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Fast & Loose. Though Cousy (rhymes with woozy) stands a slender 6 ft. 1 in., he is a small man among the outsize players of professional basketball. Cousy makes up for his lack of size with cat-quick reflexes and spur-of-the-moment shots that are almost impossible to defend against. Lean and loose, he goes through muscular gyrations that would awe a contortionist. He is currently among the N.B.A.'s top scorers, the league leader in assists, and an agile defender against men half a foot taller...
...height alone. Against another tall man, Dukes's sleight-of-hand artistry-he shoots equally well with both hands-often feints the defensive man completely out of position. As a defensive "rebounder," i.e., grabbing the ball off the backboards. Dukes takes advantage of both his height and cat-quick reflexes...
...sweltering evening this week, some 40,000 fans flocked to Havana's Gran Stadium to watch Billy make his second try at deposing the champ with the crown. From the first bell, Gavilan had Graham fighting just the way he wanted him to. When bullish Billy charged in, cat-quick Gavilan feinted him into leading, then countered with jabs as swift as the beat of a hawk's wing; by Round 2, Billy's nose was bloodied...
Right Wingman Richard has some tall claims to his title. A powerful skater and a cat-quick opportunist, he can pounce on a puck and fire his hard, left-handed shot for the net before defensemen can gather their wits. His mark of 50 goals in one season (1944-45) is an alltime League record (and one of the nine he now holds). Last week, Richard was again far ahead of the field in goals scored this season. And at week's end, Richard was hot on the trail of another record: the lifetime mark of 324 goals...
Tony Trabert (rhymes with Say, Bert) has an even temperament, the physique of a light heavyweight (6 ft., 175 Ibs.), the cat-quick footwork of a basketball player (which he is), and an ambition to become the world's best player. Trabert owes much of his fine game, and his determination to make it the finest, to his friend and doubles partner Bill Talbert, a New Yorker who hails from Cincinnati himself. Says Trabert: "He's like a brother . . . My tour of Europe with Bill in 1950 did much to raise my game. I learned so much that...