Word: hoopes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...important New England hoop battle tonight, a talented team from Holy Cross will trip down the Mass Pike to the Coca Cola sign for an 8 p.m. meeting in the IAB with a Crimson five eager to regain area prestige after Saturday's loss at Massachusetts...
...reward the team for what he considered a fine effort against the Chiefs. Unfortunately Harvard still did not play good defense against Springfield. The Crimson gave up 98 points, allowing 34 of them to forward Ken Lewis. The Crimson proved that they can put the ball in the hoop, but they still committed 34 turnovers--which indicates that Harrison still has not developed a disciplined team...
...errors. In the second half, the Crimson gave the ball up 22 times on mistakes. One of the supposed strong points of the Harvard attack is the fast break, but in statistics kept by the Crimson, the team lost the ball 14 times on breaks for the hoop alone...
Unfortunately, the rookies' visas were only validated through October 7 (the date of the original Jox-Crime game which was rained out), and the State Department forced the players to return to their respective native lands. President Bok, however, said "they should be back come hoop time." The Jox were further handicapped when "Chucklin" Chuck Daly had to go along with the players to act as Community Interpreter for the emigrating team members...
...Angeles building inspector named Fred Morrison invented the Frisbee after studying the airworthy pie pans used by the now defunct Frisbie bakery company of Bridgeport, Conn. In 1956 he sold the patent on an improved design to the Wham-O Co. (those wonderful people who brought you the Hula-Hoop), and since then the royalties have been sailing in: about $800,000 to date...