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12 BASKETBALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1951. SECTION 2 SPORTS IHLraTby Wh esiern IBS JL 92-8 A WWT9 TT71 ITT' 1 jpor JLisfnm win Unbeaten Hilltoppers Paced By Spoelstra5 White, King By TOMMY FITZGERALD The Musketeers of Xavier were cocked and ready last night, but Western must have thrown them into confusion over what it was open season on. Showing the speed of gazelles, the height of giraffes and the distributed punch of porcupines, the Hilltoppers won the fast and blistering game i nrwn rrn nn rth i ri rw mn rmi mraww tmmmmimmbmmbmb mufti hii i lililii j-XJiu-iim i investigators Have Left State, put Not The U. of K. Fix Case; fill Names Seem Sure To Come Out I It was with a feeling of great regret that thinking people of Kentucky yesterday saw the-New York investigators ldave the state without completing their clean-up mission al the University of Kentucky.

J-- The departure does not mean that the probe has been dropped. The investigation could have been accelerated; ahd perhaps concluded had the players given the information they were believed to possess. But now, after a brief pause for the holidays, the District Attorney's office Will continue to -pursue the missing links down" other averages. Eventually the facts will come out, the criminals iilty of corrupting college athletes brought to trial and all names revealed. The boys; will regret they did not speak up when they had the opportunity.

For their part, I am "sure they Would have received the most sympathetic treatment from Vincent O'Connor, and his men It was my privilege to be with the investigators almost constantly for foir days. They tried none of the high-handed stuff usually associated with criminal investigations. O'Connor is a quiet, scholarly type, a neat dresser of ciiet taste. He looks more like a minister than an investigator, talks like, one, and seems to think like one. 92-82 The 4,000 customers, acclaiming A A I i 'x JTi -t -''rf" "II A i i I xvxjx Conrier-Joumal Fbotoi UNDERHAND SHOT is attempted by Tom Simms (23) of Xavier as Dick White of Western gives opposition.

Simms, a former St. Xavier of Louisville player, missed. time this half, scoring 16 of his 20 points. But it was King who took over when the points were needed the next time early in the third quarter. The hard-driving Simms, who scored three crips in this spurt, helped to put Xavier back in the game.

Western's lead was reduced to six points at 59-53. Regained Big Margin Then, in the space of a minute, Western erupted for eight points, six of them by King, to regain a 14-point margin, this time at 67-53. Xavier was behind 77-64 going into the last period, but they didn't quit, although they trailed once by 16 points in the final chapter. They kept fighting against Western's advantages in height and manpower and whacked their deficit to nine points at 86-77 with 3:52 left. They held their own in the closing minutes.

It was a fine game fast and hard-fought with Western having too much taliness and depth. The shooting was excellent. Western hit 39 of 92 shots for 42 per cent and Xavier connecting for 28 of 81 for 35 per cent. N.C.A.A. Dilemma Rhubarb Is Due nwa run vvnue ir Lasrea What's In A Name Vic Seixas, member of the S.

team wnicu will challenge Australia for the Davis Cup on the day after Christmas, made an unheralded appearance in Louisville four or five years ago. The athletic director at Camp Atterbury telephoned Doc Kelsall of the Louisville Boat Club if he could arrange a match for him. "I have several boys up here who like to play tennis," the athletic director said. So the matcl! was arranged and Bruce Baxter, No. 1 player at jy Willi liimii this young Western team potentially the best Ed Diddle has turned out down at Bowling Green, saw Xavier put up a tremendous fight' against hopeless odds in altitude.

In the finai analysis, it was Western's superior, height that provided the difference and gave the Hilltoppers their eighth straight victory. Xavier never conceded, though, and there were times when, trailing by big margins, they might have been excused for folding. But they fought all the way, never letting Western relax. Western showed explosive punch and distributed scoring powrr. When Xavier gained a first-quarter lead, it was big Art Spoelstra who shot Western ahead.

When Xavier threatened in the third period, it was Dan King who provided the sock. And, along with them and in between times, Dick White was dropping them in from the floor or Gene Rhodes was scoring. Helped From Floor In Western's biggest scoring game of the season, all five starters made more than 10 points. Spoelstra got 20, White and King 19 apiece, Billy Scott 12 and Rhodes 10. For that matter, so did Xavier's five starters with Huck Budde and Tommy Simms, the Louisville boy who was guarded by another Louisville boy, Rhodes, each pitching in 20.

Budde had to be helped to the dressing room early in the final quarter after crashing to the floor in a play under the Xavier basket. It was announced later that he was uninjured. Slow getting started and losing the ball on mechanical errors, the Hilltoppers trailed almost the entire first quarter. They scored the first point on a free throw by Scott but Budde" and DeBoor O'Connor i7'c team' drew a fellow by the name On TV Grid Policy Survey Says Grid Attendance Slumped Two Per Cent In 1951 New York, Dec. 19 (AP) What to do about televising college football games? Control it? Ban it? Or permit unlimited telecasting? Judging from the replies received by the Associated Press in answer to its football pool, the N.C.A.A.

is going to have xiie name meant nothing to Baxter The first set went 6-4 Seixas, the second set was f-2 Baxter. Then, in exchange of court, Mabrey Thomson, Louisville pro, innocently asked Baxter: you know who you are beating?" Baxter said ft If he didn't. "Well," Thomson smiled, "he's only the No. 14 man in the country!" Seixas won the third et and final set 6-0. one big rhubarb on its hands next Denes A Possibility -With candidates for the Indiana University football coaching post being uvancea laster than the first-of-the-month bills," Vic Seixas Various suggestions were offered by newsmen.

They included: 1 Let the two colleges meeting decide whether or not their game of that day should be televised, 2 Telecast games but black out the immediate vicinity, a dis Uth In IZoiv The line-upr Western Xavier (82) fff.ft.pf. Ig ft pf. Scott 5 2 5 DeBoor 2 3 2 King 7 5 3 Budde 7 6 3 Spoelstra 9 2 5 Smith 5 1 4 White 9 13 Simms 8 4 4 Rhodes SJ 4 2 2 Helm 3 6 4 Colex 112 Phelan 0 0 1 Greer 1 10 5 Auberger 0 0 1 Dodds 0 0 0 Hils 0 0 1 Smith 3 15 Dick man 1 4 1 Wallace 0 0 1 Byrne a 0 0 0 Vest 0 0) Beard 0 0 2 Totals 39 14 34 Totals 16 30 31 Score at half: Western 53 Xavier 39 Free throws missed: Western (IK Scott 2. King 2. Spoelstra 3.

Greer, bm'lh 3-Xavier 13 DeBoor 4. Budrte. Smith 2 Simms 2. Helm. Phelan.

Hickman 2 Officials Edelen and Zacheni. Murray Ekes Out Win Houston, Dec. 19 Charlie Lampley's goal with 25 seconds left gave Murray an uphill 67-65 victory over the University of Houston in Rice gym here tonight. The Cougars held a 65-61 lead with three minutes left, but a goal by Lampley, then one by Garrett Beshear tied the score with one minute and 15. seconds 7of GOING IN to attempt a layup is'Huck Budde of Xavier; he missed.

Gene Rhodes (11) of Western looks on. vvtitca ucii icnny 01 ine a ort Wayne News-Sentinel, "it would not be surprising one of these days to hear that several I. U. Alumni clubs had got together to push Nick Denes, a product of Garrett, for the job. Nick, a veteran of 23 years of coaching 'and still a youngster, has had unusual success." Yep, they could do a lot worse.

Book Mark Morgan Blake tells the highlights of his 40-year career as a sports editor, columnist, Bible teacher month when the subject will be threshed out in Cincinnati. An A.P. cross-section survey of 8y colleges ail sections of the country showed that attendance slumped off approximately two per cent in this first year of the N.C.A.A.'s controlled television plan. The replies to the A.P. questionnaire of the effect of the N.CA.A.'s television plan on attendance resulted in a standoff.

About half, of the writers and radiomen thought the controlled plan helped while the other half believed it didn't. Ideas Vary Widely All were certain that it represented a tremendous problem and that something must be done about it. Most had ideas on the subject and they varied One thing is positive. The N.C.A.A.'s comprehensive report on its study of the problem will be eagerly awaited. Bruce Baxter .4.

ill book, "A Sports Editor Finds Christ," which will ome out in March. Morgan was sports editor pf the Atlanta Journal when he changed from a 'happy sinner," he says, "to an unhappy one." For five years he hit the bottle, then turned and hit the straight and narrow road. put Xavier into a 4-1 lead. With Smith scoring 10 of the points, Xavier soon held a 15-7 lead. They stayed in front from three to eight points until only 1:34 of the first quarter remained.

The score then was 21-16. 9 Quick Points Then Western showed its explosive qualities. They spasmed for nine points in the next minutes and 34 seconds to lead 25-21 going into the second quarter. White hit two longs, Spoelstra cripped to get the lead 22-21, King got a free and Rhodes scored a follow. With King and Rhodes doing the scoring.

Western built its lead to 31-21. Xavier never got closer than seven points the rest of this period and trailed 53-39 at the half. Spoelstra had a big IBeIsIii At HI. IL. -Trustees Meet Again Next Week To Decide On Future of Football at The University The University of Louisville trustees yesterday postponed until next week their decision on the future of football at the school.

A decision was expected at a meeting of the board yesterday, but Wilson Wyatt, trustee president, said there are "certain areas the board wishes to explore further for purposes of clarification." He said the recommendations of the athletic committee to the board were "well received" and that there was general agreement on certain points. Presumably, there is agreement on the continuation of football, but indecision of what plane football will be conducted and how it will be financed. The board will meet next Thursday or Friday after getting certain matters clarified by the Athletic Council. This was Murray's eighth vie-" tory without a loss this seasou. The Thoroughbreds play Texas at Austin Friday and Baylor at Waco Saturday.

Murray I ft pf. Houston fg ft pf. Beshear 7 3 4 Bradiord I 9 1 5 Garrett 4 2 3 Kvf 2 i Deweese .4 2 4 Cotton 4 5 2 Lampley 2 3 McNutt 1 2 4 Purcell 5 3 Bell 3 3 3 Gott 0 0 Shivers ...0 0 0 Gipe 0 0 0 Huig 2 2 1 Davis 0 0 0 Irwin 0 0 1 Totals 26 15 17 Tota.a 23 15 21 Score by quarters: Murray 14 31 51 7 Houston 16 33 SO 6j Three Ducks With One Shot Kentuckianaties One of the neatest feats of marksmanship of the hunting season is credited Giving 'Em FITZ Nick Denes tance of from 75 to 200 miles. 3 Have sponsors pay the difference between an expected gate, and the actual gate. 4 Telecast only sellouts.

3 Put all television receipts Into a common pool and split the money among the various colleges playing football; or have the conference involved share the entire television receipts for conference games. 6 Use one of the various gadgets whereby the television set owners drop a coin or buy a coded card to receive the telecast. Let all colleges do as they pleased. Here are some of the opinions and examples cited: Bill Kinney Rock Island, Argus "TV is a commercial problem. I am convinced each individual college, as a promoter, should have the right to determine whether its show should be telecast or not.

Joe Doyle, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune "I doubt if the control plan demonstrated anything. It should die as an experiment. Allison Dan tig, New York Times "I doubt that controlled TV helped increase paying attendance very much. On the other I believe that uncontrolled TV is likely to ruin the small colleges, but I doubt that anything can be done about it. The public wants to see the, games and, politicians being what tfiey the small colleges will just have to take it because the public is going to get what the voters want." Not for Cash St.

Louis, Dec. 19 (President Bill Veeck of the St. Louis Browns said last night he has turned down $390,000 offer for his pitching ace, Ned Garver. He did not say who made the offer, but repeated that the star right-hander would not be peddled for cash. Veeck spoke to a Lions club meeting.

to Harlow Edwards of Louisville, who bagged three ducks with one shot at Reelfoot Lake. Tom Wall, and Vernon Shallcross were witnesses. Earl Wallace and fellow workers in the Game and Fish office will have friends in for a little Christmas party at the game farm Thursday. Santa Claus and all. Roy G.

Eversole, superintendent of schools at Hazard, has been named manager cf the Hazard Invitational cage meet. His presence assures the success 'of the important Eastern Kentucky event So man hm They say O'Connor, unable to get anybody to talk iri his basketball investigation in Lexington, has headed back to New York. His only other choice, it seems, was to watch the barbershops arid arrest any player who blushed ven he passed one. Dressen has signed a blank contract to manage the Dodgers. He's left it up td Fresident O'Malley to fill In the pay or, we imagine, to send him a bill if things turn out as they did last season.

Dressen's taking an awful chance. O'Malley may never get over wringing his hands from last season long enough to hold a pen steady. TOMMY FITZGERALD Earl Wallace One For Mr. Sir," writes Bill Hall of Mousle, Ky. want to know, has a new ruling been made that a coach can't play a boy that will be too old in his senior year to play in the tournament? Even after he gives him his suit and still lets him practice, but not play in games.

If such a ruling holds true, does the coach have a preference of applying it to freshmen and not the Juniors, or should he let the rule apply to all ball boys? I'd like to have your opinion on this immediately." I'm sorry I'm not qualified to offer an opinion on this problem. I'm sending the letter to Ted Sanford, Commissioner of high school athletics. I Answers Cincinnati's roster for the "World Series of 1919: Jnfielders Rath, Daubert, Groh, Kopf, Smith, Schreiber. Outfielders y-Roush, Duncan, Neale, Magee, Bressler. Catchers Wingo, Rariden, Allen.

Pitchers Eller, Ruether, Sallee, Ring. Luque, Fisher, See, Mitchell. (For Mike Wiley, Stamping: Ground, Comparison Proves asketball Takes Zany Bounces By LARRY BOECK powerful of fenae were stacri7Arp.H it tM 'The Babe' Again Tops Gainesville, Dec. 19 () Kentucky's Babe Parilli was the leading of the Southeastern Conference in 1951 just as he was in 1949 and 1950. But sophomore Harry BabcocS Kentucky and DePaul clash Minnesota, then came DeKalb 63-60; DeKalb defeated uh.

"urPr th.eir DePaul 74-89; DePaul defeated SPECIAL RESERVE (Is 7 Hre' a Holiday Bonu-on OLDER straight Bourbon yjr--? Whiskey-mad right here In Ktntucky-bearing the Brown-' -vb(S XlkK Kaiser name and reputation for the best in good whiskey. NOL-r Glve and 5 yr oId Special Reserve. Ifs Holiday I "SglSB QUALITY! ml iwy is y.0 oh) 4.87 O-- 3.09 lltuTOC 4, half PINT EE wAiugiuu, diiu me uwuuj- wauoping nigmy ratea Minnesota 64-57 and Minnesota teams nresent a r1fli Bt Jonns 8i-w defeated Kentucky 61-57. of the Georgia Kictnrv on tno Team Lost to DeKalb basketball Bulldogs placed a new name In a leader ship position when he stayed ahead of all other re Taking comparative scores into consideration in this 8 o'clock Same, you can see where Kentucky will floor an outfit that be a match for Whitewater State. And DePaul will Joffer a quintet that would have a But this, friends, is as normal as summer following spring when you consider the zany misfortune DePaul.

The Demons ran roughshod over St. Norbert's, Gustavus Adolphus, North Central and Chicago Teachers before tumbling Minnesota 64-57. Continuing a weak schedule after Minnesota, DePaul had a breather slated with DeKalb (a small Northern Illinois school) and lost 74-69! It was DeKalb's only victory, the school having lost 63-60 to rf 1 againsi 'the Daughters ceivers in 1951 with 666 yards and two touchdowns on 41 receptions. a caught more passes than any "i Parilli kf the American Revolution. The real fact of the matter isJ Can you figure things like this? Coach Adolph Rupp, a guy who ought to know, says no "It's just like in baseball," said Rupp yesterday.

"The last-place team beats the first-place team sometimes." DePaul will be playing its first major foe, if you take rankings into consideration. Minnesota has been the Demons' toughest foe to date in winning seven and losing one. Their most recent conquest was a Monday night 87-47 defeat of Illinois Wesleyan. So far, DePaul has shown a potent offense and a good defense. Pulled Away From Xavier Kentucky has been an in-and-out crew.

It showed promises of greatness in routing an out-manned Washington and Lee In the season's opener. Then it got a stiff battle from a young Xavier for three quarters before breaking loose. Minnesota beat the Cats, who came back by" routing St. John's with that surprising 41-point edge. I IX Whitewater State, Carbondale tnat two oi xne4 Ration's be 1 1 aggregations will Square off in a that is of importance to 'ii (Jsoutnern Illinois) 65-58 and Macomb (West Illinois) 71-56.

What's this confusing pattern of events mean, other than the man with the strait-jacket ia needed? This: 1. DePaul should be favored over Kentucky tonight, having whipped Minnesota at Minneapolis while U. K. lost to the Gophers there (although U. K.

other receiver and for more yardage. Steve Meilinger of Kentucky caught more' touchdown passes than anyone else-r-eight. Receiver JUc. Yd. TD.

I. Harry jaabcock. 0. il ttutf 3. Bn Roderick, Vandy 40 627 3.

Steve MeiUnBer, Ky. 3a SIS 4. W. McElhannon. TuL S3 4B4 0 5.

Buck Martin, Tech 33 487 7 8. Ted Kirkland. Vandy J7 441 7. Lee Hayley. Aub.

33 S0 8 8. Kan Macafee. Ala. 14 237 1 Individual Paxlnf Paaar Att. Com.

Gain Pet. Tda. 1. Babe Parilli. Ky.

239 136 1K3 66. 19 3. B. Wade. Vandy an in isne 49.6 13 3.

Z. BraUc'akl. Ga. ll 1S7S 46 i 4. D.

Crawf'd. Tech. 138 77 1153 56.6 11 5. H. Sullivan.

Fla. 154 74 882 48 I 4 6. C. Hobson. 66 647 57 7 7.

A. Parks. 68 839 '45 3 4 6. J. Lear, Miss 91 4 737 37.4 9 crazy twists that Cliff Hagan Jbasketball can take Is the fact sthat both Kentucky and DePaul already have been made victims jof surprising upsets this is a strong favorite tonight): 2.

Kentucky is no match for The Wildcats, after showing a Whitewater State. And you figure.