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Brown went into a stall, but the Crimson recovered a rebound and came downcourt. Gene Augustines' 25 foot jumper missed and groans went up. Harvard recovered again and Joe Deering, playing the percentages, took a 30 footer that missed the basket completely. Brown also got into the act, missing a 25 footer from the corner before Brown finally scored again, and calmed down its rapidly graying coach...
Even more important, Harvard started to show the strains of working against a constantly nagging man-to-man defense. After nearly every attempt to work the ball in was frustrated, the Crimson resorted to driving desperately towards the basket, a technique that netted few points but numerous fouls...
...Metropolitan Opera-dazzling Coloratura Mattiwilda Dobbs, 36, achieved another breakthrough: a desegregated concert in the Municipal Auditorium of her native Atlanta, Ga. Winning exultant plaudits from an audience of 3,000 with a repertory ranging from Brahms lieder to spirituals, the former First Congregational Church soloist beamingly accepted a basket of roses from Atlanta's Mayor Ivan Allen, who told her: "You have brought honor to Atlanta.'' Responded Mattiwilda: "My heart is so full ... I just...
...opportunistic "pattern" basketball. They badger opponents with a constant full-court press, patiently set up "give-and-go" plays designed to catch the defenders off guard, and spring a Butler player loose for a driving two-point layup. If they are unable to clear a path to the basket, they feed the ball back to Williams-whose one-hand ed jump shot from 15 ft. is among the most accurate "outside" shots in college basketball. So far this season, the whole Butler team is hitting the basket at a phenomenal 46% clip that has more than made up for defensive...
...shun the fact that we were the poorest family in South Boston." The family stove was fueled with stray lumps of coal that Knocko and Dannie picked up in the railroad yards, and John's meager earnings were supplemented by a "pauper's basket" from the welfare department. "I had to go down to the Chardon Street welfare home and chop wood so we could get the basket," says Knocko. "Those baskets didn't have any oranges or grapefruit or nuts in 'em. It was a yard of dried fish and a bag of potatoes...