Evening star., 1953-01-06
Irish Get Biggest Win
ByEdging Holy Cross
In Last 3 Seconds
By N. A,.oe;a,.d P,.,.


NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Notre
Dame, it seems, can play baS-
ketball, too! The Irish now
boast an 81 record and count
among their victims Indiana and
Holy Cross, two Of the Nations
ranking teams.
Notre Dame won perhaps its
biggest game Of the season last
night by shading Holy Cross. 73-
II, In Boston Garden. Not many
teams. have been able to whip
the Crusaders in Boston. but the
Irish had the stuff to do 1t. Nor
bert Lewinski's two free tosses
in the last eight seconds gave the
Irish their come e-from-behind
victory.
Notre Dame had trailed. 61-57.
following nine-point furry by
Holy Cross. But the Irish tied it
UP, It'll, on Dick Rosenthal's
field goal and foul with just 80
seconds left.
That set the stage for Levin
skis performance-and the Irish
captain came through hand
somely.
indiana Keeps Big Ten Lead.
Meanwhile, Indiana. which had
dropped a one-point decision to
Notre Dame last month, took a
firmer hold on the Big Ten lead.
The Hoosiers ripped Michigan
State, 69-62, at East Lansing as
6-foot-9 Don Schlundt scored 80
points.
The victory gave Indiana a 40
record in conference play and a
one-game lead over Illinois and
Minnesota, both with 81 records
following victories last night.
The Illini, fourth-ranked team
In the Associated Press Poll.
drubbed Purdue. 87-71 on the
latter'S court. Johnny Kerr. 60
center. led the Illinois attack
with Is points. He was followed
by Jim Bredar's q and Max
Hooper's 20. After a 35-35 half
time tie, the game was all Illinois.
Ed Kalafat's Is points paced
Minnesota to its victory, a 64-53
decision over Wisconsin. Hitting
on their first three shots, the
Gophers raced to an 80 lead
and stayed ahead.
Ohio State Easy Winner.
In the other Big Ten game.
Ohio State easily downed a
Michigan team which hit only
1876 per cent Of its shots. The
score was 1916. Paul Ebert led
Ohio State with % points.
There was plenty of action in !
the Big Seven as that confer
ence got rolling. Oklahoma
stunned Kansas. the defending |
champion, 1861; Missouri
trimmed Iowa State, 66-61. on
Gary Filbert's four late points
and Nebraska trounced Colo
RADIO, S0-65.
Kansas State, the Ne. l team
In the land and, naturally, the
favorite in the Big Seven. was
idle.
In the Missouri Valley Confer
ence, Detroit's Walter Poff sank
q field goal with two seconds
left for a 64-62 victory that
knocked Wichita from the ranks
of the unbeaten. The win boost
ed Detroit to the top Of the Mis-
souri, Valley
Other MidweStern Games.
In other MidweStern games,
Arnold Short scored 81 points to
lead Oklahoma City to a 68-52
victory over Houston: DePaul
tripped Lawrence Tech. 1858.
and Loyola of Chicago snapped
brakes f1ve-game winning streak
with a $3.50 victory.
In the South, Frank Selvy
scored 80 points as Furman
swamped Presbyterian. 102-75,
and Louisiana State defeated
Vanderbilt. 1851, even though
Bob Petit, scoring star, was held
to Is points.
There are a flock of good
games tonight. headed by the
annual clash between Notre
Dame and NYU in Madison
Square Garden.
In other top attractions, Penn
meets Yale in an Ivy League
game. SMU is at Rice and Oregon
State plays host to Washington