Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...might very well give him a number of the things for which he asked. House Speaker Sam Rayburn last week asserted confidently that Congress would receive the program with "considerable favor." Democratic Congressman Robert ("Muley") Doughton, chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, was not so sure about one point. Said he: "The country will not look very favorably on increased taxes until the people are convinced that we are not wasting money...
Then, the veteran Bellboy team gathered itself and, led by sparkplug Goldie Goldsmith, began calmly and smoothly to overtake the fast-tiring and worried Kirkland five. The turning point came then Goldsmith stole the ball twice in succession and laid it up for scores. After that, Lowell turned on the pressure and won going away, Goldsmith getting points. It was the fifth straight victory for Lowell, and Kirkland's third less against two wins. Kirkland walked off with the B league game...
...Harvard defense left much to be desired. The Crimson players bunched consistently in front of their own cage, getting in each other's way, blocking goalie Clark's view and leaving the B.C. skaters to whip around and score. Good hockey teams have one or two men playing the point to block shots; the Crimson always had four milling around. Then, when the team was on the attack, the defensemen frequently overcommitted themselves leaving the goal virtually unprotected...
...game Winthrop got off to a slow start, trailing 17 to 2 at one point in the first half. The game was tied when Dudley grabbed the winning point 30 seconds before the final whistle...
Freshman Coach Lloyd Harper scouted the Princeton-Penn game and reports that the Tigers have their best quintet in three years. They've lost Captain George Lawry, but eight out of last winter's ten top point-getters are back, including George Sella, Joe Homan, Bill Clarke, and Bernard Adams...