Evening star., 1960-12-14
Ariziin Basket
Beats Pistons
For Warriors
Turnout Of 6,4l0
EnobIes M Club
To Breuk Even
BY BILL FUCHS
Star stan Writer

group. are as happy as a man
at the track who blew most of
his wad on the first eight races
and got even with a long shot
in the ninth.
The M Club broke even with
its pro basketball promotion last
night in Cole Field House and
not even the optimistic chair
man of the event, George
Knepley. dared dream of the
possibility.
But a crowd of 6,410 fans
defied icy roads and bitter
temperatures to make their way
to the field house to see Wilt
Chamberlain, the fabulous giant
OF the Philadelphia Warriors,
and Gene Shue. the Maryland
alumnus who had made it big
with the Detroit Pistons. The
Warriors won the National Bas-
ketball Association game, no.
108. to increase their margin
over runnerup Boston in the
Eastern Division to Ia games.
The Celtics lost to the Knicker-
bockers, HILLS, before 1922
in Madison Square Garden.
The net result is that the M
Club will continue to promote
such events in order to swell its
athletic scholarship fund. A
full house saw an NBA game
last February under M Club
sponsorship, but the champion
Celtics were on the card and
Christmas expenses weren't
weighing down on the prospec-
tive customers. And the weather
wasn't q major factor.
owe Our Thanks
I'm real happy" Knepley
says. Just to break even is
wonderful. II those people
hadn't come out, we could have
lost a bundle. We owe them oul
thanks"
Paul Arizin, ex : Villanova
star who has been in the league
long enough to have played
against the Washington Capt.
tolls. made one of the finer
shots of his colorful career to
get the Warriors the victory
He made the shot almost on
o straight line from the foul
circle with Chamberlain under
the basket for insurance. II
dropped and only three seconds
remained. A desperate shot
from the corner by Archie Dees
failed for the Pistons.
Chamberlain. who says he
Is "seven feet and one-six-
teenth of an inch." made II
of % field goal attempts-l2
straight in one STRICKLAND sc
points. Arizin scored 20 points
and next came Shue. who was
q picture Of grace with hi;
twists and turns and body
English and the soft push shots
that helped him become Mary.
lands most proficient scorer
Thrills In Second Half
It was a game in which al
of the thrills were reserved fol
the second half. The team.
seemed as automatic as con.
trolled robots in the earlier
part as the Warriors worked
up quarter leads of 1925 anc
57-49.
But the Pistons, once dowr
by IL points, came back, as
7-foot Walter Dukes. who die
not play the first half. combined
with Shue. Bailey Howell, ex.
Mississippi State star. and Dor
Oil. 6-foot-3 deadeye from I'LL.
nois, to lead the resurgence.
1t was Shue who got Detroi
its first lead on five straight
points, a layup and three foul!
with 3:45 left In the third quar-.
ter. Detroit led. 1884, coins
into the final and the lead
swayed back and forth.
Howell made 1t 104-102, De.
troit, with $3.50 left, but Cham
berlain and Arizin got the lead
back for the Warriors at 108-
l06 with Just a minute to 60
Ed Conlin fouled Shue and he
made both shots to tie the
score with so seconds left. The
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