Totally disregarding New York Player-Coach Doug Harvey, who was clinging grimly to his right leg, Detroit's Gordie Howe expertly slipped a one-handed shot past Ranger Goalie Gump Worsley for the 500th goal of his 16-year career. Still a relatively youthfuland mighty aggressive33, Howe needs only 45 more goals to break the National Hockey League scoring record set by Montreal's famed Maurice ("Rocket") Richard.
As the National Basketball Association wound up its regular season, Philadelphia's incomparable Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain scored 34 points in his final game, finished the season with a fantastic total of 4,029. The old mark, also set...
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