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12-A 0wmYt9. Mmewggr Iwawiwr, D. 22, Western Favored In Tangerine High School Wesleyan Lashes South Carolina Bowl Contest With Coast Guard Basketball 4 ting run out of the stadium ORLANDO, Fla- (AP) Beaver Dam Invitational Favored Western Kentucky Yanderbilf inese mas of ours have surprised us all year and with the kind of passing attack we've got, meets the Coast Guard Academy here Dec. 28 for the 18th an Third Place Caneyville 61, Hartford 58 Championship" Greenville 71, Beaver Dam 46 Redd, Walsh Pace 82-74 Panther Win nual Tangerine Bowl football anything can happen." game. Both teams are undefeat Graham has eyed the trip as Skips Past ed.

a time for work, not a pleasure journey. Until arriving he nis Otto Graham, former star team hadn had any contact work since Nov. 16 when it quarterback of the Cleveland Browns who coaches the Coast basket. Redd hit a 25 footer to Louisville Saint Nicholas Tourney at Camargo Third Place Menifee Co. 62, Morgan Co.

57 Championship Camargo 73, Rowan Co. 63 open the scoring, Jim Ewing Guard, is impressed with West closed the first perfect season in academy history by beating By HERB PARKER Sports Editor Wesleyan bagged a big one! Kentucky Wesleyan College followed with a tip-in and the ern Kentucky's larger, heavier Springfield, 12-0. Sunday is the first off-day By BILL HUDSON Associated Press Writer LOUISVILLE (AP)-National squad, but not the odds. "Who knows." Graham said, "maybe they will beat us. We outbattled a tall and rugged Graham has allowed his troops Qs Panthers never trailed.

John Schroeder stole the ball from Redd, whose timing was off in the first half, and hit a layup to tie the score at 10-10 for the first and only time in the University of South Carolina Trigg County Invitational Third Place Hopkinsville 61, Hopkinsville know it will be a fine, test for ly eighth-r a Vanderbilt team to post an 82-74 win over They have had sessions twice each day with conditioning and individual contact work heavily our squad. But we didn't accept struggled to a 91-82 basketball the Gamecocks before 5,000 fans Attucks 45 the bowl bid with the idea of get- victory Saturday night over Lou at the Sportscenter Saturday isville with its big push keyed stressed. The Cadets were scheduled to take the 50-mile Championship Providence 64, Trigg Co. 57 around the shooting of 6-foot-9 sophomore Clyde lee. tourist trip to Cypress Gardens first half.

But wesleyan got a free throw by Redd, two clutch fielders by Walsh and a 35-footer by Redd to send KWC ahead by 17-10. Ratliff exploded for three St. Mary Sunday afternoon. The Commodores lost a 13- Coach Graham will take them Whitesburg Invitational Third Place Letcher Co. 42, Whitesburg 36 Championship Jenkins 57, Fleming-Neon 48 point lead to open the second half, but, after Louisville tied immediately tack to the prac- tice field Monday, however, with double sessions scheduled Mon Falls, 104-67, the score at 57-57, Lee took com mand with his hook shot and day and Tuesday.

work under the basket. He hit They also will work Christmas morning but will spend the aft seven of Vandy's next 11 points. To Buffaloes Capital City Invitational Championship Lex. Dunbar 77, Lex. 5 The Commodores soon had a 9-point edge and were in trouble ernoon sharing a yule dinner! with local citizens who have invited players from both teams DRAKESBORO, no more.

boro Community romped to a Plagued by frequent floor er night It was the sixth win of the season for the high-scoring Panther quintet and its third victory over a major college opponent came before the largest Sportscenter crowd of the season. It was open season on Gamecocks for at least two of the Wesleyan players. Mike Redd and Doug Walsh combined their scoring talents to total more than half of the Wesleyan points. Redd, a 6-2 Louisville freshman, pumped in 26 on six field goals and 14 of 15 free throw tries. Walsh, a 6-5 Madisonville senior pivotman who seemingly improves his scoring touch with each game, popped through eight fielders and nine of 14 at the free throw line for 25 counters.

The win was a big one for the Panthers since South Carolina came into the contest just five days after holding nationally ranked Duke to a narrow into their homes. Lou. Male 72, Bowling Green 104-67 victory over Whitesville Thursday and Friday one-a High Street 40 straight fielders late in the half to send Wesleyan in front by 15, 40-25. Ratliff, hemmed in by Gamecocks under the basket, tried three times to drop in a layup on one series of plays before finally sinking the crip, a fourth effort performance that got a leaping cheer from Panther Coach Guy Strong. Wesleyan's longest lead of the half was at 43-27 with 17 seconds to go, Collins sinking two free throws just before the half-ending horn sounded to account for the Panthers' 43-29 advantage at the midway mark.

Gamecocks Rally Wesleyan extended its lead to 17 points early in the second rors, Vanderbilt once trailed by five points in the opening minutes and was unable to pull out until three reserves came on St. Mary here last night as five players scored in double figures. day practices are in order with the members of both teams spending an afternoon at the Harry-Anna Home for Crippled Children in nearby Umatilla. The Christian Co. 54, Lou.

Flaget 40 Lou. Central 59, Lou. St. Xavier 57 (ot) Betsy Layne 96, Elkhorn City 49 The Buffaloes built up a 20- past the middle of the first half. point first quarter lead at 27-7 The tally was 48-36 at intermis and coasted until the fourth pe sion but Louisville came roaring home is the No.

1 beneficiary of1 back, led by junior Eddie riod when they poured through 33 markers to account for the final 37-point margin. Creamer and within six mmutes had the score tied. the charity football game. Western was to arrive Saturday with Coach Nick Denes also anxious to get the Hilltoppers busy. Unfavorable weather has restricted his on-campus prac The victory was Vanderbilt's Leon Goins led the point parade for the winners with 24 counters while George Goins and Charles Davis each racked seventh this season and 12th straight over a two-year span.

half and the Panthers still led by 56-46 with 10:59 to go. But then South Carolina, as Ronnie upset the Atlantic Coast Conference quintet by an 82-74 score for the Panthers' sixth win in seven games. Carolina's Ronnie Collins during action in the Panther-Gamecock game at the Sportscenter last night. Wesleyan CM ERE BALL Kentucky Wesleyan's Mike Redd (foreground) and Don Ratliff (behind Redd) battled with South tices also. The Commodores got 26 points Henry Co.

55, Pulaski Co. 50 Wheelwright 87, Martin 61 Meade Co. 61, Hancock Co. 49 McDowell 80, Wayland 72 Hancock Co. 58, Madisonville Rosenwald 55 Webster Co.

79, Morganfield 50 Franklin Lincoln 70, Bowling Green St. Joe 39 Lou. Ahrens 53, Lou. Bishop David 51 -Lou. DeSales 55, Lou.

Ather- ton 49 Dayton Chaminade 76, Lou. Collins began to score after from Lee and 18 from their othe bid man, 6 foot-7 Bob Grace. The game will be played at 8 p.m. Dec. 28 and is expected to draw about 10,000 fans.

There Ratliff was handicapped with personal fouls, came back. The Gamecocks pulled within Louisville, now 3-3, was led by John Reuther with 24, 18 of them up 23. Mike Dickerson and Has-sel Tutt rounded out the prolific scoring attack of Community with 18 and 16 points, respectively. Bud Clark led the Angels with 21 markers while Dennis Evans will be no national radio or tele vision coverage. five points on four occasions in the last half.

Greenville Crushes Beaver Dam, 71-46 late in the game, the last time at 69-64 with 4:03 remaining. Western won the Ohio Valley Conference championship and VANDERBILT 77-70 win. The experienced Gamecocks, members of the strong Atlantic Coast Conference, used a multitude of defenses in an effort to stop Wes-leyan's attack. South Carolina threw a full court press, half court press, 1-3-1 zone and a tight man-to-man at the Panthers but Wesleyan still scored 82 points. Don Ratliff also scored in double figures.

The 6-4 Pikeville forward got 11 on five fielders and one of one free throws. But a 25-footer by Walsh and two free throws by Redd Trinity 62 Wolverines Easy Winners Over Duke By BERNIE KENNEDY had a 9-0-1 record. The only blot on the mark was a 14-14 tie with Tampa early in the year. Coast Grace Taylor squelched that final South Caro Eminence 68, Berea 63 Dawson Springs 84, Fredonla nets scoring with 20 points while W. C.

Watkins and Stan Lee lina rally. Guard had an 8-0 season. 41 BEAVER DAM, Ky. Greenville trounced a wounded Dam quint, 71-46, and cap jgjand Ed McKinley each added 0 1 18 points to the losing cause. 26 1 The Buffaloes will host 8 Hughes-Kirk in its next en- 10 counter on Jan.

10. Community 12 is now 6-5 on the season. loj St. Mary will take the hard- 0-0 0-0 6-9 4-5 2-2 6-6 2- 2 3- 6 9 0 10 2 4 3 4 2 Wesleyan will take its 6-1 rec Snyder added 12 and 10 re Mayfield 111, Puryear, ord against George Washington tured the championship of the 36 Jockey Suspended in the second game of the All- Beaver Dam Invitational Tour Lyon Co. 65, Livingston Cen Miller Schurig Thomas Green Calvert Totals nament here Saturday night.

MIAMI (AP) Michael Car- tral 63 (ot) 7 1 wood again next Friday when Wesleyan posted the win de American City doubleheader next Friday night. South Carolina now has a 2 3 record. Associated Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP)-Michigan controlled the back Caneyville nipped Hartford, rozella, Tropical Park's leading spectively. Smith led Rosenwald with 17 points.

Score by quarters: Hancock Co. 10 23 44 58 Mad. Rosenwald 19 38 48 55 Hancock County (58) Estes 3, Hickey 8, Toler 20, Hubbard spite the fact that Charles Tay 34 23 30 91 Jiusb a aiii-jr x-anu Score hv onarters: 61-58, in the consolation game. lor, one of the Panthers lead St. Mary 7 20 18 boards and quickly solved'LOUISVILLE The championship game was 22 67 The Box Score: ing scorers and rebounders, was1 apprentice rider, was suspended Saturday after stewards found him guilty of careless riding in Friday's fifth race.

nip-and-tuck throughout the first SOUTH CAROLINA 1-2 15 Community 27 21 23 33104 FG FT PF TP half with Greenville holding -a 6-12 24 1 St. Mary (67) Wimsatt 4 5, Watkins 12, Snyder 10. Duke's zone defense en route to Hawley an 83-67 victory in a meeting of Reuther two of the nation's top-ranked! Smith basketball teams Saturday Rooks Somerset 47, Danville Nicholas Co. 61, Estill Co. 58 Woodford Co.

61, Boyd Co. 8 Clark Co. 78, Hazard 77 (ot) Cordia 70, Owsley Co. 56 Garrett 49, Breathitt Co. 2 st.

Catherine, New Haven 69, Mackville 8 Drakesboro Community 104, Whitesville St. Marys 67 sidelined with an injured ankle. Collins Scores 30 The Gamecocks didn't surrender without the toughest Sports margin at the interims- 2-2 10 Ward 2, Clark 21, Evans 18, Rosenwald (55) Smith 17, 30 sion. The undefeated Blackhawk 11 McKinley 18, Coomes 4. Yarbrough R.

Collins Schroeder Carrozella's mount, Sweet Frima, won the race but was disqualified for interference in 7 9 4 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 night. Creamer center battle Wesleyan had had 4 beat Beaver Dam off the boards 15 in the third period to win by the stretch run. this year and the big thorn in The third-ranked Wolverines Finnegan Bowman 8, McNary 13, High-tower 10, Logan 7. Team Score: Madisonville 38-35. Officials: List and Ogle.

5-6 2-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 14 Community (104) G. Goins 8 23, Dickerson 18, Davis 23, L. 0' Goins 24, Tutt 16. 0 team game: Community, 0 43-33. the Panthers' side all night was 6-11 12-15 0- 0 3-3 2-4 1- 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 The jockey, who had brought in 16 winners through Friday, 2 9 2 6 1 2 2 0 1 25 jumped to an early 6-3 lead andjAkridge were never headed.

They were Houston J. Collins Lucansky Fox Gorsage White South Carolina's Ron Collins, Collins, a 6-3 senior forward, ahead by as many as 20 points Rothman KEEP BUYING BONDS! will be sidelined for 10 days, beginning next Tuesday. Ol Offifials- Hnine and Willie Doutaz midway in the second half. used a dozen clever maneuvers to shake loose for baskets and 4 the big score. 5 Bill Jernigan paced the Greensville attack with 22 points while 0 Eddie Rose hit for 17 points.

2 Don Williams pumped in 16 7 points to lead Beaver Dam. Beaver Dam played without 11 a head infection. 6ithe services of guard Mike Grich Totals Sophomore Cazzie Russell Murray Falls 33 16-28 82 48 4391 36 46-82 TOTALS 24-32 30 Vanderbilt KENTUCKY WESLEYAN Louisville paced Michigan with 21 points, 18 of them coming in the second half. He, along with the other big men in the Wolverines' lineup, were used primarily on de scored 30 points, high for the game. Jimmy Collins hit his average on the nose as the 6-1 guard scored 15 while 6-3 Bill Yar-brough added ten.

Personal fouls Vanderbilt, Grace 4, Taylor 2, Lee 5, Miller Ratliff Ewing Walsh Hughes Redd 4, Schurig 4, Thomas 3. Louisville, Hawley 3, Reuther 4, Smith To Dayton By 86-71 Score fense in the first half. 1- 1 2- 3 9-14 3- 4 14-15 0- 0 1- 2 0-0 0-0 Wesleyan's biggest battle came on the backboards. South 5 2 8 2 6 0 2 1 0 26 4, Rooks 5, Creamer 4, Finne Duke's Jeff Mullins took game 25 Givens who was sidelined witn 7 a head infection. 26 Score by quarters: 0 Greenville 19 33 50 71 5 Beaver Dam 14 30 40 46 2 Greenville (71) J.

Elliott 0 12, Baker 2, Drake 11, Rose 17, Bradley gan 2, Rothman, Doutaz 4. scoring honors with 22 points. Attendance 8,479. The fifth-ranked Blue Devils Wise Radcliff Douglas TOTALS played deliberately in the first DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Day ton's Flyers, shaking off a red' 1 A I i love song in fragrance! Wff the Giin 30-39 25 82 L. Elliott 4, Jernigan 22, Cary hot Murray start, hit a blister half and were held to nine field goals.

They kept the game close, howver, by making good on 12 of 14 free throws. Carolina, featuring pivotmen standing 6-9, 6-7 and 6-6, outre-bounded the Panthers 50 to 45. Ronnie Collins had 13 rebounds for South Carolina and Yar-brough grabbed 12. Walsh and Ratliff, who played extremely well before he fouled out, both plucked off nine deflections. Statistics Giles Honored ing field goal percentage in the second half of Saturday night's basketball game and rolled to 2, Forgy 1.

Beaver Dam (46) Hill 12, Williams 16, Annis 6, Reid 2, Elmore 10. Caneyville took the consola College Basketball Michigan, which led 38-30 at CINCINNATI (AP) -National the half, picked off 61 rebounds an 86-71 victory. It was Dayton's League President Warren C. to 35 for the much taller Blue seventh victory without defeat, tion contest by pulling away in the third quarter and holding Devils. Michigan's Bill Bun tin The Thoroughbreds, now 5-3, zoomed ahead 10-0 when they Giles was named winner Saturday of this year's Powell Cros-ley Memorial Award for out grabbed 18 of the rebounds and on to win 61-58, Wesleyan, again shooting well added 14 points.

Larry Tregon Charles Strasberger hit for 16imade their first five shots. Day standing contribution to baseball from the field, hit 26 of 60 field goal attempts for a 43.3 per ton scrambled into a 15-15 tie points to lead Caneyville while ing notched 17 for the Wolverines before fouling out early in in the Cincinnati area. but Murray pulled out again and centage. The Gamecocks sank the second half. led 44-38 at intermission.

25 of 64 from the field for a The award is presented by the Cincinnati chapter of the Base Davis pumped in 11. Danny Smith led Hartford with 24 points and Bobby Combs had The victory was the sixth The Flyers rang up 69 per 39.1 mark. straight for Michigan. Duke is cent of their floor shots in the ball Writers Association of America, and Giles will receive The first half was rough and rugged with both teams knock- now 6-2. ing hard, particularly under the jau; meeims second half, took the lead at 50-49 and cinched things by streaking fom 58-56 to 68-56.

For the game, Dayton had torrid .635 13. Score by quarters: Caneyville 16 25 39 61 Hartford 16 26 35 58 Caneyville (61) Strasberger 16, Weed man 2, Mudd 13, Miami's Chief KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL Championship Kentucky Wake Fores Third Place Princeton 90, Wisconsin 87, evertimt Kentucky Wesleyan 82, South Carolina 74 Evansville 110. Purdue 84 Lasalle 58, Niagara 54 Drexel 69, Upsala 59 Ohio State 78, Wichita 60 St. Bonaventure 87, Eastern Kentucky 63 Syracuse 100, Valparaiso 66 Rollins 63, Georgia State 59 Akron 72, Kent State 70 Maryland 75, Louisiana State 65 Oswego State 81, Queens N.Y. 68 Geneva 64, Carnegie Tech 61 Western Michigan 106, Northern Illinois 78 Yeshlva 79, New Haven College 77 Oklahoma State 69, Texas 53 Tulsa 86, Florida 82 Boston College 94, Los Angeles State S3 Army 83, Manhattan 59 W.

Post 76, Alfred 68 Minnesota 64, Drake 51 Villa Madonna 94, Marian Ind. 87 Notre Dame 70, Northwestern 68 Marshall, w.Va. 102, St.Francis, Pa. 91 Michigan 83, Duke 67 Butler 82, Toledo 61 Georgia Tech 96, Georgetown 71 Vanderbilt 91, Louisville 82 nnviifenn 105. East Carolina 77 accuracy from the field on 33 of Aide Interviewed SEE JIMMY HIGDON ol the JIM MARTIN Green 4, Vincent 10, Willoughby 52 attempts.

Murray went 31 for 72. Giles has headed the National League since 1951 and is responsible for league headquarters being in Cincinnati. As former general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, he guided the club to Home. Her office is in the Eco-and the World Series in 1940. 5, Davis 11.

MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Walt PAINT STORE Sophomore Henry 1 twain Esta again was outstanding for Day Jrd a Triplttt 684-4311 Kichefski, chief assistant to the University of Miami's retired Hartford (58) Henry 7, Ellis 10, Shcpler 2, Smith 24, Combs 13, Moore 2. Officials: Russell and Pernod. "MONEY BACK GUARANTEE" ton. He scored 28 points and led Flyer rebounders with a dozen.

football coach, Andy Gustafson, was interviewed Saturday as a Soph Hank Finkel, 6-foot-ll, con prospect for the job. tributed 20 points as the entire Florida Southern 102, Tennessee Wesleyan 91 Youngstown Univ. 92, Illinois Wesleyan 65 starting five tallied 11 or more Stewart Johnson scored 22 Hancock County 58 Madisonville 55 By BILLY BROWN HAWESVILLE, Ky. (Special) Hancock County came from Kichefski, a one-time star Miami end and an assistant coach for 17 years, talked with the board of trustees, the faculty committee and Dr. Henry King I points and Jim Jennings 17 as JAMES I.

PAYNE WittenBerg 68. susquenanno i Univ. of California, Santo Barbara, at Alaska, cancelled Hofstra 91, Wagner 80 Florida State 107, Tampo 61 Fordham 84, Dartmouth 51 Canlslus 84, Connecticut 56 Adelphl 94, Hunter 53 Lona Island U. 94, Clark, Mass. 76 Murray's pacesetters, also topping rebounders with 12 and 11 respectively.

Stanford, university president. 15 points behind in the third quarter to nip Madisonville Ro Charlie Tate, Georgia Tech assistant, was interviewed earlier last week and Bill Peterson, MOTOR COMPANY Parrish Ave. and Carter Road Pan American 85, William Jewell, Ma. 49 Utah State 64, Arizona 60 Washington, St. Louis, 56, New Mexico 55 senwald, 58-55, here Saturday night.

Florida State head coach, re it Clayborne Toler led the Hor- (1 I portedly was due here Saturday Utah 7y, Rice Temple 65, Penn 55 Memphis State 98, Mississippi 71 St. Louis Univ. 72, Missouri 65 Atlantic Christian 94, Wilmington, N.C. 71 DePaul 90, Marquette 69 Michigan State 118, Oklahoma 100 Tennessee 81, Virginia Tech 60 I 5-6 3-4 0- 1 1- 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 for a conference with university officials. Gibson guitars.

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