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...basketball knowledge that he solicits suggestions from his players during time-outs. Worse yet, in a profession never noted for modesty, his humility is practically treasonous. "I'm just lucky enough to have inherited a team that was already great," says Hannum, whose 76ers are currently the winningest team in the history of pro basketball. Last week they beat the Baltimore Bullets 121-115 for their 38th victory in 42 games. That boosted their Eastern Division lead to eight full games over the perennial world-champion Boston Celtics, whose own record of 28 wins and ten losses is nothing...
...cake was part of a locker room celebration honoring the winningest coach in Harvard hockey history. Since he came to Cambridge in 1950, following a brilliant career as both player and coach for the Boston Bruins, Weiland has led the Crimson to 240 wins overall (against 127 losses and 15 ties...
...leader in the other league didn't look so good last night, either. The Orioles dropped two games to Minnesota. 10-7 and 8-2. The Birds' two winningest pitchers--Dave McNally and rookie JHim Palmer--were the twin Twin victims...
...case of a good old horse against a good young horse. The youngster is Bret Hanover, the hulking (1,100 lbs.) four-year-old pacer whose 47 victories in 50 races made him the winningest race horse in the U.S. The oldster is Cardigan Bay, 10, a New Zealand-bred pacer whose own racing record showed 21 victories in 39 U.S. starts and total winnings of $586,981-$29,149 more than Bret Hanover. The race, a $65,000 stakes at New York's Yonkers Raceway last week, was appropriately called the Pace of the Century...
Because practices have been confined for six weeks to the limited facilities of Briggs Cage, Munro has no idea yet how good Wilson will be. The winningest coach in Harvard lax history will use his 17 years' experience and the next twelve days on the field to renovate him for the start of the Southern trip, which begins at Hofstra April 4 and will continue with Rutgers, Washington State and Loyola Colleges of Baltimore, and Adelphi. The Crimson will then come home to face M.I.T. in preparation for improving their tied-for-last finish in the seven-team Ivy race...