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Word: pivoting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coach Warren Berg substituted freely after leading at the half 35 to 9. Every man on the Freshman squad played for at least two minutes in what was the final Yale tuneup battle. John Rockwell, ace pivot man, was high man again in the scoring department as he racked up 19 points. The starting lineup: Freshmen; rf, Lionette; if, Goldsmith; c, Rockwell; rg, Covey; lg, Byrnteson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Quintet Defeats Academy | 3/6/1947 | See Source »

Another performer for Coach Don Kellett's squad will be center Jack Colberg, a six-foot-six-inch pivot man who did not play against the Crimson in their earlier meeting because of a leg injury. Colberg, with 107 points, is a notch below Hauptfuhrer among the league's scorers...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Quintet Opposes Quakers Tonight At Boston Garden | 3/4/1947 | See Source »

Tipping off against Tuft's will be John Rockwell, scoring ace of Coach Moe Berg's five. Rockwell sprained his ankle again at Dartmouth, but after, taping will be able to start at the pivot position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee Quintet Meets Mass. Stage Today as '50's Engage Jumbos | 3/1/1947 | See Source »

...burden of Yale's offensive chores is carried by a trio of fast-skating 150-pounders-Artie Moher, Gordy Ritz, and Fred Pearson, Moher, pivot man on the first line, is currently the team's top point-collector and leading playmaker with an 18-game total of 15 goals and 22 assists. His wing-mate Ritz has been pushing him all season and presently boasts a point total of 32. These two will be joined on the first line by Barry Wood who was elevated to that spot at the beginning of the streak and has a 14 point aggregate...

Author: By Oliver Brooks, | Title: Sextet Faces Elis Tonight at Arena; Barclaymen Meet Undefeated Lions | 3/1/1947 | See Source »

...makes most of his points on a leaping, twisting shot from a pivot post. Ambidextrous, he has a knack of changing the ball from one hand to another at the last second and getting it in the clear without a bit of lost motion. His height (6 ft. 5 in.), long arms and springy legs all help. But his prize asset is a big, soft hand with long fingers that enables him to shoot a "soft" ball; it seems to float lazily from his fingertips, either drops clean or drowzes tantalizingly on the basket rim, then falls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Babe Ruth of Basketball | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

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