Word: pivoting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...slated for almost certain relief work. Beside Joe, will be perhaps the most colorful player on the Green squad, hard-bitten, bulldog-jawed, Carl "Mutt" Ray, last year's honorably mentioned candidate for All-American honors at center, a 192-pound powerhouse who holds down the pivot position on the offense and backs up the line with bone-crushing tackling when Dartmouth plays defensively...
...less a matter of debate. Bon Jones is returning to his place at center after an enforced absence during which Greeley took over his job. Judging by the way Greeley played against the Crusaders there is not much to choose between the two. Either is capable of filling the pivot post creditably...
...guards are an even lot with as yet no outstanding men, but Dave Scull, Robert Sears, and Howie Johnson will bear watching. Jim Fearon, one-time St. Mark's center, ranks among the best of the pivot men, but is pressed by Danny Cheever, former ball-snapper for Milton Academy and Dave Cogswell from Beverly High...
...task to try any man's soul. Despite the intimidating aspects of the sport, 22 brave basketeers turned up to do or die, six of them being lettermen. Only two of the returning lettermen did not appear, Graham Spring, who subbed for Long Bill Gray at the pivot post all winter, and Ray Lavietes, small, quick utility man, who is now playing on the Adams House nine...
Fran Meyer, Sophomore from the environs of Cleveland, who was ineligible for Freshman play two years ago, and who was a dropped Freshman this winter, has also reported, and if the scholastic barriers are surmounted, will prove a valuable addition to the squad. He is faster and can pivot quicker than practically anyone on the floor at present, and has a good basket eye. His loss to the 1937 Freshman team was a severe one, but if he is available next winter, it will delight the Fesler heart...