Word: height
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WORCESTER, Dec. 13--Holy Cross had too much height, speed, shooting, and ability for the varsity basketball team tonight as the Crimson fell to a 72 to 37 defeat. The Yardlings lost to the Crusader freshman squad...
Both the forwards are juniors. Jim Dilling and Jim O'Neill are both six four, but Crimson Coach Norm Shepard calls them "two men who can really move despite their height...
Despite the fact that Holy Cross has a big height advantage, Shepard is not so worried as he might be. "The teams that give us the most trouble," he says "are the small ones like Brown which run all around...
...first indoor meet Saturday afternoon at Briggs Cago, running up 69 1/3 points against 53 1/3 for Boston University and 14 1/3 for Northeastern. Late in the meet, after most of the onlookers had left, the high jump bar was set at 6 feet, 3 1/2 inches and the height measured carefully. Tall, 24-year-old Dick Barwise then sailed over on his first attempt and set a new Harvard record by a quarter of an inch...
Shot put--won by Wilson (H); 2, Blair (BU); 3, Montuori (N); 4, Ray (H). Distance: 45 feet, 11 1/6 inches. Polevault--won by Mello (H); 2, Barbosa (BU); 3, Lown (H), Bishop (BU), and McLane (N) (tie). Height: 13 feet. High jump-won by Barwise (H); 2, Mazzocca (N); 3 Palmieri (BU); 4, Baker (H). Height--6 feet, 3 1/2 inches (breaks Harvard record). Broad jump--won by Mazzocca (N); 2, Geick (H); 3, Mello (H); 4, Jenkins (BU). Distance: 22 feet...