Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Point Separates
In 3-kan Race
By BOZ Aa.oelalea %.

There Is only q one-point
spread among the three lead
Ing collegiate basketball scor-
ers today.
The range Is from Oscar
Robertson Of Cincinnati. on
top with a 32-7-point average
after q hard time against
Miami Of Ohio last night, 10
the 3i.7 owned by Elgin Baylor
OF Seattle after last nights
60-point spree against Port
land. high for the season. IN
between Ii wit Chamberlain
of Kansas. idle last night,
with S2.l.
The scoring feats OF Baylor
and Robertson took much
Of the interest from last
nights who beat-whom col
umn. but worthy Of note Il
that Pittsburgh knocked st
Johns Of Brooklyn from the
indicated list. II really
wasn't too much Of q surprise
with Pitt using It's home-court
advantage TO beat the injury
weakened Redmen, 1913. st.
Johns. ranked 18th in the As
ISOLATED Press poll. HAD won
Is and was the last unbeaten
team among the major schools
Pitt Is 10-5.
Points Are Needed
In the individual scoring
race. the points produced By
both Baylor and Robertson
were needed by their team,
last night. Seattle was II
points back ct one time and
rallied to beat Portland. 9l-9i
Cincinnati. ranked No. 3 in thu
poll. gained q l4-2 record By
beating Miami Of Ohio, 1850
but wasn't In the clear until
late in the game. Robertson
scored IL Of his 80 points In
the last "a minutes after
Miami had whitfield the Bear
cats lead TO 6l-56.
! Cincinnati Jed by only 8 NJ
the half after q four-man zone
and the logged man-to-mau
defensing Of John Powell had
held Robertson 70 one field
goal and 2 points.
Baylor. topping the years
previous high Of So set By
Robertson against Seton Hall,
jumped from q 2s.7 average 70
3l.7 on 476 points in Is games.
Duke. the club that handed
top-ranked West Virginia its
irst defeat Monday. won its
third straight with . 1911 de-
feat Of Virginia In an Atlantic
Coast Conference game. st.
Louis overhauled hot-shooting
Wichita, SITS, in the Missouri
Valley Conference. Connecticut
made It IS straight In the YAM
kee Conference. whipping
Maine. e4-62.
st. Johns shows Little
st. Johns. hurting without
6-foot-6 Lou Roethel. had one
big drive. The Redmen out
scored Pitt. 1875. in the last q
minutes Of the first half, but
still trailed. 42-37. at the inter-
mission. Little Al Seiden
IS foot III scored 10 OF those
10 and finished with %. He was
the only Redman in double
figures.
Don Hennon. the 5-foot 4
sniper who Is fourth In SCORING
with q ass average. got IS for
Pitt and extended his free
throws-made streak TO 81. The
national record is ~. held by
Dave Ricketts, Of Duquesne.
Robertson managed Just -four
shots from the field In the FIRST
half as Miami's ball control
stopped Cincinnatis running
game. Wayne Embry led Miami
with 10. Powell had II.
st. Louis. now third in the
Missouri Valley, trailed by II
at the half at wichita as the
shockers hit SIS from the field
in the first 20 minutes. The
Bills caught Up with 10 min
utes left. built and blew a
seven-point lead and finally
moved out Of q $500 tie with
four minutes remaining. Jack
Mimlitz and Tom Smith each
had II points for the Bills. Al
Tate scored 10 for Wichita,
ranked 18th and now lis. St
Louis Is 8-6.
Duke Performance Shoddy
Duke was sloppy. compared
to the West Virginia upset. bu,
Paul Schmidt Is foot 81 scored
20 and held visiting virginia's
6-foot-7 Herb Busch TO eight
Tom Conard scored 20 and
Byron Pinson 26 for Furman In
an so-77 home court victory
over South Carolina.
Once-beaten Boston Colleg,
won its 18th. defeating Harvard
$3.50. Barry McGrath and
John Magee scored six point,
between them in q i5-seconc
tear that give Be the lead u
stay at $3.50. st. Peters ol
Jersey City, the club that beai
Boston College. whipped Hart.
ford, 1886. for an ll-2 record
Rutgers defeated Rhode Island
1888. Detroit raped West.
ern Ontario. 76-47. ant
Wheaton. the NcAA small col.
lege champion. made II 10 o
"a by beating Augustana (Ill)