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...Crimson responded to New York crowds and commercialism with a disappointing display of first-night jitters. The superb passing and marksmanship that had enabled them to whip Yale and Quonset was transformed by the tight Buckeye defense into a sorry exhibition of wild ball-heaving. And the extra-ordinarily close arbiting of a hypercritical referee throttled the usual effective Crimson defense...
...much as I can gather about them in the papers and your magazine, seems to more interested in finding a central recreation spot than in mending the world's problems. . . . Why not set up a Quonset hut for them with hard chairs and with windows overlooking one of the cemeteries of Iwo Jima? Maybe they'd forget their country clubs and get down to business...
...strongest contender for the New England N. C. A. A., championship--and with it an entry into the national playoffs at Madison Square Garden next month. The clincher came as Floyd Stahl's crack quintet extended its victory string with smashing and surprising victories over Boston University and the Quonset Naval Air Station in two decisive contests last week...
Playing without the services of high-scoring forward Wyndol Gray, the Varsity basketball team scored a smashing upset over a highly-touted Quonset Naval Air Station outfit, and then went on to swamp Boston University for the second time. In so doing, it proved beyond any doubt that it is not a one-man team, but a talented and well-integrated machine which more than deserves its reputation as the best in Crimson history...
Wednesday's 44 to 30 victory over the Quonset squad came as a pleasant surprise to Crimson rooters, who had been awed by the Fliers' imposing record and then badly scared when Gray sprained his ankle in last Tuesday's practice. But the Stahlmen apparently don't read the newspapers; undaunted by the fan-shaped backboards in the unfamiliar gym, they jumped to an early lead and were never headed...