SF Dons Pressed for Lead By Kentucky, La Salle Fives NKW YORK (API The Uni versity of Han Francisco contin ued to lend the college banket hall parade toward the end of the sea eon Monday, but dwindling sup port for the defense-minded Dons Indicated that It taken big games to Impress the experts. The Dons were voted the No. 1 college team for the fourth straight week In the Associated Press ranking poll with Ken tucky and LaSalle close behind. But while they marked up their 21st victory against a single de feat this season, they drew only 43 first place votes and 888 San Francisco Picked as Site For NCAA Tilts KANSAS CITY (AP) A double-header in San Francisco's Cow Palace March 8 will de termine two at-large entries for the NCAA regional basketball playoffs in Corvallis, Ore., March 11-12. Heaves Peters, chairman of the Western selection committee, an nounced these arrangements Monday night: At 7:30 p.m. March 8 Seattle university will play Idaho State, Rocky Mountain conference champion. At fl:30 top-ranked University of San Francisco will meet the Border Conference champion. West Texas State and Texas Tech now are tied for the border title. Moving on to Corvallis, the winner of the Seattle-Idaho State game will meet the Pacific Coast conference champion—to be de cided in playoffs Friday. Satur day and Monday between UCLA and Oregon State. The winner of the USF-Bor der Conference champion game will face Utah, Skyline confer ence titlist. in the other region al first round game. NCAA to Submit Plan for Television CHICAGO (API The Na tional Collegiate Athletic asso ciation him decided upon a col lege football program which will. If approved, permit telecasting of games on a national network on five days next fall and on a regional network on five days. The revised program, It was learned Sunday, which will be more acceptable to Pacific Coast and Big Ten conference schools, will bo submitted to a meeting of the NCAA in New York this week. It was indicated that the re visions were made in the tele casting program because of the refusal of the PAcific Coast and Big Ten conferences to go along’ with the plan as agreed upon in Chicago Feb. 17 and 18. In addition there was the threat that both loops might set up their own video programs, which automatically would break relations with the NCAA. Daryle Nelson Signs With Milwaukee Farm Daryle Nelson of Portland, former University of Oregon baseball star, has signed a 1955 contract with the Milwaukee Braves farm club at Toledo, Ohio. Nelson, 24, a second baseman, was graduated from Oregon in 1953. He was a - star performer with Selfridge Air Force base team in Michigan. points In thin week’ll balloting. 1.41 nt week the count wan 85 and 953. Man Francisco, breezing through the cloning games of the regular neanon and look ing ahead to the NCAA tour- ! ■lament, ran out of strong op position. Meanwhile Kentucky, In a bat tle for the Southeastern confer ence title, and LaHalle, clinch ing an NCAA tournament berth, turned In a couple of good vic tories apiece to lessen the Dons' margin In the voting. A total of 104 votes were.cast In this week's poll and less than half of them had San Francisco on top. The other first-place votes were scattered among 14 teams. Points were scored on the us ual basis of 10 for each first place vote, nine for second, etc. Next week's poll will be the last for the regular season. Kentucky and la Halle both Three Teams Nearing Titles Three schools virtually clinched NCAA berths Monday night as college basketball heads into the, home stretch. Victorious and nearly assured of post-season tourney berths were Iowa, Colorado and Ken tucky. Eighteen thousand f£ns cram med into the Minnesota field house to watch the Iowa Hawk eyes post a 72-70 win over the fifth ranked nationally Gophers.: Iowa has an 11-2 Big Ten record while Minnesota dropped to 10-3. Kentucky, unlike the Gophers, was able to win on its home ! court, and smothered Alabama 66-52. The Wildcats had been tied with 'Bama 10-2 for the : Southeastern conference lead. Colorado virtually clinched the Big Seven title by thumping Mis souri 65-57. The Buffs now lead the Tigers by two full games. Crucial games tonight find Southern Methodist against Tex as and Texas Christian agamst Arkansas. TCU and SMU are tied fpr the Southwest conference lead with 8-3. Webfoot Team Set For Cue Tourney The Inter-Collegiate Straight j Rail Billiard tournament opens today with the University of Ore gon one of the 28 teams com peting for the title. All teams are to play on their home tables and results will be mailed to tournament headquarters. The Oregon team, composed of Bob Boyle, John Wilson and Dan ] Garcia, will begin play at 3:30; p.m. today in the Student Union ; recreation area. Spectators are; invited. The Association of College Unions and the Billiard Congress ; of America sponsor the annual event. The Webfoot team placed ! fifth in the tournament in 1954. I Workouts Begin For Baseballers Frosh baseball coach Bob Basich will put his gharges through their first workout of the year today at 3:15 p.m. in McArthur court. Pitchers and catchers have been taking light workouts for several weeks, but this will be the first chance for Basich to see what all of his boys look like in action. First game in the Ducklings’ 16-game schedule is slated for the first week in April. attracted more first place bal lots than they did a week ago, bufr their point totals of 723 and 640 reflected little change. The big switch in the rank ings came as a result of Du aueane's second defeat at the hands of its prospective National Invitation tournament rival, Dayton. That dropped the Dukes from fourth place to eighth and moved Dayton up from 11th to 10th. Duquesne is seeded No. 1 for the NIT and Dayton No. 2. Another result of Duquesne’s defeat was the Marquette, North Carolina State, Minnesota and Utah each moved up one place in the rankings. UCLA didn't bene fit by the change, remaining in ninth place even after winning the Southern Division champion- ; ship in the Pacific Coast con-! ference. The Uclans still have to play 14th ranked Oregon State, the Northern Division winner, for a place in the NCAA tournament. Utah already has clinched the Skyline conference title and a place in that tournament. North Carolina State, Inelig ible for the post-season tour naments, knocked tieorge Washington out of a top-ten ranking. The Colonials slid from 10th place to 13th on the heels of a 68-39 beating. Alabama, tied with Kentucky for the Southeastern conference lead, and Iov/a, tied with Minne sota at the top of the Big Ten, advanced to the head of the sec ond division of the rankings. The leading teams with won lost records through Saturday in parentheses: San Framnaco Kentucky lea Salle Marquette North Carolina State Minnesota ... Utah ... I>uque*nc UCLA . Layton SECOND TEN Alabama ... Iowa Ceoifce \Va*hin|ftO! Oregon State Tultta ____ \ atuicrbilt I llinoif Mary land Memphis State Missouri _ . .... 21 1) 20-2) 22-4) 231) 2S-4» 155) 21-3) 38-4) 21-3) 22 3) 18 4) 16- 4) 20-5) 19*7) !9-6) 15-6) 15-5) 17- 6) 17-3) 15 4) 888 , 723 j 640 | 460 j 425 | 369 I 359 348 i 297 j 262 153 ; 120 j 115 68 1 42 | 40 S 37 ! 35 ! Patronize Emerald Advertisers National Rated Over American TAMPA, Fla. V.