Coach was Fesler's hoopmen were frankly disappointing last night at they absorbed another walloping-this time it was at the hands of the Quakers of Pennsylvania, and the tune was 39 to 22.
The game started very slowly with the Crimson second team of Bird, White, Ruml, James, and Sullivan holding its own for about five minutes. It was almost six minutes before Tony Mischo could tally the first basket of the evening, and this seemed to serve only as a single to start the Red and Blue attack rolling. They began to hit on all cylinders with "push 'em up" Tony Mischo and Harlan Gustafson leading the way to a 23 to 12 halftime margin.
James Lost
About midway in the first period the Crimson lost the services of Sophomore starter Bob James, who had returned to the fray to replace Fred Heckel almost immediately after the first team entered the game. James suffered a recurrence of the leg injury he received during football season.
At the start of the second half the Crimson cagers showed slightly more drive, but their attack stalled completely because of ineffectual shooting. Their modified zone defense with Peabody and Ruml covering Mischo worked fairly well, but 22 points won't win many ball games. The Feslermen held their own for part of the last half, but never closed the gap to less than nine points.
Again it was apparent that the Crimson hoopsters are simply not good shots --that was their glaring weakness last night. And, what was worse, they never exhibited much drive for the basket even when presented with a slight opportunity for a quick break. Possibly, if they would play with the idea of driving in a shoot, foul or be fouled, they could do something against League teams which obviously have more ability than the Crimson do on set shots.
The summary:
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