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...uncorks a wild one: two years ago, a stray Gibson fastball broke the shoulder of San Francisco's Jim Ray Hart, and in 56 innings this season, Bob has walked 26 men. But now it's the catchers who have to look out. The speed of his "hummer" is estimated at well over 90 m.p.h. Sighs the Cards' Bob Decker, "You'd better bring along an extra sponge...
...last hope vanished when Bradley fouled out with five minutes to go and with Michigan in front 75-67. He had scored 29 points. Princeton promptly did just what everyone expected: they disintegrated Ed Hummer's tip-in with a single second remaining in the game was the only field goal that the Tigers scored after their star departed, and Michigan galloped to a 92-76 margin that was almost a footnote...
...Princeton had Bradley last year, and the Tigers were eliminated in the Eastern tournament by Duke, 101 to 54. The difference in 1965 is that the other members of the Princeton quintet are not just four guys named "hey-you." Ed Hummer (6-6) and Robbie Brown (6-9) have developed into excellent centers; in the two Eastern regional games, they collected a total of 43 rebounds. Junior guard Don Rodenbach is a fine ball-handler and outside shooter. And the team's tight man-to-man defense has functioned very well; in Friday's Eastern semifinal, the Tigers held...
...Princeton has a bit more than a one-man show this year. The Bradley mystique lured a number of high school basketball stars to Nassau two years ago, and the Tigers are benefiting this year from the presence of such sophomores as 6-9 Robbie Brown, 6-6 Ed Hummer, and hotshot backcourt man Gary Walters...
...against Ivy opponents, Princeton's sophomore-dominated supporting cast will probably be good enough to keep the Tigers from falling apart. Gary Walters is a sharp-shooting guard, while 6-6 Ed Hummer and 6-9 Robbie Brown make Princeton one of the tallest squads in the League...