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...change of defense and Captain "Bunks" Burditt's uncanny knack at caging pivot shots and drawing fouls enabled the Crimson hoopsters to come from behind and defeat a well-coached Wesleyan quintet 63 to 46 in the Indoor Athletic Building Saturday night...
...Burditt, who tallied 25 points before the evening was over, went to work from his pivot post, and with his peculiar under-handed bucket shot, succeeded in either drawing two fouls or dropping a deuce almost every time he was fed. George Dillon's hook shots from the foul line helped the Crimson rise, and a one-handed jump shot by Hugh Hyde with seconds remaining in the first half put them ahead 21 to 19 at intermission time...
...visitors made a short-lived comeback in the second half, sparked by peppery Joe Bornstein and Freshman Phil Dundas, but once Burditt's fouldrawing antics began to take their toll, and three Wesleyan cagers were ousted via the personal foul route, it was no contest. The departing Feslermen, Littell, Bur Mann, and "Moose" Allison, were gents of stature, and their loss proved costly to Wesleyan under the backboard...
...except when dealing with exceptional men. Bus Curwen, Varsity stroke, made the phenomenal score of 181, while his boatmate Johnny Erskine and sculler Dave Noyes registered 141 and 110, respectively. Fred Phinney, captain of the cross country team, has a rating of 125 and basketball captain Bunks Burditt...
...members of the House Committee are George M. Burditt '44. Frank D. Bixler '45, Richard W. Mecham, and Albert Riggs...