Word: pivot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yale tilt Sophomore Jack Mason distinguished himself no little at his new-found post of forward, and he, with the veterans Fletcher and Kollinites, will have to work hard. Graham K. Spring '36 is the nominee to fill the gap at the pivot post, while Mason and Byron Moser, another Sophomore, continue at the forwards...
Outstanding amongst those who have been toilers in dark places are Captain Dick Boys, and Dick Fletcher, both two-letter men in the sport. Boys played at center on his Freshman team, and in his Sophomore year substituted with King Upton '33, at the Varsity pivot post. This year, with the advent of Bill Gray, otherwise known as Roslyn Heights, the "six-foot-seven Sophomore," who really stands six feet, five, Boys has been alternating at forward and at guard with excellent results. He it was who downed Cornell almost single-handed by scoring five points in the last...
...starting lineup will have Boys and Leavitt White at forward, Gray at the pivot post, and Dick Fletcher and Ray Lavietes at guard. Lavietes is the only doubtful starter, as he has been troubled with a slight cold, but he is sure to see service in the course of the evening...
Except for the fact that Little Dick Ernst may get the call over White at a forward position, the lineup is just the same as that which started last Saturday, with Long Bill Gray in the pivot-post, and Captain Boys and Dick Fletcher at the guards. The other forward will be Jim Grady, the only player who showed to real advantage against Penn, and who has been a valuable scorer all fall...
...after their third straight victory of the year against Providence College tonight. As indicated by the game with Technology on Saturday, Captain Boys has been moved to forward where his height is of service on rebound shots, to make way for Long Bill Gray, elongated Sophomore at the pivot post...