Word: pivots
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...varsity coach still doesn't know which five will start tonight. Smith, a loose, six-foot five push shot and re-bound specialist, seems like a sure bet for one of the forwards. The other will be either sophomore Jim Gabler or ex-football player Pete Petrillo. In the pivot it will be either John "Rock" Rockwell or high Bill Prior...
...line today will be the same as the one which opened the season. John Fiorentino and Bob DiBlasio will team on the ends; Doug Bradlee and Howie Houston are at tackle; Jack Coan and Chief Bender handle guard slots; and big Paul O'Brien will pivot the line...
Since Jarring Jack Fisher departed from the Cambridge scene in 1946, Harvard has been having center trouble. Last year, for instance, Dick Harlow was forced to switch end Johnny Florentino to the pivot post when Chuck Glynn and Don Stone went on the injured list...
...whirling around at top speed while staying within a seven-foot, hard-clay circle takes split second coordination. A hammer thrower should be able to start quickly, hold himself stiff without breaking at the waist, and on the turns, glide, not jump across the circle to the final explosive pivot lift. Some experts say he should be able to run 25 yards as fast as a sprinter. Felton can't break 12 seconds in the 100, but he has marvelous timing, and he glides across the circle with the deadly smoothness of a burning fuse sizzling toward...
...rest of his lineup will include Frank Lionette at the pivot post and Captain Dick Covey and Chuck Brynteson in the guard slots. Pat Dailey, John Goldsmith, and Dave McGiffert will probably fill the forward positions, should Kopp decide to leave Mobraaton and Altrocchi to the Varsity...