Show i Missouri Cager Masters tot Shot Defying All Legal Guarding I S. S Ii i v t I 7 44 S jd 54 tt John Cooper Missouri sophomore forward led the Big Six scoring parade at nt the end of the first half hal of the season by use of or a perfect shot The shot f featuring turing a half haIr spin in midair near the free circle has the best guards In n the conference dizz dizzy from Crom trying to figure out a legal leal defense COLUMBIA Mo Mo Feb 24 IP For iTi For For years George R. R Edwards basketball coach at the University o of r l Missouri envisioned the perfect shot and hoped to find its exponent Until the current season no cage- cage ster who turned out for the Tiger teams was yas sufficiently agile to execute exe exe- cute this shot that defies all legal guard guarding inc Then John Cooper a size medium-size sophomore youth routh from Hopkinsville K Ky reported for practice and immediately immediately immediately imme imme- became a string first-string regular forward He had learned and polished polished pol pol- the perfect shot as a high school bo boy I With its aid and the free throws he scored on the man many fouls called on those who tried unsuccessfully to smother him Cooper ran up an average average aver aver- age ace of points per game for lor the individual scoring lead in the first half of the Big Six conference double round robin campaign The perfect shot is a jump and half turn that brings Cooper around round I facing the basket He takes tales passes near the free throw circle with his back to the goal coal jumps up and does an face about in midair scoring with the orthodox push Coach Edwards says a legal dc defense ense against the shot is virtually sible |