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Dates: during 1942-1942
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Stanley Joseph Modzelewski, who plays pivot on Rhode Island State's basketball team, has for four years averaged 21 points a game. Last week, during a game with Holy Cross, Modzelewski scored 16 points; then, every time he tried to shoot, he was blinded by flashlight bulbs. Nevertheless, he finally sank one from the foul line and the shot the cameramen were after was recorded: Modzelewski scoring his 1,597th point in four years of college basketball. It cracked the all-time record* set by Stanford's Hank Luisetti four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shooting Star | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...week's end, Modzelewski had boosted his record to 1,643, has four more games to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shooting Star | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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