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Also Meet Army Here
Tomorrow; Maryland
Takes On Tar Heels
By GEORGE Huber

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the Washington area.
The Colonials' immediate con-
cern is to balance their only
Southern Conference defeat and
get into position for the top
seeded spot in the conference
championships next month.
George Washington is in ac-
ton again tomorrow night, meet
ing Army at Washington-Lee
High in Arlington, but that game
must be listed as of secondary
interest to the Maryland-North
Carolina game at College Park.
North Carolina is one of the
teams threatening the Terps
Atlantic Coast Conference lead.
Also tomorrow is the Fordham
game at Georgetown, American
U. at Catholic u, and Duke at
Navy, the latter an afternoon
game.
Tar Heels Play Virginia.
Leading up to tomorrow
nights Maryland-North Caro-
lima game is tonight's test be-
tween the Tar Heels and Virginia
at Greensboro, NC. If North
Carolina wins as expected it will
move into the already jam
packed first place in the Atlantic
Coast Conference. Maryland,
North Carolina State and Duke
already are perched there with
80 league records. The Tar
Heels are close behind with To.
Also worth watching tonight
is the box score of the North
Carolina Virginia game to see
how many points Buzz Wilkin-
son of Virginia gets. He needs
"a to reach a 1000 total for
three years of varsity play. Vir-
ginia lost to North Carolina
earlier, but Wilkinson scored SO
points.
Key Game Tonight.
Tonight's CIV Richmond
game at Uline's at $50 is the
key game of the Southern Con-
ference season. If everything
goes right after this. tonight's
winner should be the No.
team when the conference
tournament starts at Richmond
March 8. After tonight Rich
mond has no team on its sched-
ule it shouldn't beat, and the
only possible stumbling block
remaining for CIV is West Vir-
ginia, to be met at West Vir-
ginia a week from tomorrow
night.
The Colonials are favored to-
night, in spite of having lost to
the Spiders at Richmond more
than a month ago. The Spiders
move IN with fancy 81 confer
ence record, compared to GW's
Al. The team which would gain
the most immediate benefit from
a CIV victory would be West Vir-
ginia. The Mountaineers are
6-l in the league, and will take
first place if CIV wins.
New Stars Uncovered.
The Colonials had a poor
night when they bowed to the
Spiders IN that last one and
have come a long way since,
while winning seven straight
games In addition to Corky
Devlin and Joe Holup as scor-
ing stars they have uncovered
Buzz Ciriello and Joe Petcavich
as boys who can get the import
ant points.
Like CIV, Richmond is a we'll
rounded team. Warren Mills
was the most troublesome player
to the Colonials last time, both
with his scoring and ball han
ding. He put on what amounted
to one-man freeze in the clos
ing minutes to save Richmond's
1857 victory. The Spiders also
have Walt Lysaght to dump in
those dreaded long ones from the
side-something like Devlin of
CIV. Lysaght also is an ace re-
bounder and makes an effective
team off the backboards with
Ken Daniel, who works the pivot.
Colo Steals Show in Garden
As LoSolle Tops Manhattan
BY the Assoeiated Press
It's difficult to improve on per-
fection, but if Tom Cola isn't
doing just that in college basket
ball he's making a good try.
The 6-foot-7 son of a Phila-
delphia policeman was at his
best last night as LaSalle slowly
gained momentum to make Man.
haitian it's 17th victim of the
season. 1862.
Playing as f1uidly and me-
thodically as the motion of his
Jaws on his ever-present wad of
chewing gum, Cola simply was
the whole show. 1t wasn't until
the last 10 minutes, when the
NCAA champions began to pull
away, that he got some support
from Charlie Greenberg and
Frank Blatcher. Before that,
Cola practically battled the
Jaspers on even terms all by
himself.
He continually tormented the
Jaspers with his ball-hawking.
He passed off beautifully to his
teammates, and when they
missed the layup Cola generally
was ready to tap in the rebound.
He also shared 20 rebounds off
the Manhattan blackboard.
And he found time to score
27 points. hitting IL Of % field
goal attempts. Cola got IA
points in the first half when the
Explorers. ranked third in this