Word: pivot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Patrick replaced Roberts at center on the first trio. Roberts moved down to pivot for Harding and Pope. Kevorkian was shifted from defense to a forward position on the third line with DeRham and Stone, Jameson going back to defense...
...Varsity competition, it has been necessary to move Lowman over from his forward position. With height less emphasized for a center under the new ruling which gives the ball to the scored on team after a basket, the team will be at no great disadvantage with Lowman in the pivot post...
Clint Frank, Yale's great leader, was a unanimous choice for both the NEA and UP teams, while his teammate, Frank Gallagher, was placed on the UP first team and the NEA second squad at the pivot post...
Last week the most resounding front was the Northwest with Portland, Ore. as the appallingly confused pivot. The lumber industry, accounting for nearly one-half of the city's payrolls, has been tied up for more than three months by the scrap between C.I.O.'s International Woodworkers of America and A. F. of L.'s United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. On the basis of signed petitions, the National Labor Relations Board last month certified a C.I.O. majority in seven of the biggest sawmills, but A. F. of L. pickets continued to march. Dave Beck's teamsters...
Lowell's Robert P. Kelley '38 was picked by Samborski for the pivot post in the line, being a reliable offensive center and an able backer of the Bellboy line. Smallest man on the All-team is William F. Spang '38, Leverett's 150-pound halfback. Spang was the chief offensive threat of the Rabbits and was the main reason they were able to go through four games undefeated and unscored...