Word: handler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Trick & Zip. Greyhounds usually start racing at the age of 18 months, after anywhere from four to six months of training. Explains one handler: "You begin by tying a live, kicking rabbit to the end of a pole. You swing the pole around, keeping the rabbit just ahead of the pup. He gets real anxious, and finally you let him catch the rabbit." Next, the dog graduates to chasing a plastic bunny -like Swifty, the mechanical rabbit at the track. Bad habits show up early, and they are often impossible to correct. The classic case is a greyhound named Terris...
Penn has the Ivy League's best one-two punch in guard Jeff Neuman and forward Stan Pawlak. Both were among the League's top six scorers last year with 16-point averages; Neuman is a fantastic ball-handler and a great passer to boot. John Hellings, who stands 6-8, gives Penn solid rebounding strength...
Scott, a 6 ft. 4 in. forward, demonstrated against Brandeis that he is capable of substituting for Williams or McClung; in that game he sank eight of eleven field goal attempts. Fegley, a guard, has a good jump shot and is an excellent ball handler...
...finest player Cousy will be coaching for many years was already on the team when he arrived at B.C. John Austin, a 6 ft. guard, averaged 28 points per game last season, and is scoring at the rate of 31 a game this year. Austin is a fabulous ball handler, and his shooting is so good that even the Celtics are mighty interested...
...trio of Smith, Ken Parrot, and Captain Donald Grimble, with 27 points in four games, gives Harris a solid first line. Parrot has six goals and five assists. Harris classes him as an exceptionally "clever puck handler." Captain Grimble with five goals and three assists is "a good, fast skater." Smith is a "big, strong 200-pounds" and has three goals and five assists in the four games...