[NU Sports] 56 year-old question

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In a message dated 1/22/2009 3:10:58 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
cherron604 at aol.com writes:

The '53  Cats finished 6-16, 5-13 in conference play in Waldo Fisher's first 
season.?  They were only 2-8 on the road that season, and came in 8th.
 
I dug out the old 1953 Syllabus and it described the basketball team as  
follows: 
 
    "There was one thing about the varsity basketball  team this year.
    They were just about the best eighth place team in  Big 10 history. 
    But they were plagued by a flock of near misses.  There were the two 
games against fabulous Indiana university, winners of  seventeen conference  
games, the Big Ten title, and the national collegiate  championship. 
    The first of the contest was played in Evanston and  went to the Hoosiers 
by a score of 88-84, in spite of Hal Grant's nine baskets,  one of which gave 
Northwestern the lead with less then a minute to  play.     
    In the return match at Bloomington, Indiana again  had to come from 
behind, this time tying the count in the last minute and  winning in overtime 90-88.
    Another near miss came at Iowa, when even Hawkeye  fans admitted that the 
referee handed the 89-88 win to the Iowans.
    On the winning side, there were Don Blaha's 19  baskets, which helped to 
whip Ohio State, and the NU rush in the first half of  the game.
    There was Frank Ehman's third quarter spree in Ann  Arbor, which brought 
the Wildcats an 85-84 victory and a sweep of the Michigan  series.
    The team was well balanced, with five men on the  squad scoring 200 
points during the season. Larry Kurka's 100 field goals placed  him seventh in the 
Gig 10 in that department, and he led the club in scoring  with a 13.8 average.
    John Biever's rebounding and play making earned for  him the title as 
"most valuable player" on the Northwestern team of the  year,"
 
On a personal note, Don Blaha was a fraternity brother.
 
Don Williams
C55
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