With hot shots Hugh Hyde and Dean Honnessey benched most of the time on personal fouls, the less publicized members of the Crimson basketball team led the Varsity to a 55 to 38 victory over the pitiable Yale quintet at New Haven Saturday night. It marked the first Harvard court triumph on the road since December 29, when Michigan State fell.
The Crimson win was achieved without the aid of Freshman Mike Fansler, who was declared scholastically ineligible on Friday and will play no more basketball this year. Another Freshman, Danny Shields, playing in his third Varsity game, totalled ten points at the center slot, where he replaced Hyde, who was removed early on personals.
Early Yale Lead
Yale grabbed an early lead of 8 to 3, but with Hyde hitting on five successive foul shots, the Crimson moved ahead midway in the period 13 to 12, and led 23 to 17 at the half.
In the second half, guarding more closely and losing the ball far less often than in other recent encounters, the Varsity pierced Yale's 1-3-1 zone defense with comparative ease. Frank Bixler was stationed near the left hand corner, and the adroit Sophomore dunked five one-handers in the period to total 14 points, highest Crimson total.
The Elis came within three points of the Brownmen after a few minutes of the last half, but a Crimson spurt, helped by Dean Hennessey, who had been inactive most of the first 20 minutes because he had three personal fouls on him, moved the Varsity to a safe lead which increased as the game drew to a close.
The defensive play of Jack Torgan, George Dillon, and Mike Keene was especially worthy of note. Torgan was assigned to high-scoring Guy McGauhey, and although the Bulldog ace made 11 points, most of his buckets were made on tip-ins, shots which the shorter Torgan couldn't touch. Outside the keyhole, McGauhey was from hunger.
Dillon held Buddy Bronsteen, Eli forward who had broken out in several recent scoring rashes, to a single field goal and Keene did a stellar second-half job in watching Austic Norton and John Hunt, Yale centers. Shields, elevated from the Jayvees at the time of the Tufts game, has come along well and should see plenty of action in the two remaining Varsity games.
The Harvard summary:
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