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Tha Manhattan Mercury March iy.na, Last Road Game V- In Final Week 5 Spots In NCAA Beatiip Cattails Paff Unsettled Tourney By ED CORRIGAN The Associated Press With c- vetod berths in the NC- AA Tournament at stake, no few- Border-Arizona State at Tempe (7-2) appears to be in the best spot. New Mexico (9-3) can overtake the leader. in Aheam Fieldhoiise, there was. 1 Tv, Tonight will be a busy evening all around the loop, as Oklahoma is; at Iowa State where the Cyclones- will try to keep alive their, hopes for second place; Colorado is at Missouri and the Tigers can wrap up at least sixth place by beating the hapless Buffs, who are 1-9 in the conference, following the 71-44 shellacking at Ames Saturday night. Oklahoma State, slipping a bit at end of the season is at Si.

Louis tonight, Saturday night Nebraska travels to Colorado, in addition to the battle" here, and Oklahoma State hosts" Wichita. After this week there will be just one game remaining in the loop, that a clash between Missouri and Iowa State at Ames. THIS WAY, TOO? Don Matuszak, ace guard of the Kansas State Wildcats, shows uncanny dribbling prowess in every game but he gave fans another one Saturday night in this pose, still controlling the ball even though on the floor. The little sparkplug had one of his best nights as the Wildcats defeated Missouri U. in one of the roughest games ever seen in Ahearn Fieldhouse; scoring 13 as K-State won 86-75.

Point For K-S Bearcats Have Two Games On Schedule U( NCAA tournament berth by beat er than five major conference races remained far up in the air today as the basketball season roared into its final week of regular play. Actually, seven NCAA league champions still must be decided, but the Southern and Atlantic Coast con erences send the win ner of their annual tournaments. West Virginia, which has won 33 straight games, is expected to retesent the ooutnern Confer ence. Duke is the favorite in the ACC. but North Carolina, North Caro lina State or Maryland could come out, on top.

Here, briefly, is how the others stand: Big Ten It looks as if Saturday's Michigan State Indiana game will be the showdown, although Iowa and Purdue still have hopes. Indiana must get past Illinois tonight, while Iowa meets Purdue, the loser to be eliminated. Southwest Conference South ern Methodist and Arkansas are at the top, but there is a possibil ity of it winding up in an un precedented four-way tie. Arkansas is in the best position. The Razorbacks play much-beaten Texas tomorrow while SMU must go against Giant killer Baylor.

Pacific Coast Conference This one, too, could wind up in a tie between California and Oregon state. Oregon State has three games this week starting with wasmngton tonight. California has only one left. Skyline Wyoming is a game aneaa of Colorado State. Each nas two games left to play.

Lane Woos, Wins Minnie Into Camp TUCSON, Ariz. Wl Minnie Minoso, a holdout for one day, was wielding his big "bat in the Cleveland Indians, camp here today after surrendering to General Manager Frank Lane. He signed a contract for $40,000 ana got away witnout paying the penalty Lane had threatened to levy on holdouts. In- good condition after playing winter baseball in Cuba, Minoso thought he was worth $45,000 this year. He got $36,000 last year with the Chicago White Sox.

Minoso arrived Saturday, the deadline set by Lane when he warned that $100 a day would be lopped off contract offers after March 1. He complained Lane was being "rough" with him in contract talks Saturday. Lane received Minoso's signa ture along with an admonition "Now just one thing. Don't holler at me in ball park no more. "One time I drop fly ball and you run out of left field stands and you holler at me.

"I no drop fly ball; you no holler. Okay?" Minoso, one of the best hitters in the American League, had played for Lane on the White Sox, where Cleveland sent mm in a three-way trade in April 1951. A rookie, he hit .326 that year and has a .307 lifetime batting aver age in the A bruised Kansas State Wildcat team left yesterday for Lincoln, Nebraska and their 'fmal road tame of the reeuar season against the Nebraski 'Cornhuskers tonight at 8 p.m. "Nebraska's Coliseum. the Wildcats will again be, without the services of center Jack Parr who missed wthe Missouri game due to the flu, and who was left at home to, recuperate.

The Wildcats wLS. be to complete their swing through, the conference unbeateo-on road, andmake the Huskers their llth sir Sight conference, Also on the line will be the 12 wins in a row chalked up by. the Gats, since Jan. "nd tne gaiifly 20-1 record, along 1 the No. 1 rating in the wire serv-ice polls.

-r After beating Missoun, 86-75, in the ruggedest battle ever seen i Tt Big Eight Standings OP oil Kansas SUt Kansas Ictfi State Oklahoma Nebraska Missouri iotr6 7 4 745 751 596 561 530 616 491 1528 1486 1422 1283" 1249, 1281 621 620 588 633 (30 666 Colorado 601 AU Games "1 Kansas State ...20 1 Kansas Oklahoma SUte 18 Iowa SUte -13 Oklahoma ..13 OP 1268 1229 1245 1176 1194 Mixaouri 9 II 130O( Nebraska 9 Colorado 8 1J 1195 1363 19 1134 1309 Gamei ThU Tonight Kansas SUte at Nebraska Oklahoma at Iowa SUte Oklahoma SUte at Louis at Missouri Saturday i. Kansas at Kansas Stat -Nabraska at Colorado WichiU at Oklahoma SUU Held Was III So He Batted Meager. 211 WEST PALM BEACH, iHa Woody Held, whom' the Kansas JtiktAliAB tinna 4a ilea in J-Afl. ter field, says he batted less than .200 in winter baseball because he wat' -HI. "I was so weak most of the time down there that I couldn't even get the bat around," he aid yesterday.

He lost 15 pounds while in the Dominican Republic. "I didn't do anything but eat fter I got home," Held said. "I'm Just now starting to feel that I lave my strength back and my yeight is almost normal." Among other rutfielders and in-Eelders reporting yesterday. Bob gerv and Billy Hunter drew the most attention because of their Sim figures. Each was 14 to 15 pounds under his last year's weight y- Sees Big.

Year TST. Fla. Wt -General Manager Bihg Devine of Die St Louis Cardinals says this be the year Bend Mizell comes up with that big sea-5earr and would hav )een shipped jron that's always een' expected if him. "Mizell had an 8-10 record last riown to Houston if the Cardinals ould have gotten1 waivers on 1pm. "You get the feelfq he's deter-ined to make up for last year," Eevine says.

"I think Jie'll have a of a season. I. have a lot of in him. Even with all his shortcomings, he should win 15, zo games for usY Mizell is working out at 200 jsounds. UK Pro Basketball Pro Basketball (NBA) JPy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday's RMilts Boston 107, Syracflse 10O jMumeapolis 103, Philadefpfta- 92 SU Louis 103, Cincinnati 9 jDrtrok 103, New Yerk Cincinnati 101, PhiladelphiiSff mi 11- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cincinnati's record breaking Bearcats, pointing for their midwest NCAA basketball tournament game with Kansas State of the Big on March 14 in Lawrence, complete their regular schedule this week.

I Oscar Robertson and his Bearcat playmates, ranked No. 3 nationally last week, meet No. 10 ranked Dayton tomorrow night and Xavier Saturday. Both games will be played in Cincinnati. Cincinnati clinched the Missouri Valley Conference crown and an Ottawa, Ravens To Playoffs Seeking Berth In NAIA By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The C.

I. C. champion St. Benedict's Ravens and the Ottawa Braves, I Kansas Conference ti-tlists, open a best 2-of-3 playoff series for the Kansas berth in the N. A.

I. A. basketball tournament tonight. Ottawa won all 14 of its Kansas Conference games, has a 19-4 regular season record and goes into the playoffs with a 15-ganie winning streak. The Braves coach is Bill Frear who teaches the high scoring, fast break type of basketball.

Coach Ralph Nolan's St. Benedict's club won the C. I. C. on an 8-2 record and has a season mark of 18-5.

The standings: CF. I. C. Already in, having wrapped tip their league championships, are Temple, Connecticut, Miami of Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas State, San Francisco, Idaho State and Tennessee of its allotted eight at- large choices already have been made. That list includes Old a homa State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Mann- ttan, Boston College Seattle and Loyola of New Or leans.

The other berth is reserved for Dartmouth, thr Ivy League winner, which does not automatically qualify. The rival National Invitation Tournament already has selected 9 of its 12 teams. One of the remaining three is certain to be defending champion Bradley. St. Bonaventure, Niagara, Dayton, St.

Peter's of Jersey City, Fordham, St. John's, Utah, Xavi er of Ohio and St. Joseph's of Philadelphia already are in. lona nf Maw Pnpholla fe nnnfUoi. nt.nKL able choice.

Manhattan Keg Team Places With 3 Marks Broken WICHITA OP) Three records were broken and one was tied in the Men's State Bowling Tournament which ended last night after 270 teams had participated. Took U7inl.W. luai Tin vuvn, ivuiba, iuucu 721 in the open singles to break the record of 714 set by Oral Claxton, Wichita, In 1939. The Class team record was raised to 2,897 by N. K.

C. Grain Neodesha. Pabody Recreation had the old mark of 2,697. C. McGaugh, Neodesha, set the Class all-events record of 1725.

The bid record was 1,712 by C. West. Final unofficial results included: Open class team Topeka Dollar Cleaners Manhattan Jensen's Cafe Topeka Blak-ley Insurance 2,976. Open doubles V. Brown arid G.

DeGraw, Topeka, W. Sanders and R. Anderson. ToDeka. 1,231.

Open singles Marvin Coo, Wichita, 721; Paul Grigsby, Wichita, 693; Don Showalter, Hutchin: son, 681. Open all-events Don Showalter Hutchinson, Joe Stanberry; Wichita, J. Williams, Cha. nute, 1,886. Other division leaders included: Class A Team, Wichita Cul-bertson Mortuary doubles, J.

Smith-W- Hayman, Lawrence, singles, L. Wasinger, Hays, 661 all-events, W. Hayman, Law- Irence, 1,839. Class Team, N. K.

C. Grain Neodesha, doubles, B. Spradlin Don Heller, Wichita, singles, W. Crawford, Coffey ville, 608; all-events, C. McGaugh, Neodesha, M89500 not a member of the team that did not have a or, sore spot to.

show for the Bob Boozer, who ripped the Tig-( ers with 35 had a well' bruised thigh from 'a Resounding fall he took whefi'a: Tiger under him during a lay-up. Don Matuszak, who has become a potent scorer in recent games, played with a bad Jcnee, and it is still sore, The peppery guard is on one of the hottest shooting binges a Wildcat has ever enjoyed, hitting 15 of his last 18 shots' from the field. However, despite the crippjed condition of the team, Coach Tex Winter can find' joy In the play of his who were forced to carry most of the load against Missouri. Wally Frantf.j the "sixth played his -usual fine game, and got, great help from Larry Fischer, Jim1 Holwer-da, Sonny Ballard; Steve' Douglas Glen Long and Bill alP'bt whom might see action tonight against the Huskers. 'Nebraska has mat played since gaining nation-wide recognition with the monumental upset1 of Kansas on Feb.

22. That Victory coupled with the two defeats suffered by Oklahoma last week, puts the Huskers" within striking distance of the Soonerr fourtn place peg in the conference. What strategy- the Nebraskans try against the Wildcats. remains to be seen, as-they, played very unorthodox game Kansas. On offense the Huskers worked for the lay-up, and would, shoot 'any other.

Of course, that strategy was abandoned, in, the final seconds i of the game, (and Jim Kubacki went-down. the Nebraska "history with his Jong jump shot that beat -In two previous meetings; 'ttts season the Cornhuskers' have Mid no success in battUng, the Wildcats, losing 88-57. in $el6ig EigHt Pre-Season tourney, and 74-59" in the opening conference tijt Ifl Manhattan HW Coach Jerry Biish-hatfanvarray of shooters in Willy--Fltzpatrick Hersohell Turner, Gary Reimers, Kubacki and Don SmidtLack of a potent scoring punch at center has hurt the Huskers, who have had to rely on their outside shooting, and screens in most battles this season. Following the 'Nebraska game the Wildcats will begin preparation for the final game of the regular season, Saturday night against Kansas in Ahearn Field-house. Wcll-Known Official Dies, Funeral Tuesday ST.

LOUIS Funeral services will be held tertnorrow for Arthur (Artie) Eilers.Vwho served as an official of theiMissouri Valley Athletic Conference -38 years before retiring last June. Eilers was 89 and died Saturday while officiating at a swimming meet. He was an all-aroid athlete at Washington' University St. Louis and later was Swimming coach, athletic business manafjer and director of athletics at, the school. He served as executive secretary of the Missouri Valley 'fim 1919 until 1946, when he becaime its first fuU-time-'njmissionef.

He was a 'member or the Oljmpic swimming committee. His mother survives. Hot On Lanes OKLAHOMA CITY jf- Ken Brown, Wichita, bowled a "90' series yesterday to replace Jess Self, Oklahoma as the Southwest Bowling Tournament Self had tajwi tiSk Hitti Jast weekend with 4677. tournament, ha.lqr; more week-: ehds to run, 41:3 PAYMENT New GENERAL JIRES. 6.70V1S Black.

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In other games Saturday Brad-1 clinched second place by beating Tulsa 60-46, bet St. Louis 81-76 and Drake upset Oklahoma State 61-54 with Red Mur-rell -hitting 32 points and taking oyer seventh place in national scoring with a 25.71 average. GFames this week: Tonight Bradley at Wichita, Oklahoma State at St. Louis, Houston at Drake. Tuesday Dayton at Cincinnati.

Thursday St. Louis at Tulsa. Saturday St. Louis at Houston, Wichita at Oklahoma Xaxier it Cinndinnati, Detroit Bradley has a game remaining with Seattle in Seattle March 10 Galena Man Is Champ Of state In Chess WICHITA lift-Bert Bryce-Nash of Galena is the Kansas chess champion, and John McDaniel, Wichita, is the junior champion. They won the titles yesterday at the close of a three-day tournament.

Alpen' Murphy, Topeka, placed second; Carl Weberg, Sa-lina, third; Gayle Hershey, Wichita, fourth. Dr. R. A. Self, Newton, was re elected president of the Kansas Chess Assn.

Weberg was named vice president, and Robert Lee-wright, Wichita, treasurer. They're Rough Too CHICAGO W-They really blew the whistle last night when St. Rita defeated Mt. Carmel 84-70 in a high school basketball game, in which fifty fouls were levied against Mt. Carmel.

Nine of Mt. Carmel's 12 players were banished because of the five-foul limit and the losers finished the game with only three men on the floor. lip I BEATIN' 'EM ON THE BOARDS Wally Frank, sophomore forward sensation of the K-State Wildcats, takes another of the 12 rebounds he got in Saturday night's game against the Missouri Tigers. The i big -Norton lad went the distance as subs were used freely when Center Jack Parr didn't suit up because of the flu and Bob Boozer and Roy DeWitz fouled out. Besides scoring well, Frank was a bearcat on the boards, getting nine rebounds in the second half.

That's John Stephens (No. 25) of Missouri whose efforts are to no avail against Frank. (Mercury staff photos.) Pet. St. Benedict's 8 2 .800 Emporia State 7 3 .700 Washburn 6 4 .600 Pittsburg 4 6 .400 Southwestern 4 6 .400 Fort Hays 1 9 .100 Kansas Conference Pet.

Ottawa 14 0 1.000 College of Emporia 9 5 .643 McPherson 9 5 .643 Bethany 8 6 .571 Bethel 7 7 .500 Baker 7 7 .500 Kansas Wesleyan 1 13 .071 Friends 1 13 Robertson Rockets Back To Score Lead, 35.08 Averaqe There's no station wagon like a CHEVROLET STATION WAGON 'By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two 50-point games last week Carried Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati back into the individual scoring lead among the major colleges. Figures furnished by the NCAA Service Bureau today showed that Robertson is leading the pack with a 35.08 average after following up his 50 point barrage against Wichita Saturday. In between, Seattle's Elgin Bahlor took the lead briefly with 51 points against Pacific Lutheran. Baylor is in second place with 34.55 average. Wilt' Chamber SEE THE 50'xlO' WIDE Palace Ranch Home TOPS IN MOBILE HOME LIVING 20-Gallon Hot Water Tank Automatic Washer Electric Brak Control Double Butan Tanks Hitch Ball Heary Duty Electric Cable 4 DUWvNOV! lain of Kansas, with little hope of catching the two leaders, held to third at 30.5.

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