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...Monroe, Alcindor v. Unseld-told the story. In the series, the Big O outscored the Pearl 94 to 65, while Lew topped Wes 108 to 60. Forward Jack Marin, the Bullets' highest scorer in the series, said of Alcindor: "Every time you make a move to the hoop, you run right into that giant oak tree. You just can't make any penetration, and you can't beat anybody by taking 20-footers all night." After the game, one Baltimore fan offered a solution similar to that so often proposed by the Yankee-haters of old: "Those...
...rumors flying around the LAB that Cooncy Weiland and Bill Brooks will be made assistant directors of phys ed to help John Yovicsin... Rod Foster has indicated that he is going out for cross country next fall instead of football. He wants to be in top shape for the hoop season we hear...
...HOOP HINTS.... The Milwaukee Bucks appear to have their eye on Harvard's own Hal Smith, the sophomore sharpshooter and all-around hoop hero. They're dreaming of Big Lew Alcindor feeding Hal at the top of the key and midcourt. Hal, a member of the Gene Conley Fan Club, says he likes the idea as long as the Brewers draft him, too.... Cage coach Bob Harrison has asked the athletic department to order red suitcases and toothbrushes for his team's road trips to match their red blazers. The new items will carry the player's name and uniform...
...smokehouse out of a hollow tree to cure venison. She also describes cheese making, sod breaking, sugaring off, housebuilding (log, sod and frame), threshing, ice cutting and a hundred other practical matters. She offers assorted facts on such subjects as homestead law, horse breaking and how to manage a hoop skirt. The odd word may mystify (pieplant, claim shack, prove out, picket pin, beholden, boughten), but the prose is straightforward enough for Hemingway...
...Primarily, he is working on defense and on passing off to the open man in offensive patterns -skills that were of secondary importance when he played for Niagara University and averaged 33.1 points per game, the third highest career mark in N.C.A.A. history. Murphy has no trouble hitting the hoop; though used sparingly in the early part of the season, he has so far topped 20 points in 13 games, including a brilliant 29-point burst in 29 minutes of play against the Suns. All the Rockets feel "Midget Man" will make it big in the pros...