Word: forward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...basketball team will have speed but not much height. Columbia's swimming team will have strong individual performers in some events, but the squad as a whole lacks the balance necessary to place it among the League leaders. These are the opinions of Lion coaches as they look forward to their respective athletic campaigns beginning next month...
...Albie Myers, a small forward, Coach Mooney believes he has one of the outstanding shots and competitors in the circuit. "If Albie were three or four inches taller, he'd be the best player in the League," says Mooney, "but even at his height (five feet eight inches) he's a great ball player...
Naylor, Myers's probably running mate at forward, is a defensive standout. Gilligan and Hasslinger are battling for the first-string center post, while Primich and Will have the inside track for the guard jobs. In addition to the Sophomores and holdovers there are Vince Gutendorf, a Senior who did not play last year, and John Cerrone, a Junior in his first season of play. Unfortunately for the Lions, they will have to play six of their first eight games on the road, and their lack of height will be a big disadvantage...
...class of men who cling with fondness to whatever is ancient, and who, even when convinced by overpowering reasons that innovation would be beneficial, consent to it with many misgivings and forebodings. We find also every where another class of men, sanguine in hope, bold in speculation, always pressing forward, quick to discern the imperfections of whatever exists, disposed to think lightly of the risks and inconveniences which attend improvements, and disposed to give every change credit for being an improvement. In the sentiments of both classes there is something to approve. But of both the best specimens will...
...like Bob James, Sam White, Lee Bird, Chet Legg, Adrienne Simpson have not been lost in the shuffie and may be heard from before long. Senior forward Charley Lutz, of course, takes a backseat to no one in the East as an all-around floorman and is an invaluable steadying influence on the young team...