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been done before" Reinhart
said, sounding as if he couldn't
care less.
Reinhart, of course, is right.
Nothing that happens in Louis
vile will be entirely new. But
there's still no telling exactly
what'l happen. and that's
what makes this somewhat
fascinating for a few million
people.
Briefly for the late-comers,
Cincinnati, which won the title
the last two years when it was
No. 2, now tries to defend it as
No. /. And no team that has
been ranked No. ] has won the
big prize since 1857, when
North Carolina beat Kansas in
triple overtime. No team, for
that matter, ever has won the
title three straight years.
-
A basketball coach, even
one at George Washington, is
supposed to regard the Ma
tional finals as sort Of the
Mecca of his sect. And Emily
Posts guidebook, which is
found in almost any basketball
office, says a coach always
must look excited at title time,
whether he is or not.
Reinhart. to be sure, is inter-
ested, but not enough to leave
his Colonial baseball team
which launches its season next
week. AS the crusty CIV skipper
puts it, he knows the talent
and the teams at Louisville, Sc
what can they show him? Hell
watch 1t on television.
All Of this Is delightful. What
we have in our midst is a quail.
flied. neutral authority with the
proper Unconditional, detached
standoffish attitude. Just thu
right sort of a guy to hit for 9
tip before the tipoff.
Unlike some Of the Louisville
oglers, Reinhart should know
as much about the teams a
anybody. His Colonials, yoI
may recall, spent a full da!
scrimmaging Duke and playeC
against Cincinnati, although
not very well.
Reinhart also coached Oregon
States Stats Gill back when thu
Beaver skipper played at Salem
(Oreg) High School. And al
the one-time athletic big whee
at Kings Point, Reinhart gavt
Cincinnati's Ed fucker his frs
cage coaching Job. It'll be JUS
like old home week.
Question: Can Cincinnati b.
had?
Reinhart crunched his cigal
In his ash tray. IF they haC
that boy IRON Krick. $50 WHIT
dislocated his shoulder befort
the season began, nobody woulC
be able to stay with Gin
cinnati," Reinhart said. warm.
ing up.
But there's a lot Of gooC
talent on those other teams ant
Cincinnati. as you know. has |
weak bench. which could hur
them In a tournament. Ant
then maybe 1t won't becaus,
they play slow"
: anybody heard from MI
Stengel latelyO
THE trouble with Cincinnati,
Reinhart continued. lis tina
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STANDOFF

Ran for Mantle in 80.
b Singled for Baird in sth.
dWalked for Cottier in 9th.
e Singled for Baker in 9th.
Grounded out for Daley in 18th.
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they have to rely on their front
three = Bonham, Wilson and
Thacker - to do all their scor-
ing. When you know where the
ball is like that, the other team
is pretty well fixed when it's
playing defense. They know
Cincy isn't going to beat you
too much from the outside.
Now, they say you can't run
on Cincy," Reinhart continued,
but we ran against them until
we lost Adamitis."
Reinhart paused, letting it all
sink in. Oregon State has that
7-foot Mel Counts and they
may be playing the best basket
ball of anybody now" Rein
hart said. "Slats is doing q
good job.
'LOyOla likes 10 run, run
run. Duke has Heyman and
Mullins and even you'd look
good playing between those two
They didn't play real good bas-
ketball in the regionals here
but they had guys who came
through, which is what you
like to have at tourney time"
Reinhart paused. and took q
deep breath. But it's like the
Yankees" he said, delivering
his punch line. 1--WE got to &c
with Cincinnati until somebody
beats EN-"
P.S. - Lefty Driesell Of Da-
wilson, whose team was the
only one to play both Duke and
Cincinnati during the regular
season, says Duke should forget
about Cincinnati. Loyola. HI
says, will be its toughest game.
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Able ON RAMPAGE
Pearson WELDING
!: /. Big Bat for Angels

the Orioles. Iii, at Lakeland,
the Reds Tommy Harper hit q
pair in q TO squeaker over the
White Sox at Sarasota and the
Cards whipped the AS 6-l, at
st. Petersburg. Also. the In
dams beat the Cubs, To, at
Mesa, the Phillies defeated the
Dodgers. 81. at Clearwater and
the Red Sox edged the Colts,
4-3, at Scottsdale.
SPAIN Goes Seven
A walk to Bob Skinner and
singles by Dom Clendenon and
rookie Gene Alley won for the
Pirates over the Twins. Warren
SPAIN went seven innings and
allowed only three hits for the
Braves. but the Nets scored the
clincher in the 10th on a single
by AL Moran, two intentional
walks and Meals long fly.
Kaline led a 12-hit Tiger at
tack that included a homer,
triple and double by Norm
Cash and a homer by Jake
Wood as the Orioles lost their
second in a row after winning
their first 10. Harper's second
homer, for three runs In the
sixth inning, gave the Reds the
edge over the White Sox.
Duke Carmel and George Alt
man each tripled and singled
in the Cards victory over the
AS. Rookie Vic Davilillo COL
lected two singles and a double
backing the five-hit pitching Of
Floyd Weaver, Joe Schaffer-
moth and Barry Latman, as the
Indians whipped the Cubs.
Three-run homers by Yves
Covington and Frank Tore of
Dodger ace Don Drysdale got
the job done for the Phillies
Home runs by Eddie BresSou
and Carl Yastrzemski powered
the Red Sox over the Colts.
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= Nv the Associated Press

Little Able Pearson looks
Iikevr he's overmatched every
time he picks up a baseball bat
but the way he's been swinging
lately, the bat must feel like q
baton.
Pearson, who stands just over
5 feet 5 and weighs in at l4l
pounds, whipped the bat
around for the Angels again
yesterday. leading them to their
seventh consecutive exhibition
victory, a So triumph over the
Giants.
The 27-year-old lefthanded
swinger stroked three hits-one
q triple-at Palm Springs as
the Angels handed the National
League champions their fifth
straight setback. Pearson also
stole two bases, which brought
q smile from Manager Bill
Rtgney.
49,
n Angels Key Man
Aaigney has tabled Pearson
asa key man in an effort to
generate more speed on the
basepaths. And Pearson. who
led the American League in
runs scored with lis last sea-
son., could fill the bill. He led
tie club with is thefts in 1862.
In three of the longest games
yesterday, the Pirates handed
the, Twins their fifth loss in a
row, o5-4, in 10 innings at Fort
Myers, the Nets used Charlie
NeaI's sacrifice fly in the 10th
for. q 2-1 triumph over the
Braves at West Palm Beach.
and the Yanks and Senators
played to a Trimming, TT tie
OF Pompano Beach.
Elsewhere, Al Kaline hit two
homers as the Tigers crushed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
BY a star STAFF Writer

PoMPANo BEACH. Fla,
Mar. 22.-The Yankees had
reached the point with Pitcher
Jim Bronstad where they
couldn't afford to keep him and
yet didn't want TO sell him 10
a club that might challenge
them for the pennant. 30 they
sold him TO the Senators.
Manager Ralph Houk OF the
Yankees meant no disrespect 10
the Washington club yesterday
when he pointed that out. II
believe he'll help you fellows"
he said OF the 26-year-old
Highlander whom the Sena-
tors obtained on waivers.
Houk said the Yankees did
not expose Bronstad 10 the
draft last November because
they knew somebody would
claim him.
Likes Chances
I'VE kept him on our roster
and still would like 10 have
him on our staff" Houk said.
But with a couple OF bonus
boys 10 protect. and other fell
lows coming out OF the service,
we just couldn't afford 10 keep
Bronstad."
Hes q good kid. he'll help
you" the Yankee manager said
"He didn't object at all "a
leaving the Yankees because he
wants 10 work and he thinks
he'll get q better chance with
Washington"
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Defensive Ace
Lifts Canisius
Into nit Final

NEW YORK, Mar. % (AP) q.
"A Turtle who freed q Wild
cat is the newsstand perhaps
most improbable - member Of
the National Invitation Tourna-
ment's starring ranks.
And the harassing Job Pat
Turtle, barely recovered from
a broken ankle. did on slick,
hot-shooting Wally Jones Of
the Villanova Wildcats, has to
be the key reason Canisius is
In tomorrow's championship
game in the Goth annual basket
ball classic.
With Jones going without q
point in the last 16 minutes,
the Griffins steamed past VII
lanova, 61-64, last night before
q packed house Of 1929 at
Madison Square Garden and
gained the final along with
Providence.
Fast-firing Ray Flynn again
paced the Providence Friars,
sparkling q second-half burst
that powered them over Mar
quette. 1904, in the first game
Of the semifinal double header.
Puts Shell on Jones
Turtle, q 5-foot-11 senior
who suffered q right ankle
fracture in practice February 5,
was idled from then until last
Tuesday night. when he played
very briefly in the Griffins'
1861 quarter-final victory over
Memphis State. He went in
against Jones after the tricky
Wildcat playmaking and scor-
ing ace had scored "a points,
with Villanova ahead, 1881,
and Is minutes to go.
With Turtle putting q shell
around Jones, Villanova's Of
tense foundered and the in
spired Griffins rolled. They
exploded out Of q 1910 tie at
the midway mark Of the second
half, getting fine scoring from
Bill O'Connor, Tony Gennari
and sub Frank Swiatek, and
smothered the Wildcats, AIS,
over the last 10 minutes.
Gennari scored 81 points,
IO'Connor is and Swiatek IL.
Turtle managed only two-on
free throws at the very end
but q guy can't do everything.
In the dressing room after
ward, Turtle reported his ankle
felt fine in its first real test.
14th Straight
Flynn poured IN Is Of Provi-
dence's 16 points and set up
another basket with a steal
during a second-half surge as
the Friars won their 14th
straight and stayed in the run
ming for their second NIT title
After trailing by seven at the
half and 10 shortly after in
PERMISSION, Marquette spurted
TO within one point, 43-42, with
10 minutes left. But then the
1916 tear led by Flynn, who
finished with Is points, put
Providence back in charge.
Winnie Ernst, the dynamic,
So flash who was the NITs
most valuable player on the
Providence title team two years
ago, played until the closing
moments despite a damaged
right leg. but was in severe
pain later. However, he's con-
sidered a definite starter for
the final.
The title game bewteen
Providence, now 23-4, and
Canisius, 1875. will be nation
ally televised on videotape
(NBC) at 6 pm. Marquette and
Villanova. each 1919, will meet
for the third place prior to the
final.
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and Hal Greer, with %, were
high for the Mats. Veteran
Dolph Schayes. who set another
MIA record by playing in his
Tooth playoff game. added IS.
The Western Division semi
final resumes tonight at st.
Louis, with the Hawks favored
to take a 20 lead over the
Detroit Pistons. The serie S
then shifts to Detroit for the
third game Sunday and the
fourth. II necessary, Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
Anything New
In Louisville?
By STEVE cUBAcK

Most Of the Nations college basketball coaches collec-
ton Of middeaged gentlemen growing thin top
Louisville today for their annual convention the fourteam
National finals and the aerhour smokers Brown
Hotel
But not Bill Reinhart, the sage Of @ street.
II don't think they'll do anything Louisville that hasn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22

faced two batters in 18th.
2B- Reed, Linz, Hamlin, 3B-
kv WIS A poSninI 6 aIss L19s
Balk - Baird. HIP = Pepitone (by
Duckworth). U-Odom, Umont, Fla
terty, Setwart, T-4:25, A-2443.
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Week-End Sports
On TE.RGdHo
TeIevision
TOMORROW


Basketball
National Invitational Tour
naInent, WRC-4, $50 pm.
NCAA Championship,
WTTG-5, $3.50 pm.
Bowling
Bowler's Choice, WMAL-7,
1880 pm.
Professional bowlers tour,
WAdAL-7, $3.50 pm.
Eastern Professional bowling,
WTOP-9, 4 pm.
Boxing
Willie Pastrano VS.. Wayne
Thorton, heavyweights,
WMAL-7. 10 pm.
Golf
\ Arnold Palmer and Gary
Player VS.. Dave Mari and
Johnny Pott (filmed), WMAL-7,
$3.50 pm.
Cary Middlecoff VS.. Bill Col
Inns (filmed) WRC-4. SPIN.
Swimming
Indoor AAU swimming and
diving championships, WAdAL-7,
5 pm.
SUNDAY
Bowling
Championship Bowling,
WMAL-7, noon.
Bowling Teens, WMAL-7,
! pm.
Golf
Arnold Palmer and Gary
Player VS.. Dave Mari and
Johnny Pott (filmed) wAlAL-7,
8 pm. (repeat Of Saturday,
Bob Goalby VS.. Bob Charles
(filmed), WRC-4, 4pm.
Auto Racing
Monte Carlo sports car rally,
WTOP-9, 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
TRY LUCK IN TOURNAMENTS
Five Area cams in Action Tomorrow

No. 1 team, as their opening
opponent in the Quaker City
Tourney at Philadelphia.
Loyola, so, is expected to
exhibit its pressing defense
labeled "the octopus" by Coach
George Ireland in the $3.50 pm
test. What's more, the defend
ing NCAA champions have a
super terrific offense, too,
paced by Ron Miller. a 6-foot-2
senior. The highest-scoring
team in the Nation last season,
Loyola is averaging above 100
points a game again.
Georgetown's troubles have
hit on the road, the usual spot
for Skids. The Hoyas bowed to
Loyola Of New Orleans and
Georgia Tech by IA and Is
point margins on their current
holiday tour. Coach Tom
O'Keefe must find glue for his
defense or else the Ramblers
are likely to have another 100
point night.
Maryland also could run into
a team ranked No. nationally
in its latest tournament en-
deavor. The Terps (5-3 play
Arizona (4-4 tomorrow night
in the Evansville Qnd0 Festi-
val, but the host team, the
Evansville Purple Aces, is
ranked as the Nations No. l
Evening star., 1963-12-26
BY MORRIS SIEcEL

held them when he retired from baseball
rather than pitch for the Nets
Not me" he said scornfully. "Not with
them Nets. They're like the WPA. They
give anybody chance to play"
The courtShip Of Heft'S indoctrination
period with his new love has not reached
a full-grown romance yet. He refuses to
accept the official league individual aver
ages as proof the Nets really are woeful,
but he is not acquainted sufficiently with
his new idols to authenticate their status
as potential super stars.
However, in due time, he will. Any
body who saw sheer genius in the Lloyd
HittleS, Earl WootenS, Bob RepasSes, Jimmy
Pofahls Johnny sullivans, Bunky stewarts,
Garden Gillenwaters, Jose Valdivielsos, AL
'Kozars, Rudy Hernandezes and others is not
diSenchanted too easily
WHEN HEFT BROKE the news to his
No. son that the family was moving from
Minnesota to New York to work for the
Nets, the young man was understandably
shocked.
mo, Daddy, not the Nets. Tell me
you're Joking" the grief stricken realist
protested painfully.
well, son, you've always wanted your
own bedroom, haven't you?" Heft asked the
crestfallen youngSter. Now that I'm work.
ing for the Nets you'll get it."
Even Heft will almost concede it was
a helluva sacrifice, detecting from the we'll
entrenched Twins to the Nets. Heft's first
meeting with Stengel, Herb related on
VISIT here last night, was nothing but
pure, orthodox Stengel although in this
case Mrs. Stengel and not the Old Pro-
fessor was the star.
Casey introduced his new man to Mrs.
Stengel, who asked:
Hes nice, DEAR" she said to her man,
but what did you have to give up to get
him?"
At Minnesota Heft precipitated near,
two-city free-for-all when he claimed all
the Senator records, those of Walter john
son, Heinie Manush, Goose Goslin, and the
others, as the property of the new Twins.
The issue never was resolved.
In the event the Nets shift to a new
city, Heft will not be involved in a similar
furor. Who would want to claim the record
for most losses in one season?
Francis Stann is on a brief leave.
He will resume his column tomorrow.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Three Of Top 10 Teams
Open LA. Classic PIoy

last three games, their record
slipping to Az.
The draw has Michigan
matched with NYU in q first
round game and the winner
going against UCLA, providing
the Bruins are successful in
their opener against Yale aid.
Semifinals are scheduled to-
morrow, the finals Saturday.
In addition to Michigan-NYU
and UCLA-Yale, the other first
round games have West Vir-
ginia (5-3) VS.. Illinois (3-2) and
Pittsburgh (3-2) VS.. Southern
California (3-3.
Utah and Dayton each are
unbeaten and each bucking for
a national ranking, but tough
Minnesota (5-2) may be the
team to beat in the Holiday
Festival in New York. Utah is
30, Dayton TO. Villanova GID
tops the five Eastern repreSen-
tativeS.
The first round, all today,
has st. Johns, N. Y, VS.. Utah;
Villanova VS.. Dayton, Cornell
VS.. Minnesota and st. Joseph's,
Pa, VS.. Providence.
The Queen City and Gator
Bowl both are fourteam affairs.
The Queen City offers Depaul
VS.. CaniSius and Xavier, Ohio,
VS.. Miami, Ohio, while the
Gator has Air Force against
Florida State and Manhattan
against Florida.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Bears-Giants Clash
Could Be Classic

CHICAGO, Dec. 26 CAP).-
When the final whistle sounds
at Wrigley Field Sunday after
noon, ending the National Foot
bali League championship strug-
gle Of New York and Chicago,
the question of the irresistible
force and the immovable object
should be answered.
Until then, the question Is:
Which will be the deciding fac
tor, the Giants irresistible force
~. A. Tittle-or the Bears
tmmovable object-their de-
fense?
The talking game has been
played on practice fields and
in locker rooms since the Bears
won the Western Division title
and the Giants were triumph
ant In the East. Coaches have
moved their pawns in an effort
to gain prestige and about
$4,000 per man (the winners
share), one attempting to solve
the Bears defense, the other
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Richardson Tops
Sugar Bowl List
Of Tennis Entries

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26
(AP) Top stars take the
courts here tomorrow as the
annual Sugar Bowl tennis
tourney gets under way.
Heading the growing list Of
entries is top-seeded Hamilton
Richardson of Dallas. Rich
ardson, ranked No. / in the
Nation several years ago. is a
perennial entry in the event.
Richardson, who played his
college tennis for Tulane, is q
two-time singles champion of
the tourney.
His competition should be
strong, but there will be a
noticeable gap in the absence
of Chuck Mckinley and Frank
Froehling, who battled it out
for the singles title last year.
Mckinley won.
Puerto Rico, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa
each will have one entry in the
event. Ian Crookenden of New
Zealand was seeded second.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
By STEVE GUBACK
Star Staff Writer

Five Of the areas basketball
teams start shooting again to-
morrow as the whirl of holiday
tournaments resumes and no
body can have a less envious
task than tailspinning George
town.
The Hoyas. who have lost
their last two after a five-game
opening win streak, have drawn
Loyola of Chicago, the Nations
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Oregon Gridders
FLY to Sun Bowl

EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 26 (AP)
The University of Oregon
football team will fly today to
Ell Paso to prepare for the
Sun Bowl game against South
ern Methodist December 81.
Coach Len Casanova sched-
uled an immediate workout at
El PaSo for his team, which
was able to practice only three
days at Eugene this month be-
cause of final examinations.
The chartered plane sched-
uled stops at San Francisco
and Los Angeles to pick up
Oregon players who spent
Christmas at their homes in
those areas.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Packers Give
5-Yeur Pact
To Lombard

GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec. 26
(AP.-Vince Lombardi, who
led the Green Bay Packers
from the cellar to two National
Football League championships
today got a new five-year
contract.
Dominic Olejniczak, president
Of the community corporation
that owns the Packers, an
nounced today that Lombardi's
new contract as coach and gen.
eral manager would run until
January 81, 1869. Terms were
not disclosed, but the ex-
Fordham lineman repeatedly
was in the $65,O00 class before
the current signing.
Green Bay finished a close
second to Chicago in the West
ern Division this year after
winning three straight division
titles and capturing league
championships the last two
seasons. The 1868 Packers were
11-2-1, with both losses to the
Bears, who finished 11-1-2.
Lombardi's record with
Green Bay is 50-15-1 in the
five years since he came here
from the New York Giants to
take command of the team.
After slumping to 1-10-1 in
1858, the Packers we're Us in
Lombardi's first year. then
won Western titles in 1860,
1861 and 1862. They lost the
NFL playoff to Philadelphia in
1860, but whipped the Giants
for the title the next two
years.
Lombardi's original, two
year contract was torn up in
1861 and replaced with one for
five years. That, in turn, gave
way to the new contract.
Evening star., 1963-12-26

that American and Maryland
play in two. The Eagles still
have the Rubber City Classic
at Akron, Ohio, upcoming, while
Maryland played last week end
in the Virginia Tech Invita-
tional. finishing third.
We're satisfied with our
progress to date" said Coach
Bud Millikan as the club left
for Evansville this morning.
Because of the back-to-back
tournaments, the team voted
unanimously to remain on cam
pus for practice over Christ
mas. The players will scatter
to their homes after Saturday
nights game for a delayed re-
cess.
Evening star., 1963-12-26

small college team and could
be a future Terp opponent.
Both George Washington
(3-5) and Virginia 90 will
be in the All-American City
Tournament at Owensboro. KY,
while American University (2-5)
gets back in action at the Bat
tlefield Tournament at Gettys-
burg, Pa.
American draws host Gettys-
burg as its opening-r op-
ponent and that's a toughie.
The Bullets already have de-
feated Bucknell, which riddled
American U. by 16 points
earlier in the campaign.
There are so many of these
holiday tournaments these days
Evening star., 1963-12-26

The first holiday basketball
tournament didn't make a big
splash back in the early 30s
when it was organized, but the
idea did catch on.
1t caught on so well, in fact,
that the granddaddy of them
all, the All-College tournament
in Oklahoma City, now is over
shadowed by many of the near
ly so tournaments that have
sprung up across the country
during the holiday season.
The 9th All-College is one
Of eight major Journeys that
open play today as the vast
tournament schedule hits full
stride. A handful wound up
last week. At least 13 others
open tomorrow and another
Saturday. Still others don't be-
gin play until next week.
Probably the biggest one of
them all this season is the
Los Angeles Classic, which in
cludes three of the Nations
top-ranked teams-Michigan,
UCLA and New York Univer-
its classy field of eight.
Other Big Ones
The other big ones include
the Far West Classic at Port
land, Greg, where ninth-ranked
Oregon State, the defending
champion, is the team to beat:
the Big Eight at Kansas City,
with tough Oklahoma State
possibly the class, and the Holi-
day Festival in New York's
Madison Square Garden, fea-
turing Minnesota, Utah. Dayton
and Villanova in a field of
eight.
The others opening today
include the WCAC at San Fran
cisco, the Queen City at Buff
falo, N. Y, and the Gator Bowl
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Wichita, a former champion.
and sporting a 6-2 record, is
in the ALL College,
with Wyoming, Oklahoma City
and Texas A&M the top chal-
lengers.
Defending Champion UCLA
and Michigan, touted as the
class of the Big Ten, are the CO.
favorites in the Los Angeles
Classic. Each Is 60. Michigan
No. 3 in the country and UCLA
No. 4.
NYU Ranked 10th
NYU, sporting such talent as
Barry Kramer and
dangerous Happy Hairston, is
ranked 10th in the country and
must be considered a definite
threat However, the Violets
have had their troubles in the