Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-17


in Louisville.
The scoreboard at Cole Field
House told the results last
night, but it hardly told the
story.
There was Wake Forests
Bones Mckinney. his shirt
dripping with perspiration. His
team had just beaten St.
Joseph's, $685., in overtime and
Mckinney mopped his brow
and said simply: IF they don't
stop this stuff, they'll make an
old man out Of me-"
Size BOthers Kraft
And then there was Jack
Kraft, the rookie Villanova
coach, trying for a minute to
enjoy his teams 1916 triumph
over New York University and
being pressed to look ahead
not back.
II don't know what the hell
I'm going to do" he said, think
ing of Wake Forest. They're
awfully big. Bones is going to
play that high and low post
and what are we going to do,
get stills? Well just have to
go with our speed and agility
and, we'll, strike like a cobra"
The big game goes off a 8
tonight, following a 7 o'clock
consolation match between last
nights losers. 1t promises to be
a sellout, although some 1900
tickets still were left when the
Cole Field House box office
opened this morning.
For Mckinney and Kraft
there may be problems. but for
the customers there promises
to be just more thrills.
Packer, White Shine
Wake Forests Billy Packer
and Villanova's Hubble White
provided the big ones. last night.
It was Packers dramatic 81
foot jump shot with four Sec
onds left in regulation time
that gave the Deacons a 74-74
tie and sent the opener into
overtime.
And it was Whites fantastic
second-half splurge that bailed
out Villanova, once a dozen
points behind against NYU.
Twice in the final four minutes,
White connected on key three
point plays. He finished with 81
points-23 of these in Villa
nova's second-half sire tch
drive.
Yet a couple Of free throws
one that was made and one
that was missed - played a
major part in the drama. The
missed one probably will for
ever haunt st. Joseph's Bill
Hoy. He made four in a row in
the final minutes of regulation
time, but missed one with 10
seconds left that could have
given the Hawks the clincher
just as Yale's Dave Schu-
macher missed one that would
have beaten the Deacons in the
preliminary round at Philadel-
phia Monday.
Leftwich Produces
And it was George Leftwich,
the hometown boy making
good, who sank one under SIM
liar circumstances for Villa
nova, which was leading by a
shaky two-points with five Sec
onds left. That gave the Wild
cats a three-point lead-and
no last-second shot like Pack
er's could tie it for NYU.
They might say today that
st. Joseph's and NYU were
beaten, but so were the odds.
Wake Forest trailed by six
points with 1903 left in regula-
ton time but won-and how
many teams do that? And Vii
: lanova overcame a NYU club
that finished hitting SOL per
cent of its shots. The only odds
that stood up were the ones
> that had Villanova and Wake
!, Forest tabled as uneasy IA
8 voriteS.
: Overshadowed by Packers
dramatics - two consecutive
jumpers in the final 26 seconds
= of regulation time-was q
: sturdy 34-point, 18-rebound job
: by the Deacons' strongboy
: Lenny Chappell. In the over
: time, the Deacons just went
wild, scoring IL straight points
!: Also lost in the wake was a
l brilliant 29-point effort by St.
Joe's Tom Wynne and Barry
Kramer's 26-point job for NYU.
Few Clues in Records
: So it's Villanova (21-6)
0 against Wake Forest (20-8)
) and the records provide few
clues. The clubs didn't meet
5 this year. They did play last
" year and it was Villanova, CO.
0 Sc. Two years ago, it was Wake
8 Forest, 1910.
Lou Rossini, the NYU coach
8 was asked to try to figure il
9 out. Wake has got to stop Viii
3 lanova's fast break. Villanovs
9 has got to try to make up fol
0 Wakes SIZE" he said. IF either
3 doesn't do it-watch out!"
:. Staring Kraft in the face Il
. the matter of personnel. HI
played five men all the way las
! night. until one of them foulec
8 out with less than two minute!