European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 17, 1959 the stars and stripes Page. 19 Aba Roundup Sharman tilts 31 As celtics beat pistons 120-94 Boston a Bill Sharman newest member of Hie National basketball association s elite 10,000-Point club added 31 to his collection sunday As he guided Boston to a 120-94 Victory Over Detroit. Sharman s shooting and Clever mane vering on the tempi s intricate patterns took the sting out of the medical reports which kept Bob Cousy and Jim Loscutoff on the sidelines. Cousy received a severe Charley horse in his right thigh saturday night against Syracuse and Loscutoff was ruled out by he recurrence of an old Back ailment. A Veteran of nine Aba campaigns Sharman saturday became the seventh player in history to pass the 10,000-Point Mark. Bill fired in 23 of his Points in the second half against the pistons in this one 17 of them during the third period when the celtics outscored Detroit 40-21, to move out from a 59-51 Lead to a 99-72 runaway. In that 12-minute Span Boston scored 17 straight Points of which Sharman and Frank Ramsey contributed six apiece and Sam Jones added five. Bill Russell tallied 17 for Boston while Ramsey and Jones had 16 apiece. Detroit s Gene Shue the team s High scorer was limited to 15 Points. Boston up the Boston celtics sunday named Arnie risen and Dwight red Morrison to their Reserve roster for the National basketball association playoffs. Both risen and Morrison former celts Are now playing semipro basketball. Lakers upset Hawks Minneapolis up min Neapolis paced by Elgin Baylor and Vern Mikkelsen Rode rough shod Over St. Louis in the final period sunday to defeat the Hawks 109-98, in a National basketball association game Here. A crowd of 9,782 1 ans the largest since the lakers won the Nbattle in 1954, watched Rookie Bay Lor and aging Veteran Mikkelsen team up in the scoring drive. Bay Lor netted 26 Points while Mikkel sen added 25. After a nip and Luck Battle the lakers assumed a g8-57 Lead in the third period. But Cliff Hagan who got 32 Points for game scoring honors pulled the Hawks Back into Contention and a 75-74 Lead As the period ended. Baylor and Mikkelsen then Cut through the tiring defense of the Hawks already winners of then a Western division to whip St. Louis in the final period out scoring the Hawks 35-23. Block that. Or. Kick the new York kicks had the Ball fourth Down and. Except that this football like scene was part of a National basketball association game Between the Kii icks and Minneapolis lakers and occurred when the kicks Willie Naulls right was barged into by Steve Hamilton As he attempted to get off a puss. The lakers won 128-122. A photo remember Bevo Francis hoop Whiz now toils in Small town Ohio pottery Columbus Ohio a remember Clarence Bevo fran Cis just six years ago the bashful giant set never approached records As a collegiate basketball scorer 1,954 Points and a 50.1 average in 39 straight victories. Today Bevo s Happy and con tented at an unglamorous Job As Kiln fireman in a pottery near his old Wellsville Ohio Home. The other factors of the terrific triumvirate which Rode to Fame on Bevo s Sharp shooting have also settled Back far from the rim of the spotlight. They would be Newt Oliver Bevo s fiery publicity conscious coach and Little Rio Grande col lege nestled Down in the South Eastern Ohio Hills of Gallia county. Oliver who masterminded the whole show is teaching Mathe Matics and history in a Rural Junior High school near Springfield Ohio. Rio Grande which boasted Only 94 pupils when Bevo was performing now has a student body of 155. But the basketball record is 6-11. Bevo s Saga is a sports Gem. A puny anaemic kid he had to be carried to his Bath until he was10. His Hammondsville Ohio schools had no basketball teams so Francis and his Young neighbors formed an Independent club. They played in a lighted Hay mow and it was there Bevo s uncanny Eye Fame As an Independent spread and he finally wound up at Wellsville High school. But officials frowned on features surround no the family shift and he was declared ineligible for a year. As a Unior he scored 776 Points in 25 Ames. The 20-year age limit caught him and he was ineligible As a senior. Oliver the Wellsville Mentor was called by Rio Grande his Alma mater to come Home As coach at ?230 Par month. As a student there Oliver had led the country in scor ing he s Only 5 feet 7 inches in 1947-48 with 725 Points. As Oliver moved so did Francis although the latter had offers from three score big colleges. Bevo was married and he had to sell a hog to help defray school expenses. In class he took High school Aswell As collegiate subjects. By mid year when he received his High school diploma he had scored 903 Points in 18 games for the kept right on scoring Rio Grande kept on winning and the headlines got bigger. When Bevo hit 116 Points in a single game the 6-foot, 9-Inch kid was the talk of the country. Oliver at year s end wanted More than his $230 per month in recognition of All the publicity and the 39-game winning Streak. He found it with the professionals and again Bevo went along to the Boston whirlwinds. For two years they Clung together then reached a parting of the ways Bevo form ing his own pro club for a two year Campaign. He and Oliver Haven t spoken in two years. It was rugged that pro Ball Bevo said. We played As High As 250 games a year. I finally got tired of the whole thing put basketball out of my mind and came Home to go to nats Klast warriors Syracuse . A the Syracuse nationals fast break attack buried the Philadelphia warriors 121-101, sunday to give a big boost to their playoff Hopes in the National basketball Syracuse in making it six in a Row Over the warriors now leads fourth place Philadelphia by three Paul Ari in led All scorers with 29 Points the nats showed a lot More balance in an attack paced by Dolph Schayes 25 Points. Big gun for Syracuse in the Early going was Bob Hopkins who led All Rebo unders with 16 and netted 18 Points although he fouled out after Only four minutes of play in the third outside shooting in which they hit nearly 60 per cent of their shots put the warriors in front at the end of the first period. But with Hopkins hitting inside and Larry costello sniping fro the outside the nats went ahead to stay in the second period. After Hopkins fouled out the warriors pulled within five Points at 79-74 before Schayes sparked the final spurt that left the warriors far behind. George Yardley making his first Home appearance with the nats since being acquired from Detroit netted eight Points in 18 minutes and grabbed six rebounds. Kicks crush royals by before 7,245 fans at Madison Square Garden. The royals were close to Thek Nicks for the last time at 10-8 Early in the first period. Sears then scored seven straight Points. New York up the new York knickerbockers paced by Kenny Sears Charley tyra and Frank Selvy snapped their Long est losing Streak of the season at five games sunday by whipping the Cincinnati royals 124-97, in a National basketball association Romp. The kicks took charge in the first Quarter sunday and won was Squaw Valley trials draw Small Friiss entry Squaw Valley Calif. Up Russia which will Send one of the biggest delegations of any nation to the North american Champion ships opening Here on saturday will have Only nine competitors. The russians have announced they will Send a team of 17 but eight of this group will be Lead this includes a doctor and a physiologist. Meanwhile organizers of the games which Are the first big test of the site that will be used for the 1960 Winter olympics revealed that More than 200 contest ants from 11 foreign countries and the . Will be in action Here Dur ing the period of feb. 21-March 3,the North american ski championships headline the event but the National invitational Speed skating Competition also will be held on the newly installed olym Pic rink. With the arrival of the first big snows of a Barren Winter officials of the games heaved a sigh of Relief and hoped that More would come. There is about five feet of Snow on the Valley floor right now and much More on the countries sending delegations include Austria Finland France Italy Holland Norway Sweden Russia Canada Chile and Japan. Two jumpers from East Germany also asked to compete but were refused entry by the state depart ment. All contestants will be housed in the new olympic Village which is Only a Stone s throw away from the ski lift the jumps and the rinks. Meals will be served in a cafeteria set up in the huge presi room. The big cafeteria and dining Hall that will be used for the olympic games is not quite completed. Conley shuns braves sticking with celtics Boston a Gene Conley lanky right handed Pitcher who sin no hurry to sign a 1950 con tract with the Milwaukee braves said sunday he will pass up Spring training and will remain with the Boston celtics through next month s National basketball association playoffs. After basketball i la return to baseball he said but i m no going after the braves if they want me they la come to , who had a 0-6 record with the National league Cham pions last season said he was ignored by the braves in 1958. He added that he feels obligated to the celtics to help if i can until the playoffs Are
