Word: tallness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From all indications, Lowell is the team to beat in the A League. No loss than five Jayvees have joined with the cream of last year's third-place unit into a combination that is both tall and talented. The rest of the world quavers at the thought of the fluid, everybody-is-a-forward, Varsity-type system cooked up by Coaches Cliff Crosby and John Rockwell. The Bellboys also boast the only certain starting lineup: Jack Goldsmith and Wally Coulson at guard, Fred Donahue and Mike Post at forward and John Altroechi at center...
...whole starting combination from last year's second place team will do Winthrop no harm, especially center Ted Nelson, who is roughly six feet seven inches tall. With this in mind, the Puritans are operating on the pivot system which worked well for them last year (Winthrop lost the title to Dunster in the last game of the season). Brawn, if such be needed on the court, is certainly present in the form of football players Jerry Kanter, Art Hyde and skip Garvey; other more slender men include frank Gump, Jim Powell, Joe Thalfer, and Bob Blinken...
...better in basketball than anything else this year with a 25-man turnout and the fact that not one of last year's 7-7 team has left. The fast break, with a pivot man and a floating man-to-man defense feature the Dudley play. The fairly tall squad consists of Dave Bishop, John Woods, Brad Ryan, Hugh MacFarland, Carl Marshall, Herb Lewis, and Herb White...
Dave McGiffert and Ted Bullard at the forward posts will carry Eliot wherever it goes this season, although a fairly tall opening aggregation will help to keep the Elephant head above water. The starting five will probably consist of these two, and Bob Crichton, Fred England, and John Palmer...
...question is how long can Ping Picou keep his weight down to jockey size. He is tall for his 106 lbs., already has to watch his diet. Asked what he intends to do when he stops being a jockey, Bug Boy Picou answers quickly...