Word: smith
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lanky Ed Smith will move into the starting lineup tomorrow night when Bill Barclay's varsity basketball squad meets Columbia down in the Lions...
...Smith, who paced the team in scoring against Princeton last Wednesday night with 13 points, will replace Bill Prior in the pivot spot. The switch is an effort to bolster the Crimson offense which hasn't shown too much power thus far this season. The team will be shooting to end a losing streak which has reached eight games...
...running its losing streak to seven straight, the Varsity was unable to cope with the fast-moving Tiger give-and-go patterns and at the half was behind by a score of 31 to 20. A subsequent rally led by Ed Smith, who dropped in four classy layups, narrowed the margin to 46 to 44 with two minutes to go, but for the ninth time this winter, it was no cigar...
...With Smith hitting from the bucket on sneaks behind Adams, and Steve Davis and Walt McCurdy contributing from the outside, the Varsity started coordinating a bit better as the clock was running out. But the jitters, similar to those of previous games, came back in the last two minutes and settled any chances of victory...
...Rockwell, George Sella, and Adams fouled out midway in the second half, and all had to operate carefully prior to ejection. HARVARD (46) g f pts Rockwell, lf 4 2 10 Gabler 2 0 4 Petrillo, rf 2 3 7 Bramhall 0 0 0 Prior, c 0 2 2 Smith 5 3 13 Gannon, lg 0 0 0 McCurdy 2 1 5 Davis 2 1 5 Covey, rg 0 0 0 Totals...