Word: jim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jim Bacon has made the transition from number one on the Freshman team to number three on the varsity with a minimum of difficulty. Bacon plays a hard, aggressive game, but he still needs seasoning before he can be a consistant varsity winner...
...tight man-to-man defense held the Terriers to wild shooting from the backfield and BU's abortive fast break only clicked only when Shepard put in most of his second team at the wind-up the game. Smith and guard Jim Gabler sparked the defense, Smith picking BU passes all around the basket, and Gabler effectively trapping rebounds...
Offensively the freshmen exhibited a fast break game, working the ball down the outside. Most of the time they were able to break through the Terrier defense without having to rely on long set shots. Particularly successful were the quick outside shots of Lionette and Jim Urdan...
Nice under-the-backboard work by Ed Smith and John Rockwell was the strong point of the Tufts game, but the varsity often lacked the speed necessary to play Shepard-brand fast-break ball. Its shooting from the outside was also weak. Shepard has accordingly pushed fast Jim Gabler up to the guard spot in the starting lineup. Under Shepard's system there will be three guards and two centers...
...United Negro College Fund was on the Combined Charity list last year, and had attracted some student protest because it favored the segregation of Negroes. "It is apparent," said yesterday's YPH statement, "that the Council purposely changed the name of the Jim Crow weed" this year to deceive students...