Word: jim
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...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...
Eight men are in the running: centers John Rockwell and Bill Prior; forwards Jim Gabler, Ed Smith, and Pete Petrillo; and guards Walt McCurdy, Dick Covey, and Cliff Crosby. Smith, last year's hot-handed freshman captain, seems like the only sure bet to start Saturday...
Only captain Jim McKittrick and Hugh Foster salvaged the day for the Crimson. McKittrick whitewashed his opponent 3 to 0, while Foster brushed past his man 3 to 1. Three clean sweeps in the other trio of individual matches gave the Club's players, many of whom have been state champions, top honors for the afternoon...
...relay veterans Harvey Thayer, Al Ruby, and Captain Dave Hamblett will fill three spots in the quartet, but who will be the fourth man is still a big question. Main contenders for this position are Dave Gilbert, Jerry Simpson, Bert Brown, and Bill Goldberg. In the two mile relay, Jim Downey, Dick Welch, George Williams, and either Ardon Albee or John Cogan should be on the starting line December...
Another surprise was the fine defensive work of halfback Jim Kenary, and the amazing agility of Kenny O'Donnell, considering he had a broken leg. As for Houston, the local papers were right--he made tremendous offensive blocks and fouled up innumerable Yale plays by taking out the interference, the ball-carrier or both...