Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-14
Minor Upsets
In NCAA Regiona|s;
Scoring Marks Set


two, the favorites lined up today
for the final round in the four
regional tournaments of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Asso-
cations basketball champion
ship.
Here is how they'll square of
tonight in the regional finals,
with the winners earning the
right to move on to Kansas City
for the final rounds next Tues
day and Wednesday.
At Raleigh, N. C.-Louisiana
State, Southeastern Conference
champion, VS.. Holy Cross, New
England representative.
At Chicago-Indiana, king of
the Big Ten, VS.. Notre Dame.
last survivor of the Midwest in
dependents.
At Manhattan, Kans.-Kansas,
defending titlists and Big Seven
champion, VS.. Oklahoma Aggies,
Missouri Valley Conference win
ners.
At Corvallis, Oreg.-Washing-
ton, Pacific Coast champions, VS..
Santa Clara, an, at-large repre-
sentative.
Two Resemble Upsets.
The only games that resembled
upsetS last night were Holy
Cross 1911 conquest of Wake
Forest, winner Of the Southern
Conference tournament, and
Santa Clara's 67-52 defeat Of
Wyoming of the Skyline Con-
ference.
Lebanon Valley. sentimental
favorite by reason of its size,
bowed to LSU, 1916.
Indiana was forced to 60 all
out before edging De Paul, $3.50,
and Notre Dame had to break
out with a 17-point siege in the
last five minutes to eliminate
Pennsylvania and All-America
Ernie Beck, 69-57.
Kansas shunted Oklahoma
City aside, 1856, after Oklahoma
AdIM had closed fast for a
lisa decision over Texas Chris
tian.
Out on the West Coast, ALL
America Bob Houbregs and bis
Washington teammates were too
much for All-America Johnny
OBrien and his Seattle mates,
winning 92-70 for a new NCAA
team scoring record before 10000
fans.
The previous team record was
80 points by LSU set only a few
hours previous. Houbregs also
hung up an NCAA individual
mark, scoring IS points to better
the mark of 43 established by
Kansas Clyde Lovellette last
year. Johnny o. tailed Is, but
his efforts were in vain as the
Huskies rolled into an early lead
and kept going.
De Paul Rally Fails.
There was plenty of high scor-
ing in the other games, too.
Big Don Schundt and Bob
Leonard tailed % and % points,
respectively, for Indiana as the
Hoosiers STAYED off a last-minute
rally by De Paul. With a min
ute to go, De Paul trailed by
seven points and almost caught
the Big Ten champs as Ron
Feieriesel led the attack. Feierie-
sci finished with 81 points.
Bob Mattick's IS points were
instrumental in the Oklahoma
Aggies victory after TCU had
taken a 1928 halftime lead. Gil
Reich, former Army football
star, dropped in 20 points for
Kansas, but he suffered a rib
injury and may be lost for to-
nights game against the Aggies.
Beck lived up to his all-Amer-
lean rating with Is points only
to have Notre Dame pull away
in the last five minutes after q
n1p-and-tuck game to that point.
Jack Stephens led the Irish with
10 points.
Bob Petit was the big gun
in Louisiana States victory over
Lebanon Valley from Central
Pennsylvanias Dutch country.
He scored % points, two more
than Leon Miller tabled for the
Flying Dutchmen.
Togo PalazZi was good for 80
points as Holy Cross avenged
the 91-69 licking they had taken
from Wake Forest in the Dixie
Classic last December. Dickie
Hemric was high for the Dea-
cons with 20. and Reeds IL in
tonight's consolation game to top
the 2-year scoring record Of
Furman's Frank Selvy. Hemric
now has 1927 points.