Word: weekes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scrimmage games against the varsity, the phenomenal freshman unhinged his elders by nicking home 92 points. Giddy with anticipation, Coach Fred Taylor began drilling Ohio State in an offense that could be draped around the shoulders of his future star when he moved up to the varsity. Last week the Big Ten finally got its first look at the most impressive basketball prospect since "The Stilt" himself: Sophomore Jerry ("Big Luke"), Lucas, 19, a solemn, smoothly muscled (6 ft. 7½ in., 228 Ibs.) youngster with a feather-soft hook shot in either hand...
...Columbus who took Lucas' spectacular first week in stride was Lucas himself, who is attending Ohio State on an academic scholarship with no extras thrown in for athletics. "First come my studies," he says, "and then basketball." Lucas maintains an A-minus average (botany, American history, English), can see so far beyond the basketball court that he has no plans to play with the pros. "I think it's a hard life with all that traveling and living in hotels," says Big Luke, as serious as a sophomore can be. "I want to settle down...
...Last week was the showdown; the Colts tackled the Forty-Niners in their own stadium, with the conference title at stake. Cool and confident, Quarterback Unitas whipsawed the Forty-Niner defense by sending fleet Halfback Lennie Moore to the outside, barreling Fullback Alan ("The Horse") Ameche up the middle. But as always the big man was Unitas himself. Passing in the calm lee of Tackle Jim Parker (6 ft. 3 in., 275 lbs.), Unitas threw for three touchdowns to bring his season's total to 29, break the N.F.L. record held since 1943 by the Bears' Sid Luckman...
After a year of the tightest money since the 1920s, the U.S. last week experienced a slight easing in the general demand for funds. It was partly due to the depressing effects of the steel strike and industry's uncertainty about investing heavily in inventory before a settlement is reached. But the Federal Reserve Board also eased money to take care of the usual extra demands around Christmas by permitting member banks to count a percentage of their vault cash as reserves, thus in effect adding some $1.4 billion in lending power...
...slight easing had no effect on interest rates. The U.S. Treasury last week sold its 13-week bills at 4.5%, the highest point in history for its shortest-term borrowing, partly because only the week before it had drawn heavily on short-term funds with a $2 billion offer of 320-day bills at 4.86%. Bankers expect even greater pressure when a steel settlement is made and a rush for supplies and postponed expansion exerts new pressure on the money market...