Evening star., 1942-01-12
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Champion Indions of
To Bad League Start;
Skibos Win at Lost
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,


NEW YORK, Jan. 12-The infant
basket ball season. hardly out of its
rompers, already is a bowling sue
cess at Carnegie Tech-but q full
grown headache at Wisconsin. Dart
mouth. George Washington and the
University of California at Los An
geles.
The Pittsburgh Scots, who hadn't
tasted victory in two solid years,
finally halted their losing streak at
q games Saturday night by defeat
ing Case of Cleveland, A to 81.
However. Wisconsin, whose coach
labelled his present aggregation as
good as his l941 national collegiate
champions, is resting at the bottom
of the Big Ten circuit with three
straight losses and for the 37th con-
secutive time the Uclans have been
repulsed by Southern California.
Dartmouth, which has held the
Eastern League title almost since
its present athletes were in the kin
dergarten, was spilled in its 1942
opener by Harvard and highly re-
garded George Washington bowed
to Duke. the Southern Leagues de-
Tending champion. although Matt
Zunic hammered in five baskets.
Nearly All Are Big Games.
Although this weeks program Is
spotted with vacant dates because Of
impending mid-year examinations.
virtually every contest Is of top.
flight character.
In the Southern circuit, Rice and
Arkansas will determine which Of
the two title favorites is the better
in a twin bill at Houston this week
end. Oklahoma A. and NJ, and
Tulsa. which played second fiddle
to Creighton's champions in the
Missouri Valley circuit a year ago,
collide at Saltwater Thursday.
The Big Ten, where four teams
have subdued all their league foes,
tries to remedy the situation to-
night with Minnesota likely to spill
unscathed Iowa: unbeaten Purdue
mixing with Indiana In the Hoosier
civil war: all-winning Illinois at
Ohio State and Northwestern pro-
tecting its unblemished record with
Michigan the guest
Tennessee and Auburn are the
leaders in the Southern circuit and
right now the Vols are sweeping
out the gym for the coming Of
Coach Adolph Rupp and his Ken
tuckians. Rupp enjoys road games
Wy, hn Ivor ot
boo from each spectator.
w. and NJ. Takes Lead.
Collapse Of the highly regarded
George Washington Colonials has
lifted an unheralded William and
Mary five to the top in the South
ern circuit, one victory ahead of
Duke. The Blue Devils meet v. M.
I. at Lynchburg tonight, while Will
liam and Mary's big test is Tues
day against Richmond in the latters
new arena.
Wyoming and Colorado, the Big
Seven favorites, each has a double
task this week, the former at Brig
ham Young Friday and at Utah Sat-
urday. The Buffaloes' foes are Utah
State at Boulder Friday and a joust
with Colorado State at Fort Collins
the next night.
Kansas. along with Iowa State one
Of the Big Six title seekers, takes
high-scoring Charles Black to Mis-
souri, for the annual Tiger -Jayhawk
feud on Wednesday.
Only four games are billed In the
Eastern circuit with Columbia at
Yale Wednesday and Penn attempt
ing to give Dartmouth its second
licking at Hanover the same night.
Yale is at Penn and Cornell at Dart
mouth on Saturday as examinations
slow up the dribblers
Southern California continued its
monotonous domination over u. C.
l.. A. in the only league game in
the Southern half Of the Pacific
Coast loop and this week tangles
twice with California.
Washtngton's speedsters lead in
the Northern half and travels to
Oregon State for a week end twin
bill while Oregon State entertains
Washington State tonight and to-
morrow.
Among the Nations independents
and schools from smaller confer
ences, West Texas States immense
five gained further stature by down.
ing De Paul, 60 to 43, last week.