Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13

Notre Dame 10 Meet
Another Upset Team
After Edging Indiana
BY Ne AssoeIossd Press

NEW WORK, Mar. 13.-With
the defending champion on the
outside looking in, Notre Dame
doomed today as the team to
beat in the NCAA basketball
tournament.
But the Irish, who stunned
Indiana, the 1853 winner, last
night. 1854, must play Penn
State, another upset-minded OUT
At, at Iowa City in tonight's
quarter-finals Of the tourna-
ment.
Other quarter-f final games pit
Navy against LaSalle at Phila-
delphia, Bradley against Okla.
homa A6zM at Saltwater, Okla,
and Southern California against
Santa Clara at Corvallis, Greg.
The winners will move on to the
semif1nals and finals next week
end in Kansas City.
Ironic Loss for Indiana.
1t was ironic that Branch Nc
Crackers Indiana team, the Big
Ten champion, should make its
exit by one point, for last year
the Hoosiers won the title by
the same margin over Kansas.
It was a real shocker because
McCracken has said he con-
sidered his 1854 quintet one Of
his best.
But Notre Dame, and Dick
Rosenthal in particular. was not
awed by the potent Hoosiers
from Bloomington, Ind. Rosen-
thai dropped in IS points. made
a free throw Is seconds before
the end that provided the
eventual margin of victory and
completely throttled ALL
American Don Schlundt who
made only one field goal.
AS if this weren't enough. Ro-
seminal collapsed and became Ill
during a time out with a little
more than a minute to play. He
summoned enough strength,
however, to play the final sec
onds. It was a fine all-around
performance by the courageous
youngster that brought the Irish
their 18th straight victory.
Penn State Upsets LSU.
Penn State, for its part, upset
Louisiana State, 1910, in the
other half of the Iowa City
double header. so Notre Dame
will have its hands full.
The other round of 16 games
did not provide any startling
form reversals. LaSalle whipped
North Carolina State. 1881. and
Navy edged Cornell. 69-67. in
Philadelphia; Oklahoma A6SM
trounced Rice. 51-45. and Brad
ley turned back Colorado. 1864,
at Saltwater. At Corvallis,
Southern California dumped
Idaho State, 1859, and Santa
Clara halted Colorado AIM,
1850.
Notre Danes custer Of Indi-
ana guaranteed a new NCAA
champion. and, as the Irish are
riding high with their 18-game
streak, many of the experts are
picking them to finish on top.
The Irish have lost only two
games this season, to Indiana
and Bradley before Christmas.
Last nights defeat was Indiana's
fourth of the campaign and
their first in NCAA play. They
won the title the two previous
years.
Irish Stamina Tested.
The only doubt about Notre
Dame concerns its stamina. The
Irish have been an iron mans
club all year, rarely using more
than five or six players. They
used seven last night, but Rosen-
thai played all the way despite
his illness during the time out
in the last quarter, later making
the free throw that won the
game.
Penn State, an at-large entry
like Notre Dame, was an UNDER
rated team. The Nittany Lions
couldn't do much with LSU's
All-America, Bob Petit, who
scored "a points, but they did
stop his mates.
Jesse Arnell was high man
for Penn State with "a points,
but even more important was
his all-around play. His superb
taking and rebounding kept LSU,
which had gone undefeated
(See NCAA, Page A-13)