Evening star., 1953-12-23
New Ratings in Order
After Indiana 5 Upset,
kentucky's Sixth Win
BY the Asseeiosed Press

the college basketball teams ap-
pears to be in order today after
top-ranked Indiana's first defeat
Of the campaign and Kentucky's
sixth victory without a loss.
The HooSiers found the task
Of beating 12th-ranked Oregon
State twice in as many nights
too great. After whipping the
Beavers, 1872, in overtime Mon
day night for their sixth tri-
umph. they bowed last night,
67-51.
Meantime, second ranked
Kentucky won its own tourna-
ment with a 1860 decision over
La Sale as it stopped the Ex-
plorers' All-America Tom Cola
for the greater part of the con-
test. The defeat was La Sales
second in eight games. The
Philadelphians were tied with
Dayton for 10th place in this
weeks Associated Press rank
ings.
Indiana Never Catches Up.
Indiana fell behind 6 min
utes after the start last night
and never caught up. The tow
ering Oregon Staters, led by z
foot-3 Wade (Swede) Halbrook
and Johnny Jarboe. 6-foot-2, an
aggressive guard, dominated play
at both backboards and outshot
the Hoosiers from the field,
.420 to .297.
Last night. the Beavers did a
lot better job of checking Don
Schlundt. Indiana's 6-foot-lO
center. They kept the bali away
from him so well he got only IL
shots. He hit on six of these
and added seven free throws for
l9 points. compared with 81 in
the first game.
Halbrook clicked on seven of
Is attempts and added seven
from the foul line for total of
81 points, high for the game.
Oregon State had % field
goals in So attempts, while the
HooSiers, way off on their shoot
ing. made only II of 81.
Branch McCracken, Indiana
coach, played his big star out
side in the first half, putting
Forward Dick Farley under the
basket in Schlundt's usual spot.
Schlundt had only z points at
intermission.
He did better in the second
half but his mates were not able
to get the ball to him as con-
sistently as they did the night
before.
Oregon Rallies to Win.
Unbeaten Oregon came from
behind to whip Nebraska. 74-72.
in the second game of the inter-
sectional twin bill at eugene
Greg. The Big Seven team led
at the half, 36-29, but Oregon
rallied to tie. 63-63, with four
minutes left. Then Max Ander-
sons basket and free throw put
Oregon ahead to stay. 1t was
Oregon's seventh straight vic
tory.
Kentucky's Lou Tsioropoulos
held Cola to S points for three
quarters. but the LaSalle ace
finished with 16 when the de-
fenses relaxed late in the ganc.
Meanwhile. Cliff Hagen scored
% for Kentucky.
LaSalle set its sights on an up
set of major proportions by
jumping to a 1874 lead in the
early stages. Kentucky answered.
the challenge by outscoring the
Explorers, 1910, to take a 1913
f1rst-quarter lead.
The Wildcats margin was 81
27 at the half and 45-38 after
three quarters, but Hagan and
company went to work in earn
est as the final quarter opened
and soon had Kentucky sailing
toward its Hath straight home
floor victory.
Calls LaSalle Toughest.
Immediately after the game,
played before about 10000 fans,
Adolph Rupp, Kentucky coach,
tagged LaSalle the toughest op-
ponent of the year so far for
Kentucky.
And Bernie Shively, Kentucky
athletic director, announced the
tournament, a big success finan-
cially. would be continued year
after year.
In the consolation game, 18th
ranked UCLA defeated Duke, To-
81, after being as far behind as
IA points.
The Blue Devils rolled to a
30-16 lead before the Bruins
started clicking.
UCLA outScored Duke, ILL, in
one streak to 60 into the lead
at 39-37 and held the upper
hand the rest of the way. al
though pressed by a Duke come
back bid in the closing minutes.
Ron Livingston paced the VIC
tory with 10 points, including II
free throws. but the games top
offensive effort was turned in by
Dukes Rudy D'emilio, who hit
for IS points.
N. G. State Wins.
Only two others of the top
ranked 20-North Carolina State
(No. 81 and Oklahoma City (No.
15)-were in action last night
and both came through with
victories. N. c. State (6-D de-
feated little Rio Grande, 92-77,
but was unable to check the
high-scoring Bevo Francis. who
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