Evening star., 1954-12-18
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BY the Assoeiesed Prsss

College football teams in Phila-
delphia probably had their worst
season on record this year, but
the alumni can't complain about
the prowess of the Pennsylvania
and Temple basketball teams
to date.
Pennsylvania, tabled with
Princeton and Cornell as The
three schools to fight it out for
the Ivy League title, staged a big
upset last night in Philadelphia
by knocking off Iowa. SITS. Iowa
had been beaten only by Missouri
in five games, and is being touted
to take over from Indiana as
kingpin of the Big Ten.
Iowa led at halftime. 1885. as
Bill Logan spanked the attack,
but the QuakerS unlimbered their
big guns in a blistering second
half drive. Joe SturgiS got 33
points, Lou Bayne % and Bart
Leach 81 for Penn. now unbeaten
in five games. Iowa was rated
18th nationally this week.
Iowa Meets Princeton.
Tonight Iowa meets Princeton
in one of several big games on
the college program that includes
a Madison Square Garden meet
ing between two unbeaten giants,
LaSalle and Utah. and a battle
at Lexington, KY, between Ken
tucky and Temple. Temple t5-D
handed st. Johns of Brooklyn
its first defeat Thursday.
In fact, 8 of the top 10 in
this weeks AP poll will see ac-
ton. In addition to LaSalle CNo.
u and Kentucky No. y, Illinois
(No. 81 plays Notre Dame, North
Carolina State (No. ~ meets
Texas Tech, Dayton mo. 81 en-
tertains College of Pacific, In
diana (No. y plays Cincinnati,
UCLA (No. 81 plays San Fran
cisco and Niagara CNo. 10) is at
Toledo.
In addition to a.heayy sched-
ule of regular games last night,
the first two of a score of major
Christmas tournaments got un-
der way.
West Virginia Beats DeacOns.
West Virginia defeated favored
Wake Forest, 86-82, and Ala
bama drubbed Texas, 1854, in
the Birmingham Classic. The
winners meet tonight for the
title. Wake Forests Dickie Hem
ric Tailed 43 points in a losing
cause.
At Montgomery. Ala. in the
Blue-Gray tourney. Tennessee
won over Miami (Fla.), 1890.
and Auburn led throughout to clip
Washington and Lee. 91-81. The
winners play tonight in the
finals.
Michigan State, which plays
Pennsylvania tonight, had an
easy time defeating Princeton.
1857. in another Big Ten-Ivy
clash last night. Princeton's
Bud Haabestad collected 33
points.
Cornell, defending champion.
moved into first place in the
Ivy loop by defeating Brown.
52-44, and undefeated Dart
mouth routed Harvard, 74-57.
Columbia made it 40 by down.
ing Navy. TITO, for the Middies'
fourth loss in five games. CO.
lumbia sophomore Chet Forte
got 80 points.
Holy Cross Beats Providence.
Holy Cross thumped Provi-
dence, 101-47, and Penn State
beat Gettysburg, 97-6l. Unde-
!, feated Seton Hall rolled over
William & Mary, 109-89, for an
all-time school scoring mark, al
though the losers Johnny Ma
honey scored 81 points. Art
Quimby got 35 points as un-
beaten Connecticut routed Amer
ican international, 103-78.
Houston, favored with Wichita
in the Missouri Valley Confer
ence, remained unbeaten by
cracking Detroit's five-game
winning streak, 77-69. Don
Boldebuck hit 80 points for
Houston. The teams meet again
tonight.
Texas Tech Beats Furman.
There was other high scoring
action in the South where Texas
Tech OUTRAGED Furman, 111-103.
Jim Reed of Texas scored Al
points. while Darrell Floyd had
38 for Furman. Virginia de-
feated Clemson, 10O-94. Bill
Marlborough set Clemson record
with 40 points and Virginia's Bill
Wilkinson had IS.
Duke turned the tables on
Maryland, 1851, in an Atlantic
Coast Conference game, and
Richmond won Southern Con-
ference test from VMI, 94-74.
UCLA maintained its unbeaten
status by defeating Santa Clara,
65-58; California upset Colorado,
57-45, and San Francisco
drubbed Oregon State, 60-34.