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...Boston Celtics overcame injuries, a sparkling performance by Walt Frazier, and New York's Madison Square Garden crowd to score an upset 110-100 victory over the New York Knicks last night to even their play-off series at three games apiece...
...Walt Frazier led the Knicks with 37 points, 15 in the fourth period, with Dave DeBusschere and rookie John Gianelli helping out with key scores...
DeDe Pierce's trumpet leads the touring group, which takes its impulsive rhythm from Billie Pierce's constant piano figures and from the steady drumming provided by Cie Frazier on snare, cymbals, bass and woodblock. The music emphasizes collective improvisation, with Willie Humphrey harmonizing the upper voice on the clarinet and Big Jim Robinson filling in on trombone below, with the lowest harmony coming from Allan Jaffe--who runs Preservation Hall and manages the group--on bass horn. The earliest groups has other instruments, like banjo or string bass, and these can be heard on the groups' two most recent...
There aren't any opportunities for major virtuoso showpieces, though each player shows what he can do during the short solos that are all part of the group effort. Billie Pierce and Frazier keep each song moving forward, whether in a fun piece like "Ice Cream, You Scream" or in gospel blues like "Closer Walk With Thee," and their ability comes off through their restraint and consistency...
...Pole Vaulter Bob Seagren. In weight lifting, the 175-lb. part-time movie actor pressed 170 Ibs. to upset Frazier, who managed only 160 Ibs. Seagren also won the half-mile run and then outlasted Frazier and Skier Jean-Claude Killy to take the one-mile bicycle race. Going against an automatic baseball pitching machine, Seagren surprised himself and Runner-up Gilbert by stroking one ball over a barrier 300 feet away. His point total was good enough to win first-place money of $39,700. Killy was second and collected $23,400; Revson and Laver tied for third...