Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era by Gary M. Pomerantz

Author:Gary M. Pomerantz
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Basketball - United States - History, Basketball, Wilt, 20th Century, Sports & Recreation, General, United States, Biography & Autobiography, Sports, Cultural Heritage, Chamberlain, History
ISBN: 9781400051618
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2005-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

End of the third quarter: Chamberlain with sixty-nine points, including nine during the final two minutes of the quarter, the Warriors holding a nineteen-point lead, Pollack typing furiously on his Olivetti, Campbell wondering aloud how high the Dipper’s scoring total might go. The record, yes, but how high? Sitting with his ten-year-old son on folding chairs near the court, the Associated Press photographer Paul Vathis wasn’t taking any chances. He told his son, “Wilt’s going to get eighty. You stay right here. I’ll be back.” Vathis went outside to his car and pulled his MamiyaFlex 2¼-inch camera from his trunk. The previous spring, he captured JFK and Ike walking alone even as press secretary Pierre Salinger announced to waiting photographers, “Okay, boys, that’s it. Lids on.” Now, he reentered the Hershey Sports Arena, a mere spectator no more, and planted himself beneath the Warriors basket. Something special was about to happen. He took the lid off.

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