Word: centering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Captain Vernon Struck, George Lowman, and Ulysses Lupien, form the nucleus of veterans, with Charlie Lutz, last year's Yardling captain, and John Herrick, Varsity reserve center a year ago, completing the first team. As Bill Gray's understudy Herrick saw considerable action in last season's games and although still slightly awkward, the six foot six center has greatly improved in handling himself and the ball on the floor. In Lutz, Fesler has found as sure a passer and deceptive a dribbler as any of the more experienced members of the squad...
...Flash" Gordon and George Clark have been high-scoring at the forward positions, and Roger Pierce and Max Manker have held down the guard berths capably. Harold Curtiss has shown himself a capable pass feeder from his center spot. William Calfee, Hamlin Williston, Harris Squibb, and Eric Witherby have also played in the two Adams games...
...vast plateau 8000 feet in the air, it is necessary to close one's eyes and drive madly around the side of precipitous mountain slopes. Of course characteristic of the Mexican temperament is the fact that the mountain road was begun from Tamazunchale and from Mexico City, the center portion, and by far the most harrowing portion, being left to luck and the last. Aside from the fact that the road is unpaved, that great boulders are apt to crash down from above on the slightest provocation, and that droves of burros usually pick the narrowest part of the road...
Leaving the territory of the phlegmatic mountain dwellers, the dirty trousered, bare-chested men and the Mother Hubbarded women, the road enters Mexico City through suburbs slightly worse than Harlem, slightly better than Philadelphia's Lombard Street. Toward the center of the city, the Vagabond found himself engulfed in screaming traffic that approached from a million different directions at once. To the Mexican driver, the horn is far more important than the brake, and the velocity and direction of his vehicle depend solely on the whim of the man at the wheel. If Rhode Island motorists are the worst...
...Lowman again took scoring honors with 12 points, nosing out Captain Vern Struck, who amassed 10. Fred Heckel tallied six points, while John Herrick at center was outstanding for his work under the basket...