Word: hoops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Local tipsters were rudely jointed out of plans for an early-morning cleanup yesterday when wet grounds and a heavy track caused postponement of the annual Hoop Derby, scheduled for a dawn start on Wellesley's templed hills...
Dawn's first light will find Wellesley Seniors engaged in their time-honored sport of hoop-rolling today, as the Class of 1947 takes to the hills in search of the romantic fortune which is supposed to be the victor...
Starting at the top of Severance Hill at 7:15 o'clock, the hoop girls will race downwards to a finish line near the college chapel...
...Crusaders, who gave the Crimson its first varsity hoop loss last December by a score of 61 to 40, came from behind in the second half to win, protecting their slim lead for fifteen minutes and then pulling away as the desperate Aggies fell apart in the game's closing moments...
...expected return of Mariaschin, Page, Davis, and Clark, plus the coming of center George Hauptfuhrer, predicted a capable club for 1946-47, whole the intense interest in basketball showed by New England high schools in recent years pointed toward an increasing influx of local hoop talent into the College halls. Raw material would not be lacking, but raw material alone does not make a ball club. The search for a good coach began...