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CCNY Youngsters Become First Team To “Grand Slam”By Howard Sigmund iINS Sports WriteriNew York, March 29—ONS;—Nat Holman looked and talked like a coach whose team had just made basketball history. *“Roll out the carpet. Bring on, the campagne. those kids were; t wonderful,” he said.ii; Holman, of course, was referring i to his amazing City College kids' from the sidewalks of New York who had just whipped Bradley, 71 to 68 for the NCAA championship and the first grand slam in the annals of college basketball.“This could be my greatest team/’ 1 Holman added. “In any case, they’ll j remember what they did for the : rest of their lives.“ IHolman, a star in his youth with i the original Celtics and coach at j CCNY for 31 years, said his Cinderella Beavers have given him “the biggest thrill of my career/*“What can one say other than it ! was wonderful,” he declared. !i“Norm Mager was terrific. Irwin 5i •- Dambrot was great and all my boys generally played better than they did the first time we beat Bradley in the national invitation.”The City coach paid tribute to ; the gallant Peoria. 111.. Braves who were bridesmaids at both the NIT i ; and NCAA finals but never chain- I pions.‘ Bradley looked better last night than it did the first time we met ; them And don’t sell them short Remember it was anybody’s ball game up to the verv end/* he said “That (irne Melchiorre n a great ball shiver TImm1 c.vm lavup- bv the Mr tic a u v »;**ar ’he rial ahno.-t broke up lito ba.il etna Wia-w' C*o:t. h I-Vriv-' And*: ■* Brad-lev pra ! (•(* ha- (a.tm P ■: j* - I nuiu-lt;;elt;un diiiWHu,“The kuB were t lju* the\never let down. Thrp v. ere in there all the uav and I am proud ol hi- -homing thee made.
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Jasper Herald
Jasper, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 29, 1950
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