i SPORTS
\ ROUND-UP
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j THE WORLD ‘
OF SPORTS. . .
What are the chances- of major leeg
ire batter's hitting a home run? Babe
:Ruth averaged one every 11.8 at-bats' /*
Iwhacking 714 four-baggers in 8,399- ABs’
jin his playing lifetime; among active
Imajor leaguers, the Brave's .Ed Mathews
ihas the best average with a rcund-trip
:pe'r every 14.4 tries. '
j All-Marine basketball championship
iwill be determined in a ' three way play
joff between the Hawaii Marines,San Diego
k. IMCRD and Camp Lejeuna.
Joe Salci, Ft. Stewart, Ga.,clobbered
jthree straight foes to win the Chsrles
iton, S.C., light weight Golden Gloves
i title.
Oddity of the NBA pro cage play this
iyear was the streak of 100-points or
jmore a game by the New York Knicks. The
jstring ended at. 37 consecutive games
jwith the Knicks averaging 116 points per
jgame against 113.4 for the opposition,
Ibut they lost 19 of the games and are in
jlast place in the Eastern Division.
Quote of the.Week — "Tine Magazine,”
:in a recent feature on jockeysy had this
ito say of saddle-star Bill Hartack: "If
jjockeys had their own colors (racing
|jsilks), his would have, to be red (for
jguts) and green (for money). !1 .
IT COSTS TO MISS: • ;
Schofield Barracks, T. H." (AFPS) —
Basketball coach Mike Spence of the 35th
Inf. Cacti has adopted , a ’’pay as you
shoot”program to improve the foul shoot
ing of his charges.
Each day the team concludes their
workout with 20 tosses from the foul
line, and the penny-per-miss acts as an
incentive. •
Adding to th© ruggedness of the drill
Spence has his men shoot just’two shots
and then run a lap between .each pair,
simulating game fatigue. ;
Players with:';: a thrifty nature are
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allowed to pay the fine at the rate of
•ten laps per miss.
Nothing certain in College Basketball.
This made obvious yesterday with the
announcement by the National Collegiate
Athletic Bureau that tournament games
'will be'included in.the season's offic
ial statistics. The decision makes Wilt
Chamberlain of Kansas out of the race,
except as a bystander, and leaves it up
to Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson and Sea
ttle's Elgin Baylor to battle it out.
The reason is that Chamberlain won't
be ploying in any tournament while both
Robertson and Baylor will. Kansas St,
will be-the Big-Eight's NCAA representa
tive and conferencerules stipulate that
only the champion can compete in a post
season tournament. Exit Chamberlain as
a determining factor. The big guy can
only "back into" the championship now.
Cincinnati is...almost certain to play
in the NCAA torunament as the Missouri
Valley's representative and Seattle al
ready has an invitation to the NCAA tou
rnament .
On individual scoring it is figured
through 24 Feb. and on the team scoring
it is figured through 27 Feb.
The leaders in various departments:
INDIVIDUAL SCORING: GAMES FTS AVE.
Robertson. Cincinnati 23 792 34.4
Baylor, Seattle'
Chamberlain, Kansas
Howell, Miss. State
Coleman,'KY, Wes.
Hennon, Pittsburgh
Flora, Wash.Lee
Reed, Okla. City
Murrell, Drake
Hawkins, Notre Dame
TEAM OFFENSE:
GAMES
Marshall ! 24
Cincinnati 23
West Virginia 23
Seattle 21
Connecticut 24
Kentucky Wes. 23
Notre Dame 23
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21 709 33.8
19 578 30.4
. 25 695 27.8
23 600 26.1
23 599 26.0
24 616 25.7
26 666 25.6
23 585 25.4
23 583 25.3
W-L PTS . AVE.
17-7 2113 88.0
21- 2 2009 87.3
22- 1 1990 86.5
16- 5 1742 83.0
17- 7 1976 82.3
13-10 1892 82.3
19-4 1867 81.2