Word: shea
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Notre Dame's basketballers felt sorry for themselves. Kevin O'Shea, the star of the team, had a bad knee and indigestion; big Leo Barnhorst said he had a sprained ankle and Johnny Brennan complained of a sore throat. Last week, with stiff upper lips and handsome gold uniforms, Underdog Notre Dame (beaten seven times this season) limped out on the floor at Madison Square Garden to play hot-shot N.Y.U., only undefeated college team...
...order was never carried out. O'Shea of the Irish, overcoming his indigestion, scored six points in less than a minute. The friends & alumni of Notre Dame perked up. Suddenly N.Y.U. found itself surrounded by fighting Irish, who swiped the ball, intercepted passes, and used their elbows. It took a while for N.Y.U. to realize that it would have to mix too, and the delay was costly. A roar shook the house as Notre Dame took the lead, lost it, then edged out in front again...
...Shea, the superb dribbler, had never looked so good. Brennan and Barnhorst had forgotten all about their ailments, and both sides had forgotten all about the Y.M.C.A. way basketball used to be played. Players exchanged scowls and heated words; the referees broke up one fist fight only to have another threaten. At one point, the referee wanted to keep an N.Y.U. player from shooting a foul until the hooting stopped; the player grabbed the ball, glared at the crowd, and sank one. In the final five minutes, harassed N.Y.U. lost its head completely. When the game ended, 51 personal fouls...
Died. Major General James Edmond Fechet (rhymes with O'Shea), U.S.A. (ret.), 70, second chief of the Army Air Corps (1927-31); after long illness; in Washington. Old Cavalryman Fechet rose from the ranks, switched to the infant air force in 1917, returned from retirement to active duty to run the Army Air Forces Promotion Board during World...
...Shea urged more students to check their coats in the cloak room provided for the purpose to the right of the main turnstile...