The Daily Reporter from Dover, Ohio • Page 16

Page 16, The Daily Saturday, Mafch 19,1960 Area Cage Season Ended On 47-41 Loss Hi I and Defeated By Northwestern i BY NORM SINGLETON The 1959-60 basketball season has ended for Holmes County, Hiland, the area's last remaining hope for honors in the Ohio annual tournament playoffs, went by the wayside last night in the Canton Class A regional semifinals. It bowed to defending regional champion Northwestern 4741. Northwestern, which won the Class A crown in 1958, will be seeking its third straight trip to Columbus tonight at 8 in Memorial Ficldhousc when it meets burg. The latter defeated Lowcll- ville 57-46 in the second game of last night's twin bill, attended by a crowd exceeding 6,000. But the Huskies face an uphill struggle.

Dave Fuhrman, veteran high scorer, suffered a torn achilles tendon in his right foot and will be on the sidelines. He left the game with 1:42 remaining in the first period following a scuffle under the boards. The enter tonight's contest with a 26-0 record. Frazeysburg is 25-1. Hiland put forth an outstanding bid for victory.

Despite the fact that the breaks never seemed to go with them the Hawks never gave up and were right in -the thick of the battle until the final seconds. The Hawks found themselves in hot water almost from the beginning of the contest because of personal fouls. G'ame officials didn't give the defensive man much of an opportunity to show his real worth as they instituted close calls in that department throughout the contest. Before too many seconds had elapsed Hawk ace Gene I found himself carrying the load of i ted the Huskies 3 personals. He sat out much of their defense on the second period, appearing only briefly when he was charged with his fourth with 1:32 remaining in the first half.

His absence put a dent in the Hawk scoring attack and peftnit- to concentrate leading scorer Linus Miller, Gerber returned In the fourth period, scoring 5 points to ewd with 11 while Miller counted 12. See HILAND BOWS, Page 20 OSU Cal Paired In NCAA Final Early Leaders Retain Spots In Top ID ABC Ranks TOLEDO, Ohio of the early pacesetters in the 57th American Bowling Congress championships are hanging onto places in the top 10 longer than many veteran tournament observers expected. When Western Bowl No. 1 of Cincinnati took the lead in the open team division the second day of the now 2-week-old competition with 2,933, the experts predicted that score would not be among the top 20 after two weeks. They based their forecast on tlje high scoring of recent years in the ABC and the fact that most of the nation's major teams were scheduled to bowl during the first two weeks of the 79-day-long event.

But not until Friday night did Western Bowl drop off the ABC's "big board" which lists the top 10. Paterson, N.J., Stars rolled to take seventh place and shove the Cincinnatians to llth. Bcllcvue, Banks, which led the open division after the firsl week with 2,959, dropped only two notches during a week that saw the biggest, name teams make their bid. Central Welding of Lansing Mich, has been in top spot since Thursday night -with and Ottawa Lanes of Toledo is second with 2,9:17. Dick Weber of St.

Louis, who lends the all-events with 1,947, is the only nationally ranked star atop the standing board. The doubles division is headed by Robert Whc-L-ler and Frank lannarolli of Ashland, Ohio, whose has withstood assault since March 8. Pep Talk brings Results For Cal SAN FRANCISCO pep during a first-half timeout paid big dividends for California's defending national champs, finalists in tonight's NCAA basketball title game. California was behind 20-11 against Cincinnati Friday night when Coach Pete Newell called time and told his crew: "We've got to stick our chins out a little. We need more initiative on offense, more aggressiveness on defense.

The Bears responded, led 34-30 at halftime and won 77-68, By JACK STEVENSON Associated 'press Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) California's Golden Bears aim for a second straight NCAA basketball title against an underdog Ohio State club tonight turning back Cincinnati and its great Oscar Robertson. The Bears won their semifinal 77-69 Friday night. Earlier Ohio State romped to a 76-54 triumph over the Violets of New York University. NYU and Cincinnati meet in a consolation game tonight. Only three times before have teams won two national collegiate Bears Seek 2nd Crown cage titles in a A in 1945-46, Kentucky in 1948-49 and San Francisco in 195556.

California went into the Cincinnati game as three-point favorites and will be the choice by that much or more tonight at the Cow Palace despite the high scoring Buckeye offense that led the nation with a 91.6 average. Frid.ay night Cincinnati and California played a near repetition of i their semifinal last year when the limited Robertson to 19 'points. This time he scored only four field goals but added 10 from the free throw line for a total of 118 far below his 34.3 season 'average. I Caliornia's 6-foot-10 center, All- America Darrall Imhoff, turned in one of the greatest games of his life. He scored 25 points and led the comeback after Cincinnati held a 20-11 lead early in the game.

Teammate Bill McClintock tallied 18 and like Darrall proved a demon on defense. Tandy (Sillis -was the man guarding Robertson, but Coach jPete Newell said later all of his 1 team watched the Big when he had the ball. I "I'm- glad we don't have to play against Oscar anymore," said Pete. "His assists must set up at least 35 points. We jammed up on fc i in the first We had to overplay Oscar 'so much they got a man loose." Newell made no predictions on his game against Ohio State tonight except to say the Buckeyes Tonight's NCAA final Between Ohio State University and the University of California will be telecast by Wheeling WTRF (Channel 7) beginning at 11:45 p.m.

with pre-game warmup. It will also be telecast over Channel 6 from WTVN in Columbus. The ffame is slated to begin at midnight (local time). I had "one of the best Big Ten teams I've seen in a long time." They showed it in jumping to cm 8-0 lead against NYU and never falling behind. All-America Jerry Lucas and unsung play- maker Larry Siegfried led the attack with 19 points each.

Lucas at 6-8 made the Allt America team this season as a sophomore. 1 NYU closed to within two points late in the first half, but with Lucas showing the way, the Buckeyes pulled to a 37-28 halftime ad: vantage. California proved exceptionally hot at the free throw line sinking i its first 21 attempts and finishing with 25 of 32. Cincinnati sank 17 of 23. Both clubs hit -26 field goals.

"It's like I said," commented Cincinnati Coach George Smith, "the 'game would be decided by fouls, free throws and breaks. We got the fouls and they got the free throws and breaks." RIDING HERD. The poor little basketball has taken some miserable bounces this season, but when it saw this threesome of Bob Hochstetler of Hiland (left), Russ Gortner of Northwestern and Gene Gerber of the Hawks riding herd in its direction it must have turned flip flaps. At least it bounced in the Tuskies favor as they defeated Hiland 47-41 in the Canton Class A regionals last night. (Photo by Pete Groh) Play Limited For Drugged Ace Bradley Favored In NIT AP All-Americans Head All-Star Squad In Benefit Contest NEW YORK (AP) Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Darrall Imhoff and Jackson, four of vhe five members of the Associated Press' All-America basketball team, head a 20-man squad that will play in the Fresh Air Fund's 13th annual All-Star game at Madison Square Garden next Saturday night, March 26.

Robertson of Cincinnati and Irru hjff of California head the West learn coached by Cincinnati's George Smith. New York University's Lou Rossini will coach the East team, headed by. West of West Virginia, and Jackson of St. John's. The game has been designated as a semiofficial tryout for the college All-Star squad that will compete in the Olympic trials in Denver in two weeks.

Others on the West squad include Jimmy Darrow of Bowling Green and Ralph Davis of Cincinnati. Longest Big Ten punt of the 1959 football season was a 75 yarder kicked by Jerry Fields of Ohio State in a game against Wisconsin. By DON WEISS NEW YORK (AP) Bradley, with a drug scare to star sophomore Chet Walker apparently resolved, rules a four-point favorite over pesky Providence in the championship game of the National Basketball Tournament today. The top-seeded. Braves (26-2), playing in the NIT final for the third time in four years, meet Providence In a nationally televised (NBC) title game at 4 p.m., EST, following a third-place game between St.

Bonaventure and Utah State. "We've had our hands full trying to get ready for Providence and I'm glad this orange juice matter seems over," said Bradley Coach Chuck Orsborn after a police laboratory report and a doctor indicated Friday that it was uncontaminated juice that Walker drank before the team's 82-71 victory over St. Bonaventure Thursday night. The juice was brought to Walker's hotel room by a young man, about 19 or 20 dressed as a bellhop. The 6-7 Walker, a baby-faced Negro from Benton Harbor, who leads Bradley in scoring with a 22-point average, has spent most of the time in bed since he became ill during the game with the Bon' nies.

expect Walker to play, but I probably will have to use him In a limited capacity again" said Orsborn. Tired, weak, and nauseous during the semifinal, Walker played only 23 minutes but still 1 led the scoring wiUl 37 points. Newell Selected As'Coach Of Year' SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Coach Pete NeweU of University of Cali. jforma's defending NCAA basketball championship was named i coach ef the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Assn, Friday.

up his sixth year at Cal, took a U8-43 record into tonight's NCAA championship playoff..