Word: baylor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Jan. 14--Elgin Baylor hustled out of a sick bed and, helped by Oscar Robertson, Bob Pettit and Clyde Lovellette, led a first quarter drive tonight that carried an underdog West team to a record-breaking 153-131 victory over the East in the National Basketball Association All-Star game...
...standing room crowd of 8,016 in War Memorial Auditorium saw Baylor, bedded with a fever earlier in the day, launch a furious early assault that buried the East with a steady succession of fast breaks resulting in easy baskets for the West. The West 153 points topped the previous mark of 130 set by the East...
...Baylor, the Los Angeles star, sank a layup and a freethrow in the second minute, giving the West a 5-2 lead, and the East trailed the rest of the way. Baylor scored four more points in the next two minutes as the West ran up an 11-4 lead...
...Gator Bowl (CBS, starts at 2 p.m.). Florida v. Baylor...
...shots whirring with English that flicked wickedly off the backboard and into the basket. When the need arose, he simply used his football lineman's build (6 ft. 5 in., 235 Ibs.) to overpower any player foolish enough to block his path. In the first quarter alone, Elgin Baylor, 25, Negro star of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers, scored 15 points against the hapless New York Knicks. At half time, he had 34. By the third quarter he was up to 47, and even the most jaded fan hidden back in the smoky blue haze...