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Idaho State In NCAA As Tourney Shapes Up
New York — (U.P.) — Idaho State, by clinching its first Rocky Mountain conference basketball title in history, today became the first team to enter the NCAA tournament, while Kansas seized first place in the Big Seven race and Texas went ahead in the Southwest conference.
The Idaho State Bengals won their crown by whipping Colorado college for the second straight night, 82 to 65, at Colorado Springs.
The Bengals, who now have a perfect 9-0 league record, trailed until midway in the third period, but then pulled out to win easily as Rick Bauer caged 16 points to lead the attack. Idaho State thus qualified to meet a "member-at-large," which will be picked by a selection committee, in the opening round of the NCAA regionals at Corvallis, Ore.
The Jayhawkers of Coach Forrest "Phog" Allen thus set their league record at 5-2, while Oklahoma dropped into a second-place tie with Kansas State at 3-2. Last night's victory was the 18th straight home-court triumph for the Jayhawkers, for A. L. Kellogg's points and B. H. Born's 21. Oklahoma held Kansas to a 6-point lead at halftime, but the Sooners scored only one basket and six free throws in the third period to fall far behind.
Kansas, the defending NCAA champion from which little was expected this season, continued its surprising comeback by blasting Oklahoma, 87 to 59, to replace the Sooners as the Big Seven leaders.
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Baylor was knocked out of the Southwest conference leadership when it lost to last-place Southern Methodist, 66-54. At the same time, Texas grabbed undisputed first place with a 68-49 conquest of the Texas Aggies. Texas now has a 5-2 loop record, followed by Texas Christian with a 4-2 and Baylor with 5-3.
SMU's victory over Baylor was the first league win for the Mustangs. The Mustangs led all the way, although John Starkey of Baylor took scoring honors with 28 points.
Louisiana State moved a long stride nearer the Southeastern conference championship by beating its chief rival, Florida, 68-56, on the Gators' court at Gainesville, Fla.
LaSalle, the nation's fifth-ranked team, scored its 19th win against two defeats, 75-63, over St. Joseph's (Pa.), while St. Louis, ranked 18th,
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In other leading games last night: Mel Bedin of Syracuse set a new home-court record with 31 points as the Orange handed Niagara its fourth loss in 20 games, 86-78. Jack Molinas' 29 points led Columbia to a 68-63 Ivy league win over Yale; South Carolina beat Georgia, 72-64, in the Southeastern conference; Virginia Tech trounced VMI, 83-67; Bob Carney's 18 points paced Bradley to a 72-56 win over Loyola (Ill). Brown edged Boston U., 65-61; Holy Cross beat Springfield, 87-76; Xavier (Ohio) shaded Cincinnati, 70-68; Virginia nicked Georgetown (D.C.), 76-75, and Texas Tech beat Texas Western in the Border conference, 74-59.
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KU Moves to 14th In Latest AP Poll
Seton Hall, the only major undefeated team in the country, took the top spot in the Associated Press basketball poll for the fourth straight week this week. The Pirates, who have won 22 straight, polled nearly 100 points more than second-place Indiana, the top ranked team by the United Press.
First Ten
1. Seton Hall (32) (22-0) 598
2. Indiana (9) (12-2) 504
3. Washington (10) (20-1) 485
4. La Salle (5) (18-2) 422
5. Illinois (12-2) 316
6. Okla A&M (1) (16-3) 248
7. DePaul (17-4) 228
8. Louisiana St. (1) (15-1) 212
9. Western Ky. (4) (20-3) 202
10. Kansas St. (11-3) 167
Second Ten
11. Seattle (3) (19-2) ... 102
12. No Car, State (2) (19-4) ... 86
13. Okla City (3) (13-3) ... 60
14. Kansas (19-4) ... 46
15. Manhattan (14-2) ... 42
16. Fordham (15-3) ... 41
17. Niagara (16-3) ... 37
17. Louisville (17-3) ... 37
18. California (12-6) ... 35
19. Tulsa (14-5) ... 35
Gavilan Favored in TV Bout, But Davey Hopes for Upset
sured $40,000. Their guarantees will come out of the $200,000 net gate which the television sponsor has assured promoter Jim Norris of the International Boxing club.
Chicago—(U.P.)—Mystery Man Chuck Davey, the college-educated southpaw who became a ring sensation through television, will try to win the welterweight crown tonight from the Cuban Kid Gavilan, well-proved product of the school of hard knocks.
Should Davey, of Lansing, Mich., upset the Kid in their scheduled 15-round video fight at Chicago stadium, he would be the first college graduate to win a world championship in ring history.
The noble experiment of pitting Davey and his sheepskins against Gavilan and the "bolo" uppercut he learned while cutting sugar cane was expected to draw about 17,500 paying fans and more than $270,000 at the stadium tonight.
That gate would be a new record for welterweights. It would exceed slightly the $269,677 attracted by Gavilan and Gil Turner at the Philadelphia stadium last July 7.
Regardless of the gate, however, the Cuban Keed—who has risen from sugar cane to "heavy sugar" is guaranteed at least $80,000, largest purse of his career. Davey is as-
As champion, making his fifth defense, Gavilan was favored not only in the purse percentages, but also in the betting. He was a 13-5 choice to lick the widely publicized challenger.
Should the net gate exceed $200,- 000. Gavilan will receive 40 per cent of the excess and Davey 20 per cent.
The 147-pound ruler was favored because many boxing men rate him the best all-around fighter in the world today. Apparently near his peak at 27, the Keed was unbeaten in his last 26 bouts, although held to a draw by Johnny Bratton.
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