Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
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Wake Forest in
One of.Feaiures
Kentucky at TuIone
For League Contest;
Auburn Meets 'Bomu
D. he Associated Press

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Most Of the big boys in college
basketball see action tonight with
the spotlight focused on once
beaten Kentucky, ranked No. I,
and second-ranged North Caro-
lima State. Both are tangling
with conference opponents.
Kentucky. upset by Georgia
Tech in the Southeastern Com
ference last Saturday night, plays
at Tulane. N. c. State returns
to action after Thursdays upset
at the hands Of Maryland by
playing host to Wake Forest In
Raleigh.
Duquesne tNo. 81 Is at Ford
ham and LaSalle mo. y figures
to toy with Lebanon Valley.
Missouri mo. 81 battles
Kansas State in q game that
could give the Tigers the Big
Seven Conference lead, while
Illinois mo. y makes q bid for
the conference lead against Ohio
State this afternoon in the Big
Tens television game Of the
week. (WTOP-Tv. Channel 8,
beginning at 8 PM
Auburn Streak ct Stake.
Utah tho. % moves on to
Montana In the Skyline Confer
ence race and UCLA fNo. 100
plays q return engagement
against Southern California
after knocking OF the Trojans
last night. 70-67.>
San Francisco tNo. 81 and
George Washington (No. 81 are
idle.
Other attractions send Mar
quette against Loyola (Chicago)
in pursuit of its 18th straight
triumph after an opening loss;
Auburn, only remaining unbeat-
en- (7-0) major college team,
against Alabama In a Southeast
ern Conference game. and
Southern Methodist and Texas
Christian in a showdown for
the Southwest Conference lead.
Meanwhile Dartmouth took q
big step last night In its bid
for q return to Ivy League bas-
ketball supremacy for the first
time In almost Q decade.
Last Ivy Title In 1916.
Time was when the Indians
practically retired the Ivy crown,
winning seven straight titles
from 1888 through 1914 in the
days Of Coach Ozzie Cowles
(now at minnesota and twice
taking the NCAA runnerup spot.
Dartmouth came back for an
other Ivy title In 1916. but that
was the last.
Then Coach Alvin (Doggie)
Julian came along from sue
cesses at Muhlenberg College to
start a resurrection job at Dart
mouth five seasons ago. A big
breath Of life went into the
Indians last night with q 54-52
victory over Penn, previously
unbeaten In the Ivy League.
That leaves Dartmouth with q
2-2 record and only hapless Yale
ahead before a two-week, mid
term rest and the stretch run.
The Ellis, with only one VIC
tory for the season, almost gave
the Indians a double boost last
night by carrying defending
champion and league-leading
Cornell past the final buzzer be-
fore losing, 56-55.
Those were the top attractions
In a $3.50 night Of college
basketball that sent only three
members Of the top 10 in this
weeks Associated Press poll into
action.
San Francisco Romps.
San Francisco bolstered It's
California Basketball Association
lead with a 62-49 victory--10th
straight for the Dons- Col
lege of Pacific. while Utah clob-
bered Utah State. 1855. as Art
Bunte set a Skyline Conference
record with 43 points.
UCLA moved into q share Of
the Pacific Coast Southern Divi-
sion lead with Southern Cali
fornia. ranged 18th, on It's VIC
tory over the Trojans.
Elsewhere, Carnegie Tech.
which surprised West Virginia
last week, knocked off favored
Penn State, 66-56; Virginia's
Buzz wilkinson scored 80 in a
lO4-91 victory over Washington
a. Lee: Davidson came from
behind to spill Virginia Tech in
a Southern Conference contest.
70-60, and Lennie Rosenbluth
scored az points as North Caro-
lima beat South Carolina, 73-64.
In an Atlantic Coast Conference
battle.
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