When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships . The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan's West Side. At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young an who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city.Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly.As a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then.But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school All-American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season. From then on he simply got better.Some rival coaches used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to.Wearing size 16 D shoes and sucking a lollipop , Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups .Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans. When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly.He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine.He was not comfortable talking to grown-ups, perhaps because he towered over them.Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe.Once after ducking into a subway to escape, Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers."People want you not for yourself," Donohue warned him, "but because you're a basketball player.Don't forget that."
What is on the west side of the city?
Who was sent there?
At what age?
Who sent him?
Does he have many siblings?
Why not?
Is the school large?
Who watched after him while he was there?
Is he a good coach?
In which sport?
Did Alcindor have small feet?
What size are they?
Is he 7 feet tall?
What candy was he eating?
How would he warm up at first?
Where did he try to get away?
Who was he evading?
Were they stalking him?
What animal was he compared to?
Where is the school located?
Power Memorial Academy
Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan's West Side
Lew Alcindor
 Lew Alcindor 
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When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships . The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy
his parents
 The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy
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 The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy,
he's an only child
The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy,
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 The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan's West Side.
Coach Jack Donohue,
 Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue,
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Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young an who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city
basketball
wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then
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.Wearing size 16 D shoes and sucking a lollipop , Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups 
ize 16 D shoes
ize 16 D shoes
when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, so probably taller now
when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall,
a lolly
Wearing size 16 D shoes and sucking a lollipop , Alcindor would loosen up 
leaping lay-ups
Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups
A subway
Once after ducking into a subway to escape
photographers
photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe
The coach had ordered Lew to talk no journalist
 Donohue protected his boy firmly.He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, a
an easily-frightened giraffe
Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe
Manhattan's West Side.
ower Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan's West Side.