Evening star., 1953-12-18
Montana Game Gives
Indiana a Breather;;
Huskies Due for Test
BY the Asseeiofed Press


BY the Asseeioted Press
The University of Indiana, the
Nations No. / ranking basket
ball team, shouldn't have much
trouble in preserving that posi-
ton tonight.
The Hoosiers are at Missoula,
Mont, for a meeting with Mon
tana University, which has been
beaten twice by its freshman
squad,
Meanwhile, the Kansas State
Wildcats, with a reputation of
being able to run a lot and shoot
from any and all angles, may
give some trouble to Washing
ton, the Pacific Coast cham
pion, in two games on the West
Coast tonight and tomorrow.
Indiana'S game with Montana
will be their first meeting and
will mark the dedication of Mon.
tana's new 100000 field house.
Bad Weather Delays Team.
The Indiana team arrived in
Helena last night after bad
weather forced its plane to by
pass MiSsoula. The visitors were
scheduled to fly there later to-
day.
The Montana Grizzlies, twice
defeated by their freshman crew,
one of the best in Montana his
tory, in five practice games, are
heavy underdogS. Coach George
(Jiggs) Dahlberg confessed ear
lier this week he found it hardly
conceivable his boys could over
come the NCAA champs.
Branch McCracken, Indiana
coach. said he will start with
Charlie Kraak and Dick Farley
at forward. Don Schlundt at CEN
ter and Paul Poff and Burke
Scott at guard.
Kansas States playmaking
combination, Gene Stauffer, a
senior, and Kent Poore, a soph-
omore. are expected to head the
Wildcats attack against WASH
ington. Both are guards. Kan
SaS State has won two and lost
one this season.
Duquesne Beats Texas.
Third-ranking Duquesne and
10th-ranking Western Kentucky
added new links to their basket
ball victory chains last night and
should continue unbeaten at
least until the holiday tourna-
mentS.
The Dukes made it six in a
row at the expense of the tour
ing University of Texas, 71-58,
and Western Kentucky won it's
eighth straight, 1856, over out
classed st. Francis of Brooklyn
in Madison Square Garden.
DuqueSne has game with
Toledo left before the holiday
festival in New York and West
ern faces St. Bonaventure in
Buffalo, N. Y. prior to the Louis
vile Invitational.
DuQuesne Star Hurt.
Fletcher johnson scored 10
points for DuqueSne but ST
Green, the Dukes sophomore
flash. registered only four before
he suffered a leg injury. Doc
tors said Green should be ready
for Toledo tomorrow.
Western Kentucky breezed
through the first three quarters
against st. Francis. then coasted
as the huStling Brooklyn club
scored % points in the last 10
minutes. Tom Marshall, who
has been averaging 28.7 points
per game, scored only % last
night.
Rice won its fifth straight in
the other half of the Garden
twin bill, outlaSting St. Johns
of Brooklyn. 1881. The South
west Conference club overpow-
cred st. Johns until the final
quarter when it suddenly hit a
cold spell from the floor and
collected only three field goals.
NOtre Dame Record Set.
Joe Bertrand set a Notre
Dame scoring record of 35 points
as the Irish trounced Loyola of
Chicago, 81-65.
Michigan State won it's second
straight, $3.50, over Marquette;
Colorado A61M defeated Drake,
1854, and Wichita used two foul
shots after the gun sounded to
reach the century mark in it's
100-87 conquest of Creighton.
Maryland defeated Virginia
Tech. 60-52.
Washington State lost the
first game of California tour,
45-44, to Sacramento State.
Springfield and HomIine
Meet in NAIA SemifinoI
Kansas City, Dec. 10 P.-
Springfield (MoO State and
Hamline, both long time small
college basketball powers, will
meet in the feature semif1nal
game of the NAIA's December
basketball tournament tonight.
Springfield, defending cham
pion and the only team ever to
win two National Association of
intercollegiate Athletics tourna-
ments in a row, drubbed Ne
braska Wesleyan, $3.50. in the
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