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-11- PAGE FOUR tAIAMI DAILY TUESDAY JANUARY 6 1959 lkIEWS- RECORD OKLAHOMA Bradley Beaten in Second Overtime With Cincinnati Kentucky Takes Mo 1 Cage spot I udtv Takes I NEW YORK (UPI) The Kentucky Wildcats vho emerged from college basketball's holiday action ith an 11-0 record today replaced the Cincinnati Bearcats as the nation's No 1 team in the United Press International (um) The Kentucky Wildcats ho basketball' holiday action with an ay replaced the Cincinnati Bearcats as I team in the United Press International 4 et i 4 ri 0 I i i 4 I 0 2 i 1 4 I I ''''i It L' i :121 4:: it it: ::0: 4 1' I I 4 i 1 i i- -I-4 4 1 loll i rik) -I A 1 I mil' Ati 1- 4 A 4 t'7 44 l'''' () 4 A 41b i li-- 4 i0 '1' l'i 4'- 1 IP I i V'': 4 4 Nt 0 4 1 i 40' it kJ 08 ills'J 1 4- 7 Lc4S Let 440014 l' Ct12' I 414 "7r- k7 7 is 08 Nr! 1 By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press International A single-point margin after two overtime periods saved Cincinnati from what would have been a costly Michigan State and Purdue weren't al lucky Cincinnati which tumbled from the No I national ranking all the way to No 6 after two straight tournament losses last week found itself faced with a big challenge to its rule in the Missouri Valley Conference Mon-ay night and Just barely defeated Bradley 85-84 to remain the titie choice ItSin ft 'V -zZt-: "-et 4 5 t' ''s1 '-''4 "4 A s' tel 4 4 i ityy-oa 1( 41 r-- 1 a ii' io ti i --v t- 41 ''si :4 44 7 '4 i ab vzr 411460) 1- iic 1 4- kf'' iSj 4 tabk e-m't7104 l' 41! l''''rA1' CI eia 00) i'R 16 4 i Oklahoma Wins OSU and Tulsa Are Defeated ratings Coactr Adolph Rupp's Wildcats took over first place in the UPI ratings for the first time since Feb 1 1955 Cincinnati which suffered its first two losses of the campaign last week -when it bowed to North Carolina State and North Carolina in the Dixie Classic dropped to sixth Cincinnati had topped the ratings during the first four weeks of the campaign North Carolina State advanced from sixth to second in the biggest upheaval of the season among the top 10 teams St John's University of New York was the only newcomer in the select group taking over leth place while Texas Christian slipped from ninth to 13th North Carolina State was second while Kansas State remained third North Carolina was fourth Michigan State Cincinnati Northwestern Bradley Auburn and St John's rounded out the top ten West Virginia headed the second 10 group Texas Texas Christian California Mississippi State Purdue St Bonaventure and Marquette followed in that order Utah State and Oklahoma City tied for 19th place Adolph Rupp's ildcats first place in the UPI "for the first time since 955 Cincinnati which suf- sic dropped to sixth when it Cincinnati had topped the ratings during the first four weeks of the the biggest upheaval of the sea- lat ws first two lsses th eek fered its oe bowed to North Carolina State and North Carolina in the Dixie Clas- campaign North Carolina State advanced from sixth to second in among th son top 10 teams St Weeb Ewbank rLd-'N1 Yo by Or'i WILL PLAY IN TOURNEY Gorillas who host the Quapaw Wildcats tonight in a Lucky Seven game are among the 14 teams entered in the Class division of the annual Northeastern UM tourney here Jan 15-17 Fifty-five teams will compete in the tourney's three divisions Members of the Picher squad are: standing from Bo Spoon Albert Garner Jim Sharbutt James Graves Larry Olds and Ronnie Williairs Kneeling: Benny Deatherage Walter Emarthla Jim Abernathy Doug Carnahan and Bud Kerley ta 1 4 Iii A 1E4 Ne--il IIMMMONlirEeMit Coll's Ewbank Coach of Year Ken Venturi Colorado Grove Wins at Lucky l's Top as Fair land 51-45 Clubs Paired in Surprise Club FAIRLAND (Special) Groves kRalrerkuninterapostedr tieirfirst 1 GamPc Inninht FAIRLAND (Special) Groves TZicigerunners posted their firs( basketball of the ames Tonight But Michigan State ranked No 5 nationally took an 80-63 drubbing from Iowa that could seriously hurt the Spartans' Big Ten hopes And 15th-ranked Purdue was beaten for the second straight game 77-69 by Indiana While these three high-ranked teams were having their woes three others turned in impressive wins Monday night Ninth-ranked Auburn made it 20 straight wins (nine this season) by trouncing Mississippi 60-47 third ranked Kansas State squeezed out a 59-56 victory over Iowa State and seventh-ranked Northwestern made shooting accuracy make up for rebounding deficiencies to beat Michigan 83- 78 National scoring champion Oscar Robertson tallied 28 points to lead the scoring for Cincinnati as it handed Bradley its first defeat of the year after eight wins But in the clutch plays late in the game other players were the stars Mike Owens saved Bradley from defeat in regulation time with a basket 38 seconds from the end Billy Joe McDade saved Bradley in the first overtime with five points in the last 58 seconds But Ralph Davis' two free throws with eight seconds left in the second session won the game for Cincinnati despite Gene Morse's field goal for Bradley with two seconds to go Michigan State held a seven-point lead on Iowa's court early in the second half but Iowa went on a rampage to take the lead with 14 minutes left and never trailed again Clarence Word law had 23 points 15 in the second half to pace Iowa State ace Johnny Green unable to drive against a zone defense scored only 18 mostly on long shots In other leading games Monday night: Illinois routed soph laden Wisconsin 77 51 as Govoner Vaughn and John Wessels scored 18 each St Louis made it 7-2 with a 79-62 win Over Pittsburgh despite little Don Hennon's 30 points Al Tate's 22 led to Wichita to an 85-78 win over North Texas St Ted Luckenbill's 29 led Houston to an 84-66 decision over Tulsa Duke nipped Wake Forest 58- 57 on John Frye's basket with two seconds left 18th-ranked Marquette ripped Loyola of Chicago 70-59 Ilth-ranked West Virginia chalked up its 41st straight Southern Conference win 100-66 over Furman Brown beat Harvard in overtime 68-63 Oregon State beat Stanford 68-56 and Washington edged UCLA 68-63 victory season Venturi Winner At Los Angeles On Twin Eagles In Big 8 Race by defeating the Fair land Owls 51 to 45 here last night The game had been postponed from Dec 16 because of Groves mid Leaders Leaaers National National December participation in the state Class football finals The first half score was deadlocked at 25-25 here last night The Fair land girls defeated Groves girls 31 to 17 in the opening game of the double-header The box score of the boys' game: The four top teams of the Lucky Seven basketball race are paired in "throat-cutting" operations tonight The Commerce Tigers with a 4-1 conference tecord vill host the league-leading Jay Bulldogs (4-0) Picher's Gorillas (1-1) will entertain the Quapaw Wildcats (4- 1) Other Lucky Seven games tonight will send Fair land to Wyandotte and Afton to Grove All teams of the circuit will compete in the Northeastern MINI tournament here Jan 15- 16-17 NEW YORK (UPI) Wilbur (Weeb) Ew bank who climaxed his "five-year plan" by guiding the Baltimore Colts to their first championship today was named the National Footbal4 League's "Coach of the Year" for 1958 in the annual United Press International poll Ewbank won the honor the way his Colts captured the 1955 Western Division He received 22 of the 29 votes cast by sports writers who covered the 1958 campaign in the 11 league cities Buddy Parker whose Pittsburgh Steelers were unbeaten in their last seven games was A distant second in the voting with four votes Only two other coaches were mentioned on the ballots Jim Lee Howell whose New York Giants defeated the Cleveland Browns in a playoff for the Eastern Division crown received two votes Paul Brown of the Browns received the other vote When Ewbank left Cleveland's staff to become head coach of the Colts in 1954 he planned to produce a champion in five years He hit it right on the button but his Colts needed the first "sudden death" overtime in NFL history to score a 23-17 victory over the Giants in the championship game Dec 28 United Press International Only Oklahoma University cagers came out on top Monday night with a 64-59 win over Missouri as Oklahoma State and Tulsa bowed to Kansas and Houston respectively Kansas made Oklahoma State's' debut in the Big Eight a sad one' 58-49 while Houston connected' with 57 per cent of its shots to down Tulsa 84-66 in a Missouri Valley conference Oklahoma City University which sat idle Monday battles West Texas State Wednesday Price Sets Mark Sooner guard Dennis Price broke his team's scoring mark for the year as he tossed in 27 points to lead the Oklahoma victory Forwards Al Abram and Cliff Talley with 18 and 17 respectively were high for Missouri Oklahoma trailed 3-0 in the early minutes of the game and then went ahead 4-3 with quick goals by Price and forward Del Heibebrecht Oklahoma led at halftime 34-24 and never yielded the lead Oklahoma State held the Jay-hawks to a 25-25 deadlock at half- time in Lawrence but Kansis raced ahead to take a 14 point lead twice in the second half and then stalled for the last three min- utes Arlen Clark Kansas's 6-9 pivot was high for the night with 27 points Houston in Command Except for a 2-0 deficit at the start of the game Houston led the Golden Hurricane all the way The Cougars had a 22-6 lead with 11 minutes left in the first half but Tulsa managed to cut it down to a 38-33 advantage by halftime The second half was pretty much a repeat Tulsa hit for only 33 per cent of its shots although ITulsa forward Jack Pontious was high for both teams with 20 GROVE 1511 FAIRLAND (45) fg ft pf tp 19 ft pf tp 5 2 3 12 Pe11 1 0 0 2 VtCP 2 2 3 6 GwrKien 3 0 4 6 1 1 0 5 A'hpiy 5 8 4 115 Bk 5 5 II Wh-r4y 3 0 2 6 Batter 3 3 19 Fronk lin 0 4 3 Homp' et 0 0 0 0 Juloon 4 1 1 9 Tafel 19 13 14 51! totals 16 13 13 45 tAne G-36 25 Fairland 25 By HAL WOOD LOS ANGELES (UPI) Back-to-back eagles one of the rarest of all golfing feats put young Ken Venturi of San Francisco off and running in the quest for money Winning honors on die 1959 golfing circuit today Venturi a 27-year-old picture swinger has been on the verge of greatness for his two years as a professional won the' $35000 Los Angeles Open Monday' with one of the great comebacks In golfing history Trailing by eight strokes at the start of the final round Ken shotl 6-under par 30 on the front nine then was 2 under par on the back1 nine for a 63 to catch the fading! Art Wall and win by two strokes! He finished with a 278 for the 72i holes I By LYLE SCHWILLING i 1 KANSAS CITY Mo NEW YORK Uni- Colorado Buffaloes gunned downl i ted Press International major col- by the big men the past three 'lege basketball ratings (first-place ypars may have the in I Ivotes and won lost records their backs and the 'drive in the Jan 3 in parentheses): backcourt to become important Team Points factors in the Big Eight basket-1 1Kentucky (24) (11-0) 312 ball race this season The Buffaloes out of the nation-I 1 2 Carolina State (4) (9-1) 276 al limelight since clinching the 3 Kansas State (5) (9-1) 243 iBig Eight crown and third place' 4 North Carolina (1) (8-1) 191'in the NCAA tournament in 1555 5 Michigan State (7-1) 190ion the star play of Burdy Haldor6 Cincinnati (6-2) 148son were picked to finish last in 7 Northwestern (8-1) )17 the Big Eight this season Instead they have Bradley (8-0) 99 1wlth a rush to become a top 9 Auburn (8-0) 961contender for the Big Eight crown 10 St John's (NY) (1) (9-1) 58and throw the fledgling confer-Second 10 teams-11 West Vit- ence race into a quandry of who giniae 30 12 Texas 26 13iwill beat whom and where Texas Christian 19 14 Califor-1 All this has transpired because nia 17 IS (tie) Mississippi State Gerry Schroeder a 6-1 senior and Purdue 13 each 17 St Bon-Iguard came from nowhere to beaventure 10 18 Marquette 8 19come probably the best little man (tie) Utah State and Oklahoma in the conference because the City 7 each "big-man" Don Walker at only 6-6 has become a defensive titan: Patterson Bout and because the Army released' Mick Mansfield a senior who won si in 1955 and '56 I If 1111 Cooper of 1 y're big snd y'rel 'strong" said Coach Tex Wnterl England Likely of Kansas State after his Wild-i cats managed to salvage a 1-point ifylutiu Littcty cats managed to salvage a 1-1)1-tI0 War Dogs Play At Claremore Miami's War Does wilt meet the McDonald Stars in Pro Bowl Workout LOS ANGELES (UPI) Last Coach Jimmy Lee Howell has ueen surprised by halfback Tommy McDonald of the Philadelphia Eagles a late choice to replace 011ie Matson of the Chicago Cardinals During a drill Monday for the Pro Bowl game to be held Sunday in the Memorial Coliseum McDonald was the standout The former Oklahoma star held onto five passes one for a 60-yard gain against top defensive platoon Claremore Zebras lot' the second time this season in a Verdigris! Valley conference basketball game at Claremore Coach John Lingo's Miamians' posted their first victory of the season over the Zebras by a 54-311 score in a game here Dec 19 Al few nights earlier Miami lost its season opener to Novata 71 to 53! The War Dogs now stand 3-2 for the season with victories over Tulsa tol Did Your Car Start Today? The average US city uses 162 gallons of water per day for each person living there 1 Marquette Rocky Comfort Mt win on an awkward hook shot byl and Claremore and losses NEW YORK (UPI) Ileavy-Bob Boozer in the final of the Springfield Central and Nowata Marquette Rocky comfort Mo and Claremore and losses BATTERY DEAD? $5300 Victory The victory was worth $5300 from the Los Angeles sponsor and Ken picked up another $3000 from the golf ball company which he represents The back-to-back eagles that brought him the championship" Icame on the eighth and ninth holes Monday lie was 1 under par coming into the seventh where be got a bird :1 3 The eighth hole is 542 yards long and Ken used a driver to get ulthin 18 inches of the pin on his second shot He calmly tanked the putt and he was on his way The ninth is 508 yards long On this one he took two shots to barely make the green This time he left himself a '40-foot putt but he rammed it home and finished the front nine with the best score of the tournament Ken coasted home with a 2-under par 33 to equal the course rec-1 ord of 63 set by Tommy Bolt in 1156 t7r trrotiort7477471 Condensed Statement of Nothing Is worse than trying to start a "stalled" car on one of these bitter cold mornings See Miami Sales today and be sure your car starts tomorrow SECURITY BANK TRUST Co GOODRICH Miami Oklahoma Battery Sale Miami and Claremore teams weight champion Floyd Patterson'pre-season tournament last week" will clas has tentatively picked Henry" may be the in the opener of tonight's Cooper of England for his next team we've met this seaton" twin bill at 7:30 challenger if Cooper beats Brian'A'inter said although K-State has London next week and conquered such teams' That became an open secret to-las North Carolina State Purdue Hunting Fishing day during the latest blast from License Sales in California San Francisco Cus D'Amato Patterson's manag- and St Joseph's of Philadelphia Oklahoma Increaese er against promoter Jack Solo- Schroeder skilled at ball hand mons of London and Truman Gib- ling quick on the inside and acOKLAHONIA CITY (UPI) son president of the International 'curate from the 15 sales of fishing and hunt Boxing Club to 20 the top scorer for mg licenses increased State Wild D'Amato told reporters that Sol- Colorado and the key to their life Departnient revenues by i lomons and Gibson have joined ho pes of livening up an unusually 'quarter minion dollars in I95S Di forces In trying to entice Cooper Idull conference race rector Clarence Burch announce( i away from promoter Marry Le- i Russ Lind a Junior who just' to lay vene of London Leven Is a 'missed lettering last year corn- a- friend of D'Amato and champion The commission holding its ref bines with Schroeder to give Patterson ular monthly meeting was told i Colorado one of the best back- has a net bank account of Si67 t- Although anon Cus would make court pairs in the conference no outright admission his vehed 66623 after meeting all alias Walker at center is not a pro- ment tirade left no doubt that he 1 lions 'rhis compares with $3GS ilific scorer but has a good hookli 76684 on Jan 1 195R and Levene had upon sh and moves well on delense Hunting and fishing license sal Cooper as the next challenger-6 oti considered the strong point of thebrought in $1592000 in 1959 corr either in London et the United iclub by 32-year-old Sox WalsothIpared with $1333000 the previou States if Cooper wrests the i in his third year as Buff year 'British Empire title from London coah "next Monday night at London Auditor Coble Gambill said 19! i easnor it nriric Pri nut I nntinn in Mansfield at 6-4 is another low 1 is off tn piInil ct nri with t1Q nr Empire title from London unru Yuar 115 DU" I next Monday night at London coach Cooper knocked out London in Mansfield at 6-4 is another low Hunting Fishing License Sales in Oklahoma Increaese OKLAIONIA CITY (UPI) Booming sales of fishing and bunting licenses increased State Wildlife Departnient revenues by quarter million dollars in 195S Director Clarence Burch announced today The commission holding its regular monthly meeting was told has a net bank account of 66623 after meeting all obligaitions This compares with 76684 on Jan I 1958 Hunting and fishing license sales brought in $1592000 in 1959 corn with $1333000 the previous year Auditor Coble Gambill said 1959 is off to a good start with 1 ol Statement at the Close of Business Dec 31 1938 0 FULL 3-YEAR GUARANTEE RESOURCES a it $657- $363- $28000 Iworth of licenses already sold 1 Burch said that cash on hand and funds due from the federal totaled 1N73000 on 1 The department owes hills tntalin $215000 leaving the $657- 1 009 net I Burch said he hopes the in revenue will permit raising of salaries in the fiscal year July 95 $31333967 305557 1489043 463427 HONE Costly Lith Hole Wall was in contention right up to the 15th hole Until then he needed to par out the rest of the way to tie Venturi who had finished his round an hour earlier Rut he got a bogey and he followed that with a bogey on the par-three 17th "That 15th hole cost me about moaned later Wall collected $3400 for second place with a score of 280 Billy Maxwell of Odessa Tex who was well in the running up to the lath when he too ran into a bogey came in third with a 2SI and got $22110 for his efforts Doug Sanders the second day leader from Miami Beach Fla finished with a 74 for 2S2 and got finished with a 74 for 2S2 and got Reg $1695 NOW Loans and Discounts Overdrafts Furniture and Fixtures Prepaid Insurance Real Estate Gov't Bonds Municipal Bonds and Warrants Cash and Due From Banks exch $275736254 1 41418585 122853163 440008002 Total $7556199 96 scorer but a good ball handler the first round of their previous land defensive man Walseth can fight May I 1956 and it is ap- i I parent that D'Amato believes i Insert 6:6 Jerry Olson 6-7 Matt Cooper has the 'weapons to beat I Baskin 6-3 jumping jack Billy I him again although London is now Lewis or 6-6 Frank Javernick into i rated sixth among world contend- the lineup giving the Buffs the 1 i ers by the Ring Magazine and height and depth to contend with i Cooper seventh almost any club 1 New York bookies say betting is reven money for Monday's fight HONOR RAVER JOHNSON lwhich is being promoted by Solo- LOS ANGELES RT1 Rafer Johnson the lAorid decathlon ree- mons The powerful British Mx- Nvill be honored at the 'n Board of Control "Id" i Cooper to challeng London: and! sp man orts Of the year award din- 1ner sponsored the British Isles boxers obeyL bY Sports thus- I again although London is now i rated sixth among world contend- liers by the Ring Magazine and i Cooper seventh I es New York booki say betting is reven mne oy' for Monday's fight Iwhich is being promoted by Solo I mons The powerful British Mx Cornplee Selection of Other 6 and 12 Volt Goodrich Batteries LIABILITIES: The latest census of greater snow geese shows there are about 46300 of them in the world I Capital 15000000 Surplus 15000000 Undivided Profits and Reserves 15854630 Unearned Interest 8386580 Reserve for Taxes 3200000 Deposits 698178786 See Us for Complete Battery Service and Inspection Notice Public Auction Foreign Car Owners the 11813C or else S010111011S is the promoter since he has London under contract trated A'odnesday night Romain Gary French consul general in Los Angeles will be the principal speaker Tota1 $755619996 of All Equipment Belonging to Miami Roping Club MIAMI SALES CO PUT NEW LlFE in your tor 'non it BLUE STREAK points and tendril sem Available at your repaii shop or service dealer Distributed by The above statement is correct Carselowey Cashier 208 North Main 2-2888 Sat Jan 10 30T1 4Cli is RI MOVING? 411 I tz Deposits Insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ESTABLISH TENNIS AWARD SYDNEY Auitra lia (UPI)--An Australia) Niroleum company (Arnpol) has established a cash award of 2500 pounds (5612) to be presented annually to "the worlds best tennis plver" The award will be open oniy to pro1 lessional players and will be made on the basis of results in 10 tournarnents including those at Forest Hills NY and Ls Angeles I ittuatd UTO'PAIIIIIrSIAO X1rZrOLWa at the Arena West of City Beginning at 2:00 pm Jack Purcell Pros 1 at the Arena West of City Beginning at 2:00 pm Jack Purcell Pros I B1 i ne EGoodric I your IL -GROWING BY SERVING" ()L A II NATION WIDI CAI VAN 11 STORAGE 30 Northeast Dial KI 2578) 130 Main 2-801 low Cart's IFiriAcet Pio336 PAogiths to 0 4 SELECT THE CAR YOU WANTS-THEN FINANCE AT YOUR-- Seciut ihj (Bank 6- jlatAt Company MEMBER FDIC Miami Oklahoma.

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