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Suddenly the whirling, full-court action of last week's pro All-Star game in St. Louis became a duel between two agile giants: Bob Pettit (6 ft. 9 in.) of the home-town Hawks, the finest offensive player in the National Basketball Association, against Bill Russell (6 ft. 10 in.) of the Boston Celtics, the league's finest defender. Twice Pettit leaped for his jump shot. Twice Russell knocked the ball away. Pettit had a broken left hand protected by a heavy cast, but he managed to grab both rebounds. On his third try Pettit twisted...
...stands bellowed with delight, and the pros nodded knowingly. Even with a broken hand, Pettit was still the slickest shotmaker in the business. Before he was through, Pettit had scored 28 points (an All-Star record) and taken 26 rebounds (another record), although his Western team lost to the East, 130-118. For such heroics Pettit was named the game's most valuable player...
Garmaker hit 23 points in the third period, mostly on jump shots, to tie Bob Pettit's record for points scored in a single period...
Among the more experienced of the others are Nick Esterbrook at 147 and Andy Pettit at 157. Esterbrook previously wrestled at Milton and he gained one of the Yardling's three pins against the Engineers...
...Pettit is actually a 147-pounder, who has moved up a class. He could be potentially a fine wrestler if he worked harder. So far this season, he has scored pins in both his matches, and he wrestled especially well against his M.I.T. opponent...