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...Sleep of Baby Filbertson, by James Leo Herlihy. Into this skillfully woven basket of short stories, the author tenderly places seven "twisted apples"-the maimed, the infantile, the impotent-that have fallen from the tree of life...
...season, might have repeated in the past two years had he not been handicapped by a broken hand and arm fracture (he finished second in 1956-57, third last season). Key to Pettit's prowess is a one-handed jump shot that he fires from anywhere within basket range the moment he has a teammate to screen for him. Fast for a big man, he follows his shots to the basket, is considered the league's best offensive rebounder. With an ever-improving sense of timing, his defensive play is now much better. Assigned to guard Detroit...
Downs has continued at a 23 point a game clip since that evening. He has had considerable assistance from Gerry Glynn, 6 ft., 10 in. stringbean, whose effectiveness under the basket has increased steadily throughout the year. Glynn has averaged 15 points a game, despite a slow start at the outset of the season...
Although no further scoring took place, there was plenty of action, as Brandeis foiled the Crimson's freeze tactics three times only to blow easy shots under the basket, each time protesting that the shooter was fouled, This may well have been the case, but since the officials seemed to make the wrong decisions more often than not--bringing complaints from both coaches--it came as no surprise...
Especially encouraging would be a solid point output by Griff McClellan, who did a fine job defensively Saturday night in holding Brown's high scoring A1 Poulsen to one basket. McClellan himself produced only one point, however, and can certainly improve in this department...