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Bruins Reign As NCAA Champs 'MW Unstoppable UCLA Roots 1 Outclassed Flyers, 79-64 tmmmmmimmmmmmmm Dayton-UCLA Cincinnati Enquirer FGM FGA FTM FTA Ml PF TP 23 21 trjj V1 ht? DAYTON May Sidlar Obravac Klaut Hooper Torain Watarman Sharp'tar Samanich 5 0 10 14 II Page 1-E Sunday, March 26, 1967 erating in the final minutes, Dayton cut the gap to the final 15 points, thus preventing UCLA from surpassing the nation champion's biggest victory 20 points, held by Ohio State over California, 75-55, in 1960. UCLA proved conclusively in this 29th championship for college basketball supremacy that it; deserved the number one ranking It has held all year. Great shooters, superb ball-handlers- and demon defenders, the smooth and talented Bruins left no doubt in anyone's mind. Again achieving basketball's chief goal, balanced scoring, UCLA was led by Alcindor with 20 points. Lucius Allen had only, one less, while Warren collected 17 and Lynn Shackelford 10 in a mighty demonstration of overall power.

By DICK FORBES Of The Enquirer Staff LOUISVILLE Time finally: ran out against the Dayton Flyers, basketball's miraclemen, Saturday night, but it ran out against the best in the land. The super-Bruins from the University of California at Los Angeles, posting their 30th straight victory for an undefeated season, routed the Flyers, 79-64, in the finals of the national collegiate championship before 18,892 at Freedom Hall. It was the third title in four years for the Bruins who had back-to-back triumphs in 1964 and "65, also posting a 30-0 record in '64. Only two other teams have ever won the national title as the conclusion of perfect seasons. San Francisco did it with 29 boraight in 1956 and North Carolina with 32 in a row in 1957.

Bruin coach John Wooden showed mercy long before it was over by taking superman Lew Alcindor out with more than five minutes left and also benching all-America guard Mike Warren shortly after UCLA had mounted its biggest lead, 76-49. With Bruin reserves op Totals .24 74 12 18 43 20 44 UCLA: FGM FGA FTM FTA Real. PF TP Haiti 2 7 0 4 2 2 4 Shacklaferd 5 10 0 2 3 1 10 Alcindor 12 4 11 IS 0 20 Allen 7 15 5 2 1 Warren 14 1 1 7 1 I Nielson 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 Sweek 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Saffer .2 5 0 0 0 1 4 Saner 0 0 2 2 2 Chriiman ..0012111 Lynn 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 Totalf ..34 49 II 25 47 15 7 Halftim Score: UCLA 38. Dayton 20. Officials: Leonard Wirti and Nic Ta-masso.

Attendance 18,892. seemed to a crowd of 18,892. Dayton, playing a tough zone defense, forced UCLA to shoot from outside themselves in the second half, and the Bruins were more than equal to it with Allen once hitting from a- good 35 feet May started hitting, finally, as the second half rattled on rather unexcit-ingly, but the best the Flyers could do was simply hold their own. There was no way to overhaul the alert and brilliantly coached Bruins. With nine minutes to play the Bruins had mounted the cushion to 62-38, and the crowd already was starting to leave.

1 Dayton All-America Don May posted 21 points to lead his club after a futile first half when UCLA's Kenny Heitz turned in an outstanding defensive Job against him. The Flyers, all of them, indeed had nothing to be ashamed of as they finished with a 25-6 record, but they were simply no match for this great UCLA team in any category except desire. The Bruins poured in 34 field goals to Dayton's 26, and had it not been for a miserable 11 of 25 shooting mark at the free throw line, it might well have been worse. Alcindor himself hit only four of 11 charity chucks. Dayton's apparent strategy from the start was to fire from long range and make no attempt to penetrate the middle, but it never worked.

The Flyers missed their first six shots and Alcindor blocked another before Hooper's 35 -footer finally got Dayton on the scoreboard after SVt minutes had elapsed. Meanwhile, the Flyer defense was magnificent, with two men on Alcindor at all times, and somehow the Flyers also managed to get the rebounds off the defensive boards. But with the score standing 8-4 with 13:57 left to play, the pendulum swung completely UCLA's way, and the Bruins wasted no time proving their greatness. Warren got the Cali-f ornians' 1 2 i run underway with a bat-in, then a a three-point play on a driving layup, followed by a stuff by Alcindor and five straight points by Allen. Meanwhile, the Flyers went almost 6Mt minutes without scoring a point until Waterman finally broke the ice when Alcindor was charged with goaltending.

But May had not been able to score a point, missing six straight shots, and only 5:10 was left in the half when Don the hero of Dayton's victory over North Carolina finally connected on an underhand layup. Dayton played well the rest of the half, but while either firing away from outside or working hard for their Inside points, the Bruins also scored with almost breathtaking ease and beauty. By halftime, with UCLA in front, 30-28, it was no longer a contest, or it -Enquirer (Fred Straub) Photo Royals' Robertson Goes Up For 2 Points by 76ers' Walker (No. 25) and Chamberlain (No. 13) Royals Bow Out Of Playoffs 76pts Pour It On.

JJ2-Q4 4 BY JIM SCHOTTELKOTTE Of The Enquirer Staff The coffin on the Royals' 1966-67 season was nailed firmly shut in Cincinnati Gardens Saturday night as Wilt Chamberlain and the Philadelphia 76ers reasserted their season-long mastery over Cincinnati with a 112-94 victory that knocked the Royals out of the National Basketball Association playoffs. fiV iJt -V 4.5 r' I Finale For Royals CINCIN'TI FGM FGA FTM FTA Rbdt. PF TP Channel 3 9 4 14 .12 20 Diarking Hairiton lawii lucai Robertson Kobinso Smith Ware Waaler L-J. Ail irjm Totall 43 101 8 13 44 22 94 Include! 8 team raboundi. PHIL.

FGM FGA FTM FTA Rbdi. PF TP -AP Wlraphoto 14 13 27 Chamberlain 7 Cunningham 1 Graar 14 Goukae 0 Jackson 7 11 27 0 13 19 Association, this was certainly not one performance he would want people here to remember him by. "They double teamed a train on me," Oscar said. "They were positioning better. Every time I looked up, I was staring at Wilt." Hap Hairston had a real good finale with 26 points and 12 rebounds, and Jerry Lucas backboard work and hustle were admirable.

He had 25 rebounds. After two cold games, Adrian Smith also came out of it with 18 points and 8 of 16 shooting. For several of the Royals, this undoubtedly also was a last game in a Cincinnati uniform. The club will lose three players to the new expansion clubs, Seattle and San Diego, and it may also have been Jack Mc-Mahon's final game as Royals' coach. The matter of McMa-hon's future will probably not be settled for several weeks, but if he's going to San Diego, as rumored, it probably will be before the college draft in May.

"Nobody has said anything to said Jack. "I Just cant answer at this time." Philadelphia wound up the game shooting only 44, but at one stage early in the third quarter the 76ers were shooting 56 Clear Shot For Dayton's May (No. 21) he misses it as UCLA's Shackelford throws up defense. Alcindor watches action in NCAA championship game (33 of 59). Against any other club, the Royals were playing well enough to be in the lead, but after an early 10-10 tie they were always behind, 31-29 at the quarter, 65-56 at half, and by 12.

88-76, late in the third quarter. At that point, the Royals got a gift. Hap Hairston scored a layup, 76er coach Alex Hannum Jumped in anger at Walker, who was supposed to give an intenT tional foul, and official Norm Drucker, thinking Alex was berating him, called a technical on Smith converted the free throw on the technical, Len Chappel followed with a basket to close the quarter and Oscar got the first basket of the fourth quarter as Cincinnati moved within five at 88-83. Greer, however, hit a jump shot, Jackson got loose on a switch to score a layup and Bill Cunningham made a free throw to expand the lead back to 10, 93-83. The Royals stayed at about this distance until midway in the quarter and had their chances, but just couldn't hit the basket.

Phllly finally ran off six points, four by Chamber lain, to move in front by 102-88, and that was it. The Royals scored but 13 points In the final period. 3 10 Jones 7 Walker 10 21 Totals 4 105 20 34 72 'Includes 12 team rebounds. CINCINNATI 27 25 PHILADELPHIA 31 34 23 14 112 13- 94 24-112 The triumph was Philadelphia's third straight in the best-of-five semifinals after an opening game loss to the Royals and advanced the 76ers into the division finals where they are expected to again meet the Boston Celtics. By earning the division finals, Philadelphia enriched its playoff booty by at least $15,000 assuring the 76ers already a split of The Royals, meanwhile, will meet Monday to cut up a smaller melon of $15,000.

Chamberlain was less a factor in this final game than he was in the previous three, although his 18 points, 27 rebounds and nine assists is a good night's work in any man's language. What makes this team effective is that it has others who can take the load off him. Hal Greer, en-Joying a sensational semifinal series, poured in 30 points Saturday night to lead his club and actually outscored Wilt, 114-112, in the series. Chet Walker, with 23; Wally Jones with 18, and Referees: Rlchia Power, and Norm Drucker. Technical Fault Alan Hannum, Homers Twice, Johnson Attendance: 2424.

mmmmmmmrnmsmmmmm Ellis 5-4 As Reds Win, esses Impr ing 76ers and unable to penetrate against Cham-. berlain, hit only four of 15 from the field, scored but 12 points and had only seven assists, in addition to missing four three throws that broke his personal playoff free throw streak at 30. If Oscar does make that Jump to Indianapolis in the new American Basketball Luke Jackson, with 16, were witn 16, were the opening round with a towering blast over the left-field fence. He homered over the same barrier in the fourth after Rose singled. Tommy Harper singled home the fourth Cincinnati run in the fifth after Pavletich doubled and reached third on an infield out.

A rare double play kept the Reds from crashing the scoring column in the seventh. Cardenas reached first safely on the first of two errors by Menke and, after Helms skied out, was cut down trying to reach third on Pav's line drive single to right. Boyer's throw to second then nailed Pav. v- the Braves scored off Ellis in the fifth inning. John Hoffman opened with a single and dashed all the way home on Lemaster's surprise 400-foot double off the left-centerfield fence.

The Braves took advantage of Arrigo's wildness in scoring their fourth run in the seventh. Three 'walks after two men had been retired and an infield single produced the tally, before pinch-hitter Jim Beau-champ tripped over the third base bag, and was tagged out. Johnson knocked in the first three Cincinnati He thrilled the crowd of 2153 for the first time in. other final-night in Hot-Handed Cougars Claw phia heroes. Actually, played better in this one than it did in any Tar Heels In Conso, 84-62 other defeats with portant exception.

Robertson just couldn't get going. The Big bothered agali. by the zoning, double-team- dn't get driving layup and short cor. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm NCAA Consolation BY LOU SMITH Enquirer Sports Editor TAMPA, Fla. The fighting Reds regained their winning touch this windy Saturday afternoon, using strong pitching and solid hitting to post their 10th victory in 15 Citrus Loop outings.

Included in the 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves, were two king-sized home runs by Deron Johnson. Extra base hits figured in all but one of the Cincin- throwing out Johnson and nati runs. Don Pavletich scored moments later on doubled and scored in the rookie Lee May's sacrifice fifth inning and Pete Rose fly. used his daring base run- Sammy E111 Gerry Ar nlng to good advantage to rlg0 and Aureli0 Montegue- score the payoff run in the d0 scattered seven Atlanta ninth inning. hltS) wnlle tne Reds gar.

Pete reached second base nered the same number of to open the ninth with one lefty Denny Lemaster and of his copyrighted belly- Don Schwall. The latter whopper slides on short- was charged with the de-stop Dennis Menke's two- feat, while Monteguedo, base boot of his routine who formerly pitched for grounder. The former West- Houston, picked up the vic-ern Hills HI star sprinted tory. to third as Clete Boyer was Next to Johnson's succes-. sive homers In the second and fourth inning off Lemaster, which boosted "Port Rrv 5rrtt Deron's Citrus Loop total to necis rox score three tne most pleas.

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Cincinnati rbi Braves, hardestrhit- AnW ting team in the majors MoitliW ooooo last season, had to be satis- 4 fled with snapping Wson. 4 3 a -j i Sammy's skein of 13 in- Ub. 30000 nings in losing to the Reds Heims. ik for the second time In ifiiii 2 1 seven days. Last Sunday at 1 2 West Palm Beach, the Reds Totiii 30 7 5 i blanked the 3-0.

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..1 1 2 7 4 2 4 Brown 0 5 1 I 2 0 Tuttla 1 4 0 0 I 2 2 Fletcher 1 3 0 0 2.1 2 Frye 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 BasHck ..1 1 0 I 0 2 Totals 24 85 14 44 19 42 HOUSTON FGM FGA FTM FTA Rbds PF TP Hayas ...10 23 3 5 14 3 23 Bell 0 2 0 2 7 2 0 Kruse 2 3 0 0 2 5 4 Cheney 4 13 7 I 8 0 19 Gridar 2 4 2 3 3 I 4 Lent 3 10 0 I 17 3 Spain 9 14 4 9 14 3 24 lewis 0 1 0 0 I 0 lea 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 Hamood 1 I 0 0 0 0 2 enson 0 1 0 0 0 0 McVoy 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 78 IS 29 72 19 84 Halftime Score Houlton 42, North Carolina 23. By BILL ANZER Of The Enquirer Staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. Glib talking Elvin Hayes, who accused his Houston teammates of "choking" against UCLA, had to eat some of his words as the Cougars walloped North Carolina, 84-62, to win the consolation game and third place in the NCAA championship wrapup of 1967 Saturday night in huge Freedom Hall The Cougars swallowed their lump and In the process very neatly devoured the Tar Heels with just too much firepower, finesse and plain muscle. The loquacious Hayes, the scoring hero for Houston in the UCLA game, played up to his All America label-but he wasn't the whole show. Utilized at both forward and in the pivot.

Hayes arched in 23 points, 18 of which came In the first half. In the second half, the 6-8 leaper was content to pass off or grab rebounds for his mates and let them run the show, which they did quite convincingly against the Atlantic Coast Conference representatives. Ken Spain, one of the big guns in winning the Midwest Regional in Kan- ner shots. Under the boards, the rugged musclemen from Houston made It ridiculous. The Cougars hauled down 72 errant shots while North Carolina managed to grab off only 46.

Leary Lentz, a 6-6 forward, while contributing only six points, always managed to find good position under the boards and grabbed off 17 rebounds to take honors in the game. In accuracy, Houston again was easily the winner, hitting for 42 while the Tar Heels fired 31 in another dismal performance from the field. Except for the first eight minutes of the game, the battle belonged to the Cougars. North Carolina's shortlived advantage ended at 12:53 when Ken Spain put the Cougars in front, 9-8, and from there on the Tex-ans held the upper hand. Houston was on top 42-23 at halftime but in the early minutes of the second half the Tar Heels climbed within seven points, 45-38.

But. Immediately after, the Cougars went back to work and steadily mounted an unsurmountable lead to clamp down third place and the consolation trophy. -J 7 I -ij, v- i Officials-Floyd Matnusson and Irnest Fllliberfl. smmmmmmmmmmmmm sas for Houston, arose and gathered In scoring honors for the Cougars. Spain a 6-9 sophomore and regarded as a sixth man, poured in 24 points.

Don Chaney. a rugged 6-5 Junior forward, chipped in with 19 points to help demolish the Tar Heels. One of the smallest guys in the North Carolina lineup was the big man on the court for the deflated eastern crew. Bob Lewis, still not really small at 6-3, ripped in 23 points with i i -AP Wirephoto Houston's Hayes Slides After Scramble while NC's Miller watches, at right, during NCAA conso game.