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SECTION 2 BASKETBALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1952. SPORTS 5 Kentucky Overwhelms Xavier U. 83-50; Ohio State Hands Indiana 1st Loss 73-72 i 1 i. I Giving 'Em FITZ Underdog Buckeyes Triumph In Final Seconds of Game Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7 (AP) Ohio State's lowly Buckeyes upset undefeated Indiana, ranked fourth in the Associated Press poll, 73-72 tonight.

Indiana had won eight straight games. The Buckeye victory was its third in nine starts. Frank Ramsey Scores 31 To Spark Wildcat Five By LARRY BOECK, Courier-Journal Staff Writer Lexington, Jan. 7. Blond Frank Ramsey, one of Kentucky's All-America candidates, turned in a star-spangled performance here tonight in leading the Wildcats to an 83-50 victory over Xavier.

over-all mark of eight victories. It wao Michigan's second league defeat and sixth loss in nine games this year. Those 10 college presidents are still meeting to determine something to do about intercollegiate athletics. After seeing what the bowl football games took in, they probably feel like adding one more college president and starting a team. Maury McDermott is going: to wed a girl who says she fell for him the first time she saw him pitch.

American League batters no doubt are wondering if she fell for him to keep from getting hit. In becoming coach of Iowa, Evashevski says he's now in the toughest conference (the Big Ten) in the country. Iowa fans no doubt hope the team soon joins him. TOMMY FITZGERALD. Michigan Slate Romps East Lansing, Jan.

7 (JP) Michigan State blasted its way into the win column of the Western Conference basketball race by throwing a barrage of baskets to overpower Northwestern 82-49 before a crowd of 8,184 here tonight. The Spartans, shaded 61-60 by Iowa in their Big Ten opener, galloped away to a fat early lead. By half-time the only question in the game was the width of M.S.C.'s winning margin. Illinois Rally Wins Champaign, 111.. Jan.

7 (JP) Undefeated Illinois, trailing 30-20 in the second quarter, broke loose in the last half tonight to trim Wisconsin 53-49 for its second successive Big Ten basketball victory and its ninth of the season. Muskies, who weren't their sharpshooting selves tonight in the face of a tough Kentucky defense, came back in the third quarter. In one last, desperate spurt, they closed the 24-point halftime margin to 17 points 43-60. Kentucky, which had cooled off in this period, started to roll once again in the fourth quarter. With reserves seeing a great deal of action this final chapter, Kentucky added to its margin.

After those first five minutes, the issue was never in doubt in a generally drab, uninteresting contest. Neither team was at its best, and hot and cold basketball was the result. Ramsey led Kentucky's scoring, amassing his highest point total as a Wildcat. Behind him was Cliff Hagan, the catlike center from Owensboro. Hagan had 13 points, but Xavier was out to protect against him.

Play Floating Defense The Muskies played a floating defense. They drifted on to Hagan, two and three manning him when he had the ball, and forced him to pass off. The Cats had a tough time feeding him the ball under this setup, too, but it paved if Frank Ramsey Kansas Five Stays Atop APPoll Illinois Second; U. L. Quintet Ranked 15tli New York, Jan.

7 (AP) For the second straight week, unbeaten Kansas tops the nation's college basketball teams in the Associated Press poll of sports writers and sports-casters. Settling down to its regular schedule after winning the Big Seven tournament over the holidays, Kansas thumped Oklahoma for its 11th consecutive victory. Kansas drew 33 firsts on the 102 ballots that produced a shuffling but no upheaval in the first 10 places. Illinois, racing past Minnesota to make its record 8-0. clung to second place with 21 firsts.

In point score, based on 10 for first, nine for second and so on, Kansas led Illinois, 812 to 774. U. K. Advances Kentucky climbed a peg to third place on wins over Mississippi and Louisiana State, annexing 12 firsts. Indiana's victory over Michigan, for its 8th in a row, earned fourth place for the Hoosiers.

The University of Louisvilla was rated 15th in the poll. Team standings with point3 figured on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis (first place votes in parentheses): 1. Kansas ''I 2. Illinois (21 3. Kentucky U2) 27 4 India.

ia 3 55 5. St. Louis 3 6 Washington (1) 291 7. Kansas State 2. in 8.

St. Bonavemure 9. Seton Hall t5) 10. Iowa (2i 14 20 -195 SECOND TEN 11. West Virginia fit 1 12.

St. John's 13. New York U. 14. Syracuse 1 1 7 15.

Louisville (II 16. Duquesne 17. Siena 18. Oklahoma City 19. Michigan State 41 20.

Dayton 1 1 Others: Florida (P. Texas Christian. St. Francis of Brooklyn. Utah.

Louisiana State. Murray State. Idaho. North Carolina State. Viilanova.

Oklahoma A and Vanderbiit. Seattle. Holy Cross. Minnesota. Mississippi State.

Stanford, DePaul, Southern California. Fordham. Penn State, LaSalle. Notre Dame, Columbia, Texas. Beloit.

Montana. Penn. CHAMPIONSHIP mat MR. XX RS MR. If Thief Who Raided Jones' Home Was Shopping For Size He Hit Jack Pot In Harry, Larry's Room The thief who broke into the Earl Jones home on Southern Parkway apparently was shopping for size and hit the jack pot in Harry and Larry's room.

After reaching the room of the University of Kentucky's football twins, the thief looked no farther. He took Harry's new gray flannel suit, Larry's nifty blue sports jacket, Harry's almost-new tuxedo, two dark blue suits, one belonging to each twin, and all shoes, sox and shirts he could carry. The thief apparently knew what he was after, and how to get it. He waited until the family had gone to Dallas to watch the twins perform with the Wildcats in the Cotton Bowl He entered through the basement and walked right out the front door with his haul, leaving the door wide open. Fortunately, Larry can wear Harry's new gray suit while the police look for the thief.

Harry can borrow Larry's tuxedo, unless both want to make the same dance. But their fraternity brothers probably will have to come across with some shirts. Derby Specials The "crooked' dice containing numbers that add up only to seven (found by boys here yesterday) are known around the joints as "bust out" dice, or "busters." When the "come" stacks get too high the gentleman running the game palms the busters and substitutes them for the good pair. The shooter "sevens out," and the Courier-Journal Photo by Al Blunk SQUEEZE PLAY St. Xavier's Bob Cravens was surrounded by eager Flaget defenders in a scramble for a rebound during the game last night at the Male Gym.

Encasing the Tiger forward were Gerry Harper (with cast on right hand), Howard Schnellenberger (center) and Jack Haury (13). Coming in to help Cravens was St. Bill Veith (10); at left is Gordon Schulz (18) of St. X. while the Braves' Sherrill Sipes (3) watches.

Flaget won 47-42. The hustling Madisonville product hooped home 31 points before 10,000 fans as the Wildcats achieved their second victory of the season over the Muskies. Ramsey, an all-around great, didn't confine his efforts to the scoring department. He was a ball-hawking terror once again on defense, set up Kentucky's plays beautifully and rebounded terrifically. His 16 rebounds was high for the Wildcats.

Fouls Smith Out He guarded Gene Smith, Xavier's high-scoring center who had been averaging 18.7 points per game, and held him to five tonight, fouling him out midway of the third quarter. Kentucky cracked the game wide open in the first half, when it sprinted to a 48-24 lead. The Wildcats' sizzling scoring spree in the first five minutes broke the backs of the Muskies. They dashed off to a 16-4 lead in their first torrid five minutes and never were threatened thereafter. The scrapping but ineffective Eastern Walloj Tav Maroons Knock Breds From Top Of Loop 84-65 Special to The Courier-Journal Richmond, Jan.

7. Eastern's Maroons knocked Murrav from the top spot of the O.V.C. here tonight by downing the Thoroughbreds 84-65 in a hard fought battle which included a total of 70 fouls. Paul McBrayer's Maroons, now sporting a conference record of five straight wins, handed the Breds their first loop loss in six games. It was a well-polished offense headed in the late stages by Jim Bingham.

Dick Culbertson and Elmer Tolson that saved the game for Eastern. Bingham, turning in a brilliant performance, garnered 26 points in leading his mates to this important triumph. Eastern, after commanding a comfortable 41-27 half-time lead, had a tough fight on its hands staving off a determined Murray five. After trailing 45-27 early in the third quarter, the Breds narrowed the gap at 56-44 with three minutes left in this period. The Maroons, with their big srim Baechtold fouled out.

began a slower deliberate offense. At this early stage, with three and one-half minutes left in the third quarter, Eastern began refusing to shoot their free throws to retain possession of the ball. In the rough and tumble 13 minutes of play, the Maroons refused a total of IS charity tosses in U-ppii thp hnll With 19 seconds i.f. it leil 111 Uie tiuiu qudiiei, muiidj a ace Garrett tieshear louieci out and the two powers of the game were gone Baechtold and Be-shear. Whittled Lead Murray whittled away at Eastern lead 62-51 early in the final period but Bingham aided by a hard-driving sophomore guard, Culbertson, protected the Maroon lead.

Eastern takes on Tennessee Tech here Thursday night in another conference game before heading on an all-important eastern invasion to battle LaSalle at Philadelphia Saturday night, Seton Hall at South Orange, N. Monday night and returning to Dayton Wednesday to challenge the powerful Flyers. Murray fg ft pf. Eastern ft pf. 4 6 4 112 114 3 3 0 5 4 4 5 12 0 113 5 2 5 Beshear 4 5 5 Poison OB-rett 5 Stevens 5 Binijham 1 Bales 2 Baechtold 2 Mulcahy 5 tJeyer Mikei Oipe Bailey Deweese Purcel Lampley 5 Culbertson 4 Kerns ft 1 Jeffrey 4 Hoi brook 0 0 0 Totals 21 23 38 Totals 3122 29 Murrav 15 1 5 22 1 8 B5 Eastern 23 18 19 24 4 Free throws missed: Murray Beshear, Garrett 3.

Deweese 4. Gipe 3. Bailey. Eastern Poison 2. Bingham 3, Bales 2.

Morelicad Wins 71-59 Maysville, Jan. 7 Morehead won its first Ohio Valley Conference start of the season here tonight, winning over Evansville College 71-59. The game was played on a neutral floor as the Maysville Rotary Club's annual charity game. Elva Whalen. a Maysville boy, treated the home folks to a rousing exhibition of basket shooting as he sank 22 points to pace the win.

ITato Tolle, also from Maysville, got ten for Morehead. High for Evansville was Roscoe Bivin with 12 points. Morehead fg ft.pf. Evansville fg ft.pf. Patrick 4 3 Nash McLin 1 0 5 Lichner 2 5 Wilkinson Mobley 4 Tolle Whalen Watkins I Prater Jones Whitrhouse Smith Totals Morehead Evansville .3 4 1 Sakel 8 6 4 Combs 0 13 Crumbaker 4 0 2 Bawel .112 Schwitz 2 11 Northerner .10 1 Wllm Bivin 28 13 27 Totals '9 16 9 14 20 0 3 0 4 3 4 19 21 15 1671 1659 As Sign Tom McGroarty Detroit.

Jan. 7 (UPI-The Philadelphia Athletics announced today the signing of Tom McGroarty. 18-year-old Ccnterline. pitcher. McGroarty.

a left-hander, hurled four no-hit games and posted a record of 22 wins and one loss in three seasons at Centerline High School. He will report to the A' spring training camp mi West Palm Beach, next month. i An overhand hook shot by reserve guard Dick Dawe just before the final gun gave Ohio State the victory. Indiana had tried to freeze the ball with four minutes to go and Ohio State had lost three of its stars on personal fouls center Paul Ebert and forwards Tom Williams and Ralph Armstrong. Two field goals by reserve guard Dean Cook made the score 72-71.

With three seconds to go Ohio State reserve forward Tommy Hague got a free throw, but missed. Dawe recovered the ball in the scramble and put in the winning points. Ohio State got off to a fast start and held a slim lead most the first half. Indiana moved ahead 43-41 as the half ended. The third quarter was nip and tuck, but Indiana took a 70-63 lead in the last period, their biggest lead of the game.

Forward Bob Leonard of Indiana was high scorer with 19 points. Ebert, who played only 15 minutes, led Ohio State scorers with 15 points. Ohio State lost its Big Ten opener last week, to Northwestern 75-70, while Indiana was defeating Michigan 58-46. Indiana lg.it.pt. Ohio State Is ft.pf.

Leonard i 8 3 3 Wilks 6 0 3 Farley I 5 5 4 Williams 3 0 5 Hill 0 1 1 Hatfield 2 5 1 Schlundt 5 3 5 Ebert 6 3 5 Scott 0 0 1 Armstrong c-f 16 5 Kraak 1 1 4 Gillaugh 3 3 4 Miranda 3 0 1 Karaffa 1 0 3 Masters 1 3 Jones 1 2 2 Esposito 1 6 2 Cook 3 0 3 Totals 24 24 24 Hague 0 0 1 Dawe 10 1 Totals 27 19 33 Score by periods: Ohio State 23 18 17 1573 Indiana 20 23 15 1472 Free throws missed: Indiana Leonard, Farley 2. Scblundt 2. Scott 2. Esposito, Kraak. Ohio State Wilkes.

Williams. Hatfield. Gillaugh. Hague. Ebert 2, Armstrong, Cook.

Iowa Clips Michigan Ann Arbor, Jan. 7 (P) Iowa stayed among the ranks of the unbeaten tonight by downing Michigan's basketball quintet 54-46 before 1,500 fans. Chuck Darling, the Hawkeyes' 6-foot, 8-inch center, made it tough for Michigan under both baskets and paced the scorers with 17 points. The win gave Iowa a perfect two-game record in the young Western Conference race and an Murder! Mississippi topped the hundred mark last night in rolling over Georgia 103-52. Last week at Owensboro, Kentucky battered the century mark against the same Mississippi club 116-58.

All of which, by comparative scores, makes Kentucky only a 109-point favorite over Georgia when the two collide at the Jef-feFson County Armory here next Monday night. was exceedingly poor as they hit only tvo of 18 shots. Schulz' medium with less than a minute left closed the gap to 21-18 but Schnellenberger dipped a free throw for Flaget's 22-18 halftime lead. St. X.

took advantage of the Warriors' flustered defense early in the third to seize the lead. King's driving crip put the Tigers ahead for the first time at 24-23; Schulz' bull's-eye from the circle and Bobby Mazzoni's short gave them their biggest lead of the fray at 28-25. Sherrill Sipes' short tied it at 28-28 while Haury's tip-in left the Braves with a wobbly 32-31 margin going into the home stretch. Issue Decided Early The issue was decided in the first 90 seconds of the fourth period. Haury led the assault with a lay-up, Sherrill Sipes followed with a short and Schnellenberger added a tip-in to run the Flaget lead to 39-31.

St. X. never recovered from that damaging blow. The Tigers rose to 39-35 but Frank Sipes scored on a feeder and Schnellenberger with another tip-in to break the St. X.

threat. The Bengal jayvees won the preliminary 38-37. 107 Is Tops Scoring Leaders Player. School G. Pts.

Ave. 1. Bill McCrocklin, Shawnee 8 107 17.8 2. Phil Grawemeyer, Manual 11 lfi8 15.3 3. Paul King, St.

Xavier 7 100 14.3 4. Gordon Schulz. St. Xavier 7 93 13 3 5. Frank Sipes, Flaget 8 101 12 6 B.

H. Schnellenberger. Flaget 9 108 12.0 7. Neal Skeeters, Manual 11 12S 11.6 R. Fred Gartner, Ahrens 9.

Sherrill Sipes, Flaget 10. Charley Tyra. Atherton 9 103 11.4 9 103 11.4 8 89 11.0 Standings ALL GAMES School W. Manual 11 Flaget 7 St. Xavier 3 Male 4 Shawnee 4 Ahrens 4 Atherton 4 C1TV GAMES W.

School Flaget Manual Male St. Xavier Shawnee Ahrens Atherton Ptt. Opp. 160 116 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 Schedule 94 71 82 42 40 33 84 82 47 54 71 94 TUESDAY Shawnee vs. St Xavier (Male Gym.

8 p.m.). WEDNESDAYWeffersonville vs. Flaget (Male Gym, 8 p.m.). FRIDAY Ahrens vf. Atherton (Rutherford Gym, 8 p.m.).

SATURDAY Shawnee vs. Ahrens (Masonic Home Gym, 8 p.m.); Manual vs. Flaget (Male Gym. p.m.). 674 434 2 481 412 2 371 326 9 397 404 good dice are put back in the game.

The busters are a Derby week special around here. 5 Ed Diddle Has Shown The Way i iL ft I I I I the way for Ramsey to drive in and to thoot from out. Hagan, who had 11 points at the half, accrued his fourth per-; sonal foul with 4:33 left in the third quarter and sat out most of the game from that point on. Shelby Linville, who had been benched, got back into action tonight and acquitted himself well before fouling out in the final period. Buck Budde, with 16 points, paced Xavier.

Right behind him was Tom Simms, junior from Louisville St. Xavier. He led the Muskies with nine points in the second half, winding up with 13 for the night. Matt Deboor. freshman from Lexington Latin, came in as a reserve and scored two points.

Isn't Particularly Sharp Kentucky, although ringing up 83 points, was not particularly sharp after the first 10 minutes of play. But. by that time, the Wildcats virtually had cinched the game and there wasn't much incentive to continue its hustling play. The Cats, however, bounced back from a very sluggish effort against L.S.U. Saturday night in that first quarter and for several minutes of the other quarters.

Their speed overwhelmed Ihe Muskies, along with some fine shooting. Kemucky tonight took 96 shots and hit on 34 for a percentage of 35.4. Xavier could get just 69 shots and sank 18 for a poor 26 per cent. It was Kentucky's ninth victory against two losses and evened Xavier at 5-5. Xavier fg ft.pf 824 .10 2 Kentucky fg.

ft.pf. Tsior ouios 212 Rudde pnefaf Whitaker I 3 0 Linville 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 5 3 5 -00 Marfjcium Smith Dickman Simms Heim Hiis TVeff 0 0 Htn Swart Kamsey Watson Evans Kose Poue ft Cooke Total? 2 .13 2 3 0 1 0 Totals 18 14 05 4 13 27 Xavier Kentucky 14 10 750 Zi 23 13 2083 Xavier Budde Pe Free throws missed Boor 2, Smith 2 Sims 2. Heim Hils. Tsio- I Dickman 2: Kentucky Linville 2 ropoulos 3. Ramsey 2.

Whitaker. Ncff 2. Vainly Kips L.S.U. Nashville, Jan. 7 (JP) Vanderbiit roared away to an early 18-3 lead and stayed redhot all the way tonight to down Louisiana State 58-47 in a Southeastern Conference basketball game.

Tulane Wins 71-65 Knoxville, Jan. 7 Tulane scored six points overtime period toniaht to defeat Tennessee 71-65 in a Southeastern Conference basketball game. Going Up Cardinals Climlt In National Ratings Coach Peck Hickman of the University of Louisville basketball team scouted the Xavier-Kentucky game last night at Lexington. Louisville, which vaulted higher into the national picture last week by beating both Viilanova and Notre Dame, plays Xavier Wednesday night at Cincinnati and St. Joseph of Rensselaer, Saturday night here.

As the result of their victories over Viilanova and Notre Dame, Louisville gained national attention. They were ranked No. 15 in the nation in the Associated Press poll and No. 13 in the United Press poll. 1 5 3 3 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 in an Flaget Ends Reign 47-42 berger launched Flaget into a 4-0 lead and the Braves stayed in front throughout the opening character Larry Jones coach, Harry Jones Character Coach Truly a Western's Ed Diddle today will receive the Optimists' Club Award for outstanding service to youth of Kentucky.

In his 30 years of coaching Uncle Ed has had supervision over more than 5.000 boys, mostly natives of Kentucky. His influence has been carried to every county in the state through the boys he has taught. In this area his graduates include Charlie Vettiner, county recreation chief; Peck Hickman, coach at U.L.; Harry Hardin, coach at Southern; J. C. Cantrell, coach at Valley; Kay Niman, coach at Anchorage, and Emmet Goranflo, coach at Eastern High.

The plaque couldn't go to a more deserving person. WORLD CHAMPION Lou THESZ I fw i I That First 100.000 It is a tribute to Francis 3IcDonogh's promotional ability that wrestling here drew more than 100,000 persons this past year. Francis will receive the "President's Trophy" tonight from Sam Muchnick, president of the National Wrestling Association, for his surprising efforts. "That first 100.000 was the hardest' Francis said yesterday. "We expect many more this year." I for one won't be the least surprised if he succeeds.

Sound And Fury Joyce Earnest. Richmond, Ed Diddle wants to know why U.K. doesnt "be a little fr generous and let one of those radio stations carry jp Eastern's games" Said a Notre Dame follower at the U.L. game Saturday: "Under Moose Krause we had fast confusion. Under Johnny Jordan we've got slow confusion." fl In A i ,1 I I I JUL TAG I KOUT FARMER PT "rjZl JONES BLASSIE I fi versus .4 1 RASPUTIN 1 GIBSON Xl Pate "DRAGON" ClIFFORD MANAGOF VS- GARIBALDI SI.

SI 2 Seelhach. 3U81 Sj WA 9786 By JOHNNY CARRICO laget, held in basketball slavery for two years by St Xavier, overthrew its master last night. The Braves won out in a closely contested affair 47-42 at the Male Gym. Beaten in its last four meetings with the Tigers, Flaget held the upper hand most of the way. The Bengals spurted into a three-point lead early in the third but Flaget quelled the uprising and was again in front when the fourth quarter opened.

Both clubs were too tense to play the basketball of which they are capable. St. X. committed 24 fouls and Flaget generously missed 16 of 29 free throw attempts. The slightly bigger Redskins won the battle on the boards and outshot the Saints 17 field goals to 15.

Percentagewise, Flaget held a slight edge, too; the Braves averaged 29.8 per cent on 57 shots while St. X. managed only 24.6 on 61 flings. King, Schulz Tally 14 Paul King and Gordon Schulz contributed the bulk of the Tiger scoring with 14 apiece while Flaget's total was well distributed among Jack Haury with 13, Sherrill Sipes and Howie Schnellenberger with 11 each and Frank Sipes with ten. The victory was the third straight for Jim Huter's Braves in city competition and their seventh in nine starts.

Schnellenberger was the hero on rebounds; the aggressive forward got almost half of Flaget's total. Despite the handicap of his cast, Gerry Harper patrolled the banking boards efficiently before he fouled out in the final chapter. Schulz was the Tigers most effective rebounder. Sherrill Sipes and Schnellen- Great Lakes Wins 76-75 Great Lakes, 111., Jan. 7 (JF) Great Lakes needed little Billy Byrne's last-minute free throw to edge out the St.

Joseph's Pumas 76-75 tonight and nudge its winning streak to five games. The Pumas had tied the count at 75-75, with one minute to play, on Williard Kellogg's field goal. The Sailors had led at half-time 40-27. Jack Lindbloom, the Navy's fancy defense man, got high point honors with 20, followed by of St. Joseph's with 18.

John Dwyer and Kellogg contributed 17 each for St. Joseph's. 1 Feb. 17 of Cub Run "Pick-The-16" will be, and it Moose Krause quarter. The Tigers closed to 9-8 St.

Xavier trill oppose Shatcnee at 8:15 p.m. tonight at the Male Gym after a junior varsity pre-liminary at 6:1.5 p.m. Shatcnee lost to Male 5 1-40 in its only city start. on Billy Veith's follow with a minute to go but Frank Sipes cripped and Sherrill canned a free throw to hoist the Braves ahead 12-8 as the period ended. Free throws helped St.

X. to break even with Flaget in the second quarter. The Saints' shooting New Mings! Flaeet(47) fe ft of. St. X.

(42) fg 12 5 Schn berger 3 5 2 Veith F. Sipes 3 4 1 Ollises 0 0 4 Kemper 0 0 0 Schulz 5 4 3 S. Sipes 5 12 King 5 4 3 Haury 5 3 4 Mazzoni 10 3 Harper 0 0 5 Thompson 0 0 1 Hayden. 10 0 Lally 0 13 Knoop 0 0 0 Cravens 3 12 Mitchell O0O Totals 17 13 14 Totals 15 12 24 Flaget 12 10 10 15 47 St. Xavier 8 10 13 11 42 Free throws missed: Schnellenberger 2, F.

Sipes 3. S. Sipes 7. Haury 3. Harper, Schulz.

King. Cravens 2. Officials: Ben Edelen and Oz Johnson. McCrocklin's Shawnee's Bill McCrocklin, who posted a season scoring record last week, is the Hasenour Trophy leader in the 25th District. McCrocklin's 32 points against Valley lifted him to a 17.8 average with a total of 107 points in six games.

The trophy annually is awarded the player with the best average. Manual's classy Phil "Cookie" Grawemeyer is second although he owns the highest point total in the city with 168. The hook-shot specialist has averaged 15.3 in the Crimsons' 11 straight victories. St. X.

guard Paul King is third with 14.3. Game Facts EVENT Shawnee vs St. Xavier. PLACE Male Gym. 8:15 p.m.; junior varsity preliminary at 6:45 p.m.

RECORD Shawnee (4-3); St. Xavier (5-2) TICKETS Reserved seats ($1) and general admission (60 cents) at box offices only; students (35 cents) at schools only. OFFICIALS Bill Montgomery and Edgar Smith. Pick-Sixteen Open Sure, Sure Charles Childress wants to know if there will be a Contest this year. There sure will start on February 17.

The object of this popular contest is to pick the 16 regional winners in the high school basketball elimination. Thomas E. Major, Hopkinsville, didn't wait for the official start. He dropped this pick in the mailbox on Jan. 1: 1 Cubs, 2 Crittenden County, 3 Owensboro High, 4 Cromwell, 5 Warren County, 6 Caverna, 7 Manual, 8 Bagdad, 9 Covington Holmes, 10 Georgetown, 11 Lafayette, 12 Lily, 13 Clay County, 14 Carr Creek.

15 Pikeville. 16 Clark County. 7 1 i 1 Johnny Jordan It's Colder In Korea It's getting colder here, but no matter how cold it gets, it's colder in Korea, where countless refugees in rags are streaming south into the U. N. zone.

Starting January 10 there will be a drive for old clothes to send to those pitifully unfortunate people. You might be looking through your closets to see what you can spare. Answers "If a college athlete plays on the varsity in his freshman year would he be eligible for the N.C.A.A. tournament in his senior year?" asks Joe Hays, of Louisville. And the answer is "No." No player is eligible for N.C.A.A.

competition after his third varsity season..