Word: foul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Inability to score from the free throw line cost the varsity basketball team a win over Yale Saturday night. In a game which at times looked like little more than a foul shooting contest, the Elis won, 82 to 69, before 700 bored onlookers at the I.A.B. Chuck Ross and John Lee paced the scoring with 20 and 18 points...
...final minutes, however, the Yardlings suddenly came alive and the game became a nip and tuck affair. The lead switched hands several times but the team from Hanover came out on top. Good foul shooting by the Indians thwarted a last-second drive by the Harvard freshmen...
...steep rock-fall. One of them casually tossed a rock to scare the goat. The missile entered a small hole, and there was a sudden clatter of pottery. Inquisitive, the two crawled in and observed several tall jars and a pile of debris. When leaving they took several foul-smelling scrolls, rolled up inside the jars...
Coach Cappy Cappon could not use his outstanding captain, John DeVoe, but the injured DeVoe was not needed tonight. Don Davidson led the scorers and the Tigers with his 25 points on nine field goals and seven foul shots. Dave Fulcomer controlled both backboards with 23 rebounds and 18 points...
Hurley was high scorer for the home team with 16 points, but no other Crimson player reached double figures. The losers' only other encouraging scoring performance came at the foul line in the second half--making 14 out of 17 free throws. In the whole game, however, the figure was only 17 for 26, or 65 percent...