Word: pivot
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...Zhukov with the outer defenses of Moscow, and with the winter offensive which pushed the Germans back to their present line at Rzhev. Last summer, when the Germans launched their 1942 campaign, Zhukov still had the central front, and he was responsible for holding the Russians' all-important pivot at Voronezh...
...change of defense and Captain "Bunks" Burditt's uncanny knack at caging pivot shots and drawing fouls enabled the Crimson hoopsters to come from behind and defeat a well-coached Wesleyan quintet 63 to 46 in the Indoor Athletic Building Saturday night...
...Brown has kept him out of any hard contact work in practice ever since in the hope that he would be all right for the game. But the ankle is still shaky and Hugh Hyde, who played center at the latter part of the season, may take over the pivot spot...
Reed Moyer, second string pivot on last year's Freshman team, is fighting for that post with Jim Clark, and both will undoubtedly see action. Dick Fleckinger, forward from Indianapolis, and Dick Warren, high scorer in his Chicago loop, are other Yardling hoopsters who will see a lot of the action...
...while last winter Burditt was shifted to forward when Hugh Hyde, tallest man on the squad with his six feet, four inches, put on a late scoring spree. Brown has decided to put Burditt back at the pivot spot this year and let Hyde use his height to retrieve the ball from enemy backboards from a guard position...