Word: macauley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Easy Ed") Macauley, the All-America with the face of a choir boy. They complemented each other like Mutt & Jeff...
Naturally, the Crusaders are favored. They belong among the top five teams in the nation and their only losses so far this winter have been two-pointers to Kentucky and Tulane, and a six-point yielding to the number one team, Easy Ed Macauley and/or St. Louis. But generally, the Cross has to work up a good sweat to dispose of the Crimson...
...Blame Ed. At halftime, in the locker room, St. Louis sucked oranges, watched Coach Hickey-in shirtsleeves-play all five positions, chalk up their errors on the locker-room floor. He wanted four men, not just two or three, to get down fast under the basket after Macauley had snared a rebound ("I can't blame you, Ed. I've coached you to save your strength by coming up slow"). Then, after another Hail Mary huddle, they were back on the floor, and now their famed controlled fast break was really working...
...time the score was 41-24, Macauley had scored as many points as the whole N.Y.U. team put together. He had also guarded and faked the shoes off N.Y.U.'s vaunted Center Adolph Schayes. N.Y.U.'s Coach Howard (Jake) Cann twice pulled Schayes out of the game, pointedly ignored him on the bench...
With five minutes to go, Coach Hickey mercifully took Macauley out of the game, two minutes later put in his scrubs. Final score: 65-52. Then the Billikens joyfully broke training with banana cream pie a la mode', went off to an all-night bowling alley for a little exercise...