Evening star., 1942-02-16
Dartmouth Aims
To Represent
New England
Middle Atlantic Team
For intercollegiate
Event q Mystery
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,


successive years the Big Ten Con-
ference has produced the national
collegiate basket ball champion and
already there are murmurs in that
proud circuit that this campaigns
probable representative, Illinois, will
make it three in row.
Two years ago it was Indiana, the
loop runnerup, which took over when
the champion couldn't appear and
scorched Kansas, the Western dele
gate, for the N. c. A. A. title. Last
year Wisconsin found the method
of stopping big Paul Lindeman and
the Washington State five was
beaten, 80 to a.
The N. G. A. A. divides the United
States into eight districts, four on
each side of the Mississippi River,
for the purpose Of determining its
king. This year the four repre-
sentatives from the East will play
at New Orleans on March 20 and
81, the same day the Western
quartet convenes in Kansas City.
On March % the two champions
decide the owner of the national
crown on the Kansas City floor.
Illinois in Promising Spot.
One Of the Eastern districts is the
huge area touched by the Big Ten
Conference-and for the last two
years that circuits choice has gone
on into the N. c. A A. playoff.
Illinois needs TO win only four of its
remaining six games to clinch a tie
for the Western Conference flag.
The Illini have one of their big
gest tests tonight in meeting second
place Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Saturday night Ohio State Is the
Illinois guest.
New England is allotted one con-
testant in the Eastern foursome an1
last year that glory went to Dart
mouth. The Indians now are back
on top of the Eastern intercollegiate
race with hopes for a second such
excursion.
The New Hampshire five. boasting
two great scorers in Jim Olsen and
George Munroe, trimmed Prince
ton, 81 to So, on Friday and Satur-
day dumped Yale, SIS to As, to break
the first-place tie with Cornell.
Dartmouth's only contest this
week is at Pennsylvania Saturday.
Cornell entertainS Harvard Wednes-
day and goes to Princeton Saturday.
1941 Leaders Again Strong.
North Carolina was the Southern
representative last year, although
Duke was the champion of the
Southern Conference and Tennessee
of the Southeastern. The same two
schools are atop their respective
loop standings today, but neither is
sure of the title until completion
of q. championship tourney that fol-
lows the league season.
Tennessee suffered its first defeat
of the conference season Saturday
night with Kentucky winning, 36
to 80. The regular schedule is COM
pleted this week with the Vols at
Vanderbilt tonight and the same
two at Knoxville Saturday. Alabama
is at Mississippi Wednesday and at
Mississippi State Thursday.
Duke, winner Of 10 family argu-
ments in row. plays three games
this week, beginning with the trek
to North Carolina State tonight.
Wake Forest goes to Durham on
Thursday and Saturday the Blue
Devils are ct George Washington.
The fourth spot is allotted to the
Middle Atlantic States, including
New York. With the invitational
tourney in Madison Square Garden
at the same time drawing heavily
for talent from this area, the N. c.
A. A., representative is a mystery.
Pittsburgh went last year.
Colorado is a virtual certainty for
one of the Western berths unless 1t
also comes to the New York meeting.
Arkansas Leads Southwestern.
Arkansas, where slow-speaking
Glen Rose has been forced to re-
build his five almost every week,
again leads the Southwestern loop
and looks for another trip to the
playoffs.
Both the Big Six and the Mis-
souri, Valley Conference are in the
same Western district that Creighton
represented last spring. Oklahoma
A. and M. now leads the Valley loop
and the deciding game is billed for
February % when the Nebraska
Bluejays invade Oklahoma.
Friday night Oklahoma A. and M.
invades Kansas and the second game
Is down for February IS. at Still
water The Oklahoma civil war Is
booked for early March.
Washington State and Oregon
State are tied in the race for the
flag in the Northern half Of the
Pacific Coast League. Stanford Is
setting the pace in the Southern.
Washington State is host to Or
egon Wednesday, while Oregon State
goes to Washington for two-game
series this week end. Stanford must
defeat oft-beaten U. C. L. A. twice
this week to keep ahead of Sam
Barry's Southern California quin-
tet, which has a two-game chore
| with California