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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...generally called an athlete. In professional sports the avowed purpose is to please the spectator, not the ballplayers. It is natural, then, for the professional to tag opponents in the nose win a baseball, to commit intentional fouls in the hope they will not be seen on the basketball court, etc. The supreme purpose of non-professional sports is the enjoyment of the ballplayers, whether he wins or loses, whether he is talented or not. A simple example of the conflict between the ballplayer's and the spectator's enjoyment is that of the crippled person, by definition less talented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More On Athletics | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

With victories over Tufts and Boston University behind him Floyd Wilson sends his freshman basketball team onto the Boston Garden court at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon to meet Boston College for a game which may provide the first real test for the Yardlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Yard Cagers Battle BC At Garden Today | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

Working the ball down the court will be, as usual, Jim Gabler, Gerry Murphy, and Bill Hickey...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Varsity Cagers Meet Fast Eagles in Garden Tonight | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...which beat St. Anselm's in the second game of last Saturday's double header, has impressed Shepard as being one of the best ball-handling teams in the East. The Eagles have a swift and shifty forward, Dick Fitzgerald, who prowled all over the court against St. Anselm's, intercepting passes and sparking an otherwise loose defense. BC plays a blood-and-thunder fast-break game, with flashy passing and tricky cuts at the basket...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Varsity Cagers Meet Fast Eagles in Garden Tonight | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...pivot attack, Coach Ben Carmevale pan his team from 8 fast arias cross well out from the basket, taking advant age of both the spend and shooting of his captain, Dave Mullaney. Mullaney, who played for Holy Cross in an NCAA tournament two years age, was all over the court, leading Navy's scoring with 24 points...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Navy Staves Off Late Rally, Edges Five, 70-68, at Garden | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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