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Hypothesis number two generally, if a hoop squad doesn't have any height, its chances of winning a lot of games are not that great...
...arrived home for an evening meal. Dinner itself became a lean affair of crudités and boiled fish. Executives could be seen pumping iron like buttoned-down Schwarzeneggers. For a while it seemed to be a fad, one more instantaneous American fixation like the twist or the Hula-Hoop. The U.S., after all, had become the country of spectator sports, hadn't it? Walking was all but unAmerican. Long-distance running was for Europeans. "It'll never last," said the wise guys over the second martini...
...peculiar ills. Golfers get twinges of golfer's elbow. Swimmer's shoulder may catch up with anybody who favors the butterfly stroke. There is even something known as "dunk laceration syndrome" that strikes highflyers who slam the ball through the basket, hitting their hands against the hoop...
...unfamiliar garb of a member of the coaching staff. Kohn will help newly hired assistant coach JOE ROGERS with the junior varsity squad. Rogers--who graduated from Boston College last May--joined the 60 Boylston crowd last week, signing on as director of sports promotions in addition to the hoop job. He said he sees his primary responsibility as helping on the floor with the varsity, plus coaching the j.v. and helping with recruiting. RICK DUCKETT--who guided the j.v. last year--will be working exclusively with the varsity this year, along with head coach FRANK MCLAUGHLIN. McLaughlin will make...
There is life in Fairfield County; just ask former Harvard hoop personalities TERRY O'CONNOR and MARK HARRIS. Following last season, O'Connor--the Harvard assistant coach--accepted the head coaching job at Fair-field University. Harris--last year's Crimson co-captain with TOM MAN-NIX--signed on as his assistant, and the two are now happily installed in Connecticut. "We're plugging along down here," Harris said, "just plugging along." ....In other basketball news, the Crimsons are slated to face the Irish National Team November 14 at the IAB. Last year in international competition, the hoopsters dumped...