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...second half, varsity play became more lackadaisical and Columbia moved within 14 points of the coasting Harvard hoopsters. But with five minutes remaining, to quick baskets by McClung and accurate foul shooting from Scully ruined whatever Lion hopes were left. The Crimson hit on 26 of 58 shots and grabbed 42 rebounds to rap up an evening of really fine basketball...
Smarting from Friday's loss to Cornell and an early season humiliation at the hand of Columbia, the varsity basketball team walloped a rather tame Lion quintet 71-50 in New York Saturday night. The win gave the Crimson a 1-1 split for the weekend festivities and a 4-3 Ivy mark...
Throughout the contest, the varsity used a tight zone defense to keep Columbia off balance and took advantage of every Lion mistake (there were many) to cushion the Crimson lead...
...defense, Captain Gene Augustine was at his level best staling passes and forcing Lion guards to make costly throwing errors...
Virginia's Harry Byrd, 75, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, had been ailing for weeks, and Washingtonians freely surmised that the old budget watchdog had lost not only his bite, but also his bark. Little did they know. Last week Byrd came out roaring like a lion after reading in the Washington Post that "Budget Director Kermit Gordon told a congressional committee yesterday that a balanced budget would lead to increased unemployment, higher taxes and a general economic decline...