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...remains unclear whether Harvard can handle tougher competition without Dixon, the Crimson's best ball-handler and a dangerous offensive threat, but with Fleming back in form, the rest of the squad may be able to raise its level of play and walk away from the upcoming doubleheader with a 4-1 record...
DIED. Philip Handler, 64, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and biochemist who earned international recognition for his discoveries on the nutritional causes of disease; of cancer; in Boston. Under Handler's direction, the academy sponsored hundreds of studies on drugs, food and the environment. His investigations into the link between pellagra and vitamin B deficiencies helped erase the disease in rural areas of the South...
...case, the team--3-6 so far--will not be as strong with Dixon out of the lineup. In pressure situations, the team could always get the ball to Dixon, who could dribble out of the press. Now, McLaughlin will have to find another ball handler, or, more likely, slow down the offense...
With none of the three a natural ball-handler--although Standley is a proficient passer--Fleming, because of his greater experience, may play more in the backcourt, pairing up with either of the freshmen...
...left in a fury of lawsuits against the team, its trainer and doctor over treatments with pain killers. Maurice Lucas, the power forward who had provided muscle and meanness under the boards, was locked in an acrimonious contract dispute with Portland's owner. Guard Lionel Hollins, ball-handler and playmaker nonpareil, also wrangled with management; he and Lucas were soon traded. Their running mate, Dave Twardzik, stumbled about the court, a man suddenly severed from a rare athletic symbiosis. Forward Bobby Gross was injured for most of the season, and when he did play was so shell-shocked...