The Warren County Observer from Warren, Pennsylvania • Page 24

PAGE TWENTY-FOUR WARREN COUNTY OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1962 WARREN, PA. Villanova Stays Unbeaten, 99-67; St. Bona Coasts To 85-68 Triumph VILLANOVA, Pa. (UPI) unbeaten Wildcats raced to an easy 99-67 victory over previously unbeaten Seton Hall last night before an overflow crowd of 4,200 to chalk up their 12th victory. All-American candidate Hubie White sparked the Wildcats with a 30-point performance, hitting 13 of 20 attempts from the floor, as the Wildcats overwhelmed the slower Pirates.

White and sophomore George Leftwich, who had 22 points, paced Villanova to a 51-29 halftime lead. OLE AN, N.Y. (UPI) BobMc- Cully, 6-9 senior, scored a career high of 28 points to lead St. Bonaventure University to an easy 8568 victory over Belmont Abbey at the Olean Armory. McCully hit on 10 of 15 attempts from the field in pacing the Bonnies to their eighth triumph in 10 starts this season.

Miles Aiken, 6-6 sophomore, was next in scoring with 21 points for E3onnies. Belmont Abbey dropped its first game in seven starts with Bemie Brennan and Joe McDermott each tallying 17 points. The Bonnies shot 46 per cent from the field an I Belmont Abbey 35 per cent. Tidioute Tumbles Eagles iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit Duke Tramples Penn 95-55 DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) Duke blitzed Penn State in the first half and rolled up 40-point leads in the second half last night to crush the Nittany Lions, 95-55.

CASH TO PAY BILLS Consolidate your bills with a single loan and only one payment to fit your budget. Warren Loan Co. SECOND FLOOR 301 Second Ave. Phone RA 3-6960 West Forest and Tidioute were among winners in the Upper Allegheny Valley League junior high school action yesterday afternoon. West Forest knocked off rival East Forest, 28-16, behind the 10-point output of Jerry Vincent.

Tidioute took care of Youngsville, 37-23, with Bill McGraw (14 points) and Larry Atkin (10 points) showing the way. Honor Mantle HOUSTON, ex. (UPI) Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees will be honored as the most courageous athlete Tuesday when he receives the Eddie Dyer Award at the second annual Houston Major League Baseball Dinner. The award, named after the former St. Louis Cardinals manager and Houston native, will be given for the first time.

Hills Sign Two BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) The American Football League Buffalo Bills announced yesterday the signing of two University of Maine backs. Manchester Wheeler, a pound quarterback, and 187-pound halfback Dave Cloutier have accepted terms offered by Buffalo director of player personnel Lou Saban. Both were free agents. CUSTOM FITTED Auto Tops Speedy Auto Top Warren-Jamestown Road Phone RA 3-5541 0 A Ni LOGAN'S MEN'S WEAR OPEN MONDAYS 9:30 A.

M. To 9:00 P. M. LOGAN 0 A Art Heyman scored 36 points and sophomore forward Jeff Mullins 24 for the Blue Devils. Heyman scored 26 points in the first half, most of them during a 10- minute spurt that moved Duke to a 54-32 lead at halftime.

It was the ninth victory against one loss for the eighth-ranked Blue Devils. Duke had a 63.9 per cent floor accuracy in the first half, hitting 23 of 36 shots from the floor and had a game total of 39 field goals. Last Second Win KALAMAZOO, Mich. (UPI) Bowling Green of Ohio sunk two crucial free throws in the last 25 seconds last night to edge past Western Michigan 73-72 in the opening Mid-American Conference basketball game for both schools. Trailing 72-71, Howie Komives dropped in a charity toss with 25 seconds to play to knot the battle at 72-72.

Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green center, then scored on his foul shot with 2 seconds remaining to give the Ohioans the win. Western led at halftime, 42-38. Komives paced BowlingGreen with 21 points and Bob Bolton was high for the Broncos with 20. Mounties Win MORGANTOWN, W. Va.

(UPI) Rod Thom and Jimmy McCormick hit for 22 points each last night to lead five West Virginia players in double figures as it rolled over the century mark for the first time this season in posting a 101-79 win over Virginia Military. Tom Lowry had 13 points, Kenny Ward 11 and Gale Catlett 10 as West Virginia defeated the Key dets for the 29th consecutive time in a Southern Conference basketball game. Norm Halberstadt scored 28 points for VMI, 24 of them combing in the second half. Halberstadt got his points on 14 field goals. VMI took a brief 4-2 lead but the fast breaking Mountaineers reeled off 14 consecutive points to take a 16-4 lead and the Key- dets were never in the game after that.

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Tech led at the half, 46-32. Rally To Win MIAMI BEACH (UPI) Miami mounted a second-half comeback on the powerful play of 7-1 center Mike McCoy to defeat Rhode Island 80-70 in a basketball game at Miami Beach Auditorium last night. Miami, trailing all through the first half and down 39-30 at intermission, finally tied the score at 49-49 and pulled away from there. McCoy snared 14 rebounds and scored 27 points, high for the game. Forward Charles Lee counted 25 for Rhode Island and forward David Ricereto had 15.

Streak Snapped CHICAGO (UPI) Marquette led all the way last night to whip DePaul, 75-68, and snap a 16 game Blue Demon home court winning streak. DePaul was last beaten on their home court in March 1960 by Dayton University. Ron Glasor and Dave Erickson teamed up to pace the Marquette win. Glasor got 21 points and Erickson picked up 18. M.

C. Thompson led the DePaul attack tieing for high game honors with 21. Teammate Dick Cook pumped in 19. Gannon Battles Belmont ERIE Gannon College goes in quest of its eighth straight triumph tonight when Belmont Abbey of Belmont, N.C. comes to town.

The tough Belmont team was unbeaten until last night when they bowed to St. Bonaventure, 85-68. Al McGuire, former player with the New York Knickerbockers, is head coach of Belmont Abbey. On Satruday night Coach George Knights go into battle against Youngstown University of Ohio in a battle of ex-Pennsylvania high school stars. The Penguins of Youngstown have beaten Alma, Villa Madonna, Alderson Broaddus College and St.

while losing to Ashland College, Geneva andSt.Fran­ cis on the floor. After opening with a win over Baldwin Wallace followed by a loss to Mansfield State, Coach Knights have reeled off victories over Pikeville, St. Vincent, Steubenville, Malone College, Indiana State, Texas Southern U. and Muskingum. Comparatively speaking, the Knights beat St.

Vincent 61-37 at Latrobe, Pa. while the Penguins dumped them 92-71 at home. Defensively, Gannon has been holding the opposition to an average of 57 points a game. The Penguins after seven games were averaging 78 loints per game offensively. Both teams are loaded with former western Pennsylvania scholastic stars.

The leading scorer for Youngstown is Ron Allen, a freshman from Wampum, who is averaging nearly 15 points a game and is also the leading rebounder for the Penguins. leading scorer is Willie Alford, a freshman with a 14.9 per game average. The leading Knight rebounder is Al Lawson, freshman from Homestead, with 142 for a 15.8 per game average. Both Bob Chuey (Brownsville, Pa.) and Tony Pero (Meadville, Pa.) are scoring at nearly 10 points a game for Youngstown. Pero likely will team with Bill Wolf at guard and Chuey along with either Larry Galcik (Springdale, Tom Getch, or Jim Himmelwright (Greensburg, Pa.) will probably round out the starting five for Coach Dom Rosselli, depending on the condition of Allen.

Lawson is second highest scorer at 13.1 and then follows Jack Byrnes (Swissvale, Pa.) at 11.0, Jerry Lott (Pittsburgh) at 10.0, Jerry Bodnar (Sharon, Pa.) at 9.8 and Joe Gaeta at 9.0. Alford, Lawson, Byrnes, Lott and Gaeta are the likely starters. BASKETBALL I SCOREBOARD By United Press International Harvard 72 Carnegie Tech 64 Duke 95 Penn St. 55 West Virginia 101 VMI 79 Richmond 76 Citadel 68 South Carolina 97 Georgia 72 Akron 69 Toledo 65 Lebanon Valley 85 Muhlenberg 62 Providence 56 Brown 54 Massachusetts 72 Northeastern 61 Dayton 64 Xavier (Ohio) 48 Maryland 67 Geo. Wash.

56 Army 73 Rider 67 Fairleigh Dickinson 84 Iona 75 Appalachian 84 Guilford 57 Davidson 62 William Mary 47 St. Bonaventure 85 Belmont Ab 68 Fairfield 88 St. Francis, N.Y. 76 Johnson C. Smith 66 Shaw U.

60 58 Virginia 65 Marshall 63 Quantico 81 American U. 68 Albright 60 Susquehanna 50 SE Missouri St. 83 Ark St. Pittsburgh 66 Kent St. 62 Georgetown 86 Mt.

St. Mary's 70 Texas Tech 77 Texas 66 Arkansas 64 Texas 59 Scranton 76 Yeshiva 72 Marquette 75 DePaul 68 E. Tenn. St. 73 Miss.

Southern 58 Macalester 65 St. Mary's Minn. 60 Houston 57 North Texas St. 44 Trinity Tex. 75 Tex.

Lutheran 70 St. Thomas 49 Hamline 47 Miami, Fla. 80 Rhode Is. 70 Virginia Tech 91 Alabama 67 Villanova 99 Seton Hall 67 SW Missouri St. 91 Wash.

Mo. 75.