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Captain LaRusso is a consistent 15 point a game scorer, who also pulls down a good number of rebounds. Along with him in the front court will be either Gary Vandeweghe (the younger brother of the former New York Knickerbocker star) or George Ramming, both of whom measure over 6 ft., 4 in. and are strong off the backboards...
...center, coach Doggie Julian will go with 6 ft, 8 in. Dave Farnsworth, a junior who has not been particularly effective to date. The Indians are very strong in the backcourt, however, where they use Chuck Kaufman and Walt Sosnowski. Kaufman is averaging about 15 markers a game, and Sosnowski about 10. Dartmouth is weak in reserve strength, but the starting five more than compensates for this deficiency...
...freshman game will precede the varsity contest, which on the basis of past performances and all-around strength should go to the Indians. Back on Friday, October 24, however, people were saying the same thing about another Dartmouth team that came to Cambridge...
...Born Loser. For Author Tevis a poolroom at 9 a.m. can seem like a "large church." But Eddie only knows the stale cigar and cigarette smoke, the massiveness of mahogany tables squatting impersonally, the lone hustler practicing shots. Hours may pass in a close game when the only life the hustler sees consists of shaded light on the brushed green cloth, the movement of balls elegantly cued, the sensuous dropping of globes into pockets. When it is over, win or lose, he wanders out into the streets that are usually slummy and unfriendly and back to a hotel room whose...
...Hustler is obviously sententious, the love story is a cliche, and Author Tevis' writing is sometimes too painfully exact. What remains is a succession of scenes in which a smoky, seedy world becomes sharply alive, and where crises are intense even though the scene is grubby and the game is only pool...