Word: tech
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W.P.I. opened its season with a 93-76 pasting of Suffolk, and also walloped Lowel Tech (103-84) and Nichols (82-67). But against Wesleyan, the only school on their schedule you've ever heard of, the Engineers were subdued, 36 to 69. And Harvard beat the Cardinals earlier this season...
...Early Tech Lead...
...game, in its opening minutes, was as close as it had been billed. Harvard had difficulty penetrating the Engineers' zone defense, and Tech eked out a 7-5 lead. That was their finest hour; then Merle McClung took over. The towering center collected the Crimson's next 11 points, and propelled Harvard into an 18-11 advantage...
During the halftime break brief fisticuffs broke out between Harvard and M.I.T. fans, but the liveliness on the part of Tech didn't carry over into the basketball game...
Rebounding strength should provide the difference for Harvard; Tech has only two starters taller than 6-1, and it will take a lot more than slide rules and game theory to contain Williams, Inman, and McClung...