Big Ten, Pacific Coast Head Basketball Slate
By UNITED PRESS
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College basketball lays aside the tinsel trappings of holiday tournaments and gets down to the brass tacks of official conference play tonight with the Big Ten and the Pacific Coast conference heading the schedule
The last major tourney champion of the Christmas season was duly crowned at Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday night when Canisius whipped St. Bonaventure, 59-56, in the finals of the Queen City Invitational.
But that victory was overshadowed that night by a non-tournament game in which North Carolina State, the nation's No. 2 ranked team riding a 12-game unbeaten streak this season, took a 91-78 walloping from twice-beaten Villanova for one of the major upsets of the season.
A single game at Pullman, Wash. matching Oregon and Washington State, lifts the curtain on the Pacific Coast conference season tonight and that league will be going full blast at the end of the week.
The Big Ten staged its first official action of the season on Saturday when Wisconsin drubbed Illinois, 79-64, but that famed league really starts cooking on all burners tonight with a program of four games: Indiana-Michigan, Wisconsin-Iowa, Ohio State-Michigan State, and Northwestern-Minnesota.
The Big Seven and the Southwest conferences both begin official play tomorrow night, each with three games. The Skyline conference begins Thursday night with four games involving every league team. The Southeastern conference, which has had only one game, will stage one on Friday night and then go into high gear Saturday with five.
Here are the leaders in major conferences already under wav: Ivy League-Cornell (2-0), Missouri Valley-Detroit and Houston (each 1-1). Southern—West Virginia and Virginia Tech (each 2-0) and Atlantic Coast—North Carolina State (3-0).
La Salle, ranked No. 3 nationally, played the only major game on Sunday and downed St. Louis, 88-79, in St. Louis. The defending NCAA champions broke out of a 62-62 tie with 10 minutes left with six straight points on two set shots by Charley Singleton and two free throws by All-American Tom Gola and never were headed. Gola had 34 points, Singley 24.
Canisius was led to its tournament triumph by Johnny McCarthy, who sank 27 points. With a total of 70 for three games, McCarthy was voted the tourney's outstanding player.
Here are the champions crowned in other major holiday tournaments: Kentucky Invitational—Kentucky, All-College—San Francisco, Gater Bowl—Spring Hill, Motor City—Detroit, Dixie Classic—North Carolina State, Southwest Conference—Texas Christian, Sugar Bowl—Notre Dame, Big Seven—Missouri, Richmond Invitational—George Washington, New England College—Dartmouth, All-American—Maryland and Holiday Festival—
—Maryland, and Holiday Festival—
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In other leading games Saturday:
Queen City tournament consolations—Georgetown (D.C.) staved off a late rally to beat Georgia Tech, 68-62, for third place; Fordham, led by Ed Conlin's 36 points, topped Idaho State, 72-63, for fifth place and Chet Forte's 26 points led Columbia to seventh place with a 70-63 win over Yale, the Els' ninth straight loss.
Non-tournament games — Pittsburgh knighted Pennsylvania off the unbeaten list, 81-75, halting the Quakers' streak at six games as Ed Pavlick tallied 27 points and Bob Lazor 26; Vanderbilt opened the Southeastern conference season by whipping Mississippi, 94-69; Denver edged Washington (Mo.), 57-50; Arkansas downed Tulsa, 68-61; and Cincinnati nipped Oklahoma City, 68-67.
Under-pressure point scoring in the final minutes by a star named Frank Ehmann and sub named Gerry Moreman moved Northwestern and Louisville into contention for national recognition in basketball today with a pair of important triumphs.
Kentucky No.1 In UP Ratings
New York,—(U.P.)—Kentucky, ranked by many as one of coach Adolph Rupp's greatest teams, received only six points short of a perfect score today in leading the United Press college basketball ratings. Duquesne replaced North Carolina State in second place.
Thirty-one of the 35 leading coaches who comprise the United Press rating board voted the undefeated Wildcats tops in the country this week. Two other coaches voted Rupp's men second and two third, giving them a total of 344 of a possible 350 points.
Duquesne, winner of the Holiday Festival tournament at Madison Square Garden. jumped seven places to second, but trailed Kentucky by 71 points. North Carolina State (12-1), which won the Dixie Classic tournament only to be upset by Villanova Saturday night, dropped back to third.
Missouri and Minnesota, two other teams that fared well in holiday week tournaments, made the other major advances among this week's top 10. Missouri (7-2) moved up four places to sixth after winning the Big Seven event, while the Gophers vaulted to 10th place after losing a one-point squeaker to North Carolina State in the Dixie Classic final.
On the basis, of 10 points for a first-place vote, nine for a second and so on down to one for 10th place ballot, here is how the coaches ranked the teams behind Kentucky:
LaSalle (9-3) and San Francisco (8-1) occupied the fourth and fifth rankings, respectively, while Utah, (7-2), Illinois (6-2) and UCLA (8-2) were rated seventh to ninth in that order. The coaches based their ratings on games played through Saturday night, Jan. 1.
Three other teams received first-place votes this week. San Francisco had two, while Duquesne (7-2) and Utah had one each.
Duquesne, 271; N.C. State, 207; La Salle, 202; San Francisco, 183; Missouri, 110; Utah, 105; Illinois, 94; UC LA, 93, and Minnesota, 35. Minnesota, with a 5-3 record, was the week's only newcomer to the top 10, replacing Dayton which ranked fifth last week but lost two games in the Holiday Festival in New York.
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Substitution Rule May Be Changed Soon
New York —(U.P.)— The Rules committee of the American Football Coaches association was expected to consider a possible change in the substitution rule today at its opening meeting.
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Little sent out questionnaires to the committee members following the 1954 season. He said he again received a big response but not many suggestions.
The committee is composed of 30 college football coaches and is headed by Lou Little of Columbia university.
However, it is common knowledge that many coaches are dissatisfied with the present substitution rule, which prohibits a player from reentering a game in the same quarter in which he is lifted, except during the final four minutes of the second and fourth periods.
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Little hinted that this rule, which has been in effect for the last two seasons, will be given much consideration by the coaches.
"I think we'll have some changes," he said, "but I don't believe we'll go back to the old two-platoon system."
The NCAA television committee also scheduled a closed meeting today to consider its five proposals for possible changes in the televising of college football games. These proposals will be presented to the entire membership of the NCAA at a round table discussion Thursday.
LIONEL SMITH
University of Missouri
Tech Coach Eyed For Houston Job
Houston — (U.P.)— Frank Broyles, who coached the backfield for Georgia Tech's Cotton Bowl champions, was reported first in line today for the head football coaching job at the University of Houston.
Official sources at the university, however, said no decision had been made and several of the more than 40 applicants were still being considered.
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Duties, Red Tape Stall Davis Cup At U.S. Airport
New York —(U.P.)— Billy Talbert ran into red tape instead of ticker tape when he brought the Davis Cup back to New York last night from Australia.
The non-playing captain of the victorious U.S. team was greeted by reporters and photographers at Idlewild airport when his plane arrived from Los Angeles. All wanted a look at the huge cup, which had remained in Australia for the last five years.
Packed in two boxes, the trophy was shipped on the same plane with Talbert but wound up at the airport's bonded cargo section. Since it was valued above the foreign duty allowance, the cup would have to await custom clearance in the morning, Talbert was told.
All hands appeared crestfallen, including several U.S. Lawn Tennis association officials who were waiting to claim the trophy.
However, after a 30-minute delay, a special waiver was obtained and custom officials turned over the cup to Talbert, who grinned proudly for the cameraman.
"I'm sorry (Tony) Trabert and (Vic) Seixas couldn't come back with the cup," Talbert said. "They're the boys who did the job." Trabert and Seixas, who teamed up to give the U.S. team a 3-2 victory over the Aussies in the challenge round, are remaining "down under" for the Australian championships later this month.
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