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...Cunningham, 38, learned his first fancy steps from an oldtime vaudeville performer who taught him a sailor's hornpipe in a special soft-shoe version. That was back home in Centralia, Wash., where Cunningham grew up, the son of a country lawyer. In those days he used to tap-dance at the local Grange Hall, eventually graduated to a summer session at California's Mills College, where he met Martha Graham and agreed to join her company. In the Graham years he danced male leads in such works as Letter to the World and Appalachian Spring...
Coach Taylor need not have lost any sleep. Next night against Memphis State, Lucas was a spring-legged hotshot. In one span of 77 sec., he scored 8 points (2 tap-ins, 4 foul shots), finished with 34 points in his team's 94-55 victory. Two nights later against Pittsburgh, Big Luke was the key of Ohio State's tight man-to-man defense. On offense, he roved the pivot, scoring 24 points (with a fantastic shooting average of 73% from the floor), directing teammates in his deep, sober voice ("Come on in, John, come in"). Final...
...open chest, onto the heart, while he and his colleagues continued the massage. Flanagan's heart responded with two or three normal beats, then fluttered wildly again. There was no time to heat more sterile saline. Dr. Coughlin ordered pots and pans, buckets and basins filled with warm tap water, sloshed this into Flanagan's chest for half an hour...
When 20 gallons of tap water had done its work, Flanagan's heart picked up with a firm beat, quickly cleared his head. Having had no anesthesia, he promptly tried to climb off the table, had to be restrained until his chest could be sewn up. A World War II top kick, Flanagan was soon sitting up, eating three squares a day, expected to go home next week...
...each with top drivers and pit crews. Chevy made it a major effort, with five cars and a 25-man pit crew sponsored by the Denver Chevrolet Dealers Association. Not to be outdone, Denver Ford dealers entered three cars, with 15 experts on tap for split-second refueling and tire changes...