Word: quintet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...McFadden is, by virtue of his size--a department in which the Crimson is dismally deficient, the chief Weapon which Newman will roll into the blockhouse. Big men who literally overpower Harper's economy size players under the boards have always been a source of difficulty to the '52 quintet...
...Harper thinks "they're a mighty fine bunch of boys," and he thinks so because his players have done wonders with their physical potentialities. Harper has only one really rugged man on his team--Captain Bill Hickey. Hickey, to use an old cliche, is the sparkplug of the '52 quintet. He starts most of the plays, makes accurate, quick passes, and on defense keeps the nerves of the opposition well frazzled...
Sparked by high-scoring forward Pete Ravreby, the Hollis quintet downed Matthews South last Wednesday night for a special reading period tournament crown. In December they defeated Weld North, National League champions for the first half of the season, to take the pre-vacation honors...
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...
Bill Barclay's quintet draws its stiffest assignment of the year tonight when it lines up in the Arena at 7:45 p.m. against Holy Cross, the team that brought big-time basketball to New England. Boston University and Boston College, which beat Harvard on a last-second field goal before the vacation, provide the entertainment in the nightcap...