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NEW YORK ()-With the ap-
iroach of tournament time in col
ege basketball, it almost is be
coming possible to pick out the
most likely candidates for the ma
jor events by looking at the week
ly national rankings.
TOntuekv already has earned a
place in the National Collepit?
A. A. tournament by clinching the
Southeastern conference title. And
for the fourth straight week the
sports writers and sportcasters
participating in the Associated
Press ranking poll have voted the
Wildcats the No. 1 position in the
nation.
Also ranked in the first ten,
Kansas State and Kansas of the
Big Seven Conference, Iowa and
Illinois of the Big Ten, St. Louis
of the Missouri Valley and Wash
ington of the Pacific Coast are
very much in the running for
conference titles and NCAA play
off spots.
The Rankings
Here's how the teams were
ranked this week by 103 voters:
Kentucky, Kansas State, Duques
ne, St. Bonaventure, Iowa, Illi
nois, St. Louis, Washington, Kan
sas and St. John's Brooklyn.
Washington, with a 19-3 record,
received five first place votes and
had 269 points.
Kentucky, listed first on 42 bal
lots, polled a total of 867 points
as compared with 737 for Kansas
State, which drew 14 first-place
votes. After the votes were in
Monday, Kentucky went out and
walloped Mississippi State, 110 to
86. for its 21st victory of the sea
son against two defeats.
Duquesne also reflected the ac
curacy of the ballots by downing
St. Bonaventure. 69-63. These two
teams and St. John's likely will
be among the first considered for
bids to the 12-team National In
vitation Tournament, starting
March 8.
Although several of the top ten
teams switched positions last
week, the group as a whole re
mained unchanged. Unbeaten Du
quesne and Iowa moved up on the
list while Illinois and Kansas
dropped back after losing.
St. Bonaventure, still uncon
vinced that it isn't superior to
Duquense, faces St. John's in Mad
ison Square Garden Thursday
night. Kansas States takes on
stubborn Missouri, Kansas plays
Nebraska and St. Louis meets defensively-strong
Tulsa Saturday.
Washington meets Idaho at Mos
cow, Ida., Friday and Saturday.
Kentucky's only troublesome fu
ture opponent appears to be De
Paul, currently ranked 18th.
Winter Games
Due Thursday
(Continued from preceding page)
changes will be made in the run,
which they consider dangerous for
four-man sleds. The No. 3 curve
has been modified slightly but the
Americans believe this change was
no enough. Even Dick Button, the
world and Olvmpic figure skating
champion, joined the anvil chorus
with a complaint about the rough
outdoor Ice.
While frantic last minute work
went ahead, the International
Olympic Committee was formally
convened by Crown Prince Olav
In solemn ceremonies in Oslo's
sparkling marble city hall. It went
into a closed session and decided
to consider Wednesday the prob
lem of whether the 1956 games
can be held in Melbourne, Aus
tralia. When competition starts Thurs
dav in the gint slalom for ladies,
Mrs. Rhoda Wutele Eages of Can
ada will be the first down. The
American star, Mrs. Andrea Mead
Lawrence of Rutland, Vt., was top
seeded with Trudy Jochum-Beiser
of Austria. They got preferential
spots numbers 4 and 5 early
enough so the course will be
smooth, but they will not have to
break it in.
Sports Probe
Bill Delayed
WASHINGTON WVThe House
Rules Committee postponed action
Tuesday on a proposal for a con
gressional investigation of football,
baseball, boxing, racing and other
sports. It was the second time the
committee had put off action on
the resolution by Rep. Clemente,
(D-NY). Chairman Sabath (D-Ill)
who favors the inquiry, told re
porters he would make a later ef
fort to bring it to a vote.
Cotton has become an important
money crop in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Ti me Short Before Drills Open
102 Big Leaguers Still Unsigned
NEW YORK (JPi - Big league
clabowners had better get busy
bringing their boys into line if
they want to open their spring
training camps with enough play
ers to have a practice game.
An Associated Press surrey to
day showed that 102 big leaguers
have not yet signed their 1952 con
tracts. That is approximately one
fifth of the player output and
spring training drills are less than
two weeks off.
Those outside the fold Include,
some mighty big names such as
Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Ralph
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fear years if minors hold any water. Lot ef talk has big Swede Hol
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lyhooing the meet. Bat Peterson couldn't make it because of an over
loaded schedule. ... A good chaneo that Jonie ! McMahon, the na
tional match play kegling king will bo seen here, since he's due
for a Northwest tour under Brunswick colors in about a month. , , .
Not a Keyhole -But a Transom
Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses Is fine bat
Sam Yokes of the WU coaching staff won't recommend watching a
basketball game through a door transom. Sam was forced to such
a measure during that Friday WU-Pioneer tilt in the cramped L-C
gym after he and his Bearkittens emerged from the showers in the
wake of their prelim scrap and found it impossible to get into the
packed arena.
Sam had a transom-mate in L-C Football Mentor Joe Huston,
also blocked out nicely by the overflow mob. . . . The moral seems
to be that if the Willamette and Lewis and Ciarks want to get
capacity houses they must merely play each other. ...
Bowes Didn't Seek Olympics Slot This Time
Bill Bowes, the Salem native who barely missed a berth on the
1948 Olympic Ski team, didn't try for the squad this time. In the
process. of earning a Masters degree in geology at Utah University
and the father of two children, the onetime slat whiss doesn't find
much time for his favorite sport anymore, other than on a social
basis.
Incidentally, Bill was a close friend of Victor Gothehalk, one
of those killed In the recent avalanche at Sun Valley. The two were
wartime buddies in the ski troops In the Aleutian theatre. . . .
Bill might have made the '48 Olympic team but for a bad spill
suffered in the Harriman Races. Even then there was surprise regis
tered at Bowes' ommission from the squad and some still are con
vinced that political pressure pat somebody else In at tho expense
of BilL . . .
Joe's Shoes Are Awfully Big
No less than three men have proclaimed that they're going to
try their durndest to step into Joe DiMaggie 's shoes when the DiMag
less New Tork Yankees swing into the 1952 campaign. . . .
The worthies with such a monumental ambitien are Youngsters
Mickey Mantle and Jackie Jensen, the former Cal All-America foot
baller, and Veteran Gene Woodling.
Now there's a chance Mantle and Jensen, still developing, may
eventually bloom sufficiently to fill a good hunk of Joe's shoes. But
the odds are against Mickey and Jackie ever completely fining 'em
from heel to toe. That's a Job that's mignty nun so imposaiDie.
As for Woodling, Gene's now at his peak and a very good ban
player he is but he's still long way from being a DiMaggio. . . .
So it looks like the Yankees will just have to settle for less. . . .
That ND Sched Tops in Ruggedness
Slats GUI quoted the other day as saying Washington's Huskies
are the best qnint in the land. If by chance the Huskies and Ken
tucky wind up as foes in the coming NCAA tourney, Slats will have
plenty of chance to reaffirm his faith in the Huskies. For he probably
win be pestered by a whole army of guys wanting him to back up
that faith with some folding stuff. . . . Kidding aside. Slats hit the
nail on the head when he pointed to the Northern division schedule
as one of the most killing In the entire country. A team which takes
the crown after running that grueling gauntlet f 18 games has to
have sturdy stuff in Its lineup. ...
Kiner, Phil Rlzzuto, Vic Raschi,
Ferris Fain, Sal Maglie, Pee Wee
Reese, Warren Spahn, Robin Rob
erts, Bob Lemon. Hal Newhouser
and others.
Only one club the Chicago
White Sox has succeeded in get
ting the entire player personnnel
on the dotted line. Pittsburgh has
signed only IT of its 40 players,
but the Pirates were the hut to
receive their , contracts. General
Manager Branch Rickey Is a firm
believer In mailing eat the con
tracts sit the very last
jnst before the Feb, 1 deadline.
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The Elma lad is not only en a
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age bat also Is ranked on a par
with the Lincoln Goliath in point
productivity. ... Oar pardons go
to Dwane (Dinkie) Grogan for in
advertently calling hisn Nickie in
the recent story on his brother,
Jimmy, the Olympic skater. . . .
Oddly enough when Ted Loder
swirled in those 12 points against
Lewis and Clark Saturday night
for the biggest evening of his hoop
career, he was battling the handi
cap of a badly sprained thumb on
his shooting hand. Ted got the
injury in Portland Friday eve in
the first Ult of the weekend se
ries and at first everybody was
scared to death the thumb was
broken. . . . Tom Wood, origina
tor of the current City Billiard
Tourney, tried to get famed cue
xxtist Charley; Peterson hero far
an exhibition las a means of bal-
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ELIZABETH, N. J. JP- Don
New combe, Brooklyn Dodger right
hander, will be inducted into the
Army, Feb. 20, his draft board
announced Tuesday. He originally
had been slated to leave in March.
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By TED SMTTS
OSLO (JP) There is no such
thing as a form chart for the win
ter Olympic Games, but if any
two individuals here seem sure of
winning gold medals they are Dick
Button, king of figure skaters, and
and Hjalmar Andersen of Norway,
the phenomenal speed skater.
Even Dick thinks he will win,
pointing out he is skating better
than when he took the Olympic
title at St. Moritz in 1948. He has
won all world championships in
between. The most serious rival of
the slender Harvard student from
England, N. J., seems to be an
other American, Jimmy Grogan of
Colorado Springs, formerly of Ta
coma, Wash., and Silverton, Ore.
As for Andersen, if he doesn't
win at least the 10,000 meter race
it will be a national disaster for
Norway. His Is the nation's pin-up
boy, and his phenomenal new rec
ord of 16:32.6 set Sunday puts him
in a class by himself.
Morrow Liked
A concensus of the favorites in
the other Olympic events includes:
Women's Figure Skating Suz
anne Morrow of Canada, who aims
to succeed Barabara Ann Scott,
the Canadian girl who won the
title in 1948 and then turned Dro-
fessional; Jeanette Altwegg of
r.ngiand, ine world champion; Jac
queline DuBief, France; and Son
ya Klopfer, 17-year-old American
from Long Island City, N. Y.
Figure Skating Pairs Rita and
Paul Fa Ik, Germany, the world
champions; Karol and Peter Ken
nedy from Seattle, Wash., the
former world champions.
Giant Slalom, Men Stein Frik
sen, Norway; Othmar Schneider,
Austria; James Couttet, France,
who was second in 1948; Henri
Oreiller, France, third in 1948;
Stig Solander and Ake Nilsson,
Sweden.
Ski Relay Finland, Sweden,
and Norway as a matter of course.
Downhill Ski Race, Men Zeno
Colo, Italy, the world champion;
James Couttet, France; Etein
Errksen, Norway; Christel Pravda,
Austria; and Georges Schneider,
Switzerland.
Jump Event Feature
Special Ski Jump From Nor
wegian viewpoint, this is the cli
max of the Olympics. It takes
place the last Sunday, Feb. 24, at
the famed Holmenkollen Hill, and
150,000 are expected to be on hand.
Favored are Arnfinn Bergmann,
Thorbjorn Falkanger and Arae
Hoel of Norway plus Sepp Bradl
of Austria.
Women's Giant Slalom, Slalom,
and Downhill The same field is
entered in all three events, and
here the United States has a
chance to win another skiing gold
medal or possibly two with Andrea
Mead Lawrence of Rutland, VL,
and Jannette Burr of Seattle,
Wash. Their chief rivals are Rhoda
Wurtele Eaves, Canada; Dagmer
Rom and Erika Mahrinrer of At.
tria; and Tull Gasmann, Norway.
Bobsled, both two and four man
the German, Swiss, and Ameri
can sieos are the strongest with
little to choose oetween.
Ice Hockev Canada look w:t
here, followed by Czechoslovakia,
Sweden, and the United States.
Look and Learn
By A C Garden
1. Where is considered the hot
test spot on earth?
2. What is it one hears when
holding a sea shell to one's ear?
S. Which is Europe's longest
river?
4. What is the name of the sci
ence which deals with coins?
5. What is the regulation length
of a bowling; alley?
ANSWERS
1. The Persian Gulf.
2. A mixture of noises and
echoes in the air about you re
flected into the ear this fusion
sounding like the roar of the) cars.
S. The Volga; 232S miles. '
4. Numismatics.
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