Word: game
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Howe won the fourth game, 16 to 14, despite a strong comeback by Emmet. After gaining the initiative during the best-of-five deuce, he capitalized on another Emmet letdown to gain a lopsided lead in the finale...
Combining power and control in excellent balance, Hamm dominated the match from the outset, and Kingsley became discouraged by his opponent's consistency. The outcome seemed inevitable after the beginning of the second game, and what might have been the roughest match of the day turned out to be one of the quickest...
...quickly aparent, however, that such ratings would mean little in the match, and on the strength of some spectacular scrambling and occasionally brilliant shotmaking Emmet left the court with a 2-1 lead after the third game...
...down from the Howe-Emmet match, a similar battle between Mait Jones of Yale and the Crimson's Tim Gallwey ended in the same fashion, with Yale winning on the last possible point. Gallwey had been down, 2 to 0, but rallied to win a pair of 15-12 games. After dropping behind in the final game he manged to pull even at 13-all, only to lose the best-of-nine deuce...
Convinced of its chances to win, Yale will play a more open game than last year, taking chances and forechecking, rather than laying back and trying to keep down the score. With a first line of three excellent hockey players, its scoring punch has increased substantially, even within the last two months...