Word: foul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Where's the Daughter At?" By 4 o'clock the fireman, with feats of businesslike heroism, got control of the fire, fought on to the smoke-foul second floor, began carrying out bodies. Police lines held back parents and relatives, some standing frozen and numb, some crying hysterically. As dark fell, the watchers moved on to St. Anne's Hospital 16 blocks from the school, waited for word of dead and injured. Doctors rushed children into surgery. Nurses parted crowds to wheel beds carrying children and plasma poles. Priests moved slowly from group to group, lips moving...
...offense he threaded nimbly through opposing players, shooting when free, passing off to teammates when hemmed in. On defense he rebounded beautifully, flicked his long arms out with lightning speed to break up N.Y.U. plays, steal the ball, intercept passes. Through it all he drew only one personal foul, though he played all but the final 45 seconds. If he had not been suffering from an injured back, Robertson might have eclipsed his own Madison Square Garden scoring record of 56 points, made last year against Seton Hall. Said N.Y.U. Coach Lou Rossini ruefully: "He's as great...
...game began at a nip-and-tuck pace, each team exchanging baskets and intermittent foul shots, with the varsity quintet always managing to stay a few points ahead. The Crimson was operating as a unit--hitting frequently on set shots against Williams' early zone defense, rebounding well, playing a three-man press for the first few minutes, and using an effective zone of its own for the second time this season...
Poor shooting was the Crimson's undoing, as the team managed to hit less than 25 per cent of its field goal attempts. Amherst, on the other hand, did considerably better from the floor as well as from the foul line. Both squads took 24 free throws, Amherst converting 19 to the varsity...
Offensively, the varsity relied too heavily on outside shooting. Only Donohue, who clicked for 11 points on five field goals and a foul, was able to hit with any consistency. George Harrington, counted on to give the squad scoring punch both from the outside and on drives, failed to connect on a single field goal...