Word: heights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strong bid for every position. The center position will undoubtedly be taken care of by Leekley, who has recently been shifted from the forward squad. He was one of the best of the forwards, but he should be even more valuable at center. He is over six feet in height, fairly fast, and a very good shot. DeRavignon is his most likely substitute. The leading forwards are Eaton, Eby, Phelps, Thomas, and Carden. Eaton and Eby are likely to start tomorrow, but Phelps is apt to force either to the sidelines. Phelps is the best foul-shooter on the squad...
...first part of their program, up to the Moussorgsky number, was very far from ideally sung. Granting all the difficulties of the concert hall, there seems no good reason why otherwise excellent singing should be marred by bad lapses from pure intonation, which reached their height in the mezzo solo, "What...
...surest shots on the squad. Teamed with Captain Gordon he should help to make the Crimson attack far more dangerous than it was against Clark. The rest of the team will be unchanged with the possible exception of center. If the visiting center is of unusual height, McElroy may replace Combs. Combs is a very aggressive player, but his lack of height is a very considerable handicap...
...Episcopalian Church has found its echo in the University. A meeting of students wishing to take part in the struggle has been called at the Phillips Brooks House tomorrow at 6 o'clock, to discuss and ascertain undergraduate opinion on the matter under discussion, which was brought to its height when Dr. Leighton Parks, Rector of St. Bartholomew's in New York, denounced last Sunday the virgin birth of Christ...
Coach Wachter feels that the chief handicap of the University quintet is lack of height. Almost every strong player on the squad is shorter than the average. This will prove a three-fold disadvantage. The Crimson is likely to lose the ball in the toss-up at center, in the toss-up from scrimmage, and from the rebound off the back-board. To offset this handicap, unusual cleverness in getting possession of the ball in scrimmage is essential. The two Sophomores in the starting line-up, Maher and Combs, have shown marked ability in emerging from scrimmage with the ball...