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Besides Stevenson, the varsity starters will be Bill Dennis at forward, Dick Lionette at center, and Ed Condon and Ed Krinsky at the guards. Coach Norm Shepard will take his whole team on the trip, however, and will use as many players as possible in the traditional contest. Shepard singled out Bob Gremp, Woody Hansen, and Bill Hickey as likely to see a lot of action...
Varsity basketball coach Norm Shepard yesterday tried a new way to pick a starting team for the game at 8:30 p.m. tonight with Tufts in the I.A.B. While he himself was off in New Haven scouting Yale for the game Saturday, Shepard set his sophomore players against the juniors and seniors in a battle for starting assignments...
Eventually, the sophomores, with the help of junior Stan Greene, won 52 to 50, in an overtime period, and committed Shepard to start five of them together tonight for the first time this year. The group includes Ed Blodnick, Ed Condon, Bill Dennis, Ed Krinsky, and Bob Gremp, who will probably replace Greene. Gremp missed practice yesterday, but his good play in recent games indicates Shepard will continue starting...
Yardling coach Floyd Wilson, who accompanied Shepard to scout Yale, named his customary first five for the game with the Tufts freshmen at 6:45 p.m. tonight...
...Shepard feels that his team has a "fighting chance if we can get the jump on them." He hopes to combat the Tigers' height advantage by using the fast break and a zone defense. Shepard will also have to figure out a way to stop Tritschler, the third highest scorer in the Ivy League, who has made 124 points in eight games...