NEW CANDIDATE ENTERS BRUIN CAGE PICTURE It looks as if John Wooden will be the next basketball coach at UCLA. Why? Because he was closeted yesterday with Wilbur Johns, retiring Westwood cage mentor who moved up stairs to the post of athletic director. Who is John Wooden? An All-American guard at Purdue, trained under Piggy Lambert. The Bruin3 tried many times to lure Lambert to UCLA. Wooden has been coaching at Indiana State which is located in Terre Haute, Ind. . His 1948 team was runner-up for the championship of the NAIB (small college) in Kansas City. NAIB stand3 for the National Association of Intercollegiate Basket, ball.