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Brown jumped away to a quick load before the slim crowd of 1200 at the Providence Arena when first line pivot Casey whacked in a shot on the end of a three-man pass play at 26 seconds of the opening period...
Although Kirkland led all the way, the margin was never great enough for either team to relax and the starting lineups played practically all the game. Two factors gave Kirkland the win: effective coverage of Winthrop's 6'7" pivot, Ted Nelson by John Lombard, and the Deacon fast breaks which frequently shot into the clear. Lombard at center and John Pankey at forward did most of the Kirkland damage on the offensive...
Dunster last year's champion, picked up two Jayvees in the draws, and retained three regulars. The team will lose most of what little height it has at midyears when center and pivot man John Brunsman (6"3") graduates. At least till then the style of play will be short pass, ball handling with feedins to the pivot. The tentative lineup includes: Jack Norman, Wally Baker, Chuck Brynteson, Dave Warden, Al Rosenberg, and Len Ragozin...
...whole starting combination from last year's second place team will do Winthrop no harm, especially center Ted Nelson, who is roughly six feet seven inches tall. With this in mind, the Puritans are operating on the pivot system which worked well for them last year (Winthrop lost the title to Dunster in the last game of the season). Brawn, if such be needed on the court, is certainly present in the form of football players Jerry Kanter, Art Hyde and skip Garvey; other more slender men include frank Gump, Jim Powell, Joe Thalfer, and Bob Blinken...
...Dudley Commuters stand to do better in basketball than anything else this year with a 25-man turnout and the fact that not one of last year's 7-7 team has left. The fast break, with a pivot man and a floating man-to-man defense feature the Dudley play. The fairly tall squad consists of Dave Bishop, John Woods, Brad Ryan, Hugh MacFarland, Carl Marshall, Herb Lewis, and Herb White...