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Runner-up in the inter-House league, Dunster with an 11 and 3 record put five men on the all-star Wintergreen squad: pivot Burt Berson, left guard Ron Peyton; and forwards Jim Wade, Jim Jones, and Jim Downey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rinehart and Wintergreen Quintets Meet in Inter-House All-Star Game | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

Although Cornell is lacking its usual pivot man, John Sheehy, academically ineligible, his substitute, Ray Zelek, demonstrated the strength of the Ithaca bench, tossing in 16 points...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Cornell Outclasses Varsity, 85-60, As Quintet Loses Eighth Straight | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

...Double-Pivot Used...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Green Stops Varsity, 68-59, As Fairley Controls Boards | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

...game dope tabbed 6-8 center Paul Wisdom as Dartmouth's chief threat, so Crimson coach Norm Shepard covered him with Dick Manning, probably the varsity's top defensive "big" man. But the visitors employed a double-pivot--with Fairley as Wisdom's partner...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Green Stops Varsity, 68-59, As Fairley Controls Boards | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

...Blodncik's three-point play, Hawkins, Amherst's top rebounder, fouled out. With the big pivot man out, the Crimson pulled away to as much as a nine-point lead in the final minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Edges Amherst Five In Close Win | 2/4/1954 | See Source »

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