The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
LONG ISLANDERS PROVE BEST IN.
 GARDEN TOURNEY
Ohio Beaten 56-4z in Finals ; Seton Hall Loses
 Again 42.z7
BY PAUL SCHEFFELs United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, March % -- (U.P.) = Fortified by data from the fourtl annual national invitation tourna- ment, the National Association of Basketball Coaches began It's coil- cluding session today with 1T pro. posed rules changes--five express. ly designed as "speed-up" r1loves-- on the agenda.
 The two-day meeting opened yes- terday afternoon but no action wal taken except for the appointment of g three-coach group to sit in ct the N. 0. A. A. rules committee meeting next weekend at Kansas City.
 Numerous revisions were discuss ed but today's votes will deci6 which of the 17 proposed rule changes will be submitted ct Kansa City. The two most significa1, recommendations, almost certain h be approved--were: a rule permit. ting substitutions after a field goal and regulation requiring . player to toss the ball to the nearest off, cial after all violations.
 Under the present code subStitu- tions can be made only after Q free throw. Tn the case of rule infring- ments, the player with the ball usu- ally drops 1t, causing tn eofficial to consume valuable time in retrieving 1t.
 Easy Winners
 The 150 mentors in town for the convention attended last nights i1a- tional invitation tournament final in which Long Island University won its second title in four years with 58-42 victory over Ohio Uni- versity. City College of New York won third place by beating Seton Hall of South Orange, N. J., 42-27 in the first game.
 A third consecutive record crowd --18,377-jarnmed Madison Square Garden for the final to set new tournament attendance total of TO- 826 and make this series the most successful in the journeys short his- tory. The attendance bettered by 20 the previous single nights record set last Saturday.
 Ohio's fastest team in the coun. try" was outscored but not out- fought as the Blackbirds overcame 8 25-2i halftime deficit to duplicate their title win of 1889.
 Sol Schwartz of l. I. U. shared scoring honors for the game with Frank Baumholtz of Ohio, each cag- ing 19 points. Baumholtz's games total helped set two new tourna- ment records and brought to six the total of new marks hung up during the series.
 Stand0ut
 Baumholtz chosen as the "out- standing player of the tournament" with i3 out of Q possible IS votes cast by Q committee of writers, scored total of 53 points in three games. He eclipsed the old mark set by Bill Lloyd of St. Johns in 1888 by three points and added another mark when he scored eight field goals last night to record 8 total of 21 and erase the former mark of 18 registered by Ton Shields and Ed Boyle of Temple in 1888.
 Ohio cracked a team mark by caging 40 fouls in three games to better by 10 teh record set by St Johns in 1889. Carl Ott of the same club scored the most indicidual foul points in one game when he regis. tered nine against Duquesne in, first round contest.
 The other two new standards were posted by Rhode Island Stats for the most team foul points in one game with IS against Seton Hall; and Seton Hall for the most team field goals in 8 single game with 31 against Rhode Island State.