Word: quintet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...game brought out was inaccuracy in shooting on the part of the yearlings. During the first half they had more shots than the University players, but they failed to make the most of them. Tufts is expected to put a heavy team on the floor, and as the Crimson quintet is especially light, they will have to rely on speed and accuracy for victory. This is the second game that the Tufts Freshmen will have played, their first being a clean victory over Durfee Textile School, so a strong combination is expected to face the inexperienced Freshmen today...
Following the stiff game with Clark University Tuesday and the practice brush with Coach Tolbert's Freshmen the following day, Coach Wachter let up on the quintet yesterday afternoon in the last practice before the West Point game and sent his men through merely a light shooting practice and a brief half-hour signal drill. This course was due to the fact that these two gruelling sessions following so closely upon each other had tired the men to some extent and Coach Wachter, by letting up on heavy work yesterday and today hopes to have the Crimson in top form...
...work-outs during the past week which culminated in yesterday's scrimmage with the University. Friday's game will be the opening event on the 1925 schedule, and will furnish the coaches with an opportunity to watch the team in action for the first time against an evenly matched quintet...
...play in the opening period was nearly even and at the end Coach Wachter's men led by only a two point margin. In the middle of the half the Worcester team rallied and threatened for a moment but baskets by Gordon, Fitts and Black enabled the crimson jerseyed quintet to keep the lead...
...Boston team 31-11. Clark was defeated in their only other game so far this season by Wesleyan. Last fall Coach Wachter opened the University season with the Worcester outfit, the red-jerseyed players just managing to nose out their opponents 26-24. This winter four of the Clark quintet returned and the team will undoubtedly be much stronger than was the case last year. Smith at center is the star of the invading five, his floorwork and accurate basket shooting having been a feature of the Northeastern game...