The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-02
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By JACK CUDDY

By JACK CUDDH
 United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, Jan. % -- tU.P0 -- Coach Adolph Rupp felt like man in the electric chair" last night. Ills Kentucky Wilcats the nations No. basketball team--had sudden ly gone cold. The Madison Square Garden scoreboard showed them l5 point behind the Long Island Black birds, with only nine and half minutes remaining in the game.
 Apparently the l3,898 fans were witnessing the big upset of the sea- son. How could 1t be otherwise2-- when the count was Kentucky %, Long Island U. A, with less than 10 minutes to go.
 The husky coach in the brown suit "sweated blood" as he writhed on the bench, desperately seeking some expedient that might avert seemingly certain defeat. How could he snap his team out of its leth- argy? It was an excellent quintet -- unbeaten in eight straight games this season conqueror of mighty Ohio State, Indiana, Wyoming and Temple. But against twice-defeated Long Island, the cats had gone cold. Bad enough to be deadlocked 26-26 in the first half; but absolutely frigid in the second half, when Mcssrs. Groza, Tingle, Schu, etc., had registered only three points in the first 10 l-2 minutes of play.
 The lads from Lexington, Ky, were not only missing their favor itc long shots; but they were leth- argically failing to drive in toward the goal for short losses and lay ups
 Big Hunch
 Pcrsplring Rupp decided to yank Jack TIngle, right forward. and re- place him with Alonzo Nelson, a second -tringer He motioned for Nelson 10 climb out of his sweat suit. Then just as Nelson was ready to take the court--Rupp got his big hunch". He frantically mo- toned Nelson back to the bench, and yelled: Buddy Parkerv
 Parker, a frail little sophomore with Sandy-broWn hair and a slight ly tilted nose, stared at the coach popeyed. You mean mc?" He gasped. Rupp assured him, "yes, you! Hustle out there now; take over for Tingle-and snap those guys out of 1t. You can do 1t, kid"
 Young Parker, who is described as a fourth or fifth stringer," hit the court like a ball of fire. He quickly shot a goal and Sparked probably the most thrilling rally ever seen in the Garden. It was rally that kept the fans screaming for nine conSec- utiVe minuteS--a rally that enabled the wildcaSt to wind up with a 5l-5l deadlock at the end of regulation time, forcing the game into five minutes of overtime.
 In that overtime period, the re- vivified Wildcast made a meal of the crumbling Blackbirds. Kentucky emerged with 62-52 victory, for It's ninth consecutive triumph.
 Later, when Coach Rupp had re- covered somewhat from his electric chair" ordeal, he was asked why he had chosen frail Parker-of all peo- pl--to rescue the team in such a crisis. Rupp grinned and explained:
 Bad Eyes
 Tt was just q hunch - a lucky hunch that worked. Parker is little chap and just fair player. He also had bad eyes--discharged from the Navy because of them. He never tried basketball anywhere even in high school in Lexington, his home toWn-before last January. But I remembered all of a sudden tonight, just at the right time. that he Is peppery kid, with a heart as big as say, twenty grand. l remembered that he showed lot of nre the night l used him as a guard replacement against Cincinnati. So played the hunch. and won. Or rather Parker won. You can credit him with our victory and our clean slate.