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Evening star., 1960-03-30
RoxyCIoses
In New York

NEW YORK, Mar. 80 (AP).-
The Roxy Theater, once the
lavish showplace of the Nations
picture palaces, went out Of
business today with the quiet
of a curtain softly falling on an
era.
Thirty-three years ago.
crowds jammed its thickly-
carpeted, gilded lobby to see
Gloria Swanson in THE Love
of Sonya." Miss Swanson was
there in person, and Charlie
Chaplin was among the stars
who came just for the occasion.
When the Roxy lights went
up shortly before 1890 am
today, they disclosed an almost
empty auditorium. A dozen or
so people stood, looked around
uncertainty, and moved slowly
toward the doors at Seventh
avenue and Fiftieth street.
There was no announcement,
no souvenir hunting.
The Roxy, named for its first
manager. the late Samuel
roxy Rothafel, had fiourished
for many years, and it was the
king of the ornate palace
theaters popular in the 1905.
But in recent times changing
conditions brought it financial
troubles.
Television kept home many
people who had once come to
see its stage shows and movies.
The Roxy will stay dark un-
til torn down two months from
now to make room for a large
addition to the adjacent Taft
Hotel. William Zeckendorf, jr.,
heads the real estate firm that
bought the theater and every
thing in it.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

900. WASHAFM 1911 Mc.)-
In the Concert Hall. Bloch's
Concerto Crosse.
7:05, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1885 Nc. c.)-Symphony
Hall, with Howard Mitchell.
Brahms Violin Concerto in
D.
500, WMAL-FM uO7.3 Mc.)
Concert Stage. Ziehrer's S
Strolling in Waltz.
sos. WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 103.5 Mc.)-The Opera
House. Carmen. complete
Victoria de los Angeles;
Nicolai Gedda, Ernest Blanc,
Janine Micheau; French
National Radio Orchestra
and Chorus, Sir Thomas
Beecham, conducting.
$500, WMAL-FM (107.3 Mc.)-
Hi Fl Showcase. lie Mer, by
Debussy.
10000, WMAL-FM QO7.3 Mc.)
- Nocturne. Gershwin's s
Rhapsody IN Blue.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

tional survey on what the pub
lie wants in TV shows "a
survey is currently being con-
Quoted by CHS but it is inter-
esting to note that three sum-
mers ago, the network volun-
teered to finance a survey ask
ing our leading citizens what
TV ought 10 do. The offer was
made to the National Asso-
citation of Broadcasters and
that was the last ever heard
of it,.
On The Run: Should be q
dandy turnout for the annual
meeting Of the Fairfax County
Child Guidance Clinic next
Tuesday at Annandale high, g
pm. The speaker - Alex
ander King and his subject:
"PsychoanalySis and After"
King is coming at the invi-
tation of DR.. James Thorpe,
director of the clinic and q
close personal friend.
Earl Hoffman writes a letter
recommending Fridays Hotel
de Paree - "A Western that's
really different" The epi-
sode is entitled "Sundance and
the Black Widow" and he says
there's no violence, no may
hem. From start to finish, it's
pure comedy - and it's Wild"
Rev. Joe Uhrig, of Alexandria,
who is currently on WPIK-
radio, reports that he has just
signed a 20-year contract
Chats faith with ZERF, Del
Rio, Texas border station and,
on April 4, will begin a daily
morning show on a Denver
station.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
ReVerent Story
OF Juqqler Told

NEW YORK. March 80 (AP)
Tony Curtis had the title role
last night in NBC Startime's S
The Young Juggler," a tender
and reverent story based on
the legend of st. Barnabas.
The story set in medieval
France, concerns an itinerant
juggler who. stabbed by an
outraged father of a young
girl. is nursed back to health
by monks. Basically. the story
was a religious lesson for it
told how the juggler, crippled,
found faith and regalned his
skill.
1t was a handsome produc-
ton, well acted and complete
ly in the spirit of the Lenten
season.-CL.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Studio Picks
Second Boy

A second Washington area
l2-year-old has been named
one Of II finalists to play the
role of Tom Sawyer in a pro-
posed new television series.
Bruce Skane, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Skane of ll00
Mississippi avenue Sc, was
selected with Is other boys by
Screen Gems television subsid-
iary. Bobby Shoemaker of Sill
yer Spring is also a finalist in
the contest. as reported last
Thursday by The Star.
Bruce. a Hart Junior High
School student, is a member Of
the Washington Boys Club base.
ball team. He has a 10-year-
old brother, Keith, who attends
Draper Elementary School.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

I'VE are not now accepting
any free records"
Of the record, it's blues in
the night:
They ought to send the
people who dreamed UP this
rule to st. Elizabeths."
"Assinine.
"a doltish decision"
They've succeeded in fouling
up the operations of $500 radio
stations-and why. because. at
the most, there are maybe so
rotten apples in the barrel"
To say that radio station
operators are confused is put
ting in mildly. A WUST spokes-
man said:
We're following with the
majority at the moment, we're
sitting tight"
Another station CWMAL) is
sending out letters to record
companies announcing that it
will accept records only for
''preview" purposes and that if
they are selected, they will be
paid for.
NBC spoke for its owned and
operated station, WRC, last
week, stating that henceforth
it would pay for all records.
Several stations are still watt
ing for their lawyers to make
sense out of the ruling.
PuZZler: What is the stand
ing of the subscription" serv-
ices under the ruling? For ex-
ample, a station subscribes to
Qet's say RCA's entire pop LIP
output at cost of $100 a year
That winds up as a pretty NOM
inal figure for each RCA LIP.
Must the station announce this?
Most lawyers feel a reasonable
deduction in price for volume
discount under a continuous
purchasing agreement is o. k0
WindfalI: One of the most
pleasant stories of the season
concerns the unexpected bo-
nanza looming for top stars
who signed to do the Plays-of-
the Week at Equity minimums
and frankly didn't expect to
get much more out of it. 1t
was labor of love.
The rescue of the series by a
sponsor and its sale outside of
New York to a growing net
work" of stations now number
ing "a land expected to go as
high as 100, changes the pic
ture drastically. The ''partici-
patton" deal may now net those
actors much more than they
would have received for the big
gest TV drama special!
The Play-o -the-Week story
has naturally given its take-a-
chance home station CWNTA.
New York; other ideas. In the
works, we hear, is a Concert
of-the-Wee and a Children's
Play-of-the- Week! (The more
the merrier.O
Loud and clear: One OF my
favorite critics, Eva Grant,
editor Of the National Parent
Teacher magazine. spoke up
ringingly on the subject Of TV
at the White House Conference
on Children and Youth the
other day. She challenged
the industry to conduct a ma
Evening star., 1960-03-30
ON THE AIR a<
They've Got Those
FEC (LP) Blues
By BERNIE HARRISON
Star TV Critic

Reactions to that FEC ruling which requires stations to tell
when they play records received free at nominal charge
sharply around town. For publication they're rather
mild.
Its rule that urgently REQUIRES carihcaon" said
, 1960-11-21

# hdQlO DLaIiOH W1V4 d. d1NCSOtnVSu g
WHEREAS the Government Of the Virgin Islands is
the owner Of certain property known as Fort Louise
Augusta, in Christiansted, st. Croix, upon which Is locat-
ed the transmission facilities OF Radio Station WlVl; ana
WHEREAS under its lease Of the premises, the SAID
Radio Station has consistently improved and expanded us
facilities. and has adopted q generous policy OF tree pro
Gram time for governmental, religious, charitable and
other public service groups and the sale q the premises ilEe
UPON which its facilities are located would pc consistent
with the public interest in further and future development
Of broadcasting facilities; Now therefore,
BE T ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Islands:
SECTION I. The Governor Of the Virgin Islands is
hereby authorized. on behalf of the Government OF the
Virgln Islands, to negotiate for the sale OF the Govern
ment,s interest therein to Radio Station WlVl, and upon
such terms and conditions as the Governor shall deter
mine to be economically advantageous to the SAID Govern
ment, and as shall be consistent with its interests, the 1l-
lowing described property, not needed Tor pubic pur-
poses. located in Christiansted, St, Croix, and as more
particularly shown in the office OF the Recorder OF DeeoS'
ST. Croix, Virgin Islands, as follows:
Beginning at a concrete bound post situated on the
edge Of the Rock cliff at the station a as shown on Map OF
4Batteriet Louise Augusta" dated the 18th OF December
1851 drawing No. 259. the line runs:
II 86 degrees AS E. a distance Of $50, to the con-
crete Bound Post 3D. thence N 3 degrees 10 ",
:. distance of $50 to the concrete bound post
thence IN 60 degrees % ", q distance Of 5O2 70
the concrete Bound POSI ~ IntHCS ~ = y
oreas 90 w. a distance of So to the NE outside
corner Of the Battlement Of the old fort, thence
along the outside edge Of Battlement, q distance
Of 84 to the NV corner, thence q distance OF 60
to the SW corner; thence s "a degrees Il y, q dls,
$50 If 460, f. the bound post "A" the point of
beginning. But excluding from said dernised
,remises the go steel tower and light located
thereon and an area Of land, TO- x 10 surrounding
The foundation Of said tower with the right OF
;naress and egress to and from the said tower
reserved to the United States Coast Guard The
Area Of the Plot is 200 US. acres.
M AN01IzE3 YEA
NH. D f. LUGO ..... j. . YEA
MR.. M ss.....I.s YEA
MR.. GUADALUPE YEA
MR.. HODGE Absent
MIR. IAWAFTZ ..ss:rsks Absent
MIR. MADURO YEA
s NFIc MTIII7I "a &
, 1960-11-21
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN STANDS
~ ll4- UNIIED STATES
Regular Session
1860
pTI NJ 11O2
BILL No. 1893

To Authorize the Governor to Sell Certain Government
Owned Property at Fort Louise Augustain ST. Croix to
Radio Station WIN at a Negotiated Price.
, 1960-11-21

Mr.. MOOREHEAD .s..s...... YEA
MR.. OTTLEY ..........4..s YEA
Mr. REESE ...E...... YEA
THIRD LEGISLATURE or TIE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES
Regular Session
1860
To Provide an Appropriation for Clearing Drains, Cutters
and Culverts and Making Emergency Road Repairs
BE ENACTED by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands:
STATEMENT OF MOTIVES
many drains, cutters and culverts which
take water to the sea during periods Of heavy rainfall are
clogged and present a menace to hundreds OF families lv-
ing in low areas in Charlotte Amalie; and
it is imperative that action be taken upon
these drains, cutters and culverts and to build curb walls
and make emergency road repairs to these potential flood .
areas prior to the start of the rainy season.
SECTION /. The sum Of Twenty-Five Thousand
($25, 100000 Dollars is hereby appropriated out Of avail
alb lie funds in the GENERAL FUND Of the Treasury of
the Virgin Islands not otherwise appropriated and made
immediately available to the Department OF Public Works
for the purpose of clearing and repairing cutters. culverts
and drains in Charlotte Amalie and adjacent areas for
building walls to prevent flooding Of homes and for max
ing emergency repairs.
The appropriation herein made shall be available for
expenditure, for the purposes herein stipulated, without
regard to any fiscal year limitation.
DR.. ANDUZE ... YEA
MR.. DE LUGO ......... E
MR.. GOMEZ ..., YEA
Mr.. GUADALUPE ..... YEA
HFR HODGE Absent
Mr.. WAE ....... Absent
Mr.. MADURO ............. YEA
MRS. MIILIN ......... ..... FL
Mr.. MOOREHEAD s.. .... YEA
MFR. OTTT Ely ............. E
Mr.. REESE ............... YEA
Evening star., 1960-10-29

HOUSES FOR sALE-MDL.
Evening star., 1960-10-29
HOUSES foR SALIVA.

FALLS CHURCH, Ahss GI loan
4 bedrms., 2 scr. porches, full
bsmt., lge. corner lot: excel. neigh
tSinS. oWHER' JE, s.is4b.
Evening star., 1960-10-29
nT0pgn

OPEN SUN., 20
154G LIVE OAK DRIVE
This charming home is on a we'll
handicapped lot in a setting Of
tall oak trees, close to schools,
shopping and transportation
Center hall with = bedrms., full
bath on 1st floor, liv. rm. W corner
hrepl., din. rIn., glassed-in and
paneled porch, kit: > very lge.
bedrms. and bath, upstairs. Pan
eled rec. rm. w/hrepl on lower
level. Good storage, many huilt-ins
Bryant gas heat, laundry, garage
Excellent financing available.
DIR: Out Ga. ave. to Columbia
blvd, right 2 blks. to Live Oak,
right to house.
INEz CUSHARD, REALTOR
1880 Wis. Ave.
EN-. 2-4232 EN-. 2-9l45
FIRST OFFERING-Just listed
lovely 2;bedrm. rambler KEN
6INGTON, S10,950; $3.50 down
EISEaSAcHER REALTY 10. 1856
Evening star., 1960-10-29
HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.

GAlTHERSBURG - Custom built
brick rambler; breeEeway, gear
garage; lh acre grounds; air.
cond.; 3 bedrms,, 3 baths, knotty
pine rec. and library combination
plus many extras. Well financed.
Located 20 Virginia drive, Rose
mont. Most exclusive section Of
GaithersburR. Sacrifice due to i'll
ness; FENTON REALTY. JU. s.
716n, eYcs.. RA R-22aO
Evening star., 1960-10-29
HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
(coNIINUED)

BEVERLY HILLS AREA-Ist
onering: 3 bedrms.. master
20x12). others .tWin-sized, large
liv. rm. wIhrepl.,. full din, rm..
knotty pine dinette and paneled
step-down den. full bsmt., attic
22Xl0 screened porch oyerlooking
well Handicapped encl. yard: many
custom hiult-ins: entirely re-
decorated recently. Geo. Mason
School, Hammond High district;
asking S24.960. BY OWNER, KI.
Evening star., 1960-10-29
HOUSES FOR sALE-VA,

Properties. Inc. HU. 1.9222
ABOUT $4,000 - Split-level near
Shirley and circumferential hwys. |;
storm windows, other extras, 1929
Edsall I'd. FL. 4.7656
Evening star., 1960-10-29
HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.

sUITLAND - Doctor. lawyer. &C.
erty, brk., 8 large bedrms., 8
baths, finished bsmt. with rec
rm. and 2 entrances, large LOT
and driveway, Q firepls.: many
other fine features in busy loca-
tion: priced below replacement
cost.
Moore g. Moore, Realtors
Evening star., 1960-10-29
AVONDAIE

BEACON HTS. (E, RiverdSIeJ-3-
home: full bsmt. Below FHA.
S12,960 with Just S395 dn., no
sett ] m ent charges. Vacant,
OWNER, 10. 5-2l3l.
Evening star., 1960-10-29
United RltY., CIR. 3-2484
CHATEAU REALTY
JE. 2-44R1

FALLS CHURCH, vA.-S5O0 down
mo. on 4-bedrm. brick Cape Cod;
across street from parochiai school.
Call OWNER, KE. S-5977.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
BY JOSEPH b. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va.
Feb. 10.-Jockey Joe Culmone
who 10 years ago tied Willie
Shoemaker for the national
riding championship, has pro-
nounced himself At and ready
for another campaign.
The 29- year old Italian
born rider, who can't stand
cold weather, picked an ideal
day for his first visit of his
career here yesterday. The
thermometer had climbed to
50 degrees when Culmone broke
Happy Hero, a 3-to-5 shot, out
of the gate alertly in the fourth
race.
1t was hardly a contest as
Culmone brought Happy Hero
home by six lengths and re-
manned undefeated for 1860
at one-for-one.
The going figures to get q
little rougher for the aggres-
sive Italian shortly, however,
as he begins in earnest at
Bowie Friday. Culmone has
spent the best part of the
winter exercising horses for
Trainer Bernie Bond, who has
taken first call" on the jockey
for the Maryland season.
Culmone has me1lowed con-
siderably and no longer tries
Evening star., 1960-02-10

Jack Kramer's touring pro
tennis players stop off at
Princeton. N. j., for a one-night
stand tonight before moving on
to Washington for shows at
Uline Arena tomorrow night
and Friday night.
The new attractions on this
tour are Alex Olmedo, the
Peruvian who won the Davis
Cup for the United States two
seasons ago, and bounce-ball,
a style of play in which the
ball must bounce on each side
of the net following the serve
before a player. can rush the
net. This latter style is used in
the opening match each night.
Olmedo has a 5-4 record thus
far on the tour, and is the only
one to beat Pancho Gonzales,
the pro champion since 1854,
who has a 9-1 record.
The results of tonight's play
at Princeton determine the
lineups for tomorrow nights
singles here. Tony Trabert,
who is idle tonight, tomorrow
takes on the loser of a match
between Gonzales and Ken
Rosewall. The Gonzales Rose
wall winner then meets the
winner of tonight's match be-
tween Olmedo and Pancho
Segura.
Kramer passed through
Washington yesterday to check
on arrangements at Uline
Arena, and said that he was
pleasantly surprised at the way
Olmero is catching on to the
pro brand of tennis.
He likes the idea Of playing
for pay" Kramer said of Oh
medo, "and he's showing more
interest in his game than ever
before"
Kramer said he thought that
Olmedo's tennis play slipped a
bit in 1859 from the peak it
reached in the 1858 Davis Cup
series, and that he hadn't
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Lukers Settle
Fuss Over Felix

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Feb. ID
(AP)-The Minneapolis Lakers
paid the Allentown Jets an
undisclosed sum yesterday tc
keep Ray Felix, the Jets law.
year, William c. Wickkiser, an
nounced.
Felix repeatedly was under
contract with the New York
Knickerbockers of the National
Basketball Association wher
he was optioned last December
to the Jets Of the Eastern
League. The Knickerbockers
then repeatedly freed Felix
from his contract. and he
signed with the Jets.
On January "a the Knicker.
bockers traded Felix and $685.
900 to the Lakers for Dick
Garmaker. The Jets hac
asked Federal District Court in
Philadelphia for an injunction
against the transaction.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Hurmutz Given
Jockey Award

ARCADIA, Calf, Feb. 10
AP).-Bill Harmatz yesterday
was named the 11th annual
winner of the George Woolf
Memorial Jockey Award-a
birthday present from the turf
writers covering the Santa
Anita winter meeting.
Harmatz, 20 yesterday, re-
ceived q miniature of the Woolf
statue that stands in the pad
dock gardens at Santa Anita,
Woolf lost his life in a racing
accident at the track In jan
uary, 1916.
The award, voted by the
writers, honors a jockey who
brings credit to the riding pro-
fession. No jockey may win it
more than once. Past winners
include Eddie Arcaro, Johnny
Longden and Willie Shoemaker.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Lloyd Kelley
Is QuoIifier
At Phoenix

PHOENIX. Ariz., Feb. 10
(speciaD. - Lloyd Kelley of
Manor Country Club in Nor
beck, Nd, was the only one of
four pros from Washington to
qualify for the $22,5OO Phoenix
Open that starts tomorrow.
A field Of ITO pros played
for "A places in qualifying
rounds over three courses yes
terday. The other rs players in
the field will be exempt pros
and amateurs.
Kelley had a 3S-37-75 over
the ScottSdale Country Club
course, where 37-mile-an-hour
winds sent the scores soaring
Hugh Roger of Columbus, Ga,
was low with a SO.
Ward Burgess of Chevy Chase
missed qualifying by a stroke
at Scottsdale with 39-38-77.
Jimmy Clark of Washington
Golf and Country Club had 46-
1878, and Melvin Rowe of
Burning Tree. 4l-44-85.
Bill Clarke, the Middle At
lantic PGA president from the
Hillendale Club in Baltimore,
qualified at Wigwam Club with
a 40-36-77. 1t took IT'S to make
it at Wagwam. where thick trees
gave some protection against
the wind.
The storm blew out of the
State after the qualifying
round and balmy weather was
promised for today's $2,500 pro-
amateur.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Hickey Blasts
Yankees Idea
On Stadium

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (AP)
Branch Hickey. president Of
the Continental League, today
lashed out at the Yankees for
creating another roadblock to
oppose the organization of our
league"
! Rickey's latest TRADE came
after disclosure that the Yank-
ees had proposed that the City
Of New York take over Yankee
Stadium. either by lease or
purchase, instead of construct
ing a city stadium in Flushing
Meadows.
The proposal, made in a let
ter sent February /, did not
m ention the Continental
League. but it indicated the
city would be free to deal with
anyone for use of Yankee Sta
dium.
I'VE want the new stadium, -
Hickey said. New York wants
it. The whole country wants it.
We don't want to go back so
years and become part of some
thing antiquated Eve-ytime
I hear Of a move in this di-
irection I think Of it as another
roadblock in our direction.
know there are some people in
baseball who want to see us
fail"
The property on which
Yankee Stadium stands is
owned by the knights of
Columbus and the stadium it
self by the Yankee Stadium
Corp, headed by John w. Cox
Of Chicago.
The February letter was
sent to Mayor Wagner by
Arthur Friedlund, the Yankees
general counsel. Friedlund said
that in his opinion the capacity
of Yankee Stadium could be
increased to 10000 or 10000
by double or triple-decking the
bleachers. This would take less
than half the money it would
cost to build a new stadium, he
said.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Colts Sign Kompuro

BALTIMORE. Feb. 10 (AP)
The Baltimore Colts an
nounced today that tackle John
Kompara has signed as a free
agent. Kompara, a New York
Giant l3th-round draft choice
in 1859, played for the Univer-
.sity Of South Carolina the
same three years Alex Hawkins
did. The Canton, Ohio, native
stands 6-foot-2 and weighs
225-pounds.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Cochrune Team
Leads OuuIifiers

DELRAY BEACH, Fla, Feb
10 (AP). - A 6-under-pal
medal round gave Bob Coch-
ran of st. Louis and Barbars
McIntire of Lake Park, Fla.
the spotlight today at the start
Of match play in the National
Amateur mixed foursomes.
The Cochran-McIntire com.
bine was matched with Dor
O'Brien, Richmond, Va, ant
Mrs. Boyd Somerville, Toronto
who shot a 76.
Cochran and Miss McIntirt
pared the first II holes ir
their turnabout tour of thu
Country Club of Florida course
They got six consecutive brides
on the back nine in posting
their 36-30-66.
Among other leaders we're:
James McHale, Philadelphia
and Mary Ann Downey, Balti'
more. 3S-35-73.
John Eisinger, jr., Bethesda
Md, and Mrs. Maurice Click
Baltimore, 37-37-74
Evening star., 1960-02-10
CuImone Fitond Ready
For Another Campaign

to terrorize his rivals as in
his earlier days when he spent
a lot Of time in the stewards
stands trying to explain fouls.
His riding has become as nearly
as polished as his English. AS
an apprentice Culmone required
an interpreter.
Jockey Frank Northcutt kept
his winner-a-day streak going
when he got home with the
tipped Beryllium, a 4-year -old
filly making her first start in
yesterdays fifth race. Open
ing at 20-to-l, Beryllium paid
$1,000.
Northcutt will shift to Bowie
for Fridays opening. ..
Heavy favorites finished out
Of the money in yesterdays
co-features as Willie w. dis
appointed in a sprint for s.
year-olds, finishing fourth to
No Make Up, and Purple
Prince, a 6-to-5 shot, was out
of the money in the seventh
event.
Davis A. Livingston's Ournav,
who is headed for a campaign
at the milers. won his first
start of the season as Purple
Prince finished fifth.
Yesterdays crowd of $3.50
wagered $307,097.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Sky Appears Limit
For Records by Wilt

DETROIT, Feb. 10 (AP)-
The sky's the limit for Wilt
Chamberlain, newly crowned
champion Of National Basket
ball Association scorers and re-
bounders.
The II foot "A rookie has
scored more points in a single
season than the old crown
wearers ever dreamed was pos
sible.
Chamberlain poured in IL
points last night in a losing
cause. his Philadelphia War
riors going down to a 122-l13
defeat >at the hands of the
Detroit Pistons.
His 57-game total-he missed
one game with the fiu-is 2,l34,
This is 20 points better than
the old record set last season
by Bob Petit of the st. Louis
Hawks.
Petit set his mark in 72
games. The NBA increased its
schedule to rs games this year,
so the 22-year-old Chamber
lain has 10 more games in
which to build the record. At
the rate he is going, he will
score something in the neigh
borhood of 2.818 points-not
counting playoffs.
The gangling recruit also
established a single-season re-
bounding record, pulling down
II for a 1914 total, two better
than the mark set last season
by Boston's Bill Russell.
A flock Of ex-scoring cham
pions were on hand to see
Wits record-busting perform
.ance, in addition to the paying
crowd of 8,20l that gave him a
standing ovation when he was
presented with the basketball.
George Yardley, first man to
crack the 2,000-point barrier,
said I'm glad I got to see it..
Hes made a believer out of me.
When / saw him with the Har-
lem Globetrotters, I figured he
didn't have the desire to be
outstanding in the NBA. But
he's showed me plenty. Matter
OF fact, I really believe the
league is going to have to raise