Evening star., 1944-01-17
Valparaiso Skaters
De Paul. S Hope Of
Perfect Slate
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer,


NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Camr
Grant and Iowa in the Midwest and
Albright in the East moved to the
top of the unbeaten college basket
ball list today following De Paul's
surprise defeat by little Valparaiso
Of Indiana.
Valparaiso rudely ended De Paul's
hopes of an unbeaten season by up
setting the Chicagoans, 65-57, ending
the Demons 13-game winning
streak.
Camp Grant now has won 13 in q
row. Iowa and Albright each boast
seven straight.
Leading developments of a week
which saw play restricted mostly to
sectional contests, including the IS
IL victory Penn State scored over
Pitt; Temples five-game winning
streak shattered by st. Johns of
Brooklyn; the two victories of the
Norfolk, Va, Naval Training Statoin
over the Norfolk Naval Air Sation
and Duke; Idaho's upset of Wash
ington State; the two-game split be-
tween Rice and Arkansas, and Ohio
States two triumphs over Indiana.
How Conferences Shape Up.
By sections this is how the teams
shape up:
East: Dartmouth virtually can
clinch its seventh straight Eastern
Intercollegiate League title by beat
ing runnerup Pennsylvania on Sat-
urday at Hanover, N. H. st. Johns
now has won eight of nine while
Muhlenberg, which has shared 10 of
IL starts, meets Penn on Wednesday
Teams which got off to a poor start
but have shown great improvement
are G. C. N. Y, which beat Canisius
st. Joseph's of Philadelphia, which
beat Penn, and Columbia, which
upset Cornell, st. Joe encounters
Rhode Island State this week, while
Temple. always dangerous, meets
New York U.
Midwest: Purdue tops the Big Ten
with 40 league record, followed by
Northwestern with 80 and Ohio
State and Iowa, each with 20. Camp
Grant and Iowa are standouts, along
with De Paul and Great Lakes, beat
en- only twice in 16 starts, and the
Iowa Seahawks, who now boast an
11-game winning streak.
Big Six: Iowa State and Oklahoma
tied for top, each with 20 league
marks. The Sooners, after taking a
59-4 trouncing from the Oklahoma
Aggies, moved into the conference
by whipping Missouri, 44-30. The
Olathe Naval Air Station routed
Kansas for it's 10th straight win and
faces Missouri tonight at Olathe.
Texas Goes to Top.
Southwest: Rice and Arkansas
hooked up in a throat-cutting two
game series over the week end, per-
mitting Texas to slide into first place
in the Southwest Conference. First
Arkansas beat Rice, 42-4l; then Rice
came roaring back for 67-41 win.
Texas smashed the Texas Aggies,
77-44, for new conference scoring
record.
South: Although beaten by Nor
folk Naval Training Station, Duke
is favored to win Southern Confer
ence. The Blue Devils play host
Tuesday to North Carolina, now in
first place, with a league record of
2-os It viii be Dukes tirst confer
ence competition.
Rocky MOUNTAINS: Colorado Col
lege, ,Whnh atrounced Denver twice,
64-33 and 1886, over the week end,
appears outstanding. 1t plays
Colorado Mines in important two
game series Friday and Saturday.
Far West: California and u. C. L.
A. lead the southern division of the
Pacific Coast Conference, with Wash
ington on top in the northern loop.
Gonzaga and st. Msry's Pref1ight
are strong among the independents