The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-23
Stars Bow Out
AS Kentucky .
Whips Vandy Y
BY RIP WATSON


shine bright on the home of Ken
lucky basketball today. for the
three big stars have played their
Hast game there.
All America Cliff Hagan, Franz
Ramsey and Lou TSioropoulos, the
last remaining members of Ken
ltucky's 1851 national champions
bowed out on the Lexington, Ky.
court in fine style last night as
they led Kentucky to a 100-64 rout
of Vanderbilt. With Hagan getting
22 points, Tsioropoulos 20 and
Ramsey 10, the big three came
close to tying Vandy all by them
selves.
Barred from play last year by
the NCAA, they have two more
Irregular season games away from
home, then in all probability will
wind up their college careers in
a playof with Louisiana State for
the Southeastern Conference cham,
ponship. Even if Kentucky wins
that one, the three can't play in
the NCAA tourney because they're
now postgraduates.
LSU kept pace with Kentucky In
the SEC race by whipping Ala.
bama 1866 as 60 Bob Petit, the
best basketball player in the bay.
GUS for years, closed his home ca.
Ireer with a 35-point scoring out.
burst.
Even though the big three have
played their last game at home,
the picture is brighter today for
Kentucky, ranked second in the
country behind Duquesne, than for
third-ranked Indiana. The, proud
Hoosiers, expecting to clinch a tie
| for the Big Ten conference before
the home folks, were rudely jolted
by Iowa's braSh sophomores 1884.
With second year man Mill
Scheurman stealing the ball and
classmate Bill Seaberg putting il
in the basket (for 81 points all
told, Iowa took the lead in the
second quarter and held it the res
of the way. The upset, coupled with
Illinois 1854 thriller over Wiscon
sin on two free throws by jim
Wright with a minute to play, left
Indiana in front with a 1912 rec
ord. But Iowa is 90 and Illinoi:
S-3.
Duquesne took no chances OIL
similar trouble against Bowling
Green, stopping the Ohio team
with five points in the third quar-,
ter while racking up a 1852 vic,
tory. 1t was the 22nd victory with
out a defeat for the defense.mind.
ed Dukes. Kentucky also boasts q
22-0 slate.
Western Kentucky, No. 4 team
in the latest Associated Press poll
closed out its home season with
a s2-77 victory over Cincinnati, and
Notre Dame, No. 6, turned on the
steam in the fourth quarter to
down Pennsylvania 62-47.
Tulsa clouted Detroit 1910 in q
Missouri Valley Conference game
while Wichita was dumping Hou'
Ston 1851 in another conference
game. All Wichita has to do now
is beat Oklahoma AIM No. S team
in the country, Wednesday.
Princeton edged Yale 1851 on
Dick Bats layup with five sec.
OndS remaining.
Arizona dropped out of the run.
ming for the Border Conference
crown after bowling to Texas Tech,
the league leader. s7-6S.
Kansas forged ahead of Colorado
| in the tight Big Seven race BY
making the most of its free throws
for a 67-62 win over Nebraska.
The losers made "a fields goals
to Kansas Is, but only ID free
throws to Kansas 81.
Furman's Frank Selvy continued
his mazing scoring by scoring Il
points in Furman'S 1915 victory
over Richmond. He now has 1,O41
on the season and 2,370 for his
career.
st. Francis Of Brooklyn became
the seventh team in the National
Invitation Tournament sield, join
ing Duquesne, Western Kentucky.
Wichita. Dayton, Niagara and
Louisville.