Sport: Pure Gold in The Corn Belt

A pair of aces at Indiana State

Tops in their sports, two remarkable stars with remarkably different styles are brightening the long winter in Terre Haute:

LARRY BIRD. Watching him play stirs pleasant memories for basketball purists: not only can he shoot and rebound as well as the game's legendary forwards; he is an old-fashioned playmaker, a passer who can look one way and hit the open man breaking for the hoop. Averaging 28.6 points a game, Larry Bird, 22, is the second leading college scorer and stands third in rebounds. What is more, he has led his hitherto obscure team through a...

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