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10 THE REGISTER-NEWS MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963 Plenty Of Challengers Kahoks Appear Best In An Area Packed With Good Quintets Heart Fund Benefit Tonight! SPORTING DAZE By JOHN RACKAWAY BASKETBALL ENTHUSIASM mm mm STANDINGS SOUTH SEVEN Conf Team Centralis 10 0 20 9 2 16 Mt. Vernon 5 5 10 BenIon 5 6 9 Marion 4 6 10 Herrin 2 8 10 W. Frankfort 1 9 9 Ml Cm. 1 5 7 10 .11 12 11 GAMES FRIDAY Mt.

Vernon at Harrisburg. Centralis at W. Frankfort. Marion at Herrin Murphysboro at Benton. Chester at Carbondale Wayne City at Dahlgren Woodlawn at Ashley Carmi at Salem Christopher at Sessrr Vienna at Carterville Metropolis at Anna-J'boro Galatia at Shawneetown Olney at Fairfield GAMES SATURDAY Centralia at Pinckneyville.

W. Frankfort at J. City. Marion at Du Quoin. Sparta at Murphysboro McLeans'ooro at Eldorado Cairo at Attucks Cape Girardeau Second In Poll Drops Out By DON PLARSKI Sports Editor Alton Evening Telegraph ALTON.

111. (AP)-Collinsville. the state's No. 2 team as the pvep basketball season heads toward the madness of tournament time, appears the class of Southwestern Illinois. But watch such other teams from this cage-wacky area as Belleville, Edwardsville.

Cahokia. Lincoln of Fast St. Louis and Madison, once tourney "hectivi- ty" rolls around. Belleville, once a leader in this season's Associated Press state poll, now ranks 10th with a 20-3 record. Edwardsville ranks 13th.

Only three points separate Col- linsviUe from a perfect 21-0 mark. The Kahoks' lone loss came in their second game of the season at Granite City. 66-64. Since then Coach Vergil Fletcher's charges have run roughshod over 19 straight opponents. The Kahoks climbed steadily up the state rating ladder since the beginning of the season until reaching their glorified height of the runnertip spot behind Ccn- tralia's Orphans.

Collinsville lias achieved its lofty distinction with a starting lineup that includes three juniors and two seniors. Most of the offensive and defensive burden has fallen on the shoulders of Collinsville's "big three" of Ron Matikitis. Joe Brennan and Roger Bohnenstiehl. The guards are Jerry Soehlke and David Russell, both juniors. Bohnenstiehl, the other junior, Is the team's leading scorer.

He is hitting a 20-plus clip and is the top scorer in the tough Southwestern Conference where such other stalwarts as Belleville, Edwardsville and Granite City compete. The 1962-63 Purple and White edition is reminiscent of Collinsville's undefeated 1960-61 club that captured the state championship enroute to a 32-0 record. The current Kahoks employ the full-game, all court zone Press that played havoc with 1960-61 foes. This season's "big three" is comparable to the 1690-61 trio of Bogie Redmon, Fred Riddle aiid Bob Basola. Until recently, Collinsville's biggest argument as the prep powerhouse in this area came from still-potent Belleville.

The Maroons leaped into first place in the statewide poll after beating Centralia in the latter's holiday tournament. They stayed there until beaten 5n surprisingly easy fashion bv Collinsville on Feb. 1, 60-51. A week later the Maroons were upset by Edwardsville, 74-71. to drop them further in the ratings Even with three losses.

Belleville is not finished. On the con trary, the losses could make Coach Jerry Turner's club tougher once the state elimination tourneys begin. Belleville banks on the gifted touch of 6-5 senior center Dave Renn with added punch supplied by senior guard Roger Bechtold. WhUe Renn and Bechtold usually earn high-point laurels, balance is the main forte of the Maroons. Coach Jerry Turner considers junior Del Gerrnann the "best six-footer" in the state.

Ho holds down one forward spot while 6-5 senior Jerry Jowett anchors the other side of the floor. Bechtold's running mate is senior Roger Mueller, a smooth ball handler. One of the finest small-in-stature clubs in the area is Edwardsville. The Tigers, a hustling, run-and-shoot band of basketeers, line up at tip-off time with only one staiier over six junior center Bob Harris. Edwardsville offsets its lack of height with good outcourt shooting from the hands of 5-11 senior Bob Paproth.

5-11 senior Rich Gusewelle and 5-9 senior Alan Vest. The other regular is 5-7 senior Larry Schaake. Edwardsville is only one of two clubs to bent Bollevile this season. The other was Collinsville (twieei. The Timers also handed highly-rated Quincy one of its two losses by a decisive 62-50 for from Madison's brilliant 1962 margin.

The only other team beat the Blue Devils was Cen-1 Madison, its ranks depleted by tralia in the Orphans' holiday and the transfer of tournament, 4S-47. still has one of the area's The Tigers get a chance clubs. Coached by Earl knock off another powerhouse iMeClanahan. the Trojans are March 2 when they take on the by junior Cecil Bell, state's top-ranked quintet, Cen- Supposed to be a rebuilding tralia. 'year, the Trojans, nevertheless, A darkhorse looming in this'won 14 of their first 19 games, area is Cahokia.

a member of thel Another southwestern team that six-team Midwestern Conference possibly cause some trou. Wittenberg University, hopeful of regaining the national small college basketball championship in the National Collegiate Athletic Association post-season tourna ment. is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press small college poll for the third straight week. The Tigers, with an 18-1 record, are on a 12-game winning streak.

They are favored to win the Ohio Athletic Conference championship tourney and thus gain an automatic berth in the NCAA event next month. Their only defeat came in triple overtime at' the hands of Eastern Kentucky, a major school. Wittenberg collected 70 points in the weekly voting by the AP panel of eight sports writers and broadcasters, a margin of eight over the runner-up. Southeast Missouri, which has won 19 of 21 games. The small college top ten with first place votes in parentheses and points based on a 10-8-76-5-4-3-2-1 basis: Pts.

1. Wittenberg (61 18 1 70 2. Southeast Missouri 19 2 62 Saturday's Game Last In Huff Gym When the University of Illinois takes the floor against Wisconsin this Saturday in Huff Gym, it will be for the 418th and last time. Final two games of the current season will be played in the new Assembly Hall. Harry Combes' Illini will be more interested in whining the Big 10 title than in getting nostalgic about old none can deny that the old home Door has been kind to Illinois teams since they won the inaugural there against Butler 23-22 in the 1925 season.

Over the years, Illinois has won 338 of 417 contests in Huff for a superb .811 percentage. Since Harry Combes became coach in 1948, his teams have won 166 while losing only 26 at home for an even more amazing .865 average Illinois has lost fourj games this season but remains unbeaten on the home court. Nothing like "friendly" surroundings to help you do your best. In addition to the college games, 37 state high school championships have been played in Huff. Strangely enough, the individual scoring record for the hundreds of games in the old gym was set by a prep star rather than a college player Terry Dischinger, of Purdue, racked up the college high with 45 points in Jerry Kuemmerle, of Danville Schlarman scored 49 against Rock Falls in the 1958 state tourney The last game at Huff will be on TV at 3:30 Saturday 3.

Grambling 4. Evansville (1) 5. Weber. Utah 6. Augsburg 7.

Akron 8. South Dakota St. 9. Tennessee State (Tie) Indiana State 21 2 59 IS 3 51 19 2 31 19 0 19 2 15 4 22 4 15 4 29 27 18 15 15 Celts Maintain Jinx On Pistons Injury May Stop Coleman Carrodine A wrist injury may stop Coleman Carrodine who hasn't been stopped by IIAC basketball teams this season. The former Mt.

Vernon Ram star, now leading scorer and play- maker for Western Illinois fractured a small bone in his left wrist last Friday night- in a game against Illinois Normal. Coleman scored 17 in the game and came back the following night to score 16 in another victory. Then, on Tuesday, the wrist began to hurt and X-rays revealed the fracture Western Athletic Director Ray Hanson said the type of cast required to hold the fracture will determine if Carrodine can continue to play this season. The little Mt. Vernon guard has averaged 22.2 points per game.

Western is being considered for both the NAIA and NCAA tourneys and plays Western Michigan in a decisive conference game this Saturday night. Most of us Ram fans can vouch for the fact that Carrodine will be in the lineup if the decision is left to him. Never able to overpower cage opponents with his 5-10 stature, Carrodine made headlines with skill and determination. He developed into the best in the South Seven in his senior year at Mt. Vernon.

Probably the finest tribute to CaiTodine's aggressive play came from Benton coach Sherwood Pace during Coleman's eight-grade career for the local Junior Rams. Carrodine was giving fits to Benton ball handlers. The Benton coach shook his head and commented: "That Carrodine boy is the only player I've ever seen who can run a complete press defense by himself!" Sports Shorts Fans who plan to attend the Old-Timer Heart Fund Benefit game at the high school tonight should be there at 6:30 to see a great frosh battle between Mt. Vernon and Benton The Ram freshman crop is regarded as the best in years, but Benton has a 17-3 record and owns an earlier 42-38 decision over the local yearlings And speaking of frosh prospects, down at Marion they're already counting on young Greg Starrick, eighth-grade star, as a member of the high school varsity next season. If it happens, of course, Greg will be playing for his pop, Coach Wendell Starrick Centralia will probably win the Southern Illinois grade school title tonight.

However, the unbeaten Centralians had better watch young Starrick. He got 39 points in Tuesday's semifinal win over Attucks, scoring all 29 of his team's points in the opening half. He got 41 against Mt. Vernon earlier this year. Greg wouldn't be the first freshman to play varsity ball at Marion.

Others have included John Kent, current Marion grade school coach, Wild Bill Buckner, Floyd Hill, and Wendell Hill. Rumors have had Papa Wendell on thehotseat at Marion for the past couple of years, but, with young Greg on the warpath, it doesn't look like the time for a change Moline Tackles Quincy Rockford Auburn Vs. Carver In Feature Students erupted in a free-for-all after the Texas-Texas basketball game at Austin, Texns. The battle between the archrival Southwest Conference schools left three students in the local hospitals. Numerous others had to be given first aid for cuts and bruises.

(NEA Telephoto) FOUR CLUBS SHOOTING AT BIG 10 'Rose Bowl" Formula To Determine NCAA In Case Of Tie. Marshall Stewart, sensational 6-4 Carrier Mills' senior, drilled in 58 points Tuesday night against Ridgway. It was the season's high for southern Illinois and broke the Carrier Mills school record of 52 points scored by Oliver (Big Cat) Rollins against Sesser in the 1955 56 season Stewart hit 9 the first, quarter, 12 the second, 9 the third, then banged home 28 down the stretch by netting 12 of 15 shots from the field and 4 for 4 at the charity line. He had 24 field goals and 10 free ones for the game. The win boosted Carrier Mills to a 17-4 record for the year.

Stewart and Co. play with McLeansboro and Harrisburg in the Norris City regional lit For the fifth consecutive week, the Centralia Blue Devils have retained the offense lead among the nation's junior colleges with a 102.2 per game average. But oddly, Centralia is not ranked among the top 20 teams Also, Centralia's Russ Coleman holds the individual lead with a 33.5 average in 14 games. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS if the Detroit Pistons don't make the National Basketball Association playoffs this season they can point the finger at the Boston Celtics. The champion Celtics beat the! Pistons Wednesday night for the seventh straight time, this time 117-113.

The defeat was particularly hard to take for the Pistons. Play-! ing on their home court they blew an 18-point edge and saw their lead over San Francisco in the battle for the third and last playoff spot in the Western Dviision reduced to a thin .004. Syracuse whipped Cincinnati 128-109 in the other NBA game scheduled Wednesday and just about dewed up a second-place finish in the Eastern Division. Cincinnati. Syracuse's closest pursu- Nikula Aims For 17-Foot Pole Vault By ED CORRIGAX Associated Press Sports WriterO NE WYORK secret in setting world pole vault records, Pentti Nikula confided today, is "practice "Every day," said Nikula through an interpreter, "I practice an hour.

Twice a week my coach measures how high I have gone. Then he urges me to go higher, Nikula, 23, a bank clerk from Halikko, Finland, soared an al- French Find Way To Control Fans PARIS Officials of the French Basketball Federation have found a foolproof method of controlling spectators at basketball games. They eliminated 'em. When Charleville beat Bagnolet 74-73 recently, the players, and officials were booed and threatened by an unruly crowd. As a result, the federation ordered Charleville, the home team, to play its next four games private.

er. is four games back with 14 most unbelievable 16 feet, 8 games to play. where Madison trant. In an area whore there is an abundance of good, big men this season. Cahokia boasts of one of the better ones in 6-6 senior center Larry Lentz.

A "complete" player. Lentz. who wears glasses, is scoring around 18 points per game, hitting over 50 per cent of his shots. Two veteran officials, who have whistled some of the Comanes games, say Lentz is as valuable on defense as he is on offense Cahokia is coached by Earl Lee the same man who directed the Herrin Tigers to the stale cham is also an at tournament time is Gran City. The Warriors have a iBOWLING CINCY STILL HEADED FOR NCAA TITLE in "Velly Nice!" CHICAGO (API Four teams are zeroing in on the Big Ten basketball title.

If there is a tie at the end March 9, the "Rose Bowl selection formula" will be used for NCAA tourney play. Triggering the tight race are Illinois and Oliio State, each 7-2: Minnesota, 7-3, and Indiana. 6-3. Indiana is not eligible to enter the NCAA tournament because of its probationary status with that group. In case of a deadlock, the selection would be made on this basis: A team which has never gone to the NCAA would get first choice.

Minnesota, Northwestern, and Purdue are the only teams never represented in the tourna ment. If there is a tie among the teams which have gone previously (except Indiana), the team which most recently competed in the meet would lie eliminated. The most recent years for these teams include Ohio State (1962) Michigan State (1959), Iowa (1956), Illinois t1952i, Michigan (1948) and Wisconsin (1947). Gary Bradds continues to open a gap in the scoring race. The Ohio State senior boosted his average to 31.3 points a game.

Jimmy Rayl and Tom Bolyard give Indiana the best one-two punch being No. 2 and No. 3 on the list with 26.1 and 24.9 respective iy- Northwestern's Rich Falk with 24.1 and Purdue's Mel Garland with 24.1 round out the top five scorers. Dave Downey of Ilinois who set a Big Ten record of 53 points in a losing effort against Indiana Saturday, is seventh with 21.2. Other leaders include: field goal free throw average Rayl Buntin, Michigan 140 in 9 games.

Team leaders: Offensive 90.9 points; defensive average yield Minnesota 68.1; rebound 46.2 opponent rebound average Ohio State 37.1; Held goal average Illinois free throw average Illinois .754. CLASSIC LEAGUE HIGH Hawkins, 226; H. Stranski, 226; S. Partridge, 214; K. Stewart, 213; C.

Bruce, 212; J. Graham, 2.10; K. Flowers, 210; R. McPherson, 210. HIGH Flowers, 601; Harry Stranski, 57G; Fred Bayer, 576; Oscar Stockton, 572; Slu Chambers, 559; Ken Stewart.

558. Standings Yaegers 66 Service 55 20 Endicott Furniture 43 32 Mendenall Insurance 41 34 Alexander Wholesale 39 36 Dix Barbers 39 36 Mt. Vernon Monument 38 37 KC's 37 38 Elks 1 37 38 Builders Incorporated 36 39 Razorback Oil 35 40 Elks 2 35 40 Kas Potato Chips 32 43 Randall Stone 32 43 Big Star Mkt 25 50 potent weapon in 6-7 senior George Moore. He has caught fire in the latter half of the campaign. The Granite City and East St.

Louis regional tournaments promise to be lively ones. Collinsville, Edwardsville, Madison and Granite City are entered at Granite City with Collinsville seeded first. At East St. Louis. Belleville is favored but danger lurks from Cahokia and Lincoln Regional winners at Granite City and East St.

Louis go separate ways once sectional play begins. It is conceivable two Southwestern Conference teams pionship in 1957. The Comanciies could end thejcould reach Champaign to meet regular season with a 20-game in a quarterfinal contest of the winning streak intact. They havejstate finals, only conference games remaining' and are heirs apparent to the title being defended by last season's champ, Madison. They are unbeaten in league play.

Another team under momentum is Lincoln of East St. Louis. The Timers have a 16-2 record and sport a 13-game win skein. The string will likely end, though, when Coach Henry (Big Tree) Harris' club bumps into Collinsville on Feb. 22.

However, the game will be played on Lincoln's floor. Lincoln is paced by 6-5 sopho-i more Cliff (Butch) Sheggogg, transfer from Lebanon (111.) and' senior Bob Haynes, another trans- inches three weeks ago in a meet in Pajulahti, than five inches higher than anyone ever had made. Nikula arrived Wednesday night with his coach, Valto Olenus, for the National AAU championships in Madison Square Garden Saturday, plus the Cleveland Knights of Columbus meet and the Chicago Daily News relays. "My main ambition," he said, "is to vault 17 feet. Whether I will break the record I don't know.

Perhaps if I am feeling good I will. But I hope to do at least 16-6." Nikula, 154 pounds and on the slight side, said he spends almost 10 hours a day working in the bank. Until three years ago, he merely dabbled in the pole vault. National Basketball Association By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday's Results Boston 117. Detroit 113 Syracuse 128.

Cincinnati 109 Today's Games New York at Cincinnati Syracuse at Chicago Boston at San Francisco Friday's Games San Francisco at New York Syracuse at Detroit Boston at l.os Angeles Chicago at St. Louis TOKYO (AP) Care to be complimented by a lion or an elephant when you hit a good golf shot? Then a driving range at Kyoto in central Japan is the place. Instead of the standard bullseye target, figures of lions and elephants are placed at strategic spots downrange. Hit one of them and you trigger a tape recorder that shouts, "Nice shot." Miss and suffer in silence. STOP IN AT THE OFFICE 11(3 Broadway COCKTAILS Hours: 4:00 to 6:00 P.M.

Harold Anderson And Dorm Flanagan THE PREP SCORES Creigier 65, Austin 64 Harlan 50, Carver 49 Bowen. 66, South Shore 59 Harrison 75, Waller 59 Morgan Park 63, Westcott 61 Fenger 55, Calumet 43 Bogan 60, Washington 54 Marshall 70, Farragut 59 Vocational 53, Hirsch 52 Fight By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PATERSON, N.J. Don Me Ateer, 181, Paterson, outpointed Dusty Rhodes, 182, New York, 8 STOCKTON, Asis, Stockton, outpointed Second Baptist vs. Casey nv Linson, Mexico, 10. 18:45 Winners Games 1 and 2 Church League Tourney Opens Monday Night The annual Church League Tournament will begin next Monday, February 25, and con tinue through Saturday, March 2.

The Bethel grade school will again host the tourney. This year's tournament pair ings are based on the team's finish in tine standings. The first ten teams in the standings will play in the top bracket, while the lower bracket is made up of teams that finished from eleventh to last. leaguers are selling tickets for the classic at SI a ticket. General admission will lie 25 cents for adults, and 15 cents for children (high school and under).

Monday's Schedule 6:45 Community vs. Lutheran 7:45 Ina vs. Summersville 8:45 Christian vs. Epworth Tuesday's Schedule 6:45 Lebanon vs. Presbyterian 7:45 Wesley vs.

Pleasant Hill 8:45 I.x>gan vs. West Salem Wednesday's Schedule 6:45 Free Will vs. First Baptist No. 1 Bearcats Vs. North Texas St.

Tonite; Notre Dame Vs. NYU. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LEAGUE HIGH GAMES Dorothy James, 221; Joan Korach, 217; Betty Newell Joann Hall 190; Alvce Wilcox, 188; Pack Henry, 183. HIGH SERIES Dorothy James, 576; Joan Korach, 526 Bertie McGonigal, 479; JoAnn Richey. 474; JoAnn Hall, 471; Carmen Puckett, 470.

Standings Sealtest Milk 44 V2 27 1 Elks 44 28 Featherstun's 39 32 American Legion 38 V2 33 Ski 37 35 Ellis Fine Foods 37 35 Mt. V. Transfer 35M. Lindsay Drillers 34 38 Duncan Oilers 34 38 111. Lease Operators 31 Vi 40V 2 King City Federal 28 44 Sapps Nursery 28 44 HIGH Heiderscheit.

253; Cliff Campbell. 214233; Jim Alexander, 226: Harry Stranski, 222-209: Sonny Cutright, 213; Keneth Stewart. 206 HIGH Campbell, 640; Pete Heiderscheit, 626; Harrv Stranski, 624; Jack Men denail, 567; Arthur Hulbert, 546; Jim Alexander, 540. Standings Mendenall Insurance 15 6 Kelley's Bowl 14 7 Sealtest Milk 12 9 Laird Jewelers 11 10 Canteen 10 11 Alexander Wholesale 10 11 Oslager Oil Co 9 12 Bolerjack Market 8 13 Volkswagen 8 IP. Jewelers 8 13 By BOB GREEN Associated Press Sports Writer The Cincinnati Bearcats, with one string ended, will try to keep another, more important streak going tonight against North Texas State.

The Bearcats' 37-game winning string came to an abrupt, painful halt in Wichita Saturday but their quest of an unprecedented third straight NCAA title is still very, very active. They could take a major step in that quest by beating North Texas tonight, which would se cure Cincinnati its sixth straight Missouri Valley Conference berth in the NCAA rcgionals, first step on the long road to the championship. The Bearcats, still ranked first in the nation, take a 19-1 mark into the game while North Texas, at 10-11, is enjoying its best season since joining the league in 1957. Cincinnati won a previous meeting 75-58 at North Texas earlier this season. Another important game sends Notre Dame against 10th ranked New York University, already named for an NCAA open berth, at Madison Square Garden.

NYU has won nine in a row and is 13-2 over-all. Penn State and Pittsburgh, vying for an NCAA spot, each came a-cropper Wednesday night as they headed into a showdown at Pittsburgh Saturday. Temple, now 14-6, upset Pitt 77-71 at Philadelphia while West Virginia held off a Penn State rally 83-82 on the Nittany Lions' home grounds. Springfield upset Holy Cross 7472 at Worcester, the Crusaders' fourth straight loss after winning 10 straight, homestanding Providence, already entered in the NIT, just held off visiting Assumption 68-67. Davidson blasted Wake Forest 90-75 at Charlotte, and Nick Werkman, the nation's leading major college scorer, scored 32 points in Seton Hall's 92-61 victory over St.

Peter's. In some of the other major major games, Detroit edged Canisius 5-54, Marquette nipped Louisville 77-76, North Carolina beat Virginia 85-73, Rutgers defeated Colgate 93-82, LaSalle turned back Duquesne 73-69, Georgetown blasted Lafayette 8958 and New Hampshire edged Vermont 97-94 in overtime. SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) Rockford Auburn and Chicago teams in their Saturday at Rockford in a standout attraction on the weekend Illinois prep basketball card. Fifth-ranked East Moline engages Rock Island and Moline plays host to Quincy in feature games in the Northwest.

Oentralia's No. 1 ranked Orphans are favored to boost their record to 224 in a weekend twin bill against West Frankfort and Pinckneyville. Rockford Auburn, ranked third in The Associated Press poll, risks a nine-game winning streak Friday against Freeport before meeting Carver in a prestige-packed contest the following night. Rockford owns a 19-2 record Carver, ranked Uth in the AP poll, has won 18 of 21 starts. East Moline's Panthers seek to duplicate an earlier rout of Rock Island Friday, but this time the Rocks will have the home court advantage.

The Panthers beat Rock Island 67-43 Jan. 11. Fourth-ranked Quincy collides with Moline in a top game Saturday. Facing weekend doubleheaders are Decatur, Chicago St. Patrick and Chicago Heights Bloom.

Decatur's defending state champions encounter two big 12 foes- Lincoln and Danville, and St. Patrick plays St. Joseph and Notre Dame. Decatur is ranked 12lh and St. Patrick 7th in the state.

Chicago Heights Bloom, whose nine-game winning streak was snapped by Kankakee last week, meets Joliet Friday and Blue Island Eisenhower Saturday. Collinsville's Kahoks aim for their 20th consecutive victory and 21st in 22 games Friday at Lincoln of East St. Louis. Single games are on tap for McLeansboro, Paris, Edwardsville and Streator. McLeansboro's sixth ranked Foxes face Eldorado Saturday in quest of their 21st triumph.

In Friday clashes, Paris meets Charleston, Edwardsville plays Litchfield and Streator opposes Spring Valley. Bob Kennedy Head Coach For Bruins PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) The first official move of Col. Robert Whitlow, the Chicago Cubs new athletic director, surprised no one. He named Bob Kennedy head coach for the 1963 season.

The announcement came after a high level session Wednesday attended by Whitlow, assorted vice presidents, coaches, minor league managers and the club president, Phil K. Wrigley. Chicago-bom Kennedy is a 17- season veteran of the major leagues whose first managerial assignment came last year when he guided Salt Lake City to second place in the Pacific Coast League. As a player, Kennedy was a third baseman and outfielder for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. He also played for Baltimore, Detroit and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Kennedy's Cub coaching staff will include Lou Klein, Veiion Walker and Fred Martin, all members of the club's 12-man coaching brigade. Charlie Metro finished the 1962 season as head coach but was released after the Cubs finished ninth in the National League. If you want to keep tab on the other coaches here's the line-up: El Tappe, named manager at Salt Lake several months ago with Mel Wright assisting; Rip Collins, Vedie Himsl and Charlie Grimm are with Kennedy and his staff through March 17: Buck O'Neil. Goldie Holt and Bobby Adams will report at Mesa, for the opening of the Cubs minor league camp March 15. Prep Phenom Will Attend Notre Dame JOINS WILLIAMS, DIMAGGIO, MUSIAL Willie Mays 4th Player In $100,000 Bracket By MTKE RATHET Associated Press Sports Writer "This Willie Mays, he does everything." And gets rewarded accordingly.

San Francisco Manager Al Darck paid the compliment and the Na tional League champion Giants will be paying Mays approximate ly $100,000 for the 1963 season, a plateau reached before by only Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial. Mays agreed to terms Wednesday for an estimated increase of $10,000 following a season in which he led the National League in homers with 49 and drove in 141 runs while batting .304. While Mays stepped into the Gi ants' fold, World Series opponent Ralph pitching hero who shut out San Francisco 1-0 in the deciding game of the Series- agreed to terms with the world champion New York Yankees. The 27-year-old right-hander posted a 23-12 record last season and received a $12,000 raise to $35,000. Besides Terry, a host of other pitchers signed, including Roger Craig of the New York Mets, Ray Herbert and Gary Peters of the Chicago White Sox, Carl Willey of Milwaukee, Ernie Broglio and Bobby Shantz of St.

Louis, Bob Allen and Wilfred (Sonny) Siebert of Cleveland and Steve Dalkowski of Baltimore. DRIVING RANGE AT INDIAN HILLS GOLF COURSE IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS HOTEL EMMERSON COCKTAIL LOUNGE and DINING ROOM NOW OPENED Dancing Every Friday Dick McCoy's Combo CHICAGO (AP)-Fullback Jim DiLullo of Chicago's wick High, one of the most publicized Chicago prep football players in 25 years, announced Wednesday he will enroll at Notre Dame next fall. DiLullo, 6-foot-l, received virtually every award possible for a high school player. This included the Chicago Sun- Times Prep Player of the Year and the Chicago Purdue Club's Noble Kizer Award. He also was named to the All-Catholic, All City and All-America prep teams.

In last fall's game between undefeated Fenwick and Public League Champion Schurz for the city crown. DiLullo led Fenwick to a 40-0 romp, scoring 5 touchdowns and gaining 224 yards from scrimmage. One of his touchdown runs was for 97 yards. The game Was played before 91,000 in Soldier Field. His five touchdowns broke the Prep Bowl record of four scored in 1937 by the highly-publicized Bill DeCorrevont.

DiLullo's coach John Jardine said more than 100 colleges and universities had made contact with DiLullo and offers included those from schools in all major conferences. Acted Like A Phil Rizzuto ELIZABETH. N.J. (AP) Well wishes and light advice are snowballing for hospitalized Phil Rizzuto, whose right hand is bandaged as big as a boxing glove after his encounter with the wrong end of a snow-blowing machine. The former New York Yankee baseiball star had his hand mangled when he tried to clear the clogged machine he was using on his front walk.

But Rizzuto cheerfully tells his visitors at St. Elizabeth Hospital: "It's better to make a joke out of it. Every time I think of it I want, to jump 6 feet in the air." The 45-year-old former short- top, who now shares broadcasting duties for the Yankees, said he was using the machine for about the third time, clearing his walk Tuesday night, when the wet snow and slush clogged it "Like a meathead, I struck my hand in to clear out the snow. I didn't think the blades went that far back." The blades of the running machine broke the bones in eight places, and crushed two of liis fingers. He won't have normal use of the hand for about a year.

Oollece Basketball Scores By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST Providence 6S, Assumption 67 LaSalle 73, Duquesne 69 Seton Hall 92. St. Peters 61 Rutgers 93, Colgate 82 Delaware 71, Bucknell 63 West Virginia 83, Penn State 82 Temple 77, Pitt 71 Georgetown 89, Lafayette 5S N. Hampshire 97, Vermont 94 iSpringheld 74, Holy Cross 72 SOUTH Marquette 77, Louisville 76 North Carolina 85, Virginia 73 Davidson 90. Wake Forest 75 MIDWEST Toledo 70, Kent State 62 Detroit 55, Canisius 5-1 Evansville 69, Indiana State 67 Ohio U.

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