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1 Monday, March 25, 1957 Bradley Wins NIT: The Daily Nebroskan for Eieels IDovn fC Win NCAA Crown r i In a tense, action packed basket ball game Saturday night, the North Carolina Tar Heels downed the Kansas Jayhawks for the NCAA championship. Jt took North Carolina three overtime periods to extend their one-season record to 32 victories. Whites Win: Scrimmage Marred By Wet Field BY STAN WIDMAN Staff Sports Writer Coach Bill Jennings had his huait trs scrimmaging heavily against each other Saturday, although rain and foul weather kept them from having a full-game battle. Jennings had his men divided up into four teams with the first and third units being the Reds and the second and fourth units the Whites. The scrimmage had the first and second teams running against each other and the third and fourth teams the same. Outstanding per formances seemed to be turned in by both White teams both of fensively and definsively. The fourth team led by two year letterman George Harshman pro cued the day's only score. The unit v,cv-Vip fis vards and ended the trek on a one yard touchdown plunge by Jerry Schroeder. The setup play was a 30-yard pass from Harshman to Bill Tun ing which put the ball on the Red ten yard line. Schroeder bulled his way to the one but a penalty put the Whites back to the six. Schroe der again went to the one and then scored. The other long march was also registered by a White team run by Doug Thomas. The drive ended on a fumble but several outstand ing plays were run off. Jim Hergen rader and Gene Sandage led the march, each man reeling off ten yard runs and being on the receiv ing end of passes thrown by the other. Thomas who was a fullback last year but showed good possibilities as a signal caller mixing passes and quick openers very well. Another White drive led by Full back Leo George's 15-yard run was halted by Jerry Wheeler as he pounced on a Thomas fumble on the 25. The Whites two teams also showed defensive abilities as they stopped the Reds without a single sustained drive. Outstanding on the lines were tackles Don Olson and Du ane Mongerson and Guards Stu Howerter, Art Klein and Charlie Tsoukalas. Jennings stated that he would not be able to make any assess ments of personnel until the mo vies are shown, but he thought that the defensive play was ahead of the offense. Due to the wetness of the field and several first year quarter backs, fumbles were frequent. Thomas and Harshman showed up well as signal callers while Her genreder, Zaruba of the Reds, and Sandage stood out as halfbacks. Jerry Wheeler and Leo George ran well in the fullback position. With six seconds remaining in the final overtime period, Maurice King fouled Joe Quigg. Kansas led 53-52 by virtue of Gene Elstun's free throw. Quigg dropped in his two foul shots to clinch the Tar Heel victory. The game became a little rough in the second overtime when Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas and Pete i Brennan of Jlorth Carolina began shoving each other for position under the basket. Both coaches rushed out on the floor and a brief but wild rhubarb was on. North Carolina coach Frank Mc Guire claims he was punched in the stomach by Kansas assistant Jack Eskridge. Quigg took over the leadership of the Tar Heel quintet when All American Lennie Rosenbluth fouled out with 1:45 of the regulation con test left and his team behind 43-44. Chamberlain, playing all the way without relief, led all scorers with 23 points while Rosenbluth had 20. Tommy Kearns and Brennan chipped in 11 points each to the North Carolina total, while Maurice King and Ron Loneski each had 11 for the Jayhawks. In the consolation game, San Francisco downed Michigan State 67-60 to gain third place honors. Mike Farmer paced the Don attack with Vk. points. Ferguson was high man for the Spartans with 14 points. North Carolina advanced to the finals by squeezing out a 74-70 win over Michigan State on Friday night. This game also went through three overtimes giving the Tar Heels some sort of tournament re cord for six overtimes in two games. Rosenbluth ted the victory with 31 points while Jack Quiggle, playing the entire contest with a sprained ankle, tallied 20 points for the Spartans. The Jayhawks qualified for the "main event" with a resounding 80-56 victory over San Francisco. The Dons stayed with Wilt and company throughout the first haif but couldnt keep up the torrid pace in the second stanza. Chamberlain dumped in 32 points to lead the Kansas attack, vrhile Mike Farmer had 14 for the losers. Over in Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon, Bradley downed a game Memphis State quintet to grab the National Invita tional Tournament Championship. With 29 seconds remaining and Memphis State holding an 83-81 lead, Bradley's Shelley McMillion scored a three point play to give the Braves their first crown in six tries. The see-saw contest saw Bradley come frombehinf "to win "after leading by 15 points in the first half and trailing by 10 points in the second half. Wflf Wilfong of Memphis State led all scorers with 31 points and was chosen most valuable player. Mason was high man for the win ners with 22 points. Temple grabbed third place hon ors by defeating St. Bonaventure 67-50. NCAA NO. CAROLINA KANSAS G r T G T T Row'bhlth S 4 20 Elstun 4 3 11 0 Loneski tit 3 11 L. Johnson 6 3 2 2 Cham'laio ( 11 23 2 10 King J 5 11 0 Parker 2 4 4 3 11 Billings 0 4 0 Total! 21 11 M Total MSB Halftime: No. Carolina 29 Kansaj 22. Regulation: Tie, 46-46 . let Overtime: Tie. 40-48 2nd Overtime: Tie, 48-48. Lou Brennan 4 Young 1 Quigg 4 Cunn'bara 4 Kearna 4 NIT BKADLET MEMPHIS T. opt err Cable S 1 17 Wilfong 10 11 31 B. Mason 5 12 22 Basan 3 4 10 McDale 13 5 Hock'd'r 0 2 2 Emerson Oil Butcher 7 7 21 McMOJ'B 2 18 Arnold I 4 14 Sedg'ick fi 0 0 Swander 2 15 Morae -4 IS Hayi 8 Dhabalt 3 2 1 Myers 12 4 Johnson 0 0 0 Totals J 24 4 Totata VI 2 S3 Halftime: Bradley 51 Memphis St. 43. 'Strictly Sportsfdk By BOB M ARTEL Sports Editor Another Scandal The very young Air Force Academy finds itself entangled in what : could be the biggest recruiting scandal of the year. The Denver Post said last Wednesday that some memebers of the Pueblo Junior College and the New Mexico Military Institute football ; teams are prospective Air Force Academy cadets who were turned down originally by the Academy. The Post said the players were sent to the Pueblo and New Mexico achools for further tutoring. The full expenses for the athletes at the Pueblo school are supposedly paid for by a single check for $7,000 from "a solid and well known foundation." Its no secret that both the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis have agreements with prep schools where prospective cadets sharpen up before entering the service achools. I believe that when the situation is investigated, the NCAA will find that not only athletes are being subsidized by the Air Force Academy, but the prospective candidates," who do not participate in ports are also being helped financially. From here it looks like the fans of the other Empire Conference achools are looking for a way to stop the involved junior colleges from copping all the athletic laurels.. Here We Go Again ... They're out to revise the game of basketball again. The latest brain storm is that of Bruce Drake, former University of Oklahoma basketball coach and one time chairman of basketball rules committee. Drake's idea is to change the value of goals on the basis of how difficult they are to get. "Everybody knows a home run in baseball is harder to get than a single," he said. "By the same token a tipin, the cheapest shot in basketball, is easier to get than an outside set shot. "So why not set up a zone six feet from the basket. Let a shot from outside the zone count two and let a tip-in count one point. "Not all of us can get big men, so we must have a chance to hold our own. This may be one method." Yes, this may be one method, but why not leave the rules alone and concentrate on playing the game of basketball. There have been so many rule changes in the last couple of seasons that the fan is never quite sure of just how the game is being played. Next thing you know, someone will come around and tell Bill Jennings that his ends can't weigh over 185, his tackies over 195, his guards and centers over 210 and his backs over 175. Let's play the game. There will always be a Gary Thompson, Chet Forte or Gary Reimers around to carry the banner for the little men. V East Favored In '57 Shrine Benefit Tonight The East will be favored for the first time in the six year old his- tory of the annual East-West Shrine benefit game to be held in Kansas : City tonight. The battle between the senior All-Stars is expected to ; draw a capacity crowd of over 10,- i 000 fans. I The people shouldn't be disap pointed as the country's top scor ers will take the floor. Coach Frank McGuire of North Carolina, who will handle the East, has picked for himself ten players who would never take a back seat to anyone. These include Grady Wallace of South Carolina and Joe Gibbon of Mississippi who averaged 31 and 30.5, points per game during the regular season. In addition, the East will have Lennie Rosenbluth, All-American from North Carolina who led his team to the National championship. Others on McGuire's dream team include Jim Ashmore of Mississippi State, Gerry Calvert, Kentucky and Harv Schmidt, Illinois. The West, coached by Bill Stran nigan of Iowa State will be rely ing on three Big Seven players to carry the load. Ail-American Gary Thompson of Iowa State leads the array of Big Seven stars. Rex Ekwall, the Ruskers leading scorer, ana Gene Elstun of Kansas are the other two boopsters who will be playing. Jim Krebs of South ern Methodist and Denver's Dick Brott will be two other big guns being counted upon by Strannigan. iMebrasItan Sports Wirz' Crystal Ball Gazing: Fourth Place For Cards; Schoefield Should Stick By BOB WIRZ Staff Sports Writer Manager Fred Hutchinson can see a brighter future for his St. Louis Cardinals this spring. Last season when Hutchinson took over at the helm he didn't quite know what to expect. He did a com mendable job Jast season raising the Redbirds from seventh to fourth place in the National League Standings. "Hutch" thinks the squad is improved this season and that they may pick up as much as 12 games over last years show ing. This would leave them five contests behind Brooklyn's show ing of last season. A couple of winter trades have helped the Cardinals stock con siderably, or at least, this is the way it looks in March. Baseballs No. 1 trader, Frank Lane, made off season deals with both Chicago and Philadelphia. Del Ennis was acquired from Philadelphia in exchange for Rip Ripulski. Ennis will play right field for the Cardinals and bat in the cleanup position. His power should help the lineup consider ably. The other trade saw pitchers Sam Jones and Jim Davis coming to St. Louis along with catcher Hobie Landrith from the Cubs. Jones wiH be a starting hurler and Davis will do spot starts along with doing quite a bit of relief hurling. Landrith will serve as No. 2 catcher behind the regular, Hal Smith. Other starting pitchers wiH prob ably be Herm Wehmeier, wimer Mizell, and Lindy McDaniel. Wehmeier, acquired from Phila delphia last year, developed into one of the Cardinals more depend able hurlers. He had a 12-11 mark with several of the losses being suffered in Philadelphia. Mizell is supposedly the No. 1 pitcher on the staff. "Vinager Bend" has always had trouble with wildness and this spring cer tainly is no exception. In his first three outings in camp Mixell has posted a'14.13 ERA. However, with about a month more of training to go the big guy should come aroundl McDaniel is showing signs of earning the large bonus the Cards paid him to sign in 1955. Only 21, McDaniel won seven and lost six last season. He was used a lot for early inning relief work and spot starts. His 3.41 ERA has earned the youngster a chance to become a regular starter. Murry Dickson, who will be 41 before the season is over also will do some starting. The knuckle ball artist still will win the big ones for you. Larry Jackson, Willard Schmidt, and Hoyt Wilhelm will form the nucleus of. the bullpen staff. Wil helm also was acquired in a winter trade. Thorn Cljeney, Lloyd Merritt, Bill Muffett, and Bob Smith are scrap ing it out for the remaining two berths. The infield for the Cards is- pret ty well set. Stan Musial will open at first base, Don Blasingame will be at second, Ken Bpyer will play shortstop. The first three men are well established. Dark probably holds the edge at " short although"; young Schofield will probably spell him quite a bit. Schofield is an ex-bonus baby. Eddie Kasko, Eddie Miksis, and either Joe Cunningham or Tom Ala ton complete the infield reserves. Kasko plays anyplace but first and does them all well. Miksis plays infield or outfield. He is still an other ex-Cub. Cunningham may win the other berth because be is a better hitter and can also play in the outfield. Alston still can't seem to hit big league ptiching. The utility first baseman will spell I Musial later on in the season. Two outfield positions are strong with centerfielder still in doubt. Ennis is in rightfield and Wally Moon in left. Moon hit .298 last season and only & late slump hurt the mark considerably. Chuck Har mon and Bobby Del Greco are fight ing it out in center. Harmon may have a slight edge with the bat but his arm isn't the best. Del Greco is an excellent fielder but is weak at bat. Bobby Gene Smith could surprise at this position. If Lane doesnt decide to trade off too many ball players this year the Cardinals will probably be a stronger fourth place squad than last year. At any rate there ap pears to be quite a margin between the Redbirds and the bottom four NL clubs. Use Nebraskan Want Ads I I Wl MM UN I I.O A 1 61 Oft VA APPROVED ON home is MISLEADING VA DOES NOT "APPROVE? OR GUARANTEE" A &l HOME- IT MERELY APPRAISES IT TO MAKE SUeE THE PRICE IS NOT EXCESSIVE XU THE HOUSING J SJI10ICT . Fr fall kifsrmtim cmtsrt yumr esi We Give Green u Stamps Use Your Token I V ' . J ') r' ; V A-" L v t i rv -9 - 1 ? , -if - wyir j J "t- - With Spring on the way . . 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