Word: quintet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gordon to a guard berth and put in Pallo at forward, was tried out for the first half while the present line-up was used in the second, it was found that the increased scoring strength did not offset the great weakening of the defensive power, for the Engineer quintet scored almost at will during the opening period...
Using for the first time the new shift in the line-up decided on after Wednesday's scrimmage, the University basketball team gained a decisive victory over Coach Tolbert's yearlings yesterday afternoon in the Freshman Athletic Building. The 1925 quintet gained an early advantage, but Coach Wachter's men, recovering from the temporary slump caused by their unfamiliarity with the new formation, quickly cut down this lead and caged basket after basket, the final score being...
Immediately following the University-Freshman contest, Coach Wachter sent his second team against Team B of the 1925 squad, the former piling up an early lead and winning easily, 41-10. The last game of the afternoon was between Team C of the University and the yearling third quintet. Outplayed during the entire first half, the Freshman five came back with a strong attack in the second period, and succeeded in nosing out a 29-28 victory...
...proved satisfactory so far, the coaches have decided that increased scoring power is essential even if gained at the expense of the defensive strength of the team and hence the second half of the first team game will probably find a radical shift in the composition of the University quintet, Captain McLeish or Gordon replacing one of the guards and Lowenthal or Pallo taking over a forward berth...
...coming contests, that with Worcester Tech at Worcester this Saturday will provide the stiffest opposition that the five has faced so far this winter and should serve as a "key" game, giving the quintet its first crucial test and indicating more or less accurately the prospects of the team in the remaining games. Last winter the Engineer five was declared the championship team of New England, three of its members being given a place on the mythical "All New England" quintet. This fall every one of last year's veterans returned and already the five has again shown itself...