Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
2CaroIina Elves
In Dixie Finals;
Dons Win Both
BY the Associated Press

With the Dig one IN New YORK
safely tucked away by the Uni
versity of San Francisco, the
college basketball holiday tour
nament spotlight swings south
to Raleigh. N. c., where two I'M
beaten neighbors battle tonight
in the finals of the Dixie Classic.
North Carolina State. the Ma
tons third-ranked team and
winner of 10 in a row, and
fourth-ranked North Carolina,
a team which never gives up,
meet in the second game of a
double bill in Raleigh's big
Reynolds Coliseum. Duke and
Wake Forest meet for third
place honors in the first game
lat 1880 pm, while the four also
rams play earlier in the day
Oregon State VS.. Villanova and
Minnesota VS.. Wyoming.
N c. State beat Wake For
lest. 1888. last night. while
North Carolina, Is points be-
hind in the first half, rallied to
win, 74-64. over preyiously-un-
beaten Duke, the Nations
eighth-ranked team. Wyoming
edged Villanova, 69-68, and
Minnesota heat Oregon State
$3.50.
In another tournament con-
GLIDING tonight. Washington and
Lee will meet Evansville Qnd.)
College for the All-American City
title at Greensboro. KY. The Gen.
erals. led by Lee Marshall's SO
points, a tournament record,
beat Kentucky Wesleyan. 1878.
Evansville handed Florida its
first loss of the season. $3.50.
Hoyas Play Niagara
st. Bonaventure meets favored
Xavier of Ohio and Canisius
takes on Georgia Tech tonight
in the semifinals of the Queen
City Tournament at Buffalo.
N. Y. Georgetown faces Niagara
and Westminster plays Lafay-
cite in afternoon games involv-
ing first-round losers Thursday
There was no action in this one
yesterday.
Meanwhile. the big team looks
bigger than ever. Top-ranked
San Francisco's 1858 rout of
UCLA in the Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Tournament
finals last night was convincing
evidence to the 1887 customers
in Madison Square Garden.
countless others across the Ma
ton who saw the last half on
television and to at least one
who qualities as an expert.
Joe Lapchick. veteran coach
of the professional New York
Knickerbockers. who has been
connected with the sport for
about IS years. said San Fran
cisco was 1.-The best college bas-
ketball team have ever SEEN"
A spectator last night, Lapchick
has seen a great many good ones.
including his own at st. Johns
College in Brooklyn in the l930s.
seth Straight Victory
The Dons' easy victory is q
lift to the Nations sports writer's.
who have rated them No. l all
season. The DonS now have
won 36 in a row and are head
ing for the all-time college mark
of 80 straight, set by Long Island
University in the 1857 seasons
and tied by Seton Hall, 1894.
UCLA was the last team to beat
the Dons on December 9, 1854.
Bill Russell, 6-foot-10 star,
was held to II points last night
for his lowest output of the
tournament, but the big Negro
was such standout on defense
the he was almost a unanimous
choice for the most-valuable-
player award. He got IL Of the
Is ballots. K. C. Jones, q
teammate. received the other.
The Dons jumped off to a 90
lead in recording their 10th in
a row this season. The Uclans
trsiled. 1925, at the half and
never threatened.
In tournaments ending last
night Notre Dame surprised by
winning at the Sugar Bowl for
the second straight year. 70-65,
over seventh-ranked Utah; Gin
cinnati scored, 1850, over Rich
|mond in the Richmond Invita-
ton; Southern Methodist
handed Rice, ranked No. II, its
first loss, 1918, in overtime. in
the Southwest Conference; West
Virginia beat Miami, 1918. in
the Orange Bowl; Iowa State
won its first Big Seven tourna-
ment, 67-56. over Kansas; UNI
beaten Hofstra won its 18th
game and own tournament. 81
78. over Muhlenberg: Marshall
edged Denver, 1918. at Fayette-
willie, w. Va, and Western ILL
nois beat Gustavus Adolphus,
1872, for the NAIA "Tip-Off."
title.
Wake Forest gave N. c. State a
struggle. The Wolfpack built up
a l7-point lead only to see the
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