Word: hoops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Five months after Labor's third straight election defeat, the party, rather than resolving its differences, had sunk so low that some British editorialists were asking seriously last week whether there would ever be another Labor government at all. Cock-a-hoop over two fresh by-election victories, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told a Tory rally that in view of "the folly, confusion and incompetence of our opponents," he might very well follow Sir Winston Churchill's example and resign his office after his 80th birthday-in 1974. To others, dedicated to the proposition that a lively Loyal...
...jump for a righthanded, banked shot. Essentially, this is the shot a short man might take to overcome the height of his opponent, has the serious disadvantage of moving Chamberlain away from the rebound. Now Chamberlain is beginning to exploit his size and strength by bulling straight for the hoop, overpowering his man with a leap so high that he merely lets the ball roll off his palm for a sure basket...
Under the hoop, they beat a tattoo on him with elbow and hip. Last week Chamberlain had to take two games off for the extraction of two teeth jammed back by an elbow. Says Warrior Coach Neil Johnston: "They're getting away with murder against Wilt. It would help if Wilt would belt a few. but he's only fought back a couple of times when...
...Ways. The rangy (6 ft. 8 in., 220 lbs.) forward with shock of wavy black hair held the ball lightly in his two ham-sized hands, then sent a set shot swishing through the hoop 28 ft. away. With that, Dolph Schayes, 31, of the Syracuse Nats last week became the first man in the history of the National Basketball Association to score 15,000 points. Before the game was over, he had raised his total to 15,013 as his team beat the Boston Celtics...