Word: zone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Winthrop's five defeated Branford in the I.A.B. in an easy 55-49 game. The Puritans held a strong lead from the first few minutes throughout the contest, scoring heavily in the first half by sinking outside shots over Branford's zone defense. When the Yale five switched to man-to-man protection in the second half, Winthrop's lead diminished, but Branford never came within five points led Winthrop in scoring...
...fairest land that eyes have beheld," wrote Christopher Columbus when he discovered the Caribbean island of Jamaica in 1494. This winter 100,000 sun-seeking North American tourists are discovering Jamaica and echoing Columbus. The lush British colony, only three hours by air from Miami, is the Temperate Zone dweller's vision of Eden: white sand beaches and an emerald surf, blue mountains and waterfalls in the distance, a green landscape of palms, banana and sugar cane, splashed with gaudy contrasts of scarlet poinciana blooms, yellow and coral bougainvillaea vines and fragrant orchards of mangoes, limes and tangerines...
Once again it was Yale goalie George Scherer who kept the Elis in contention with his brilliant play. The Crimson monopolized the action and held play in the Yale zone most of the game, but again and again Scherer prevented it from scoring. He had 37 saves in all, 20 of them in the first period...
Murdoch used the same tactics that upset the Crimson in New Haven last week: he packed the Eli zone with all five skaters, thereby preventing the varsity from taking many close-in shots. The Crimson was kept to two goals, but this time Yale couldn't force a break to score...
...counter this move, the Crimson went into a zone defense, although Bob Barnett's close guarding had held Lee to only 11 points in the first half. But Barnett, with four personals on him, fouled out at 4:20 of the second half...