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Yale was still five points ahead at the 17-minute mark, when Bill Henry's two-pointer and a foul by George Hauptfuhrer sandwiched a Tony Lavelli free throw to bring the Varsity up to a three-point deficit...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Quintet Conquers Yale, 46-42, with Final Spurt | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

While all this was going on, Yale's Tony Lavelli was making a futile effort to mark up the needed 16 points which would have tied Columbia's Walt Budko for Ivy League individual scoring honors. The Crimson employed a shifting man-to-man defense which dropped two extra players back to guard Lavelli every time he received the ball, but the Eli ace still managed to come close to the record, scoring 13 points...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Quintet Conquers Yale, 46-42, with Final Spurt | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Personal interest focuses on Yale's Tony Lavelli, the Eli who scored 32 points against the Crimson last Saturday to defeat Coach Bill Barclay's team almost single-handed. Lavelli, with 175 points in 11 league games, needs 16 points to tie Columbia's Walt Budko for the league's individual scoring laurels. George Hauptfuhrer will do his best to prevent any such eventually...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Five Faces Yale in Final Contest | 3/15/1947 | See Source »

Coach Bill Barclay predicted earlier this week that the Elis will not have things their own way tonight, and the plans undoubtedly center around methods of preventing another Tony Lavelli Night. A few changes are expected in the Varsity lineup. Mariaschin and Steve Davis will be at forward, Hauptfuhrer at center, and Chip Gannon and Bill Brady at the guards...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Five Faces Yale in Final Contest | 3/15/1947 | See Source »

...Lavelli's four cohorts include Tom Redden and Stan Peacock at the forwards, and Gordy Davis and Fred Nadherny at guard. This is the same unit which inflicted a 60 to 38 defeat on Barclay's team last weekend...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Five Faces Yale in Final Contest | 3/15/1947 | See Source »

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