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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dunster last year's champion, picked up two Jayvees in the draws, and retained three regulars. The team will lose most of what little height it has at midyears when center and pivot man John Brunsman (6"3") graduates. At least till then the style of play will be short pass, ball handling with feedins to the pivot. The tentative lineup includes: Jack Norman, Wally Baker, Chuck Brynteson, Dave Warden, Al Rosenberg, and Len Ragozin...
...Bill Hickey and guard Bill Borah. Hickey, basketball captain at Exeter last year, scored only seven points, but his competent ball-handling was a steadying influence on the team. The only man on the squad to play the full 40 minutes, Hickey managed to control the backboards despite his height of only 5 feet 7 inches. Jerry Murphy was the high scorer with 15 points. Ray Savoc was only one point behind to lead the Bruins' attack. Lanky Crimson center Jim Stevenson contributed ten tallies for the visitors...
Appearance of hurdler Pat McCormick at practice this week strengthened the Crimson in one of its weakest events. Jeff Tootell, veteran shotputter, and Dick Barwise, high-jumper who cleared 6'3" at St. Mark's, will also join the squad before the season hits its height in February, providing further reinforcements in the field events...
...sizing up his team's prospects for the season, Coach Harper noted yesterday that "since it will not be a big team, it will have to make up for its height with clever ball-handling and speed." Harper will miss such men as Ed Smith and Jim Gabler, two giraffe-like forwards who carried the freshman attack last year but have since graduated to the varsity. Harper also pointed out that insufficient practice may result in spotty floor work Saturday...
Although Barclay refuses to speculate on how many games the Crimson will win this winter, he feels that the team is physically equipped to handle most situations. When he wants height and backboard coverage, Barclay can use Prior, Smith and Rockwell. For speed, he has Gabler, McCurdy, Gannon and Crosby...