scoring. Lifting from Dennis' hands the responsibility of carrying the team...
Actually, both Shaw and Bulger are better set shots than Dennis, who will do most of his shooting on drives and jump shots close-up. Shaw, Sachs, and Bulger also can drive well, with Sachs likely to lay in a lot of short "dump" shots right under the basket. Both Dennis and Sachs draw fouls often, and both can net a good percentage of free throws...
Along with speed and shooting eyes, the varsity this year has an average height of 6 feet 1 inch. Lionette at 6 feet 5 inches tops the team, with Shaw and Sachs about even at 6 feet 3 inches. Bulger is the only starter under six feet-he stretches to five feet 9 inches. Sachs and Lionette are consistently the best rebounders on the first five, though Manning covered the boards best for the team in its three scrimmages so far this fall...