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...first two home games, 30,000 fans (twice the usual number) jammed Madison Square Garden to cheer his every move. In the experts' cool appraisal, his debut was no more auspicious than that of any rookie starting out-and having a tough time of it-in the pros...
...Princeton, Bradley scored 2,503 points, three times was chosen an All-America. But Princeton isn't the pros, and now, at 24, he is starting out in a man's game where practically every competitor can match his 6-ft. 5-in. size, and even the bench warmers were stars back home. What's more, they have been working at their trade. "I only played six games at Oxford last year," says Bradley, and his training with the Knicks was limited to one workout...
Last week, by an overwhelming vote of 295 to 5, officials of the British Lawn Tennis Association decided to delete two little words - amateur and professional - from their rule book. Next year, all the game's men and women will be merely "players." So pros, for the first time, will be eligible to compete in the All-England championships at Wimble don, the oldest (91 years) and most prestigious tournament in the world...
...flankers in this league." Another scout calls Carr "the best foot ball player I've seen this year"; a third predicts that he will be the first player picked in the pro draft. Meylan was "by far the best man on a disappointing Nebraska ball club." The pros like McGill's "determination and aggressiveness-and, as one scout says, "Notre Dame men don't disappoint you too often...
...CORNERBACKS: Jim Smith, 21, Oregon, 6 ft. 3 in., 197 Ibs., and Major Hazelton, 22, Florida A. & M., 6 ft. 2 in., 190 Ibs. Since most colleges play a zone defense against passes (as opposed to the pros' man-to-man), defensive backs usually play "too loose," complains one scout, "for us to tell whether they can cover their man. So we look for strength and speed-for backs who are strong enough to come up and make the tackle on running plays and fast enough to stay with the flankers." Smith and Hazelton fill that bill. Smith...