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Showing a greatly improved passing game, the University basketball quintet defeated the Middlebury five by a score of 35 to 25. Coach Wachter's men jumped into the lead at the start. J. Pallo '23 scoring two points from the foul lines, and were never headed. The Crimson men outplayed their opponents in every department, their close guarding forcing the blue-jerseyed players to try many of their shots from mid floor...
Because of the weak offensive work shown by the forwards in the recent Worcester Polytechnic game, Coach Wachter has made a shift in the University basketball line-up which faces the veteran Middlebury quintet this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Hemenway Gymnasium. J. Pallo '23 is taking the place of A. E. McLeish '23 at left forward because he seems to fit better than the latter in the teamwork of the five. Although not as fast as McLeish, Pallo-mixes in the play more and is an accurate shot from the foul line. The rest of the line...
...than against Worcester, their passes being fast and accurate and their defense well-organized. Fitts made the first score for the victors before the ball had been in plan more than a minute, but Stevens evened up the score soon afterwards. At the end of the first half Coach Wachter's men led 18-13, keeping the play well up in their opponents' territory. For a part of the last half the Freshmen spurted, throwing a volley of baskets from all parts of the floor, but towards the end the regulars tied the score and shot the winning basket...
Sending his men through light formation work and defense practice, Coach Wachter closed a hard week's work in preparation for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute game which is to be played at Worcester tonight. As Worcester is reported to play two men under the basket when on the offense, the Crimson players were drilled especially in breaking up this formation. All of the University quintet are in good condition and are expected to give the strong engineers' aggregation a stiff fight...
...their score only by long chance shots by Jenkins and Gordon. H. V. Miller '23 was sent in for Tyson in the middle of the first half and later Fitts was shifted to center, T. C. McConnell '21 replacing him at right forward. The period ended with Coach Wachter's men in the lead...