The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-08
KENTUCKY, MULES
CONQUER EASTERN
HARDWOOD COURTS
iowa Quint Remains Un-
scathed In Big Ten Cage
Competition
BY JOE REICHLER

NEW YORK, Jan. i.-P)-Unde
feated Kentucky and Muhlenberg,
smashing VIGOROUSLY through the
east, and Iowa, sweeping unscath-
ed through Big Ten competition
turned in the top performances of
the week on the national college
basketball front
Kentucky followed up its con-
quest of Temple on Dec. 80 with
two smashing victories over Long
Island and Ohio universities, de-
feating the New Workers 62-52 in
overtime and the Ohioans 1916
Saturday night for its ninth
straight.
Muhlenberg of Allentown, Pa,
ran its streak to II straight, when
the Mules doWned Villanova col
lege 1920 over the weekend.
Although held to its lowest score
of the season, unbeaten Iowa, after
six consecutive triumphs, opened
its bid for the Western Conference
championship last night with a Al
"a victory over Minnesota's sur
prisingly tough Gophers.
St. Johns, of Brooklyn, Temple,
New York university and De Paul
continued to rank among the ma
ton top teams along with Ken
lucky, Muhlenberg and Iowa. De-
spite their loss to City College by
one point in an interborough clash
during the week, the Redmen prov
ed their potency with smashing
66-58 victory over the previously
unbeaten high-scoring Rhode Is
land State five, three days later.
After a bad start, New York
university regained its preseason
high rating with two one-sided
victories over Cornell 52-20 and
Connecticut 73-45. De Paul, beaten
only by Illinois in eight starts
turned the tables on the Illini with
a 1886 victory on New Years Day
Ohio State lost its early season
glitter when the Buckeyes suffered
their third defeat of the season
losing to Great Lakes 60-50 on Wed
nesday and to Purdue 37-36 in s
Western Conference tussle Satur
Gay night.
Temple, after its one point de
feat by Kentucky, bounced back
to win three straight, beating Wy
oming 1927 on New Years Day
Ursinus $3.50 on Jan. 3, and handed
Syracuse it's first defeat OF the
season Saturday 62-33.
Michigan gained two Big Ter
victories over the weekend, de
feating Indiana 54-53 and upsettins
Illinois 1888 while Northwestern
downed Wisconsin 52-37 in the othe1
Big Ten game.
Among the most notable victorie!
Saturday night were Columbia''
51-33 triumph over Dartmouth, il
an Ivy league contest. PENIS $50
conquest of Cornell, Tennessee.
1910 score over Marshall ane
Canisius' 46-36 win over Colgate.
Oregon won its second straigh
from Idaho in two nights 41-38
Washington trounced Oregon Stat
1922, Great Lakes nosed out Notrt
Dame 1888 in a thriller, Puerto
Ricon won its fourth straight owe
Havana 48-45, st. Mary's beat Cali
fornia 44-34, Duke swamped Mary
land 51-24, and Brooklyn overcam,
Miami 1851.
West Virginia turned in the high
est score with a 1882 trimming o
Salem College, South Carolin;
shaded North Carolina 41-40, West
minister downed the U. of Mexic'
81-39, and Norman Navy upse
Oklahoma A. & M. 34-31 Will
Hamline defeated South Dakot
1881.
The Muhlenberg-Temple Wed
nesday game tops the importan
games for this somewhat quie
week. Others, Pitt-Purdue at Min
nesota and Arkansas State at Ken
lucky on Monday, Syracuse at City
L. l. U. VS.. West Virginia Notr
Dame VS., Iowa PreFlight on Wee
{ nesday, and Nebraska at Kansa
and Minnesota at Northwestern o
t Friday.