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...mongoose. Boston's Bill Russell (6 ft. 10 in., 220 lbs.) has faster reactions and more experience, is going into his fourth season with the champion Celtics. To challenge Russell's franchise among the best of the tree-tall pros, the Philadelphia Warriors' Wilt-the-Stilt Chamberlain offers 7 ft. 2 in., 250 coordinated pounds, and a broad repertory of shots: dunks, long one-handers, a soft, fadeaway jump...
...first three games of the season, Rookie Chamberlain scored 43 points against New York, 36 against Detroit, and 41 against Syracuse. His presence had converted the Philadelphia Warriors from a listless also-ran into a major power headed for championship contention. With his 41 points, he picked off 40 rebounds against Syracuse, and when his opponents left the floor they were full of strange praise: "He has a lot to learn. He plays a stupid game, but what can you do?" "He's lousy on some things, but I guess he'll turn into the greatest...
...Boston, quiet Bill Russell practiced his weak shooting eye, said nothing, and waited for the big day when the Warriors came to town. Last weekend in the Boston Garden, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain met for their first official contest in the N.B.A...
Arthur Smithies, Chairman of the Department, met frequently this summer and again this fall with a Department Committee on Undergraduate Education appointed last spring. Headed by Professor Dunlop, members of the group are Professors Chamberlain, Duesenberry, and Meyer, Assistant Professors Gill and Lefeber, and instructors Baer and Berman...
...Chamberlain was born in San Francisco, is on leave this school season to lecture at Harvard. Dr. Segre, an associate of the great Enrico Fermi, was born in Tivoli, Italy. Like Fermi, he came to the U.S. before World War II because of disgust with Italian Fascism. Both he and Dr. Chamberlain worked at Los Alamos on the atomic bomb, and Chamberlain helped explode the first test bomb at Alamogordo...