Evening star., 1954-12-31
Six Cage Classics
Decided; Irish and
Missouri Win Titles
By The Associated Prsss

Tournament championships
were scattered all over the coun-
try today as collegiate basket
balls holiday classics headed
into their final stages.
Six championships were de-
cided last night with George
Washington. Missouri. Notre
Dame, Maryland, Dartmouth
and Lafayette capturing crowns.
Two major classics-the ECAC
Festival in New York and the
Queen City Tournament at Buff
alo-are still to be decided.
George Washington, the Ma
tion's ninth-ranking team, posted
a 1915 victory over Richmond
to win the Richmond Invita-
tional.
Maryland jolted once-beaten
Cincinnati, 1851, to take the
All-American City title at
Owensborc, KY.
Notre Dame Beats Crusaders.
Notre Dame shared Sugar
Bowl laurels with Tom Heinsolln,
Holy Cross center, after the Irish
edged the Crusaders, 1860, for
the tournament title.
HeinSohn strengthened his bid
for All-America honors by dump
ing in 80 points in losing cause.
The 6-foot-7 juniors effort gave
him a two-night total of SO
points and earned him the title
Of the tournaments outstanding
player.
Bradley University salvaged
some glory by decisioning Loyola
of the South, It'll, for third
place.
Notre Danes stout defense. led
by Sophomore John Smyth,
limited Heinsohn to 13 points in
the first half as the teams battled
to a 1929 draw at half time.
Heinsohn accounted for II points
in the second half, but his scor-
ing effort was Offset by Jack
Stephens, Notre Dame guard,
who went on personal scoring
spree after intermission with 18
points.
Heinsohn, whose SO points were
only four shy of the all-time
Sugar Bowl record set by Larry
Hennessy of Villanova in 1851,
drew praise from the sellout
crowd of $500.
Stephens scored "a points to
lead Notre Dame and showed a
two-night total Of 43 points.
Jerry Hansen, one of the finest
1ongShot shooters to appear in
the Sugar Bowl in many years.
paced Bradley to the consolation
title over Loyola. Hansen scored
81 points.
Missouri Beats Kansas State.
Eleventh-ranked Missouri an
nexed the Big Seven Conference
tournament with a decisive 89-71
lacing of Kansas State. The
sharpshooting Tigers bolted to
a 1923 halftime advantage and
coasted the rest of the way. Med
Park collected "a points for Mis-
souri,, which last won the tourna-
ment in 1949. Teammate Norman
Stewart contributed Is and was
named the most valuable per-
former.
Dartmouth upset highly-fav-
ored Connecticut. 66-65. in the
d finals of the New England
tournament on a one-handed
shot by Dick Farley from near
center court with five seconds
left. The setback knocked Con-
necticut from the unbeaten ranks
while Dartmouth ran its winning
streak to six.
Connecticut apparently had
clinched a triumph on Bobby Os-
born's layup with nine seconds to
play, but Fairley's phenomenal
shot turned the tide. Len Will
son topped Dartmouth with "a
points.
Lafayette Takes Title.
A second-half scoring spree
carried Lafayette to a 75-72 VIC
4 tory over Hofstra in the cham
pionship game of the fourth an
nual Hofstra Invitational.. Hof-
stra'S Bill Thieben again headed
the scoring parade with 81
points.
Canisius entered the finals of
it's own Queen City Invitational
tournament at Buffalo. trimming
Georgia Tech, 70-56, with a Sec
ond half barrage that buried the
Engineers. Canisius meets st.
Bonaventure in the finals to-
morrow night.
No games were played in New
York's ECAC festival last night.
but the finals are on tap tonight
with La Sale CNo. 81 in the As
sociated Press poll facing Du-
quesne CNo. 81.
Kentucky Wins Another.
Kentucky, the Nations No. l
court power, was the only other
member of the top 10 to see
action last night. The Wildcats
rolled to their 31st straight VIC
tory and sixth in a row this sea-
son as they smothered st. Louis.
32-65, with mighty last-haH
surge.
After st. Louis had tied 41-41.
Adolph Rupp's charges went on
a 1913 scoring tear to break the
game wide open. Kentucky led
at halftime. 1882.
Bob Burrow hit for Is points
to spearhed the Wildcats to their
. 129th consecutive home court
triumph. =
In other non tournament
games, Iowa (No. 19) crushed
Stanford, 73-46; Ohio State mo.
2o) posted a 1851 verdict over
Oklahoma City as Rohin Free.