Word: dribblers
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...Shea, the superb dribbler, had never looked so good. Brennan and Barnhorst had forgotten all about their ailments, and both sides had forgotten all about the Y.M.C.A. way basketball used to be played. Players exchanged scowls and heated words; the referees broke up one fist fight only to have another threaten. At one point, the referee wanted to keep an N.Y.U. player from shooting a foul until the hooting stopped; the player grabbed the ball, glared at the crowd, and sank one. In the final five minutes, harassed N.Y.U. lost its head completely. When the game ended, 51 personal fouls...
...current crop of basketballers are mostly freshmen, small and inexperienced. The star of the team is 5 ft.11 in. Center Jack Allen, a superb dribbler and a deadly shot from just beyond the foul circle. In most of the other positions, Keaney keeps shuttling substitutes in & out with instructions to run until they tire, then signal for relief. By this simple method, which has proved effective in Keaney's 27 years at R.I. State, his fast little men recently trampled powerful St. John's in New York's Madison Square Garden...
Three men will alternate in the two guard posts: Sol Mariaschin, Steve Davis, and former football end, Paul Champion. Mariaschin, smallest of the probable starters at 5 feet, 9 inches, is the team's number one ball-handler and dribbler, while Champion, if he can work into shape on time, will make good use of his height...
Lubchansky is a good shooter and a shifty dribbler. Stewart is excellent in pivot-work, and scored most of his goals in that fashion. Probably the steadiest player on the whole team is Cordingley; he is especially apt at feeding the ball to other men under the basket...
...highest scorer in circuit games with 59 points and a total of 89 for the season. Captain of the Freshman five a year ago, Lutz has more than fulfilled expectations. Although this is his first year in Varsity competition, in every game he has been the outstanding dribbler and master ball-handler on the floor...