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University Daily Kansan Monday, March 25, 1963
Scoops on SPORTS By Steve Clark
--is our speciality"
601 Mass. VI 3-9849
Loyola of Chicago won the cheapest national basketball championship in history Saturday night.
The Ramblers, in a story book finish, came from 15 points behind to tie the game, and then defeated the twice-defending champion Cincinnati Bearcats on a last second tip shot in an overtime period to win 60-58.
The game, even though it went into overtime, was over for Cincinnati with about 12 minutes to go. It was then, that the Bearcats center, George Wilson, picked up his fourth foul.
FOR THE BEARCATS, it was a heartbreaker. They dominated the game up until the last 10 minutes. They played like champions, but the books did not hold for them to win a third consecutive title.
Wilson was the recipient of what is colloquially referred to as a raw deal. Cincinnati was the victim of three consecutive fouls underneath the Loyola basket. The play never even moved from the basket. The Chicago players merely took turns at shooting free throws.
WILSON RECEIVED two of the three fouls. He had picked up one in the first half, and it was only a minute later that the officials whistled him down again for some questionable violation.
With Wilson out of the lineup, Cincinnati coach Ed Jucker sent his team into a stall, the same stall that had failed against Wichita but had been successful against Colorado in the finals of the Mid-West Regional.
As only mythology would have it, a young All-America Jerry Harkness, who had been the goat of the game for Loyla up to that point, turned hero. He had scored but one point in the first half. With 4:29 remaining to play, he made his first field goal of the evening. This spurred play as he went on to score 14 points, and make the shot that sent the game into overtime.
THE CLIMAX of the first overtime was also heart-rendering. The Ramblers worked for one shot. Designated to take the last shot was Knight Jerry in shining armor. He did. HE MISSED. The last seconds were ticking away. Rambler center Leslie Hunter attempted a tip try. HE MISSED. Just as the horn began to sound, Vic Rouse tipped it in and the game was over.
The praises were immediately sounded concerning the dramatic comeback the Ramblers had made, and what a great team the new champions have.
In our books, the Ramblers are not a great team and they did not win a great victory. The Bearcats are the nation's best team, and proved it up until two little gentlemen in black and white shirts decapitated the Cincinnati attack.
The NCAA finals was indicative of why basketball officials have too much power in the game. The game-winning play was not Rouse's tip in, but the two consecutive "cheap" fouls called on Wilson with 12 minutes remaining to play. The game could have been called right there, with the Ramblers being crowned the new champions.
Davey Moore Dies Of Brain Injuries
LOS ANGELES — (UPI) — Former featherweight champion Davey Moore died today of brain injuries sustained when he was knocked out by Sugar Ramos Thursday night.
Moore, 29, champion for four years before he was dethroned in one of the most brusking battles seen here in years, lapsed into a coma 40 minutes after the fight and never retained consciousness.
It was the second time Ramos has been involved in a bout in which his opponent later died of brain injuries, according to Nat Fleischer's Ring record book. Jose (Tiger) Blenco, a Cuban lightweight, died Nov. 9, 1958, of injuries suffered in a fight with Ramos in Havana the night before.
RAMOS' MANAGER said early this morning the 21-year-old boxer did not know of Moore's death.
"He's worrying too much." the manager said, adding the fighter was scheduled to leave for Mexico City this afternoon where a victory celebration had been planned.
Ramos was at the hospital yesterday afternoon to see Moore's wife. He saw televised pictures of the fight last night and still doesn't know what caused the injuries, the manager said.
Moore died exactly one year and one day after Benny (Kid) Paret suffered the same fate when he was dethroned in a welterweight championship bout with Emile Griffith in New York. Paret was knocked out in the 12th round of the bout
March 24, 1962, and died April 3
without regaining consciousness.
IRONICALLY, Griffith fought on the same card as Moore in the triple championship bout. Thursday. He lost the title to Luis Rodriguez.
A REVIEW yesterday of taped television films of the Dodger Stadium bout showed that Moore's head fell back against the lower ring-strand and the vibrating ring rope smacked back at his head — seemingly at the base of the skull.
The team of neurosurgeons from the hospital pinpointed that blow as the "major" probable cause of the bruise one inch across at the front stem of the brain. The doctors said the blows he took from Ramos may have contributed to his condition, but indicated he probably would have escaped major damage if his head hadn't been whipped by the ringstrand.
Moore died at 2:20 a.m. P5T at White Memorial Hospital. Suffering from "massive bruises" in the brain area, he succumbed little more than an hour after physicians reported the fighter's pulse was weaker and his condition steadily deteriorating.
His wife, Geraldine, mother of their five young children, was in a room adjoining Moore's where she was admitted for shock after hours of anxious waiting in the lobby and in her husband's room. She was awakened and told of Moore's death this morning.
Cyclone Baseball Hopes Dim
With only seven lettermen returning from a team that finished fourth in the Big Eight last year with a 9-9 record, the Iowa State Cyclones open their 1963 baseball season at the Air Force Academy April 1.
(Third in a series)
The Cyclones will meet the Air Force in three games on three consecutive days before moving on to Boulder, Colo., where they will open their Big Eight season — against Colorado April 5. 6.
THE PROSPECTUS for the coming season is far from encouraging for Coach L. C. (Cap) Timm, who is beginning his 26th season as head Cyclone coach.
Graduation took the Cyclones 1932 mainstays. Gone are the team's top two hitters and top two pitchers.
Wes Weber, who doubled at first base and pitcher, for the Cyclones last year, led the team in hitting with a .343 average and compiled a 2-3 record and a 3.60 earned run average on the mound. Gary Ellis, a shortstop, batted .340 and tied with returning Mike Marienau for the club's runs batted in title with 13. Leon Johnson led the Cyclones pitching core with a 6-2 record and a 3.28 earned run average.
Columbus Star Signs KU Letter of Intent
ALL THREE are gone this year,
and there seem to be no immediate
Bob Shahan, a 180-pound half-back from Columbus, Kan., has signed a letter of intent to play football at KU.
The all-stater, who also lettered in track and basketball, is the 31st high school athlete to sign with the Jayhawkers.
There are three lettermen on the pitching staff returning this year. The three combined, however, have only 40 2 3 innings of pitching experience. DeLon Thompson, who doubles in the outfield, pitched 24 2 3 innings last year giving up 39 hits. He finished with a 0-3 record and a 7.66 earned run average.
1 replacements to fill their shoes
Senior Dick Armstrong, a 5-9 left-hander, pitched only 14 innings, but gave up only 11 hits and finished with a 2-0 record and a 2.40 earned run average. Marv Straw, who stars for the Cyclone basketball team during the winter time, pitched only two innings last year, giving up two hits. He did not pick up a decision, and finished with a 4.50 earned run average.
One-half of last year's infield returns. Marienau, who doubles at second base and in the outfield, was the team's power hitter with three home runs and 13 runs batted in. Straw, when not pitching, is a third baseman and last year he hit 203 while driving in 11 runs.
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With the exception of catching, the Cyclones appear to be weaker in all departments this year. With Missouri, Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Kansas all fielding stronger teams, it looks like a second division finish for the Cyclones.
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There will be a parade of names and faces in the Cyclones outfield this year. The outfield could be composed of Marienau, if he is not playing second base, Thompson, when he is not pitching, Bob Case, a junior who lettered last year and hit 192, or Jim Franey, a converted nutter.
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