Evening star., 1944-01-24
Giant Killers Record
On Whole Is Poor;
Bluffs Stand $50
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Marquette,
previously. beaten in four OF seven
games. grabbed the college basket
ball limelight last week by upset.
ting Camp Grant, 1888, and De
Paul, 51-49, but based on a win-lost
record the No. team in the country
Is little Milligan (Tenn) College,
unbeaten In IS starts.
The Bluffs, coached by 1t. q. g.)
Gordon Wellborn, a former Texas
star, have defeated North Carolina
and Duke and are looking forward
to their game next month with the
strong Norfolk Naval Training
quintet and a possible encounter
with Kentucky or Illinois.
The Milligan team is composed
entirely Of Via trainees, notably
Frank Demeyer and Bill Hall, both
of Moline, ILL.,; Red Coulter of Eakly,
Okla, and two other Oklahoma
players, Bill Allen and Jack Reitz
All are crack shots.
Hot on Milligan's heels in an un-
ofncial national ranking from win
lost marks are the following:
Iowa, 90; Albright (Pa.), 80:
Miami (Ohio), 80; Utah, 80;
Morehead (Ky) Teachers, TO:
Georgia Tech, 60; Army, 40:
Washington, 40; Gonzaga CWash.) j.,
AL; Bowling Green (Ohio), 1871:
Dartmouth, 12-1: Kentucky, 81;
Rochester IN. ", 81; Northwest
ern, IL; Oklahoma Aggies, 14-2;
De Paul, 1919; Valparaiso Gnd)
1872; Muhlenberg Pa0, 11-2;
Canisius Buffalo, 90; Brooklyn,
30, and st. Joseph's (Philadel-
phia), 11-3.
Norfolk Tars Top Service Teams.
The Norfolk Naval Training
quintet, boasting 10 wins against /
defeat, tops an unomcial ranking
OF service teams. Right behind are
st. Mary's (Calif) Preflight, go:
Camp Grant, ISL; Iowa Seahawks.
12-l; Cherry Point IN. c. Marines
AL; Olathe (Kans.) Naval Air,
12-1; Fort Jackson Is. c. Red
Raiders, 27-1; Great Lakes, 1872;
Sampson IN. " Naval, 1872:
Mitchell Field IN. ". 14-2; Nor
folk Naval Air, 14-2; Alameda
(Calif) Coast Guard Sea Lions,
1872, and Norman (Okla) Naval,
1873.
Despite Fort Jackson,s u vic
tories, the Red Raiders were seeded
second to the Cherry Point Marines
In the Southeastern service tourna-
ment this week end at Raleigh. The
one defeat suffered by the marines
was administered by Norfolk N. T. S.
This is how things stand Sec
tionally:
East-Dartmouth, chalhng up
ninth straight, virtually won its
seventh straight Eastern Intercol-
legiate League title by again beat
ing Pennsylvania, 61-49. Penn
earlier had surprised by defeating
Muhlenberg, 58-46. Army stepped
to the fore by waIloping st. Johns,
1886. New York U. upset Temple,
45-43, and st. Joseph's made it
eight in row by whipping Rhode
Island State, 1884.
Big Ten-Purdue, unbeaten in six
conference starts; Northwestern and
Iowa standouts. Illinois, defending
champion, has lost four Of six. Mar
quette's two upset victories stood
out elsewhere in Midwest. Miami
(Ohio) U. beat Indiana, $3.50, for
Indiana's first home defeat in two
years. Denison, unbeaten In league
competition, continued to top Ohio
Conference.
Kentucky Heads Conference.
Southeast-Kentucky, beaten only
by Illinois, tops In conference, with
Georgia Tech regarded as dark
horse.
Big Six-Oklahoma on top, un-
beaten in five league starts. Iowa
State second, with 80 league mark
In independent ranks Olathe Navy
Clippers made it IL straight by beat
ing Missouri.
Rocky Mountains-Utah and COL
orado College seem best. Carroll
(Helena, MONTY and Montana Mines
(Butte) unbeaten, but have played
only few games.
South-North Carolina upset ia
vored Duke, 1873, to take COM
manding lead In Southern Confer
ence, unbeaten in five games.
Southeast-Texas still tops confer
ence with 40 league mark, Arkan-
sas second with 5-1 and Rice third
with Al.
Pacific Coast-California leads
Southern division of Coast Con-
ference with one victory In one
game, that over U. s. c. In North
ern division Washington leads with
40 mark. Idaho beat Washington
State twice. proving earlier upset
was no f1uke.