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...Peters does a more than creditable job of convincing the viewer she is from the Ozarks. Probably because we know it is a 14-year-old's fairy tale, the story seems artless and winning, rather than just ridiculous. The person who really makes it all work is Rebecca Schull as Rimes' grandmother. Tender, bright, steady, Schull succeeds in making you actually care whether Grandma Teeden pulls through. In a flashback she visits the Rimes character (played here by a little girl) in the hospital, and when they begin to sing Amazing Grace, the susceptible viewer will begin to blubber...
...Schull, a springy pivot man from Florida State, bypassed an N.B.A. tryout three years ago to join the Phillips 66ers in the A.A.U. league. Then, at the end of last season, the Phillips team was disbanded...
...Schull, 24, is the leading rebounder for rival Eldorado, an ice cream company in Bologna. The N.B.A. it isn't; yet for American players unwilling or unable to buck the stiff competition at home, Europe is indeed an Eldorado...
...then some. In Italy, U.S. players are paid an average of $12,000 for the six-month season of pallacanestro, while such sought-after stars as Mike Lynn, a forward on U.C.L.A.'s championship teams for the past two seasons, command up to $30,-000. Like Gary Schull, some players are "on scholarship," which usually means that they are enrolled in a language course. Jim Tillman is listed as a public relations man for Simmenthal, meaning: "I make a few speeches at banquets and such...
...newcomer at least, the affection of the European fans makes up for the shortcomings on the court. "I get two or three letters every day from the fans," says Gary Schull. "I don't fully understand them but I get a kick out of them. See this," he says, fingering a new beaver overcoat. "Some businessman gave it to me. I never had it so good." Sometimes the hero worship gets out of hand. After a championship game in Italy three years ago, souvenir-mad fans rushed onto the court and stripped an American player right...