Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Dozen Big Elves Boasl
Clear Records at End
OF Tourney Trails

brought out their overnight bags.
The greatest mass migration in the
history of the sport virtually was
ended and the business at hand
was conference championships or
backyard rivalries.
They left behind mileage totals
that rivaled Santa Claus after
hitting the tournament trail from
Terre Haute to Los Angeles and the
blg-time arenas from New York
to San Francisco.
The holiday festivities chopped
the list of major unbeaten teams
to an even dozen. Two of these
Mississippi 800 and Army do
haven't played since before Christ
mas.
Heading the survivors list is st,
Louis University, which conquered
mighty Kentucky. 42-40, in the
finals of the Sugar Bowl tourna-
ment at New Orleans. The Billikens
trailed until the final two minutes.
then grabbed both the lead and
the ball and the wouldn't give up.
The defeat was Kentucky's first by
a college team in % games over
two seasons.
Other Big Unbeaten Teams.
Also undefeated are Hamline 80,
winner of the Los Angeles Invita-
tional: Minnesota 80. winner of the
Des Moines Corn Bowl tourney:
Western Kentucky 90, Lawrence
Tech 80, Akron 90, Duquesne CO =.
North Carolina go, Villanova (6)
and Cincinnati 81.
BY Saturday night, all of the
major conferences will be in action
Six start this week and four which
had few games in December open
full-scale competition.
Most of the unbeaten face a
rugged week On Wednesday ST.
Louis meets Bradley, winner of II
straight before being whipped by
San Francisco Saturday night Then
the Bills move East against Canisius
t8D at Buffalo Saturday.
Minnesota, with it's new coach,
Ozzie Cowles, opens Big Nine action
Saturday against Michigan. which
Cowles coached to the title last
year.
Hamline. still on the West Coast,
plays st. Marys Saturday. North
Carolina, which beat Arizona in
the Camellia Bowl at Lafayette. La.
last week, opens against Maryland
tonight. comes to Madison Square
Garden Thursday against New York
University and plays Virginia Tech
Saturday.
Mississippi Warming Up.
Mississippi warns up after its
long layoff by meeting Southwest
ern of Tennessee tomorrow night.
then tackles Georgia Friday.
Lawrence Tech Of Detroit invades
New York State. meeting New York
Teachers, Hartwick and Syracuse.
Villanova tries its luck against
Rutgers on Wednesday and North
Carolina State Saturday.
Army, which broke precedent by
playing before Christmas, returns
to action Saturday against Brown.
Western Kentucky has an easy foe
in Berea, KY: Akron meets Youngs-
town and John Carroll. Cincinnati
faces Western Reserve and Du-
quesne visits Yale.
This is the conference picture at
glance:
Big Nine-Starts this week. Min
neSota unbeaten in eight pre-Sea-
son games. Defending Champion
Michigan. Illinois, Indiana. Iowa
and Ohio State each beaten only
once.
Ivy-Yale go and Dartmouth
90 tops in conference play.
Dartmouth has best all-games av-
erage, 81. Defending Champion
Columbia hasn't played a league
game
Observation-Disclosures. Georgia
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Louisiana State all own 10 records
in loop play, Kentucky, of course,
is defending king.
w. & NJ. Sets Loop Pace.
Southern - William and Mary
leads pack with 20. North Caro-
lima State, which won last year, and
unbeaten North Carolina haven't
seen conference action.
SouthWest-Starts this week. Texas
(8-2) has best mark so far. De-
Tending Baylor has won S, lost s.
Big Six-Starts this week. Utah
(6-l and Wyoming 10-3) look good.
Big Seven - Starts this week.
Kansas (5-3) was only club in cir
cult to win more than it lost in
warmups. but was whipped by Okla
bona 40 in conference tourna-
ment.
Missouri Valley-Starts this week
St. Louis (7-0D. Bradley Cpd and
Oklahoma Aggies CID will make
this race the best dog fight in the
country.
Pacific Coast - Another of the
weeks beginners. Stanford u0-D
and Washington State Cpd have
best records, but California C9-6)
won the Invitation Conference
Tourney last week
Border-Texas Tech, West Texas
and Hardin-Simmons tied for lead
with 20 league records.