Word: man-to-man
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...occasions when the alumni used to contemplate "the good times we had with Copey" would have a strange air about them now when they realized there were others (he straightened his tie) who shared the same memories. Was that fair? There would be no more classes in that cherished man-to-man tradition when the professor would begin with "Gentlemen" and suit his words to his salutation. And no longer could a man feel exactly right in class--for now his privacy was invaded and his guard (and his socks) were...
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...
With Captain Saul Mariaschin ably holding down the Orange and Black's scoring ace George Lawry to nine markers, Barclay employed a special shifting man-to-man defense to hamper the Princeton attack...
Morgenthaler could never be mistaken for Nijinsky on a hardwood floor, but he makes baskets, and his cohorts seem to have learned the knack of how to feed him in the pivot position. Neither Barclay nor George Hauptfuhrer, who will probably play Morgenthaler if the Varsity uses a man-to-man defense, would comment yesterday on the Harvard strategy of guarding the Huge Man, but defensive maneuvers have been worked out in practice sessions...
...defense, the Barclay forces resorted to a shifting, man-to-man that was neat, if not gaudy, and should improve with further competition...