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20 THE TIMES RECORD, TKOY, N. EVENINft MARCH J8, 1M7 Vincentian Shades Catholic High, 3 5, To Qinch Diocesan League Qowh Albanians Use Zone To HallReo DIOCESAN LEAGUE. Fliil Standing. Vincentian Catholic High CHA LaSalle Calhedral St. Mary's (Ams.) 9 7 7 5 1 1 GB 2 2 4 8 8 NEARLY KVRRVBODY--Almost Ihc entire ten players of the Catholic High and Vincenlian basketball squads are concentrated in this pholo that shows CCHS's Malt Fitzsimmons, No.

27, shooting past the guard of VI's Ed Kramer (arm outstretched) in last night's balllc at Troy High. Others pictured sre Catholic High's Joe Ceigcr, at far of congested group; Vincentian's Mike Brcslin, No. 15; CCHS's Arinand Rco, No. 30; VI's John MeMahon, in background; and VI's Doug Ilutnik, No. 3.

i i a won, 37-35, to capture the Diocesan League championship a the Crusaders held last season. By PERRY WOOD Vincenlian Institute performed a miracle and survived a fright in tumullous i i lo conquer Catholic High, 37-35. spectators last night al Troy High gym and capture the Diocesan eague basketball championship (Slandings atlached.) The Albany Lions replace Ihe beaten Tro Crusaders as. Diocesan rulers. The miracle, the i a two point difference, was Mike Brcs lin's time-defying basket on an out-of-bounds play originated two seconds from Ihe end of the firs a The scare was a personal lou that was nullified one iecom the final buzzer because previous infraction had been com milted bul gone unnoliced by th spectators in the wild windup.

While Ihe frenzied stands wer Troy High Hosts Class Quarterfinals Tonight Two clubs wilh impressive records mcel opponents whose fig' arc not so bright but who played generally tougher opposition when Class schools wage quarterfinal play of the Section II 'basketball tournament lonight at Troy High. Ichabod Crane, champion of Die Columbia County League in -12-0 style nnd loser only lo Hudson (twice) in IB games, faces a Cahill was disallov independent Calskill quint thai won eight of Icr- outings, And Ihe action and signalling tha Coxsackie-Athens. playoft ricior in the Centra! HutUnn Valley Mat fre expecting Catholic High's Filzsimmons lo shoot throws after being flattened by desperately i Jii O'-Meara in the very last sccom r.d owner of a Jull 1B-S r.com, gwi against Van liens' laer, 6-4 in the Capital League Ohio Teams Dominate WIT Openers New York (AP)--Three teams ifrom a group tabbed as the little league in college basketball will play in the open ing round of the 20lh National Invitation Tournament at Madi ton Square Garden tomorrow anc one of them is being touted a a that could go all Ihe way Actually Cincinnali, Dayton "ithd Xavicr aren'l members league. They lake on al comers, i i many majoi foes, in addition to baiting the ears off one anothc -and neighboring Ohio institu iions. Although Ihcse Ihree fought Ic standstill during the rcgula season, dividing Iheir round robin games, Xavicr's Musketeer have been drawing rave notice off Ihcir victory over Tern 'pie in Philadelphia.

Honey Russell, whose Seton Kail team meets Xavicr in th -first round, calls Ihe Musketeer "the best basketball team 1'v teen in a long time." Other oh (servers agreed, pointing espec ally to Corny Freeman, a 6-foo 5-inch high jumper, and 5-7 Cap Jimmy Boothe, the outslandin Miall player of last year's NIT. The opening day's prograi starling at 2 p.m. calls for TJlal Skyline Conference runner-up, I meet Memphis- Slale and Xavie to play Selon Hall in an aflernoo cloubleheader. Dayton faces Peter's of Jersey City and Ci cinnali plays St. Bonavenlur The night opener begins at 7:3 p.m.

The two seeded learns, Seatl Bradley drew lirst roun byes along with Manhattan an Temple. Seattle (22-2 for. th tesson) will oppose the Cinci nali-Sl. Bonavcnture i Mo day and Bradley will play Ih Xavicr-Seton Hall winner Tue day. Semifinals will he play Thursday and the finals the ne Saturday afternoon.

Dayton undoubtedly is Ihc mo frustrated learn in the lourn ment. Coach Tommy Blackburn's Flyers have played in five invitation tournaments in Ihc past six years, reached the final times and never have won. Now represented by the "Hollywood who just tat on the bench and looked pret- A 10-8 over all. The Ichabod Crane-Catskill tin scheduled for 7:30, while the xsackie-Van Rensselaer piece lows at 8 o'clock. Mcchanicville, Saratoga and ngslon are busy, too.

Class quarterfinals and Class semifinals are down for Me- anicville High and Saratoga's invention Hall, while the Class championship and consolation billed for Kingston High's clrl house. The pairings: AT MECHANICViLLE just'prior lo Caplain Tom VI's is drama Crusade Connally had lUuiA in Gagne, O'Connor Headline Spa Mat Card Wednesday -Vern Gigne, ow'of the HIGH BOUNDER--Vinccnliin's fine defensive player, Jim O'Meara (No. 8) and Catholic High's Malt Filzsimmons, with arm upraised; are the nearest contestants for the high bounding ball in last night's CCHS-VI fray al Troy High Big Armani Reo (No. 30) ot Catholic High peers hopeful! toward'b'aH', while little crusader teammate Tony Armlin rushes in from the other side. No.

15 is Mike Breslin. Boy in right foreground is- Joe Geiger 'ot Catholic High. Vm- cenlian's 37-35 win gave Ihe Albany Lions Ihe Qiocesan League championship. of ounly League vs. Washington Woeslina of County League, Class emifinal.

of Schoharie ounly League vs. Whitehall of orthern Conference, Class uarterfinal. AT SARATOGA. George of Adiron- ack League vs. Jefferson ot choharie County League, Class semifinal.

of Mohawk alley League vs. Corinth of araloga County League, Class uarlcrfinal. AT KINGSTON. Terrace of Section I vs. Midcllelown of Section IX, Class A consolation.

of Section II vs. s'ewburg of Section IX, Class A hampionship. floydls. Warriors Post Victories In TBC House Loop In TBC House League games ast night, the Royals beat the Knicks, 46-14, and Ihe Warriors beat the Celtics, 43-23. Scoring- Celtics Williams 5, Dickson Johnson 2, Eales 4, Telesky 2, Doyle 4.

Warriors--LaDue 5, St. Dennis 16, Bruce 14, Masher 8, scramble for the ball. So instead of a Crusader at the free-lhrow line with a chance to lie the contest, a Lion appeared there in the mere gesture of awaiting certain dclory. Rulnik missed the meaningless In row. Only 11 for Rco.

Vincentian's ability lo restrict 6-foot-5 Armand Rco to II points and Catholic High's near-futility on a play that used Armand as a feeder and liberated Mail Fitz- sinvmons on the weak right side against vTs zone proved the 1 ing factors. Lion Caplain O'Meara, conceding Reo almost half a foot in height, was assigned to the Crusader ace when he drifted outside and the VI boy performed his nobly. Rco was shut" out in the second anc third quarters. The Lions, in front 13-11 and 24-15 al Ihe early periods, were never headed, although tie twice, i Fitzsimmons sank a falling-away on a pass from Reo 15 seconds from the end of the third quarter. Filz hoop lifted CCHS in front, 31-30 for a lead that Vincentian dc slroyed al the outset pf Ihe fourth period when keen-eye DoUg Rulnik, the Lions' floo smoothy, meshed one of his (a vorile one handcrs for 32-31, VI Slralegy Works.

Catholic High's Tony Armli losscri in a free throw for a tic but VI's Jack Nash sank a jum for 34-32. Nash allowed CCHS draw lo 34-33 when he foule Fitzsimmons Matt converge one of Iwo shots--and (he Cru saders then tipped ahead, 35-3' 6-foot4 freshman Joe Geiger one handcr from the left come Hawks Top Pistons In Playoffs St. Louis (AP)--The St. Hawks, scoring 45 points in a rousing second quarter, defcalef Ihe Fort Wayne Pislons, 115-103 yesterday in the first, playoft game lo decide firsl place in the Western Division of the National Basketball Assn. The Hawks will meet Ihe Min- Lakers in division ampionship game here lomor- afternoon.

Louis, Forl ayne and Minneapolis finished regular season Wednesday ght in a three-way tie for the spot. Fort Wayne's defeat dropped Pislons lo thjrd place in the standings, in accordance a prearranged playoff plan. colorful ind popular figures in wrestling, will headline all- star card Convention Hall jn Saratoga Wednesday ajghl. Gagne, who holds, the U. S.

mat title, and has beaten back the challenge of all.comers, will take on the lalented Pal. O'Connor, New Zealand champion, in the two out of three fall headliner. is considered one of the greatest drawing cards in the game and recently performed before some.20,000 spectators at New York's Madison Square Garden. Several thousand fans were turned away. O'Connor also performe'd before capacily crowds at the Garden in recent weeks.

Gagne is known for his Japanese sleeper, flying kicks and blocks. O'Connor features wide variety of spectacular maneuvers, including flying scissors, drop kicks and back breaker. Wednesday night's show will be the first in Convention Hall in several monlhs. A fine supporting card is be arranged lo round out the show with the first match slaled for 8:30. St.

Augustine Tourney Opens Knicks--Bell 14, Zebro net 3, Goodman 2. Rolas--French 4, Root 22, Dundon 12, Tucker 6, Hcdcross 2. That count, registered at 4:5 Ihe finish, stood until through tense moments whe Reo Fitzsimmons labore mightily off the boards to stym VI's attack. However, stratcg devised during Vinccnti; ty as sophomores--the hope lo win. They tool- their last 15 games lo qualify.

The opener between Ulan, 1947 NIT winner, and Memphis pairs a couple of racehorse teams. The evening's final game also fhould be a speedy one as Cincinnati claims 16 have two of Ihc fastest forwards in college basket- in Wayne Stevens and Mike Mendenhal). College Cage Results NCAA Minor; (semifinals) Kenlucky Weslcyan 93, Ml. St. Mary's 81.

Wheaton 71. Los Angeks Slale n. NA1A (quarter-finals) Lutheran 91, Texas Southern 72. Eastern Illinois 88. Hamline 83.

Tennessee Slate 90, Western rilinois 83. Southern Okla. 69, Youngslown Burg Boys Jolt All-Stars In Cage Contest Lansingburg Boys Club wound four ts "Sular season last night wilh a 6548 victory over the Burg All-Stars at Lansingburg rtigh's courl. The club wound up with a 15-3 record and shares Ihe lead in Ihe City Basketball League with LaSalle Alumni. No arrangements have been made on a playoff ycl.

Victory Dinner For RPI Hockey Team On March 24 RPI's Tn-Stale League champion hockey learn will be honored at a victory dinner March 24, in Ihe RPI Freshman Dining Hall. The announcement from a commitlce of area fans who decided lhat Ihe team's league championship, ils first since 95-1, should nol go unnoticed. Says Weill Canceled Rocky's Act Chicago (AP)--Rocky Marciano's new career as a night club performer was blocked yesterday by his manager during his ring nal th inneapolis drew a bye when playoff draw was held. George Yardley of Forl Wayne as high scorer with. 26 points nd Jack MeMahon, sparkplug icklincr of the Hawks, made 24 The Hawks were ighl points, 29-21, trailing by after Iheir ow slarl but Ihen were sparked Easy Ed Macauley, Ned Park nd MeMahon in the driving sec- nd period in which St.

Louis ulscored Ihe Pistons, 45-18. That as the hall game and resulted Fort Wayne's first finish out- de the top spot of the division Ihe past three seasons. Park tallied all 12 of his points i the big second period. Mac- uley hit 11 and MeMahon, who et a new learn single-game rec- rd of 14 assists, lapped in 10 Bob Petlit, injured high scor- ng star not used in the firsl eriod, made six points in th'e econd stanza and was a tremen- ous help on (he-boards despite he cast his fractured left vrisl. The score at the half was 16-47 in St.

Louis' favor. Fort Wayne rallied mildly in lie second half and several limes the fourth quarter came with- seven points of the keyed up St. Louis -team, which had losl ts last two games of the regular ieason. But the Hawks were nol be denied. The rebounds lold a big stor of the game.

The Hawks latchec onto 62 to only 50 lor the Pis ions, and St. Louis made 44 ol 101 field goal attempts to the Pislons' 34 for 89. reign, Al Weill. The Chez Paree, Near North Side night club, announced Marciano, retired heavyweight boxing champion, will nol make his debut Tuesday as scheduled. Marciano was lo be in sn act a i i comedian Jimmy Du- ranle.

David Halper, Chez Paree owner, said contracls were -signed three weeks ago with Marciano and Duranle but without Weill's consent. The former champion was to rehearse the act with Dn rante in New York but did no report lor rehearsals. Halper said Weill notified him Marciano could not appear in the act, and the Chez owner cancele( him. Halper said he never a heard from Weill before yester day, did nol know his present re RPI won the Tri-Stale title hy plitling its two games with dc-' ending champion Clarkson and ils scries with St. Lawence and lliddlebury.

Clarkson one of the Eastern rcpresenla- ives in the NCAA Hockey Championships, now underway at Colorado Springs. The principal speaker at Ihe dinner will be a prominent col- ege hockey coach. The speaker and master of ceremonies will be announced later. Members of the committee are Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Birkmayer, VIr. and Mrs. Jgseph Delehanly, Bill Lavigne, Edward Wilmol, Bill Carr, Willie Slanton and Dick Schwartzbard. Tickets for the event will go on sale today. They, may be purchased Irom the above individuals, and will be distributed lo several downtown stores by Ihe weekend.

NBA Results St. Louis 115 Forl Wayne 103. (St. Louis plays 'Minneapolis tomorrow on National TV for Western Division title.) Chestnut, Cadilli On TV Tonight New York (A! 1 )--Gil Cadilli of Los Angeles and Ike Chestnut ot New York, a couple of speedy featherweights who would like to crash the division's elimination lournamcnt, match boxing skills in a return bout tonight. They will meet in a radio-lcle- vision (N'BC 10 p.m.) 10 rounder at Madison Square Garden.

Cadilli edged Chestnut by one poinl in their first meeting at Houston, last Oct. 30. The return is ralcd just as close, 6-5 and lake your pick. This will be the 2i-year-old Californian's first New York appearance. He comes fresh from a split decision victory over Miguel of Puerto Hico at Boston.

Berrios, third featherweight behind France's Chcrif llamii and Brooklyn's Carmelo Costa, is one of the four picked for the lournamcnl to determine a successor lo retired champion Sandy Saddler. SL Auf uttiae's Tournament begun (Might with i pair of limn. At St. Augustine's Racial, and al 9 o'clock, Saratoga of neeti LaSilie Alumni. Dons Given Slim Hope Of Keeping Title THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The San Francisco Dons, winners ot Ihe NCAA basketball championship for the past years, open the defense of their title tonight with no more a 50-50 chance of making Ihi semi-finals. The Dons, whose two-year win- i streak creaked to an end last December, oppose Idahs Stale lonight al Corvallis, in Ihcir Tournament game. This is one highpoint of (hi four regional playoffs lhat will cut the NCAA field lo for Ihe semifinals and finals it Kansas City next week, tilhcri arc scheduled tonight and tomorrow at Philadelphia, Lexington, and Dallas. If San Francisco survives eliminations, the chances are Dons will wind up as Ihe outsider in a group that could include undefeated North Carolina, Kansas, and Kenlucky the nation's top three college teams IB the season's final Associated Press ranking poll. The winner this game lakes on either California's Pacific Coast Conference champions or Brigham Young, Ihe Skyline Conference winner, tomorrow night.

Losers in the four meets will play consoli- gional lationship with Marciano but assumed Weill is serving as Marciano's business manager since his retirement from boxing. Chestnut, 20, lost by a point to Hamia and stopped Cosla in the eighth round. Cadilli has a. 27-8 3 record including nine knockout. Chestnut's record is 23-8-3 i Ihrce kayos.

They are both boxers with lion games. Elsewhere, it's top-rated North Carolina against Canisius, i team a could make trouble, and Syracuse against 'Lafayette tl Philadelphia. Kansas and d-rankcd Wilt Stilt) speed lo burn and not Chamberlain meet fourlh'-rarikc'd Southern Methodist and Jim Krebs while Oklahoma City (No. 9 in the Associated. Press poll), plays St.

Louis (No. 10) al Kentucky plays Pittsburgh much and Michigan Slate mpcls Notri at Lexington. Flyers 13 of Last night's scoring: LBC--Bourk 24, Flynn Rouse 17, Colancri 4, Kcado 14, Millington 4. All-Stars--Luccy 12, Howd 23, Gordon 1, Clifton 9, Ecclej 3, Patrick 0. Cage Tourney Starts April 1 The Troy YMCA will stage ils eighth annual Open Invitation Basketball Tournament he- ginning Monday, April 1.

The lournamcnt will accomo- dale 16 teams. Teams from the greater Troy Area are welcome lo enter by contacting Ai Melleby, physical director al the local A a Ponies, list year's winners, will be on hind to defend their laurels. Kntrles close March 21, or before should the field of 16 be completed. lime out proved.effective as th Lions freed John MeMahon i front of the hoop for a one han er at 1:37, when the Albanian tilted the score lo 36-35. Ed Kramer's free throw 1:01, on a personal by Ihe pres ing Armlin, closed the scorin but not the excitement.

CCHS Gets Possession. Brcslin executed a saving when he seized a cross court pass (from Geiger) intended for Rco, but the Lions lost possession as Fitzsimmons forced a wilh Rulnik al :18 and then himself grabbed a loose ball. Catholic High tried for lhat one last shot --and actually got it--on Fitz' drive for the hoop and headon collision with O'Meara. Bui the foul committed earlier, in dispute for the ball later seized by Filzsimmons, altered Ihe climax lo VI's favor. Reo's disapoinling 11 points were attained in Ihc first and third quarters, in portions of five and six.

Armand had other dif ficulty, also, as he was guilty of four personals, three in the first half. He was called twice for con- tad when Catholic High had Ihc ball. The Vincentian jayvecs won in sudden death overtime, 40-39, on Gordon Spencer's hoop. I I A Kulnlck Brtrlln Krimer MeMDion touli nUn Connolljr Tlw FUiilmmo i Vlncmmn Ctiholie CATHOMC HIGH 2 .1 12 3 1-3 Fred Jackson Gains Finals In Service Boxing Fred Jackson of Troy, battled his wa into the finals of the All-Service Boxing Tournament last night al Newport, R. 1.

Jackson, Air Force 132 pound hampion, i Navy Champion Jerome Brown. Jackson will meet Louis Moina, a 1956 U. S. Olympic team member from the Marines, in the inals. Molina knocked out Carmie Price ot Ihc A in Iheir icmifinal match.

Molina floored 'rice at 1:36 of Ihc Ihird round. 3urg Babe Ruth Receiving Applications Lansingburg Babe Ruth Base- League applications may be returned tomorrow or Saturday. March 23, between 10 a.m. Ind noon, lo the Lansingburg Boys Club. Any boy age 13 through 15 wishing lo play in Ihc league and who has nol received his applica lion blank, can get one at his school.

March 23 is Ihc last day lor filing all applications. as there are 7 letters Sal MagJie's Age No Secret Brandenlon, Kla. (AP)--How old Is Sal Maglie really? Well, here's i hinl. When the Brooklyn Dodgers were offered polio shots Ihis spring, they were advised (he shnls weren't particu larly necessary for persons over 4(1. Maglie said: "No, (runks," QUALITY (kwol'i-ti) n.

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