Word: burditte
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...Bunks Burditt didn't go off the floor of the basketball court under his own power last Saturday night. He was carried off--for the last time, on the shoulders of his wild-eyed teammates, whom he had just led to one of the most brilliant upset victories in the history of Harvard basketball...
...Comeford to Lyle miracle at the expense of another Tiger team, Earl Brown's rags-to-riches quintet never stopped fighting, running, scrambling. Not until they had shown their Nassau "superiors" who was boss under the backboard, and out in the keyhole, where the pivot and jump shots of Burditt, Dean Hennessey, Hugh Hyde, and George Dillon put Princeton's pot-shooters to shame. shame...
Earl Brown's varsity slipped badly in the second half with the Blue tying the score at 24-all and then keeping on the victory road to swamp the Crimson in a late hour rally. Captain Bunks Burditt and Dean Hennessy did half the Harvard scoring with ten points apiece, but Columbia captain Les Martens led the game scoring with 14. Walter Budko totaled 18 points...
...Varsity played spotty ball, exhibiting a variety of defenses without being able to make any one of them click for any length of time. Burditt was visibly slowed up by his old injury but in the dying moments showed some snappy defensive play under the Columbia basket...
...final shots by Frank Bixler and George Dillon gave the varsity a 20-18 lead at half time. The half-filled gym, including the sprinkling of Harvard rooters, then saw the light blue surge ahead to stay a half dozen points ahead of the Crimson for the duration. Burditt came through with two fouls to bring the Crimson up to 37-39, but Columbia sparked by Martens and Bruce Gehrke ran away with the ball game...