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Triangular Trade. After some man-to-man bargaining, Prí offered Pawley the concession if he would pay $1,500,000 to the near-bankrupt trolley company's bondholders and get buses rolling in place of the sway-backed trams. But when Pawley went home to line up financial backing, no fewer than eleven U.S. banks, including the Export-Import Bank, turned down the deal...
Dudley's second-place quintet is loaded with good guards. Andy Redman, Bob Hoffman, Herb Waite, and Bill Maytum stand out in the effective close man-to-man defensive tactics and are all good ball-handlers, and towering Carl Marshall protects the keyhole for the Commuters. Herb Lewis is somewhat smaller, but is a fast floor man and center Brad Ryan is usually the smoothest player on the court. Dudley also uses a double-pivot, and is the only team that has knocked off the Deacons...
...playmakers Walt Lubkeman and Rog Davis. Fred Crafts is pivot-man and Dean Phypers is the key player in the pass-and-cut offense. Forward Dick Lawrence has an effective left-hand shot and is usually up under the rebounds. The Gold Coasters switched away from the man-to-man defense early in the season after Kirkland held them to 13 points using the zone...
Hoping to minimize Yale's scoring with a close man-to-man defense. Wilson will also continue to use the double-pivot attack which the Crimson has employed all year. Captain Dick Lionette, the team's high scorers, and Jim Urdan, the two tallest men on the squad, will occupy the two "posts," Wilson said. Bud Lemay, Hansen, and Canepa complete the starting five...
Smith, who scored 14 points and did some admirable rebound work in the first half, was limited to a basket and a free throw in the second. In the last 20 minutes, Harvard could not move the ball through Columbia's effective man-to-man defense, while the Lions fed Lewis and John Azary and were able to work through the keyhole...