Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Unbeaten Scion Hall
Needs Nine Wins for
,AN-Time Cage Mark
BY the Associated Press


/ BY the Assoeioted Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Nin,
games in the next 80 days viii
show whether a 1853 mode
basketball team can go through
a season indicated.
Seton Hail University has wor
its first 81 games. If it can wiz
its remaining nine contests i
will become the first team evel
to go unbeaten through 80
game schedule against major op'
position
The last school to turn in q
perfect card for regular-seasor
| games was Columbia in 1951-52
The Lions won % games in 9
row. then bowed to Illinois II
the first round of the Nationa
Collegiate Athletic Association
tournament.
Only one other club has gone
all the way unbeaten since col
lege basketball went big-time
That'was Army against the war.
weakened squads of 1894. Anc
the Cadets played only Is games
Seton Hall, for the past two
weeks ranked first in the coun'
try in the Associated Press poll
picked up its 21st triumph Sat-
urday night at Philadelphia
against Villanova. 84-76.
Return to Garden.
This week it helps bring thu
college game back to Madison
Square Garden for the first time
| in a month. The Pirates from
South Orange. N. j., meet st
Bonaventure in half of twir
bill that includes St. Johns Of
Brooklyn agains. Manhattan
College.
st. Bonaventure is barely ir
the plus column this year but il
knows all about these long win
ming streaks. The Bonnies wor
their first 16 last season before
bowling to Duquesne, itself un-
| beaten. Duquesne won 18 straight
a year ago, then lost to Villa
nova.
After st. Bonaventure, Seton
Hall will tangle with Siena
Muhlenberg, Villanova, Loyola OF
Chicago, Baldwin Wallace. Day.
ton, Louisville and John Carroll
With mid-year examinations
generally over, basketball activity
speeds up this week. More than
100 major games are scheduled
for Saturday night alone.
Top Teams Active.
All but one of the 10 top-rank-
ing teams will be busy. DePaul,
No.. 10. is the only exception as
it rests on it's laurels after
trouncing Notre Dame Saturday
night. 1886.
Second-ranked Indiana, the
Big Ten leader, returns after a
weeks layoff, meeting Butler
University tonight and North
western at Evanston, ILL.,, on
Saturday.
Washington, No. 8, comes back
to stateside competition after q
three-game winning junket to
Hawaii and plays host to lowly
Washington State Friday and
Saturday.
LaSalle, No. 4, entertains Du-
quesne Saturday and Kansas
State, No. 5, visits Nebraska the
same night.
Illinois. No. 6, has a date to-
night with DePauw of Indiana
and on Saturday resumes Big
Ten competition against Wiscon-
sin.
Fordham, No. Z, has games
Tuesday against Colgate and
Saturday against Villanova. Ok
lahoma A6cM. No. 8. will be
at home to Detroit tonight and
to st. Louis on Saturday.
Withdrawing Western Ken
lucky plays three times-tonight
against Bowling Green, Wednes-
day against Dayton and Satur-
day against Eastern Kentucky in
State grudge battle. Eastern
Kentucky won their first meeting
two weeks ago.
Conference Races.
The conference picture at the
start of second-semester COM
petition:
IVY: Cornell 40, the sur
prise leader, faces real test
Saturday against Penn (3-D.
Columbia (2-0) meetsPenn We'd
nesday.
SOUTHERN: North Carolina
(13-D in front but the confer
ence title depends on the eight
team tournament at the end
of the season. Besides North
Carolina, probable qualifiers are
Maryland. N. C.. State. George
Washington. West Virginia and
Wake Forest, with Furman,
Duke and Richmond fighting for
the other two places.
SOUTHEASTERN: Louisiana
State 600 appears the class of
this Kentucky less circuit.
SOUTHWEST: Texas t4-D on
top with four others still in the
running.
BORDER: Arizona (5-D lost
tSee BASKETBALL, Page A-lS.)