A roundup of the sports information of the week
February 01, 1965
BASKETBALL—BOSTON and CINCINNATI each had three victories and one defeat and remained first and second in the East, separated by eight games. Third-place PHILADELPHIA, however, had a week to remember. The 76ers split their first two games with the Pistons and then Wilt Chamberlain finally came to town. With Wilt in the lineup, Philadelphia beat the Warriors 111-102, the Pistons again 109-103, and the Celtics 104-100 to stop Boston's winning streak at 16, just one game short of the NBA record. In his first three games with the 76ers Chamberlain scored only 59 points but had 87 rebounds and passed off more often than he shot. NEW YORK lost twice to LOS ANGELES, which increased its lead in the West to 2� games with a 2-1 week. BALTIMORE, with three victories over the Hawks and a loss to the Celtics, climbed into a tie for second with ST. LOUIS, which dropped all four of its games. DETROIT lost three out of five and SAN FRANCISCO three out of three to extend its winless streak to 16, a new NBA mark.
TRADED: The Athletics' ROCKY COLAVITO to Cleveland in a complicated three-team deal that sent White Sox Outfielders Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger and an unnamed pitcher to Kansas City, Catcher JOHNNY ROMANO, Pitcher Tommy John and Outfielder Tommy Agee of the Indians to Chicago, and Catcher Camillo Carreon from Chicago to Cleveland.
DIED: NICK ALTROCK, 88, who gained worldwide fame as baseball's first clown while coaching the Washington Senators (1912-1953). Earlier, Altrock was known as a strong left-handed pitcher. From 1904-06 he had 63 victories, including 24 in 1905, for the Chicago White Sox, and in the 1906 World Series he won a 2-1 game and lost a 1-0 game against the Cubs. Altrock's major league career started in 1898 and really didn't end until 1933, when he was 57. That year he appeared in Washington's last game of the season as an unsuccessful pinch hitter. Four years before, in his previous at bat, he pinch-hit a triple for the Senators.