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...long way toward proving their theory that heavy, relentless pressure will, in the long run, always win. "It's not technique," explained Captain Lissov, "so much as physical condition and rhythm." After balletlike warmups, the Russians invariably pounded on to the court and confounded opponents with rifle passes, cat-quick ball handling, and a rough & ready determination to get the ball off the backboards. Best Russian play: a fast U.S.-style break, three or four sleight-of-hand passes under the basket which left the befuddled defense falling all over itself, while one of the Russian outside men dunked...
...Giants' Catcher Rafael Noble (pro nounced No-blay), a hulking (214 Ibs.), barrel-chested backstop, who batted .316 for Oakland, Calif, last season. Cuban-born "Ray" Noble has already played in the Polo Grounds-with the New York Cubans. This year, Manager Leo Durocher expects cat-quick Noble to be the Giants' No. 2 catcher behind Wes Westrum...
Once, 40 years ago, two log cuffers named Tom Oliver and Jim Stewart birled for two days (six hours the first day, five the next) before one got a ducking. Nowadays, 15 minutes is a long time to keep dry. A cagey, cat-quick birler is called a Bangor Tiger, because of the legendary feats of Bangor-driving Maine loggers over 100 years...