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Dates: during 1920-1929
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NEWPORT, R. I., Feb. 28.--Keeping the lead throughout the game except for a few minutes at the start, the Freshman basketball team piled up 39 points against the 22 scored by St. George's School in the game here this afternoon, and broke the schoolboys' record of eight consecutive victories. Of the 39 Freshman points, Smith caged 25, shooting ten baskets from the floor and five from the foul line...
...evenly on both sides, the Crimson starting out with a field goal which was soon duplicated by the St. George's players. The first-year men's next score was on a foul but the schoolboys retaliated by a foul and also a field goal, putting them in the lead for the first and only time during the game, the quarter ending...
During the second and third periods the Freshmen retained practically the game lead, the periods ending 21-12 and 31-18 respectively. The fourth quarter found both teams tightening up so that the yearlings were able to tally but eight points and St. George's was held down to four...
...also decided the make-up and running order of the University and Freshman relay teams. It has been definitely decided that the Crimson will not enter a two-mile quartet in this meet. Gordon has replaced Murphy in the mile relay and is running second, while Vinton Chapin will lead off while Merrill and Burke are slated for the third and anchor positions respectively. In the Freshman medley race, Allen will run 880 yards, McGlone 440 yards, Chase 220 yards, and Kane one mile...
...HAVEN, CONN., Feb, 26--Jumping into the lead early in the game as the result of a goal caged after a foul, dropping behind shortly when McLeish did the same feat three times for Harvard, then coming to the fore again as the result of an agggressive attack, the Yale basketball team was able to retain an advantage throughout the remainder of the game and to defeat the Crimson quintet 36-28 here tonight...