Word: nikkei
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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Yale-league champion unless Princeton beats Penn in its last scheduled game this week-has a steady, well-integrated machine built around Bob O'Connell. captain and centre, rather than Earl ("Chubby") Nikkei, its leading scorer. Nikkei-more stockily built than the picture of a star basketballer-is not so fast as O'Connell but he has a disconcerting soft throw that on his best night this season piled up 22 points against Penn. Yale's coach, Elmer Ripley, was a crack professional on the Celtics before 1929. Since he went to New Haven-possibly also because...