Evening star., 1955-01-13

Frnsea Gtann
against George washington, Maryland and
Georgetown and he has yet to lose.
CIV is considered top-hght these parts year after
year. Colonials have lost IS straight to N c. State
the Wofpack against Georgetown
and two-for-two against Maryland and you have the
compleat hex.
CASE rs TO NORTH CAROLINA STATE what Adoph
Rupp Kentucky Each is dominant at his school, over
shadowng the football coach Cases roundbalers consistently
I'LL States 124O0capacty an average which the Wolf
pack does not approach in football
Rupp powerful Kentucky that the redcubtabe
Paul Bryant recognized the odds against him and took on
Texas M coach football There Is record that
Case directly has discouraged any football coaches at N g.
State but for fact change in that department not
unusual. .sMs
Roundban Is big business at NJ G. state and nobody
boers deny it. present the Wofpack serving
oneyear suspension from the NCAA tournament but
N C. State probably will survive. Like Miami University,
which likewise suspended for from NCAA foot
ball bowl games for being too hostabe to promising young
recruits State win ride 1t out Meanwhile, each has its
powerhouse
It is not considered greats misdemeanor, Everybody
knows the NcAA wont to bust out once IN while to cut
up rabbit.
If IT MAKES MARYLAND feel any better the Terrapins
probably have secuted any team North Caro-
lima State faced Five times Cases assistantshe has
coaching aides basshave watched the
Maryands action taking copous notes back to the boss
At big football school, two assistants Just the
beginning Of head coachs sta In basketball it is twice
many aides as usual,
Case has been compared to Rupp. He also might be
compared with coach Of the fabuousy successful
Cleveland Browns First because he came out OF the Middle
high school COACH secondly because he so rarely
loses especially when the big pots up for grabs
The fellow spawned in the Nations basketball hotbed
Indiana At anderson and Frankfort ne compiled the
remarkable Of TAG victories in sol 2oyear
span.
EVERETT BEGAN DEALING with older basketball
players served in the Naval Reserve He was sent
to Pre-Fght School and q Of 49, then went
to the Naval Training School at DePauw University where
he 20 Of 80.
Trapped on two sides by superior football powersNorth
Carolina and DukeN c. atched onto Case in July,
1s4s away the basketball play Everett didn't let
the Raleigh folks down. Going into this 1945 campaign
he has l08 of 119 league contests.
six straight the> Southern
title He finally blew it to Wake Forest in TITO
final in 49, but last year member Of the new Atlantic
Conference Case and c. State again. The Dixie
Classic branchd which played in Raleigh he has won
five years out of six is rare Classic when less than
$1,000 attracted to the three-day affair.
To Raleigh 1t approxmates the Mardi Gras In New
Orleans orange Miami the "5ooP in indianapolis
the Derby Louisville the Bowl in Pasadena Radio
stations periodically plead with listeners mot to try to go
to the basketball game unless you have ticket
IN THE BEGINNING, there strong Mdwestern
flavor TO teams in the gs-a hawg- -jow belt Not
any True Of the regulars this current great
is from East Chicago Ind But the others hail from
such faraway spots Denver Philadelphia Cincinnati and
Brooklyn Some day. perhaps will develop star from
below the Mason-Dixon belt.
Admiration for Case is not to those who have
INTEREST
sometimes be couched instance Sports Editor
Chauncey burden of Richmond commented Of Case:
the best Saturday night coach in the country"
This unveiled reference to N G. States penchant
for playing Saturdays which Is not entirely to
be held against Case For a visiting team, Saturday
engagement $4,000 in Raleigh is not to be readily
passed up. rr-f
1t remained however, for Hot Rod Hundley Of West
Virginia to tag Case somewhat differently Hundley whom
State briefly better view Of the
is an uninhibed youngste and before game Hot Rod
strutted past Wopack bench and beloved why hello
there, Home Court Case'r