Word: coachful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exciting thing to come along since Man o' War. But elsewhere in the U.S., there were growls and sour grapes from the basketball cult. The accusations ranged from "outright professionalism" to doctoring home-court baskets, and all of them were aimed at heavy-jowled Adolph Rupp, the Kentucky coach...
Vitamins & No Secrets. Rupp, a University of Kansas man, who doesn't mind being called "the most hated coach in Dixie," is an organizing genius. His enemies like to say that he hog-ties promising young talent developed back in the hills, puts shoes on them, and before anybody knows what is happening, they are Kentucky basketball stars...
Basketball in 20 Plays. There are three big reasons-not in any sense secret-why Coach Rupp's team has been burning up the courts for four seasons. One of them is blond, 5 ft. 10½ Ralph Beard, his gum-chewing "quarterback." A master dribbler and playmaker, Beard usually starts the play pattern, picking one of Kentucky's basic 20 (ten for each side of the court), featuring ball-handling and the inside-screen. The other two: 6 ft. 7 Alex Groza and 6 ft. 4 Wallace ("Wah Wah") Jones, who do the heavy scoring up front...
...Impressed by the success of cut-rate coach fares, Northwest Airlines said it would ask CAB approval for a coach fare of $96.80 from New York to Seattle (regular fare: $157.85), slightly lower than even nonscheduled lines fare...
Neither Hal Ulen nor Tiger coach Howie Stepp will pay much about the contest. Both need a win tonight, as upper-bracket standing in the Eastern Intercollegiate League is at stake. Princeton will have the benefit of being at home in its spanking new Dillon pool--the most ultra-modern dixiecup in the east. The Crimson, on the other hand, has a somewhat better record this season and possibly the edge in material...