Word: foul
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lead at the start, for on the first few plays they had possession of the ball and made countless attempts to cage baskets. The striped-jerseyed men, however, did chalk up the first points but Captain McLeish put his team in the lead by a point from the foul line and a basket, which he shot after receiving a pass from back court. From then until Gordon's final basket which fell as the whistle blew, the University stayed at the front with a safe lead...
...will take the floor tonight backed by victories over Trinity, Tufts, and M. I. T. Last year the Aggies fell before the Crimson five 25-21 in a contest which was decided by free tries from the foul line. Tonights line-up of the Maroon and White contains four veterans; Tumey the one new man, has been a leading point-scorer so far, being an accurate shot from the floor as well as from the foul line...
...fact that there was no umpire to help in the refereeing, the play of both teams was very rough. Only a very few fouls were called, however, Holy Cross getting four free attempts, while the University team tried ten times for free goals. McLaughlin at center for Holy Cross proved the high point scorer of the contest, his great height enabling him to tally five times from the floor. Gordon of the University and Riopel of the Purple also proved star performers, both getting four goals from play while the former made four scores from the foul-line...
Although the University team staged a strong come-back in the last period, it was unable to check the Holy Cross attack and while holding the mid-state team to 15 points was only able to tally ten scores. Throughout the contest the foul shooting of the Crimson was excellent, eight points having been made out of ten trials...
...lead which, in spite of the yearlings' last-minute offence, they succeeded in maintaining to the end. Conspicuous in the visitors' forward line was the work of Simonds, by far the outstanding figure on the floor, who in addition to caging seven field goals, tallied six times from the foul line, accounting for 20 of his team's 26 point total. J. F. King was high scorer for the 1925 men, but the consistent work of A. W. Samborski at guard marked him as the Crimson's ablest player...