Word: pivots
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...McCormick, 6 ft., 5 in., will be pivot man. McCormick, from Cleveland, was a hurler on the track team last spring and makes good use of his height and jump on the tip-off and under the basket. Cruising at the same altitude is forward Ed Smith, 6 ft., 5 in., who will be firing with either hand from the left. Smith's home field is in Columbus, Ohio...
With six foot six inch Bill Prior and six foot three inch John Rockwell working out at the vital pivot slot. Barclay has moved Captain George Hauptfuhrer (six foot three inches) to forward. Hauptfuhrer, who broke the Crimson scoring record last year with 394 points, will return to his old center post only to jump when Rockwell is in the lineup...
...star line seems to possess all that such a group should: outsized ends, tough, rangy tackles, fast guards, and a blocky pivot man. Wingmen hail from the Deacons and the Bunnies, with Bill Eaton and Joe McVicker respectively on the flanks. Biggest sector of the line is the tackles, where Leverett's "Moose" Chilcott and "Bull" Nozak from the Yard can throw a total of 460 pounds at the opposition...
Armando "Stretch" Mazzone, another pivot prospect because of his work there at Everett High, remained at left end as the Varsity recled off repeated long gains through Chief Boston's defensive line...
...Glynn still wearing a cast on his hand, the Crimson center position at present is "non-existant," according to Harlow. "In view of the present situation, we are canvassing the squad to get anyone who has played center before." Ends Johnny Fiorentino and "Stretch" Mazzone both have high-school pivot experience, and may prove to be the chief contenders...