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...walloped a U.S. quintet 62-37 in a world amateur tournament in Santiago, Chile, Communists everywhere hailed it as another landmark in Khrushchev's campaign to overtake the U.S. in everything from meat production to widget manufacture. "When it comes to shooting at the moon or at the basket, the U.S. cannot keep up with Russia," trumpeted a leftist Chilean paper. "We won," declared Russian Coach Stepan Spandarian loftily, "because we did what we planned...
...height and scoring statistics show why the Crimson has been able to win despite the absence of an outstanding star. Solid rebounding gives the team more shots at the basket than smaller opponents, while the presence of a number of good scorers in the line-up compensates for the lack of a consistently high scorer...
...stater at Clayton High in Missouri last year, Strauss scores most of his baskets on rebounds and short jump shot from about 10 feet. But since his limited height will probably keep him from scoring consistently under the basket in varsity competition, Strauss has developed an accurate jump shot from the left corner to go with his other shots...
...sloop Victura, when Jack and the Radziwills sat with her in the stern, while she passed around oeufs en gelee and vin rosé from her hamper, and her Kennedy in-laws sprawled in the bow and lunched on peanut butter sandwiches and Cokes from a picnic basket...
...loss to Cornell the next night followed the same pattern as most recent Harvard games. A hot-shooting first half enabled the Crimson to stay ahead of the Big Red, who had trouble making easy shots under the basket and converting free throws...