Word: tilton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defeat of the Yale Freshman basketball team last Saturday by the 1926 quintet concluded the most successful Freshman basketball season that the Crimson has had for several years. Starting off with a defeat by Tilton Academy, 23-22, the Freshmen came back and won their next three games, before the 31-26 defeat at the hands of the Springfield College Freshmen. Their only other loss was to Dean Academy, by a score of 31-23 on February 15. From then to the end of the season the Freshmen were undefeated, winning seven straight victories, so that the final victory over...
Neither team succeeded in penetrating the other's defence for several minutes after the first whistle, but soon J. A. Reed, Jones, Smith and Combs broke through into the Boston territory. Better cut-in passing than was shown in the Tilton game, and short shots at the basket turned nearly every opportunity into a score. J. A. Reed made two baskets and Jones and Smith one each while the steady work of A. E. Reed, and Combs at guards held the Boston attack to two scattered baskets. The Boston forwards showed slowness and inaccuracy in their attempts at the basket...
...Freshman basketball team, in its second game of the season, will meet the strong Boston Y. M. C. A. team at 8 o'clock tonight in the Freshman Athletic Building. The practice since the defeat by Tilton has been devoted mainly to the rudiments of passing, in an effort to eliminate the weakness in this part of the attack as evidenced in the recent game. A radical shift in the opening line-up has been made in an effort to perfect a fast "four-man attack". The steady work of J. A. Reed at center is expected to give balance...
...second half better guarding and the fast work of Jones and Simpson held the Tilton team to only seven more points, while the Crimson gained steadily on their opponents. W. T. Smith netted two more baskets, Endicott gained one, Elberfeld shot two more fouls, and just before the whistle blew Combs, substituting for Atwater, made a spectacular shot, bringing the Freshman total up to 22. 1926 TILTON Jones, r.f. l.g., Callahan W. T. Smith, l.f. r.g., Perkins Rauh, Endicott, c. c., L. C. Smith Elberfeld, Combs, r. g. l.f., Johnson Atwater, Reed, l.g. r.f., Simpson...
...Score, Tilton 23, Harvard 1926 22. Goals from floor, L. C. Smith 6, Simpson 5. W. T. Smith 4, Jones, Endicott, Elberfeld, Combs. Baskets after fouls, Elberfeld 6, Simpson. Referee, W. F. Cody. Timekeeper, E. L. Hunt...