Cantabs Down.
Cagers, 81- 39,
In Ivy Opener

By ALAN CAMEROS
Fifteen. year's of Cornell
basketball invincibility over.
Harvard came to an abrupt:
end at Barton Hall Saturday
night, as the Cantabs rolled to an
overwhelming 81-59 win. Back-
courtman Bob Hastings, an un-
heralded playmaker on the Har-
vard roster, scored 28 points while
directing the visiting offense to the.
most one-sided triumph ever re-
corded by the Crimson over a
Cornell cage team.

Cornell never threatened after
the first 17 minutes. With the locals.
trailing by one point, 25-26, Has- |
tings stole the ball twice to set up
two. baskets, boosting the Harvard
margin to five points.

The first half was one ofthe
worst exhibitions of basketball dis-
played by a Big Red team in re-
cent’ seasons. The ball- handling
was sloppy, the home team re-
bounders were continually out-
fought underneath both boards,
and the offense was only able to
score nine field goals. |

Dick Canty, Phil Haughey, and
Hastings were instrumental in ex-'
ploiting the Cornell rebounding:
weakness. Hastings, a 6-1 junior.
from Austin, Minn., proved that:
playmaking and scoring were not:
his only ‘specialties as he_ pulled
down six rebounds during the in-
itial stanza.

For that matter, however, the
Big Red looked little better in the |
last eight minutes of the contest,
as. they were again outscored 23-8.
Trailing by only seven points at
this juncture, Cornell saw Hastings
turn what might have been a.
close game into.a rout.

Driving by the entire Cornell
team, Hastings bucketed two lay- |
ups. When the Cornell defense |
started to press, the Cantab back- >:
courtman calmly waited for an
opening and passed underneath to
reserve Lew Lowenfels for two,
setups, bolstering the Crimson ad-—
vantage to 13 points.

Harvard’s offense came to life
during the second: half, Netting ,
15 out of 31 field goals, the visitors |
completely dominated the last 20}
minutes of play.

It was a tough blow for the |
locals. After an impressive vic-
tory Wednesday over Colgate,
Cornell was a heavy favorite to
open the Ivy Leagué season on any}
impressive note.

Mainstays Chuck Rolles and Ray |,
Zelek along with senior Don|’
Hughes played adequately for the |
Big Red. Rolles dropped seven out |
of 13 shots from the field in scor- |
ing a total of 17 points, and also
made six assists. Zelek made five:

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