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Kydes best coach was his father, a former Olympic heavyweight wrestler. On weekends they would go down to the high school backboard with a couple of balls and Phil's father would drill him up the fundamental skills which most American players never bother to learn...
...this point the CRIMSON led, 27-2. They quickly scored two more points on a rebound off the backboard. The Princetonians protested. "You're mixing cranberries with apples," they cried bitterly. The CRIMSON agreed to give up two field goals for stealing two bases during the discussion...
Other designers have also drawn double baths. The 1966 Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalogue, for example, portrayed a "His and Hers Bathtub" complete with lacquered wood base, marble top and backboard, and gold-plated faucets. But it was more twin than double; the tubs were separate, merely welded together, and cost $4,000, plus tax, shipping and installation. Godfrey Bonsack sniffs at the very idea. "If you can't even agree on the same water temperature," he says, "you shouldn't have a bath together...
...Knicks' last game against Milwaukee, he held the highly touted Lew Alcindor to 17 points. Against Boston recently, Reed drove around 7-ft. Center Rich Niemann to sink a reverse layup; seconds later, he went up twice under the Boston backboard to slam away Jim Barnes' layup attempts. When Reed left the game to a standing ovation, he had 27 points and the Knicks had a 25-point lead they held...
...second half was a succession of scoring skeins, first by Columbia (read "Jim McMillian" or "Heywood Dotson") and then by Harvard. Dover dropped in several lunging layups which caught the backboard at a peculiar angle but then spun into the basket...