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HARDING'S 8 POINTS IN LAST 3 MINUTES-. WIN DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturday, March 4. '61 astern PnstedL but- Nips CC hi 'No Fight Unless--' Says Ray 56 Reggie Finishes With 19 Jl Y2 Nevada King fcToo Small' Shamrocks Put Up Great Fight BY RICH KOSTER Bill Foley would probably be the first to admft that there is little consolation in coming close. During the past four months his Catholic Central football and basketball teams have come within a slim six points of sweeping the highest honors in Detroit prep sports. But by the margin of three points In last November's Good-fellow game and by the same difference In Friday night's City championship basketball game, Foley's brash Shamrocks have had to settle for second best.

FRIDAY NIGHT, Foley's previously undefeated charges scared the daylights out of the highly favored Eastern Indians before bowing, 56-53, before a throbbing crowd of 9,200 at U-D Memorial. Given but slight chance of extending the powerful Indians and their fabulous stx-foot, 11- 'Cfi '-7' I Free Pret Photo by FRED PLOFCHAN cheerleader, Joanne took her enthusiasm high in the stands at U-D Memorial while on the playing floor Eastern edged Catholic Central for the city title. 1IF.R IlKAMINC; SMILK and energetic pom-pom waing let one and all know that Joanne Stephenson had rea.Hon to be happy Friday night. An Eastern High 'QUALIFIES' FOR TITLE Harding out-scraps two Shamrocks to score IMPRESSIVE; IMKRKSSKP Harding at Best; Shamrocks. Too Illini Lead in Track BY JOE DOWDALL How great is Reggie Harding? Great enough to carry Eastern High School to three straight city basketball championships! i But when things get serious Wolverines had somebody Saturday afternoon in the re- emerging from each of them, maining events, Michigan is U-M put three Dick Thelwell, figured to run away with its Dick Cephas and defending-third successive indoor title, ititlist Bennie McRea in the 70-yard low hurdle semifinals.

euM be one of a McRae is expecterl to win half-doen pursuer, fighting i tne and battle Michigan's for aecond place. Dick Odegard in the highs. Don Canham, the Wolverine Other potential olverine coach, fretted anyway. Bird winners advancing were Tom 'kept him agitated by waiting Robin-M. in the 300-yard until his final preliminary jump, iash and Ergas Ips In' the to get in contention.

I KHO-yard run. i And all the while, Michigan Robinson (:3i.i and Don monotonously rolled up quali- Voorheis (:31.4, a Michigan fy.ng places in the sophomore, Jed their ness of the Illinois Armory. heats in the 300. There were preliminary! BY BOB PII.LE Fro Pross Staff Writer CHAMPAIGN. 111.

Illinois grabbed the first-night lead in the Big Ten indoor track meet Friday, but it's not likely to be decisive. Involved in the Illini edge is only one event, the broad jump. It was the evening's only final. Taul Foreman, defending champion from the British West Indies, won it with a leap of 24 feet, 11', Inches. HE OUTI.EAPKD Jamaica's Les Bird of Michigan by half a foot.

Michigan State's Solomon Akpata, of Nigeria, was third. 2-PANT SUIT DAYS AT ILvIMIS trials in six events, and thej (Results on Page IS) LAS VEGAS (Uri) Sugar Ray Robinson declared Friday night that he would pull out of Saturday night's middleweight title fight with NBA champ Gene Fullmer unless the promoters provide him with a larger ring than the "16-foot telephone booth they're trying to put me in." The 40 -year -old Robinson, five times the middleweight king, gave the promoters until 10 a.m. Saturday to make a change in the size of the ring. "Ten o'clock Is the deadline," R.ay said, "and if they don't meet it, I and my men will make immediate reservations for a flight back to New York." ROBINSON said that he had been warning co promoters Norman Rothschild, Mel Greb and Jack Doyle for more than a week that he wouldn't fight in a 16-foot ring. He also had warned the Nevada Stale Athletic Commission, whose rules provide for "rings anywhere between 16 feet and 21 feet." Ray insists that the promoters and the Nevada Commission are using the 16-foot ring to help Fullmer, of West Jordan, Utah.

The champion's bullish, crowding style works best in a small enclosure that restricts an opponent from having suf-ficient room to evade his rushes and to counter from side to side. Fl'LIMER was not immediately available for comment, but his manager, Marv Jenson, declared heatedly: "I don't blame Robinson if he backs out. It will save ns the trouble of carrying him out of the ring. This guy is really scared. Rothschild, speaking for the Turn lo Page 13, Column 4 (except Shelby to 5:45 NORTHLAND CENTER CENTER LINCOLN PARK Russian Leaps to A Record Brumel Humbles Thomas at 7-34 NEW YORK (UPI) Valery Brumel, Russia's great high jumper, broke the world indoor record with a leap of 7 feet 2 inches Friday night in the Knights of Columbus Garden.

He outleaped John Thomas of Boston University for the third straight time this winter when Thomas failed to clear seven feet. Thomas, celebrating his 20th birthday Friday, had e4 th record earlier this year by" clearing 7-S at Bon-ton. Brumel equalled that two weeks ago in the New York Athletic Club Games at the Garden. Brumel cleared 7-4 'j from an! Indoor dirt takeoff at Lenin-1 grad Just before coming to Turn to Page 12, Column Have i 1 inch Reggie Harding, Catholic Central gave no quarter and asked none in making its spirited pass at an upset. Foley looked like he might have the, perfect design for knocking off the City League champion.

Footing defenders in front and in back of Harding, the Shamrocks held their own in the opening half. Reggie counted just six points, and the Indians held a slim 25-21 advantage at half-time. Eastern increased Its lead to 38-32 at the end of three quarters, but then Foley's crew began to come on. WITH BILLY DOWN'S and Bill Maher stoking the Shamrock rally, the Catholic champions pulled into a tie at 41-41 with about three minutes left. Downs brought the crowd to its feet screaming when he drove down the side of the lane and hooked over Harding for the tying basket.

It was a thrilling comeback and j-oii couldn't help feel that mot of the crowd was now pulling for the underdog Shamrocks to pull It out. But unfortunately for Catholic Central, Harding had still to prove his rating as one of the State's finest prep cagers. Shackled with just 11 points Turn to Page 22, Column 2 EASTERN CATH. CENTS. Matter 1 Gocti iMlwr Down 6 I 3 7 15 1-4 14 12 Yrt Mrn Marriint 1 IS I -l 4 1-1 Rawr Howard Dvn Total 24 114 Hltrn Cth.

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Detroit bowlers will be defending the team rham-, pionship. It was won in 19G0 by the Asphalt team on a score of 3096. That team Bob Bray-, man, Jack Born, Hank Gniewek, John Nickell and Al Tarigian has changed personnel. i 6 Events, 5 Records In Sivim! HooMrrH Hold Slemlor Lead COLUMBUS UPI) Five Big Ten. three NCAA and three American records were set Friday night in the six Western Conference swimming championship finals here as fa vored Indiana took a 11 8-! 116 712 lead over defending champion Michigan.

Three Big Ten recorus were' set in the afternoon prelimlna-1 ries. Indiana swimmers won three finals but the gap was closed, when Michigan's 4X-yard free: style relay team upset Michigan State in the last event for its second win of the night. INDIANA'S MIKE Troy broke his own Big Ten record of 1:59.4 in the 200-yard butterfly with a 1:58 time. However Michigan's Dave Gillan- ders also topped the mark with a 1:58.4 second place finish. Frank McKinney of Indiana, who broke, his 200-yard backstroke time in the prelimins.

did even better in winning the finals in 1 :59.8. Indiana's other first was the win of Pete Slntz in the 220-yard free style, which was the only event during the first two days of competition where no record was posted. Minnesota Sophomore Steve Jackman set a new Big Ten and NCAA record of 21.4 in the 50- yard freestyle time trials, then won in 21.5. Michigan's Ron Clark joined Turn to Page IS, Column 1 Hall! Cobo Today Over the years, Detroit has produced nine team champions Stroh in 1934, Krakow Furniture in 1937, Fife (D. Lyle) Electric in 1939, Pepsi and in 1950 and 1952 and Pfeiffer in 1953-55-59, plus Asphalt.

A NEW FEATURE of the 1961 ABC will be a "Classic" division, pitting 80 of the foremost teams in the nation in a special competition. The first of these teams to roll will be Sullivan Furniture (nee Pfeiffer), captained by Billy Golem-biewski. They are scheduled next Wednesday. In addition to the local Sljriners, groups of 40 teams each from Dayton and Findlay, are among those scheduled on opening day. whatever the weather, whatever the wear these 2-trouser suits in imported springweight VOOL have PERMANENTLY CREASED trousers that" never lose their crease Harding, the Indian's phenomenal 6 -foot -11 center, cloned his high school career Friday night as he led East-em past a game Catholic Central team.

56-53. While the game was not his greatest for scoring. It was by far his greatest for all-around play. Harding topped all scorers with 19 points and led the teams in rebounds with 21. -THEY WERE the smartest team I've ever played against anywhere," a weary Harding said after the game as he collapsed on a bench his teammates gave three cheers for their center.

"The whole ball club was smart. Every time we moved, they moved with us. I had two men on me all night. I never got a chance to really get set for a shot. Although Harding will not graduate from Eastern until January, 1962.

it was his last high school game. "1 plan to go to summer school so I can graduate next year. Then I want to go to Niagara University. I've made up my mind. I guess I must have had 135 college offers." THOSE WHO advocate the City League's return to state Turn to Page 22, Column 1 a Ball crashing pins ceases in Cobo Hall on May 21.

This is the fifth time Detroit has hosted the ABC. NeAer before has the Motor City, or any city, produced a setting of such beauty and comfort to house the old tenpin classic. Forty gleaming new lanes await the bowlers. No one jet has allowed to test their surfaces by tossing a ball down the 60-foot stretch of lumber. The first ball the sports world's way of cutting the ribbon will be thrown twice Saturday.

A group of 40 teams from Detroit's Moslem Shrine League actually will Jaunch the fight for $467,032.50 in prize money on the morning shift. AT 7:30 p.m., come the formal opening ceremonies, when Mayor 1 ABC Tournament Opens 79-Day Run at You can walk in the rain (and who can avoid" it in spring?) these trousers leep their cras even when they're scaled through! Thanks to a revolutionary process now available in imported mid-weight wools, a perfect fabric for ihe transition into warm weather. And for extra practicality, Kingswood tailors it in a two-trouser model in handsomely patterned medium and Jark tones. Smart choice for sprmg from every standpoint and first in Detroit at 69.50 BV GEORGE PUSCAS With much noise and schmaltz, one of the sports world's great spectacles will be unwrapped Saturday for all Detroit to see and hear. The hour is near for the start of the 58th annual American Bowling Congress tournament, known around as the largest participant sports competition anywhere.

Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday and continuing with scarcely a pause for 78, additional days, some 32,000 men from nearly every state in the nation will come here to play with 10 sticks and a big-black ball IT WILL BK spring perhaps the Tigers' fate will have been 'determined before the rumble of rolling ball and thunder of 'If! OPEN SATURDAY TO 9 SHELBY STATE GRAND RIVER GREENFIELD WONDERLAND CENTER WOODWARD AT MONTCALM MACK MOROSS EASTLAND CENTER WESTB0RN.