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Died. Horace Elgin Dodge Jr., 66, only son of the founder of Dodge Motor Co.; of cirrhosis of the liver; in Detroit. A career sportsman, Dodge dispensed large chunks of the family fortune for souped-up speedboats and five wives (five children) who consumed more than $2 million in alimony and settlements. Sure to come: a battle royal over Dodge's will, which declares itself "null and void" if he is survived by his mother, now 93. Stakes: $2,000,000 in Dodge's personal funds, and eventually $65 million now in Mamma's name...
...affluence of a personal foundry came to Capralos late. During his student days in Paris at the Grande Chaumiere, he was so poor that he filched sketching pads. Accused of the theft by an English art student, Capralos threw back the Elgin marbles: "You rich Englishmen have stolen the whole frieze of the Parthenon! How dare you protest when a poor Greek takes a sheet of your paper?" During World War II, Capralos made his own warring frieze a 135-ft. by 33-ft. monument, in plaster relief, to the Greek repulse of the Italian army in the Pindus Mountains...
Suddenly the Lakers' great Elgin Baylor and Jerry West found the range, roared down the court, sinking incredible shots and controlling the backboards for the first time in the game. Boston's defense seemed to dissolve. Its lead was cut to eight points, then six, then four. In the dressing room, Cousy was fit to be tied while trainers bandaged his ballooning ankle: "I tripped over myself," he gritted. "Isn't that something? I never sprained an ankle before. I guess old age is creeping up on me-ten minutes too soon." For Cousy...
...opening seconds of the last quarter, Cousy suffered an ankle injury, and members of the Boston press were getting their "They won it for Cooz" stories ready for the morning papers. Four minutes later the Celtics were holding on for their lives, after Elgin Baylor, Dick Barnett, and Jerry West had sparked LA and narrowed the score...
...Lakers' Jerry West and Elgin Baylor tallied 32 and 28 points respectively, and were the game's high scorers. For Boston it was naturally a team victory; Tom Heinsohn paced the Celts with 22, but it was Bill Russell's fantastic rebounding that gave Boston the victory...