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BiStttAtJ. HGSISCS II AStUfT rAU IVtWtWO PttSi. Nb. 3t, Drysdale, Koufax Head Holdout List lr anything left than 115,000. 'Ira only askir.g for 23 per cent of what tht third string Slat tackle got." smiles tht chunky right-hander.

rV. Mictey Mantle iLil ha i ligned his New York Yankee contract but his Is more I logis tics than salary problem. Man tie. a 100.000-a-year man, underwent surgery at the Mayo Clinic last month and didn't make his annual signing trip to New York. He'll probably sign quickly when ht arrives in tht Yankei' rort Lauderdale camp this week.

ai vii wiarvui tiiviiiisci bj hard-hitting third baseman, who wai the major league i runs balted-in champ with 130, also hasn't ligned his contract. Kamai City is having Its trou. bles with third baseman Ed Charles, outfielder Mike Hersh I Sully's Sports By JIM 51XUTAN Onferrnc Cpf Tournamrnl Surrnufiil lr.Kth CoiVge and Shore Conference offi-tollahc-rated to make the annual championship haskethall playoffs one of the mrt successful in the long history of this classic. Both the crowds and flayers were exceptionally v.e behaved despite the tension and pressures cf tharnrirship rday. Unfortunately the fames were rrt cke.

Many experts we talked to thought Neptune played ita best game in the title tilt against Lakewood. Towmrnd lo Conpralulatfd Ken Townsend. who coached Neptune to its first Shore Conference championship in 103I, ran the -classic in fine style. The officiating for all four fames was of the highest "Funny" Levitt, greatest foul shooter of all, time, who served as our observer, was lavish in his praise of the whistle blowers. Monmouth College proved to be an ideal sit.

Its new fscilities were wonderful. The college's officials bent over backwards to make it nice for both the flayers and spectators. Both the parkinf lot and gymnasium were exceptionally well policed. Monmouth College Officials Praised Monmouth College security police and all officials were lavishly praised for their courtesy and helpfulness. The College certainly made a favorable lmpres lion in all respects and we trust that many of the Shore's better capers and students will decide to pursue their collejre education here.

Traise must also be given to the timekeeper, George Talaia, who has been handling that assignment for 28 years, and Russ Coleman, the score-keeper. Emken Winds Up as High Scorer Art Emken, of Middletown Township, emerged is the classic's high scorer with 35 points, one more than Steve Cutillo of Neptune and Tierre PeCausey of Lakewood, who tied for second with 34. Cutillo had the single game high. 24, against Middletown Township. Here are our All-Shore Conference Flayof teams i rt i ii ii berger, catcher Bill Bryan and first baseman Ken Harrelson.

The Chicago White Sox haven't heard from star lefthander Juan Plzzaro, who still hasn't left his San Juan, Puerto Rico, home. Cleveland got word Sunday that outfielder Vic rtavalilUi bIca nnci(Tr)A4 rtarlfoftt' Dodgers' Tommy Davit itretchti out right anklt during workout In Vtro Beach yesterday. Tht 1962-6 National League batting champion broke tht anklt last May and missed most of tht season. (UPI) lukt Unohart (left) of Moter Di trlti to block pail by I Kevin Coleman of Rtd Tom Mclridt of Red Bonk C-tholit in ytittrdoy's Castyt- I Bank Catholic gets off swe-Serephs boiktlboll Qame. (rVtsi Photos) I ctttful vmp ihot Caseys Set for Tourney With Best Mark 15-8 Radio-TV to Pay Baseball a Bundle RED BANK Red Bank Cath- oHc High School will enler Thurs day night's opening NJS1AA South Jersey Parochial A Divi- 1 1 bisMball tournament game with St.

Joseph's of Metuchen at the Red Bank High School gymnasium with Its greater record In history 15 victories and eight defeats. The Caseys' 57-50 win over Mater Dei yesterday erased the prior school high of 14 triumphs In a season set up by the 1949-50, 1953-54, and 1959-60 teams. The win over Mlttf Dei avenged an earlier loss to the Seraphs. Maler Del had narrow 14-13 edge after one quarter before the Caseys pulled away with six straight polms In the second period, en two foul shots by John Baler, and baskets by Mike farrit and Hector Delgado. It was 25 18 at the half and 4C-3J after three quarters before Mater Del closed the gap to seven points with a closing rush.

Delgado led the scoring for the winners with 17 points, backed up by Tom McBride's 18. McBride's points gave him Second Team Silva-Neptune Hoffman-Neptune Sutton-Lakewood Kalkhof-Middletown Twp. Richardson-Lakewood First Team Twp. DeCausey-Lakewood Cutillo-Noptune Warren-Neptune Willie Hendricks-llenry Hudson Regional Ivy-NCAA Peace May Be Stoned This Week Veneiuela, where he played winter ball. Jim Bouton of the Ney York Yankees, who pitched much of last season with a sort arm, tested it for the first time in spring training yesterday and re ported no ill euecu.

Bouton, seeking a comeback after a 4-15 performance in 1965, threw 150 half-soeed Ditches. Following the workout, Manager Johnny Keane said the veterans right-hander will test the arm further in batting practice tomorrow. Keane also said that Mel Stot- tlemyre, the Yankees' 20-game winner, win pitcn Batting practice for the first time today. Catcher Zimmerman came to terms with the Minnesota Twins yesterday, putting 34 men under contract to the de fending American Leatue base ball champions. MAT STAR Elliott Tepper of Little Silver, a sophomore standout on Lehigh University's varsity wrestling team, has been selected to spend the summer In Africa as a participant in the 1966 Operations Crossroads Africa.

Ht compiled 7-2-1 mat record this year. fw Changes in Basketball Ratings Ouf final top 10 ratings of the Shore high school basketball teafns had a few changes. The main change saw slumping Henry Hudson Regional plunge from fifth to eighth as Manasquan rose Into fifth rung. St. Rose and Middletown both advanced one notch into sixth and seventh positions, respectively Ocean Township took over the.

10th place from WASHINGTON (JPI Major league baseball clubs will receive an estimated $27,510,000 during 1966 for radio-television rights to their games, Broadcasting Magazine said yesterday. This represents an Increase of $1,840,000 over the $25,670,000 received last year. The magazine said the boost Is not too large "but to the baseball magnates, that figure rep resents a major step forward in hacphaii'a nnoct far a rwnfo share of the mighty broadcast- wig dollar, The $27.5 million includes the $6 million NBC-TV is paying 19 dubs $315,000 each for the Game of the Week series. The Philadelphia Phillies still have two more years to go on a three-year $3.9 million contract of their own. The total also contains the $17,760,000 the 20 teams will receive from their local stations and the $3,750,000 the baseball commissioner's office will get from the All-Star game and he World Series.

The magazine also said in its Feb. 2 edition that advertisers also will ante up about $95 million this year for the privilege of sponsoring the 1,620 season games and selling their beer, cigars, cigarettes, soft drinks, gasoline and banking services. This is a $10 million increase over the estimated 1965 figure. The magazine said broadcasters say the increase is due to production costs, especially color, and high-priced talent. The major leagues aren't the only ones sharing in the rights.

The 20 teams making up the Class AAA Pacific Coast and International Leagues are also getting a share, but it is considerably smaller. Broadcasting's survey of mi- Point Pleassnt Borough. 1. Neptune 100 2. CBA P9 3.

Lakewood f6 4. Asbury Tark f5 5. Manasquan 91 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Angeles Dodger aces san dy Koufak and Don Drydale head a formidable list of potential holdouts as spring training heads into its serious phasei nut the arrival of full squads week. Koufsx. the Cy Young Awsrd winner who won 26 games and pitched his fourth no-tiiiter last reason, and Drysdale, a 23-lame winner in 1965, art re portedly holding out for Identi cal three-year contracts mat would cost the Dodgers 81,000,.

000. Maury Willi, the Dodgers' fWiy shortstop, is another problem for Los Angeles Gen eral Manaser twzzy Bavasi. He is reportedly seeking 1100,000. Pitchen post the major prob lem with several other top hurl- en Kill unsatisfied. Included among them are San Francis co's Juan Marlchal, Ralph Ter ry of Cleveland.

Jack Fisher of the New York Mets. Jim Ho ney of Cincinnati, the Bravei' Tony Cloninger and John Wyatt of Kansas City. Terry says he won't leave for the Indians camp in Arizona until Cleveland General Manager Gabe Paul ups his offer of $31,000 by 17,000. "Ht knows what it'll tae to sign me," says Terry. Fisher, the MeU' workhorse, is just as adamant over accept- Hagan Leads Hawks to Win Over Pistons ST.

LOUIS Cliff Hagan's scoring and fancy play making sparked the St. Louis Hawks to a 125-114 victory over the De troit Pistons in a National Bas ketball Association game yesterday. The triumph pulled the fourth place Hawks within four percentage points of San Francieco in their struggle for the last playoff spot in the Western Dl vision. Hagan, who recently an nounced he will retire after the season, Len Wilkens and Zelmo Beaty staked the Hawks to sev eral 19-point leads in the first half. Don Kojis and Ray Scott then led Detroit on an 1-3 binge against St.

Louis subs, but the Hawks managed a 67-56 lead at the break. Bullets Win BALTIMORE un The Balti more Bullets defeated the Bos ton Celtics by a lopsided 132-92 score in a nationally televised National Basketball Asso ciation game here yesterday. The loss was the worst of the season for the defending champions. It reduced the Celtics' first-place lead in the Eastern Division to 1V4 games over Idle Philadelphia', and left the 76ers only one game down in the loss column. The victory, the third straight one-sided win for Baltimore over the Celtics on the Bullets' home court, raised Baltimore's second -place advantage over San Francisco to three games in the western Division.

NBA STANDINGS EaaUra Dlrlaloa Frt. Botton 41 13 .7 Philadelphia 44 14 .47 Cincinnati 41 17 GB New York 17 3 .401 17 Vk 4 Waatera Dltialoa loa Anirlta 3 31 Baltimore 33 3 .471 I Ban Franclaco 30 31 .431 I St. tuU It 37 .431 I Dttroil It St 11 Manday'i Oama Detroit va. St. Loula at Memphla Westfield Is Easy Winner In Swimming LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.

II) Westfield High School was a strong winner in the high school division of the Eastern Inter- scholastic Swimming Championships Saturday night with a score more than double that of its nearest competitor. The Hill School of Pottstown, Pa. won the prep school division. Westfield High School, which established itself at the meet as the leading swimming power in New Jersey, took five first places, four seconds, three third places and a fourth in the swimming events. Two Double Winners The school also boasted two double winners: Harvey Gur- ber, who won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.8 seconds to set a nsw meet record and the 200- yard free style, and Doug Mc-Owen who wen the 100-and 50-yard free styles.

Westfield also won the diving wrnioetition the previous night which contributed to the team's winning 98 points. Second place with 38 points was taken by the Plainview High School of Plainview, N.Y. North Tonawanda High School of Tonawanda, N.Y. was third with 21 points. In the prep school Hill had 51 points, the Univer sity-School of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was second with 40 and the Malvern Pa.

Academy took third place with 34 points. NEW YORK UTu-A settlement appeared imminent yesterday in on-again, off-again controversy between the NCAA and Ivy League over a section of the NCAA constitution. If sailed, the Unlverstv of Pennsylvania can represent the Ivy League In the National Col legists Basketball Championships and Athletic Director De-laney Kiphulh of Yale can take Don Schollandor and his other wimnw tn the NCA Cham pionships at Colorado Springs, March 24. "Talks are continuing between Dr. Robert Goheen of Princeton and Everett (Eppy) Barnes of Colgate, president of the NCAA," a Princeton spokesman said.

"The outlook Is favorable for an agreement." AnIy7Jagues20Kejin Correction A photo in Saturday's edition said Mike Adair of Ocean Township was In a play in the St. Joseph's High School basketball game. The player should have been identified as Art Hoffmann. INDOOR TRACK Quiet Week (or Shore Basketball This is a quiet week for Shore basketball. The first Shore high echool to get started in the NJSIAA Tournament is Red Bank Catholic, which faces St.

Joseph's of Metuchen In ft first round, Parochial Class A Southern Sectional game on Thursday at Ited Bank High School at 8 p.m. Tht main action will be at Monmouth College and the Convention Hall. Action in the Garden State Elementary School Tourney will start at the Convention Hall Wednesday and continue for the balance of the week. Twenty four teams are en. tred.

Monmouth College Is the site of the District St. Rose Middletown Twp. Henry Hudson Reg. S5 fl. Red Rank Cath.

10. Ocean Twp. 62 in the men's competition. He slipped out of his hotel German consulate in Zurich, where he asked for a Weit Ger man passport. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Ddi tournament lonigiu, tomorrow, una weanenaay with Monmouth College favored to win A berth at Kansaa City.

a total of 298 for the year, for a new Casey sophomore record. The old mark was 286 by Ed Kennedy In 1957-58. McBride also held Mater Dei'l freshman star, Bill Collins, to no points after Collins had scored 16 in the prior Casey game. Luke Lenahan pacea Ma ter Del (3-17) with 20 points. John O'Shea grabbed 11 re bounds and Baler io for tne Caseys, who were outscored, is-M from the floor but con verted 21 of 35 foul shots to Ma ter Dei'l 12 for 23.

The Red Bank Catholic jay vees finished with a 17-3 record, best in history, on a 51-23 win. Frank Kineavy had 17 of the wlnneri points. Seraph Beaten MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP -Wayne Sokolowski and Stan Ryfinski, a pair of 6-5 rwards, sparked Notre Dame High School of Trenton (14-6) to an easy 91-62 rout of Mater Dei High School in basketball last Friday night. Sokolowski scored 23, Ryfinski 19 and Bob Goeke. 16.

Lars Guy had 14 and Charlei Hantke 13 for Mater Del. Notre Dame also win the iav vee game, 70-52. John Flynn RED BANK CATH mater nri i 1 fUntkt 1 is O'Nflll O'Bhe Mlrtucel HHOndo Mr Br ld Colpman KMnlf Warrtrk I Anrribtch 0 Kfllt i 11 l.ukrL'hun I 14 Dnrvt 0 Colltni 1 Our 1 7 0 0 1 11 11 til II 11 Miur Dl 11 17-90 Rtd ftftnk Ckth. 11 11 11 11 67 omcim Pli. rratttnso NOTRE DAME 4 MATER PFI OFT' OFF I It Ant'mbtrh I -lt Rvflruki I Ittlfrt Convf? Olanrftrll 1 1 LukrL'hia 4 1 in Hntk 1 0 1 rojt-llo 1 3 0 0 1 Nklrn It Dlsravtfe Snkolawikl ill Ri-llr Oockt 1 coinnn I Rout Zpgarikt Mull in lit Warrack 1 0 latlmpaon 1 7 1 1 II I 4 14 si ii i Notre Paint tl II II Matr Dtl 14 II 11 1142 omciaia Duprea.

Kelts Kudinsky in a record 8:44 with Joe Lynch of Highlands, N.J., placing fourth. The pole vault, delayed because of the long lump on the same runway, didn finish until 1:20 a.m. A bent cross bar add ed to the delay. Waiting for teammate Blizny etzov to try unsuccessfully for the third time at 16-11, Ter-Ova-nesyvan told newsmen "It cost lis muaon to Duiid mis piace, and they don't have enough money for two poles." Lawson Excels At Kansas City, John Lawson scored a double, winning the mile and, two-mile runs Saturday night to lead Kansas to the team title in the Big Eight championships. Lawson set a meet record with a 4:04.8 mile and then came back 50 minutes later and won the two-mile in 9:08.5.

Dave Crook of Nebraska and Don Payne of Kansas Stale set records for 12-lap tracks in the 600 and quarter-mile. Crook did 1:09.2 in the quarter mile in 48 seconds. A pair of European stars set world indoor records on the continent yesterday. At East Berlin, Siegfried Hermann of East Germany ran 3,000 meters in 7:49, 4.2 seconds better than the record he set last year. The outdoor mark is 7:39.6 by Keino.

At Lyons, France's. Michel Jary ran 1,500 meters in a good 3:40.7, to better the 3:41.9 set by East German's Jurgen May last week. Dennis 7th Ron Daniel, Port Washington, L.I., race walker, warmed up for his trip to Albuquerque by setting a meet mile walk record of 6:36 in the Capital Indoor Games at Albany, Saturday night. Ross Dennis of Monmouth College placed sev. enth in the all-star field drawn from three Eastern states.

nor league clubs indicates they will get varying shares of about $420,000 from radio and television. Several dubs get nothing in rights, other games art not aired on radio-television, while others are getting up to $1,500 for each televised game and up to $30,000 for season radio rights. "But the game Is still suffering internally and this is e-fleeted on the air is well as on the field," the magazine said, citine the Mi waukee-Atlanta franohis squabble, the dying minor leagues and last-place teams. "Cellar-dwellers do not com mand first-place prices, save the New York Mets in a league by themselves, the magazine said. "The Kansas City Athletics typify the team that no one seems to want, yet someone takes not for big profit but for civic pride.

The magazine said the picture is not entirely black, however. "The New York Yankees, al-though losing $250,000 by leaving tht CBS Saturday games and joining the major league NBC package, have picked up an additional $500,000 in local rtghts-4rom $1.3 million to $1.8 million." KatlaaaT" ErM IW4 llrhu Atlanta tl.M4.000 aso.ooo M0.00O 770.000 .000.000 .300.000 1.JO0.00O 4M.0O0 SM.000 1.000.000 lt.SH.000 Atlanta-Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Houaton Uu Anrrlea Philadelphia, New York Pittiburfth 8t. Loula San Frenciaco Totals Amrrlrie LetatM ISM Klfkta Baltimore Boston California, I m.m 00.000 1.000.000 SAO.ono 750.0(10 1,700.000 300.000 OOO.OflO 1,100.000 joo.ooo M.J40 000 Chlceeo Df trait eve ana Kannaa Cttj Mlnneaota, Npw York Waahlngton Tdtali years. Utah cHnched a tit for the Western Athletic Conference title by defeating New Mexico, 97-85, while Southern Methodist regained a first place tie with Texas in Southwestern Conference. The Mustangs beat Texas, 7W9, on Denny Holman's basket in the last 12 seconds.

The University of Pacific ended San Francisco's 34-game home court winning streak, 82- 71, and took a one-game lead over the Dons in the West Coast Athletic Conference. Each have two games left to play. UCLA crushed Stanford, 70-58, in the Pacific Athletic Conference, but Oregon State retained a two-game lead over the Bruins with three games left by downing Washington State, 54-47. Houston Romps Among the. independents, Houston rolled over Portland, 109-84, Army whipped Navy, 70-56, St John's of New York edged Marquette, 7048, on Bob Mclntyre's two free throws with two seconds left and Hank Fink- el came through with vital foul shots in the closing seconds, giving Dayton a 76-73 victory over ue faui.

With both the NCAA and the NIT opening next week, these are, the teams currently in the two major post-eeason tourneys: NCAA-Kentucky, Texas Western, Chicago Loyola. St. Jo seph's, Providence, Syracuse, Oklahoma City, Houston, Dayton, Colorado State, Davidson, Cincinnati, Miami of Ohio and Western Kentucky. NIT-St. John's, Virginia Tech, Boston College, DePaul, Penn state and Temple.

Teams will be named this week to round out tht 144eam field. Kentucky 'Runts' Tourney Choice German Skater Defects to West DAVOS, Switzerland UR An! East Berlin, who finished 14th Russian Team Skips Albuquerque Orman who 'i. iu vu r. 'rilLZZ w'r l'ly'rday and went to the West ureal enmany yesieraay. He Is Ralph Borghard, 21, of said the fuss hsd evolved Into a face-saving controversy.

"There is no dispute on feelings toward the law," the spokesman said. "Neither the Ivy Group nor the NCAA wants to give the impression of capitulating. "Both sides probably will have to eat a little bit of crow." The d'snu'e centers on a sec-t'on of the constitution which re-cu res that every NCM school a form of crrt'flcatlon that all athletes receiving grants-in-aid meet at least a 1.6 standard in a grading system In which 4.0 rfipresents 100 per cent. Any member failing to sign would be ineligible for national championship events, the NCAA ruled. The Ivy group, and some 100 other of the 571 NCAA members, took exception to the rule.

The Iv'es ebWed on the rround that a university should be oernvtted to set Its own academic standards. Besides, they said, their standards were well above the li figure and also, they pointed, they gave no grants-4n-ald to athletes. Ron Clarke of Australia is en route to a world record time of 8:28.8 for indoor two-mile run at San Francisco Friday night. (UPI) to go in. the two-mile in Albuquerque, possibly opposing Kenya's Kipchoge Keino.

The Russians dominated the Baltimore meet, taking five events. Igor Ter-Ovanesyan won the broad jump at Schelkinova took the 'women's broad jump at 21-5, Taisiya Chenchik won the women's high iump at 5-8, and Gennady Jliznyetxov copped the pole vault at 16-6. The two-mile went to Viktor Rupp's NCAA By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rupp's Runts, better known as the University of Kentucky Wildcats, are going to. win tne National Collegiate basketball championship in next month's NCAA title tournament. That's straight from Coach Adolph Rupp himseV, whose teams already have won a rec ord four national titles.

'You play like you did today and we'll be all right," the 64-year-old Baron of the Blue Grass told his unbeaten Wild cats Saturday after they had demolished Tennessee 78-64 for their 23rd victory this season. Louie Dampier and Pat Riley, two members of what Rupp calls the "smallest major col lege team in the nation," combined for 57 points as the top-ranked Wildcats earned an NCAA berth before 12,000 on their home court at Lexington, Ky. Dampier, a 6-foot junior, scored 29 points and Riley, a 6-3 junior, added 28 as the Wildcats clinched a tie for the Southeastern Conference title. Vandy Can Tie Fifth-ranked Vanderbilt is the only team with an outside chance to tie. Even if this unlikely situation develops, Kentucky will go to the NCAA because the Wildcats twice have beaten the Commodores.

"Thank you, thank you," beamed Rupp as Gov. Edward T. Breathitt of Kentucky congratulated him. Kentucky has two regular season games left, a return with Tennesree Saturday and against Tulane a week from Monday. Then the Wildcats will play in the NCAA at Iowa City, Iowa, March 11 against the winner of the March 7 game at Kent, By THE ASSOCIATED TRESS The Russians, who run very well, decided to walk Instead.

So they walked right out of the AAU national Indoor track and field championships In Albuquer que this weekend. "It's been so long," said Russian coach Gabriel Korobkov after his eight-man team had dominated the All-Eastern Games In Baltimore Saturday. we are urea. "We must get home to prepare for the U.S.S.R. championships." IC4A Saturday Some 64 Eastern colleges have entered the IC4A championships in New York's Madison Square Garden Satureay, the tame day as the last of the two-day AAU meet While the Russians and most of the Eastern schools will not be competing, the.

three worm indoor-record setters from last uftpk-pnrt will be there, along with milers Jim Ryun and Jim Grelle. Ryun. the 18-year-old Kansas twisation. ran the first Ameri can sub-four minute indoor mile of thj season in the Big Eight championship at Kansas City, and he did it unoer very aa-verse conditions. First of all, he was almost a lap ahead of his closest com-oetrtor In the freshman mile, finishing in 3:59.6 despite the lack of competition.

And he did it on an extremely tight, 12-lap tracTt. Grelle, the Portland, vet eran. won two mile runs, taking the event in San Francisco Fri day in then copping the Baltimore mile Saturday in 4:016. Australia's magnificent Ron Clarke was the big noise in San Francisco, however, breaking the indoor two-mile record with time of 8 28.8. He'j expected Ohio, between Dayton and Mi ami of Ohio.

The Miami Redskins qualified for the NCAA berth against Dayton by defeating Toledo, 79-72, for the Mid-American Conference title. Cincinnati and Davidson also qualified for the NCAA. Cincinna'i won the Missouri Valley Conference title by defeating Drake at home 56-49. Davidson won its first Southern Conference title by whipping West Virginia, 80-69, in the final of the league's championship tournament at Charlotte behind Dick Snyder's 27 points. The Duke Blue Devils, No.

2 in the nation, beat North Carolina 77-63 in their final test before the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament opens Thurs day at Raleigh with firsUeeded Duke meeting eighth-seeded Wake Forest, one of Duke's three conquerors this year. No. 3 Texas Western, the country's only other major un beaten team besides Kentucny, made it 22 in a row ky taking Colorado State, 72-55, and No. 5 Vanderbilt sunk Louisiana State, 102-84. Kansas, No.

6 in The As sociated Press poll, whacked No. 8 Nebraska at home, 110-73, the Huskers' first defeat in the Big Eight, and set up a possible conference playoff at a neutral site March 9. The St. Joseph's Hawks of Philadelphia, seventh-ranked, downed Xavier of Ohio, 101-83. Providence, No.

9, also won at home, against Holy Cross, 81-72. Tenth-ranked Michigan stayed on top in the Big Ten with a 105-85 victory over Purdue. Cornell upset Penn at Ithaca, 81-76, preventing until tomorrow, at least, the Quakers winning their first Ivy League title in 13 Ii GOOD LVCK.K1SS Elena Ponella, star of WJLK'i "Letter from Lee," a weekday afternoon show, plants god lock kiss on smiling Bill Geiger of Keyport. Geiger hod just signed a mojor league boitball contract with the Kansas City Athletics. Lee's five minute pregrem ot 5:40 p.m., today discusses whot takes place ot a signing.

The show format is topics of interest to young people. 1.