Evening star., 1952-03-27
.Loye|Iette Gets
B More Points
For Record 141
Defeated St. Johns
Also Will Toke Part
In Saturdays Games
By the Assoeiassd Press

III 9OtuIuUy ) 0UWSS
BY the Assceicsed Press
SEATTLE, Mar. "a. -. Kansas,
new ruler OF the collegiate basket
ball world. headed today for an
Iother teSt-the Olympic trials
starting Saturday.
The Jayhawks won the title last
night by downing st. Johns Of
Brooklyn, 80-63. in the finale Of
the 1852 NCAA playoffs. thanks to
big Clyde LoveIlette of Terre
Haute, Ind, who got q record l41
points in four games of the cham
lpionships. /.
st. Johns also will go into the
Olympic trials, where the luck Of
the game might bring them to-
gether again. Kansas will start
out against Southwest Missouri
Teachers of Springfield, Mo-, the
INAIB titlist. at Kansas City Sat-
lurday night. st, Johns will OPP
pose LaSalle Of Philadelphia, the
National Invitation Tournament,
winner in Madison Square Garden
the same night.
Lovellette, keeping up his ter
rifle scoring pace. led the way
with 33 points last night. His rec
Iord-breaking performance for the
tournament brought him the de-
lsignation as most valuable player.
The Kansas conquest came
after Illinois won third ranking
by downing Santa Clara, 67-64, in
the consolation game. Kansas
has beaten Santa Clara and st.
Johns had upset Illinois in the
ISemifinalS.
Lovellette Sets Pace.
Kansas, rated eighth in the
Associated Press poll. never gave
the Redmen of st. Johns q
chance. .Lovellette put the
Kansans in front with an OPEN
/ ing free throw and they stayed
tl1CtC dl1 bl1C way.
The Jayhawks set up an iron
defense that kept the Redmen in
check so they never were able to
keep a sustained offensive click
ing until the final period. It was
the only one in which the losers
held a scoring edge.
Meanwhile, Lovellette kept firing
his deadly pushups and hook shots
to run up a dozen field goals along
with nine free throws.
Guard Bill Lienhard and For
ward Bob Kenny added a dozen
points each 'as they shared the
role with Lovellette,
and Guard Gene Kelley was a
|Sparkplug on the floor.
Previous Mark Was S3.
In setting new tournament
scoring record the 6-foot-9 Lowell
lette broke the old mark Of SO
points in the first three games. It
had been set by Don Sunderlage
|of Illinois last year.
He also set q new free throw
record Of IS for the four garIes.
The old record Of ~ also was held
by Sunderlage.
Another record that fell before
the deadeye Kansans was the high
score for an NCAA championship
final. The 80 points topped the II
tailed by City College Of New.
York in beating Bradley for the
title in 1850.
The tight Kansas defense kept
lSt. Johns ace center. Bob Zawoluk,
fairly well in check through most
|of the game. Zawoluk got nine
points in sparkling q fourth-quarter
|St. Johns drive, bringing his game
total to 20. He fouled out 3h
minutes before the end.
Kansas Takes Quick Lead.
Kansas made it look like an
impending runaway at the start,
in running up q I'll margin. The
Redmen rallied to pull up within a
point at 1919. Then Kansas
started clicking to run up an 18-
|l3 first-Quarter lead and q 41-37
halftime score. Kansas hit a.
decisive second-period hot streak
for IL points while st. Johns
could get only q single field goal.
Kansas was leading by only "a
q at the time but the surge
opened a gap that the Redmen
never could threaten, despite their
driving fourth-period finish.
In winning the most valuable
player title, Lovellette got ~ Of
the 20 first-place votes by sports
writers and broadcasters, the
other pair going to peppery Ron
MacG Gilvray of st. Johns.
Three Centers Named.
Three centers were named to
the all-star team and a tie de-
|veloped for one guard position to
make it q Six-man club. Two men
each were landed by Kansas. st.
Johns and Illinois.
Picked at forward were Zawo-
LUX Of st. Johns and John Kerr
|of Illinois. Lovelette was named
to center unanimously and Mac
Gilvray got one of the guard
posts. Jim Bredar of Illinois and
(See NCAA. Page C-2.)