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Meanwhile, back in Cambridge, the Crimson is standing pat on its lineup after its victory over Williams. Varsity Coach Bruce Munro introduced a slight alteration in his offense earlier this week, using the center forward as a pivot man in front of opposition's goal...
With that background. Mecklin was well prepared to serve as the pivot man of the TIME task force that provided this week's coverage in depth of the crisis in the Middle East...
...there is any secret to the perfection of his pivot play, it lies in his powerful forearms and wrists. He merely snaps the ball toward first with a quick flick. At the plate, too, his wrists do most of the work. Now that he has smoothed the hitch out of his snappy little swing, his average has been steadily rising. In 1956, his first year with the Pirates, he hit .243. Last summer he worked up to .293. So far this season he is batting...
...duty to report that one mosque in Bukhara has been converted into a poolroom, not very handsome, and that Samarkand, the pivot of the old Silk Road to China, has traffic lights more or less like those on Fifth Avenue...
...watch for the Jumbos is high-scoring guard Bert Muench, who tallied 36 points in the Brown defeat and who has consistently led the squad in scoring. Muench, a 6-foot senior, can set, drive, set up plays, and has even played the pivot on occasion...