Scoreboard: Who Won Sep. 3, 1965

> The U.S.: a 71-60 victory over Russia in basketball; at the World University games in Budapest. Sparked by Princeton All-America Bill Bradley, who scored 20 points, and cheered on by a wildly partisan Hungarian crowd, the Americans rolled up a 42-25 half-time lead, coasted to their second straight win (first score: 81-38) over an outclassed Russian team. In other events at the games, Texas' Randy Matson uncorked a toss of 66 ft. 7⅝ in. to win the shotput; and Florida's John Pennel won the pole vault, jumping 16 ft. 5 in....

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