Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
Len Adds PuIestru
Scoring Record
To His LuureIs
BY MERRILL WHITTLESEY
Star STAFF Correspondent

H11AAhDELFf11A, mar. 10
Lennie RoSenbluth, a truly great
Al-American who added q Penn
Palestra scoring record TO his
countless basketball achieve
ments last night, figures to be
the difference tonight when
North Cardinals still unbeaten
Tar Heels meet Syracuse In the
NCAA's Eastern finals.
The winner goes TO Kansas
City next Friday to meet Ken
tucky's Southeastern champions
or Michigan States Big Ten
titleholders in the semifinals Of
the National Collegiate basket
ball championship. It's going to
be tough to keep the Tar Heels
from eating those Kansas City
steaks. the ones they've been
tasting for weeks.
A jam-packed and sweltering
crowd of 9,l14 last night watched
North Carolina hold leads of
from eight to Is points through
out the second half and finally
beat Canisius, 87-75, in a zeal
roughhouse. 1t was the 18th
straight in a perfect season for
the Atlantic Coast Conference
champions. the Nations No.
team in all the polls.
Trainers Kept Busy
Syracuse. a Wild-shooting,
fast-breaking team that twice
lost TO CanisiuS in the regula.
season. snapped Lafayette's IS
game winning streak. 1911, hi
another rough one. The trainers
of the four teams were as bus
as the players in the two game
where body contact freely wa,
permitted. Syracuse, an East
ern independent, now is 1876 fol
the season.
Canisius, now 2l-6, and La
fayette (22-4l lay in a 7::30 con-
ISOLATION game, with the cham
pionship game at $3.50. The Tar
Heels-SyracuSe game will be
televised to an eight-station net
work through the Carolinas.
Barring complications today,
/ Joe Quigg, who at 6-feet-9 is
the big man of the finals. should
be ready to play for North Caro-
lima. Quigg was hurt last night
after showing home two quickies
that gave the Tar Heels a 1850
LEAD.
Trainer John Lacey, who went
to North Carolina from Mary
land with Jim Tatum. said
Quieg suffered a muscle tear
and bruise in the hip when he
fell heavily in melee under the
basket. He was out for the rest
of the game, but will play, al
though he may be hurting a
little.
Officiating Was Different"
Two Big Ten and two South
eastern Conference officials ham
died last nights games, and will
be back tonight. They didn't call
anything short of mayhem, and
we're the answer to fans who
have been pleading for fewer
foul calls, but they were unbiased.
Coach Frank MCGUIRE of the Tar
Heels commented that the Off
ciating was different. at least"
Canisius. upset conqueror of
West Virginia's Southern Con-
ference champions in the first
round Tuesday in New York,
played what Buck Freeman called
ALLEY cat" basketball. Freeman,
nov McGuires assistant at Caro-
lima, was the longtime coach at
st. Johns and had Mcclure
among his pupils.
They played football a dis
grace to the game" Freeman
said in the dressing room. 1T
was the toughest game we've
had in five years"
But the Tar Heels lived
through it. and Syracuse gave
and took a taste of the same
against LAFAYETTE.
ROsenbluth Shines Again
! RoSenbluth, the 6-foot-5 cap
tain of the Tar Heels, was mag
nificent Canisius was holding
one of its two leads of the night.
1922, when Lennie took over
and propelled North Carolina to
q 1925 halftime advantage.
Rosenbluth, who had % points
for the first half, finally scored
80. The most a visiting player
ever has made in the PaleStra.
He broke the record of 80 by
Don Bielke of Valparaiso against
Villanova in March, 1858.
I Rosenbluth scored from the
pivot. he counted on his hook
shot. he faxed away from his
defenders for layups, he Jumped
and SwiShed his high lob, and
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