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...witty and romantic as Nat Cole or as exuberant a geometrician as Art Tatum, both non-beboppers. But he could find a secret, personal vibrancy on a standard like Jerome Kern's Yesterdays, or combine a dark heart with a soaring spirit in such tunes of his own as Crossin' the Channel and Cleopatra's Dream. And he could make Tea for Two, for God's sake, sound like an entire banquet, with the Mad Hatter himself doing the pouring...
Walt Budke, pivot man of the champion Columbia Lions and holder of individual scoring honors, was the only unanimous selection in being named center of the first team. Rounding out this quintet with himself and Mariaschin are forwards Tony Lavelli of Yale and Chink Crossin of Penn, and Dartmouth's EdLeede at guard...
...Chink Crossin, of Penn, finished in fourth place with 172 points, four markers ahead of the Crimson's George Hauptfuhrer. The Varsity center's 71 field goals topped every other player in the league, but Hauptfuhrer's 26 fouls, in comparison with Budko's 57 and Lavelli's 54, probably cost him the individual crown...
...facts and figures: Individual Scoring Player G F P Budko, Columbia 67 57 191 Lavelli, Yale 67 54 188 Leede, Dartmouth 68 48 184 Crossin, Pennsylvania 68 36 172 Hauptfuhrer, Harvard 71 26 168 Lawry, Princeton 54 48 156 Mariaschin, Harvard 55 41 151 Colberg, Pennsylvania 55 25 135 Marshall, Columbia 53 27 133 Vogel, Columbia...
Only two points behind Lavelli with 173 is Columbia's Walt Budko, while Dartmouth's Ed Leode is third with 172. In the number four slot is Penn's "Chink" Crossin, while tied for number five in the league standings are Hauptfuhrer and George Lawry of Princeton...