Evening star., 1950-12-28
No. 7 Team Wins
.BySinking 28of
35Free Throws
; Other Tournaments
Under Way; AII-Dixie
Classic Sturts Today
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-None of
the basketban-playing Bradley
regulars wears glasses. but Coach
Forrest Anderson might take
them to the doctor for a
checkup.
The boys came up with case
Of farsightedness. They had their
eyes trained so hard on a Satur-
day night revenge battle with
Kentucky down in New Orleans
that powerful Indiana almost up
set them, and before the home
folks. too!
But Charley Grover. an old
Bradley reliable. dropped in the
winning field goal with IA seconds
left to hand the Hoosiers thei:'
first loss. 64-62.
Free Throws Save Braves.
Before then, Indianas shorter
cagers used pressing defense
to fluster the country's No. 2
team. The Big Ten five led, SLAB,
with II minutes to play but six
straight free throws pulled Brad
ley up close again. Free throws
won the game for the Braves.
They tried 35 and sank %. The
No. S Hoosiers had a 25-18 field
goal edge.
Bradley will carry 100 mark
into the Sugar Bowl tournament
against Syracuse (6-2) Friday
night. If the Braves win, they
will meet the winner Of the Ken
tucky-St. Louis game. They're
hoping unbeaten Kentucky makes
it. The Southerners, No. l team il,
this weeks Associated Press poll.
whipped the Braves, 71-66, in the
same tournament last December.
Three other major tournaments
started first-round games yester-
day: The Big Seven at Kansas
City, the All College at Oklahoma
City and the Skyline Conference
at Denver. The All Dixie Classic
opens this afternoon at Raleigh,
N. C.
Clyde Lovellette of Kansas
GID can make points at will
most of the time. The 60 ace
scored 80 in a 1851 Jayhawk
victory over Iowa State. That
set new Big Seven Tournament
record.
Gopher Star Breaks Record.
But Ga Maynard johnson of
Minnesota (5-D came right back
with 38 points In the Gophers'
74-68 victory over Colorado. He
hit IS of % attempts to break
Lovellette's mark. Minnesota is
the guest team and Kansas is the
tourney favorite.
In the Skyline Tournament,
Utah q 81. upset favored
Brigham Young, 5s-49. 1t was
Brigham Young's second loss
against seven victories. Denver
defeated New Mexico, 59-40, in
the other game.
Oklahoma A and M. 600, the
|country's most possession minded
team, startled spectators at the
Oklahoma City tournament.
Coach Hank Iba cut the ropes off
the Aggies and they slaughtered
Baylor. 1888. This might be
close to the highest Aggie point
total of all time.
The Aggies. No. 3 nationally
take on Texas in a semifinal to-
night. Texas defeated Vanderbilt,
55-49. Arkansas plays Alabama in
the other game. The Porkers
doWned Tulsa, 53-44. and Alabama
edged the defending champion,
Oklahoma City, 1876.
Most of the other major teams
are taking it easy over the holi-
days. Two exceptions are Florida
fives who walloped Ivy League vis-
itors down for the holiday sun.
Tampa drubbed Yale, 1854, and
Miami defeated Dartmouth. 61-52.
Michigan Downs Penn.
Villanova, No. nationally, made
it seven without defeat against De-
troit, 67-58. In the first game on
the double bill at Philadelphia
Michigan downed Penn, 1881.
Ray Sonnenberg scored 20 points
In pacing st. Louis to a 57-49 sue
cess over Holy Cross. Undefeated
Evansville whipped Butler, 82-61.
Oregon defeated Puget Sound
1865, on the West Coast.
Today's major tournament
schedule:
Big Seven at Kansas City (first
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