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They play the Georgetown men tonight at 9 o'clock, following the Chinese women's game against the University of Maryland at 7 - all at D.C. The Chinese are in Washington on the fourth stop of a five-game tour of the United States. Then, from behind his hand, lest the shadow of Mao hear him, Thompson said, 'But I'd like to have him playing for me.' It was as if Thompson were counting the stories of a skyscraper before picking a number. 'I don't know.' Thompson said, raising his eyes up the majestic tower of Mu. An expert on elongation, Georgetown Coach John Thompson, was asked to guess Mu's height. The Chinese, on their official roster, call him 7-2. One estimate says he is 7 feet 9.7 inches tall. Mu Tieh-chu is a basketball player on China's national team. They see Mu Tieh-chu and want to know how high and how wide he is. 'Don't need 'em, do ya?'ДЄmericans want to know how high is high, how wide is wide. Only Selvy's mark, scored against Newberry in 1964, is recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, however, as the others scored theirs against junior colleges.Dolly Parton stands on stage for concerts and calls to the fellows in the faraway seats, 'I know why you brought those binoculars.' She breathes deeply. The college players who reached 100 were Frank Selby of Furman, Paul Arizin of Villanova and Bevo Francis of Rio Grande (Ohio) College. Richie Guerin with 39, Cleveland Buckner with 33 and Willie Naulls with 31, but they just couldn't overcome the boost given the Warriors by Chamberlain. He has scored an average of 50.8 points for the 76 games.Д¬hamberlain's career total is now 9,605, having scored 2,707 points his rookie year and 3,033 last year.ДЄfter Chambmerlain earlier scored the single game record with 78, topping Los Angeles' Elgin Baylor's 71, he scored 73 points in a regulation game against the Chicago Packers. The others were in college games.Д¬hamberlain has scored 3,865 points this season and has four games to go. That made a big difference.''Д¬hamberlain, approaching a 4,000-point single season, is the fourth player to ever erach 100 points in a basketball game. The game was held up until the floor was cleared.Д¬oach McGuire cheered the Stilt's foul shooting -''It was phenomenal.''Д¬hamberlain himself said, ''My foul shooting was vastly improved. When he hit 100 on a dunk shot with 46 seconds left, the fans streamed out onto the court to mob him. It would have been impossible to score this many if they hadn't kept feeding me,'' said Chamberlain. McGuire agreed, ''It has to be the greatest game of his career.''Д¬hamberlain scored again and again on his fallaway shot as the excited crowd of 4,124 shrieked, ''Give it to Wilt, give it to Wilt.'' His teammates complied.

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''I wasn't even thinking of hitting a 100, but after putting in nine straight free throws, I was thinking about a foul shooting record,'' he said.

The 36 goals were made on 63 tries, for 57 percent. He also scored 31 points in the final quarter, and scored 59 points in the first half, both records. The 7-foot-1 giant lived up to the prophecy as he scored 36 field goals, and 28 of 32 foul shots, both N.B.A records. When Chamberlain scored the 78 earlier this year, in a triple overtime (against Los Angeles), coach Frank McGuire predicted, ''Someday he will hit 100.'' The previous high was 312 scored by Boston (173) and Minneapolis (139).

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''It's a record I'd hate to try to break myself,'' says Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain eyeing his new 100-point National Basketball Association single game record.Д¬hamberlain's mark, eclipsing his own record of 78, came last night as the Warriors defeated the New York Knickerbockers 169-147. As part of its coverage of the NBA and its 75th season, The Associated Press is republishing verbatim the story on Chamberlain's game on March 2, 1962: He made 36 of 63 field goals and 28 of 32 free throws. He saved his best for last, dropping 31 in the final period. Chamberlain had 23 points at the end of the first quarter, 41 at halftime and 69 at the end of the third. Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record that still stands by scoring 100 points as he helped the Philadelphia Warriors beat the New York Knicks 169-147 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.