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...Pettit (6 ft. 9 in.) is quick and graceful, Boston's Bill Russell (6 ft. 10 in.) is a defensive and rebounding genius, Los Angeles' Elgin Baylor (6 ft. 5 in.) combines the brute strength of a pro football tackle with the supple coordination of an Olympic gymnast, and even at the advanced age of 32 Boston's Bob Cousy (dwarfish at 6 ft. 1 in.) remains the playmaking wizard of the game...
...touch this line or the goal zone it bounds. But this fact bothers the literal-minded Europeans not a whit: they simply take a running leap over the line and get off their shots while flying through the air at the goalie. A good shotmaker, usually a trained gymnast, can be 6 ft. across the line when he finally shoots, and so long as he is still in the air, the shot is legal. Goalies, in turn, spend so much time flying through space to block shots that some wear sweat suits to ease their landings on the wooden floor...
Last winter Sweden's beautiful, bouncy Princess Birgitta went to West Germany to improve her German and indulge her zest for sports. While in Munich, Birgitta, 23, who teaches gymnastics, met a young man ideally equipped to help her with both projects. A skilled gymnast himself, Germany's rugged Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, 28, is mad for sports, will soon get his doctor's degree from the University of Munich in the fresh-air field of archaeology - which is also the lifelong hobby of Birgitta's grandfather, Sweden's King Gustaf. Later, invited...
Advanced standing sophomore John Pringle splashed to victory in his first college meet, recording a competent 2:09.9 over Gymnast mainstay Ken Kaany in the 20 yard butterfly. Junior Jay Hayden brought in the other Crimson first, a 2:22.5 triumph over Springfield's Harry Stearns in the 200 backstroke...
Springfield bounced back as the Crimson's Nick Estabrook, after leading for two periods, dropped a 7-4 decision to Frank Reuter. With the score now at 9-3, Noble started the varsity's upsurge against Gymnast captain Burt Burger. After a 4-4 first period and a scoreless second, Noble reversed his man and picked up a minute's time advantage...