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eighth of 10 dispatches on the
football bowl teams. The dis
patches will cover the teams
in the Gator. Orange, Rose,
Sugar and Cotton Bowls.
Br WILLIAM A. SHIRES
Durham, N.C. OH Duke,
taking a leaf from Notre Dame's
notebook, figures its success in
the Orange Bowl against Okla
homa depends upon effort ex
traordinary, plus conditioning.
Coach Bill Murray believes
his squad will be mentally pre
pared for a maximum effort.
The Blue Devils usually have
fared well against major oppon
ents during Murray's coaching
regime.
Conditioning has been stress
ed in Duke preparations for the
New Year's Day game. And it
has been costly in the way of
injuries.
Rugged Practice Brings Injuries
Murray admits trouble in
keeping his first three units in
tact because of injuries in rug
fad practices. A major blow
was the loss of guard Phil Scu
dieri, playing on the No. 1 unit
in place of ailing All-Conference
guard Ray Hord. During the reg
ular season Duke lost second
unit Carol Jamison.
Tackle Tom Topping, another
All-Conference player, returned
to practice Thursday for the
first time since the Clemson
game in November.
Injuries hit as many as five
starters, but all except Scuderi
are expected to be ready.
Sunshine Drills Friday
Duke begins practice In the
sunshine at Miami Friday and
Murray's plans are to keep the
accent on conditioning right up
until game time. Against Okla
homa's speed, Murray figures it
is essential to alternate fresh
units frequently and hopes to
have three units of almost equal
strength.
"We must count on our play
ers being at a peak of condition
ing, Murray explained. He con
cedes Oklahoma has an edge in
team speed.
Duke is known as a team that
features raw power team of
brawn which likes to beat
down an opponent by brute
kstrength. Murray contends that
Notre Dame beat Oklahoma
"just by knocking them down,"
and he adds, "that's the way
you have to do it."
What, if any, innovations for
the Blue Devils' split-T have
been installed during practice is
something which Murray de
clines to disclose. There are re
ports of some new plays. Mur
ray does say Oklahoma ?has
less variety than we do" and
they "just beat you at football."
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ton and California had the big
city blues today as they step
ped fearfully into Madison
Square garden to prep for the
Holiday Basketball festival.
"It's an old, old story to the
eams from out in the country,
They get one look at the vast
ness of Madison Square garden
and sure-fire All-Americans from
the other' side of the Alleghen
ies develop two hands full of
thumbs.
Then, too, there's that con
founded brand of eastern bask
etball which is patterned after
professional play.
A Sure All-American
Before you credit this to New
York provincialism, listen to
Johnny Castellani of Seattle. The
little man from the Pacific
Northwest has a sure-pop All-
America ui . big Elgin Baylor
but even so he isn't expecting
any belated Christmas gifts
Thursday.
"They play a different type
of basketball here," Johnny, a
former Notre Dame assistant,
. complained as he looked for
ward to facing a field which
Includes such pro-type teams as
Pitt, Temple, NYU, Manhattan
and Connecticut.
"In the east they use the give-
and-go a great deal," he said
"Out in the west we don't meet
this type of offense, so why
should I stress defense against
It when we only see it a couple
of times a year?
Basketball beyond the east is
llmost exclusively the fast
break plus a pattern-type at
tack. Eastern coaches sneer at
some of these offenses and pre
fer the fast-breaking improvis
ation plus the give-and-go pick-
off which the kids absorb from
the pros.
One Reason for Loss
This was one of the reasons
why St. Bonaventure was able
to beat Seattle : and Elgin
Baylor in the National Invit-
atin Tournament last season.
The six-foot, six-inch Seattle
star sobbed afterwards that it
was one of his poorest performances.
TRIO IMPRESS CURTICE
Stanford, Calif. (W Gerald
Nesbitt of Arkansas, Jim Shof
ner of Texas Christian and Joe
Francis of Oregon State im
pressed Coach Jack Curtice of
the West squad Monday in a
workout for Saturday's clash
with the East in the Shrine foot
ball game. Nesbitt and Shofner
did some good punting. Francis,
a tailback in Oregon State's sin
gle wing offense, is working as a
T-formation quarterback.
FLU KAYOS PACE
Santa Clara, Calif. (IP) The
East's hopes of defeating the
West in Saturday's Shrine All
Star football game sank today
because Jim Pace, star back from
Michigan, is in the Santa Clara
Infirmary with an attack of flu.
"The outlook isn't too bright. We
haven't been able to field a com
plete team yet for practice be
cause of illness," " said Penn
State's Rip Engle, the East coach.
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This is not to insinuate that
Seattle, California, Dayton
and other teams from the great
beyond don't play fine, fast
basketball. Nor that they don't
have players as good, or better
than the players in the east.
Baylor certainly is one of the
best in the country, a player
who, it has been said by rivals,
lives up to every drop of ink
the Seattle publicity man uses
on him. He is rugged on defense
where he led the nation with
553 rebounds last season, and
offensively was third with a
29.7 point per game average.
"He's the best all - around
college player I've ever seen,"
Castellani says of the 22-year-old,
225-pound junior from
Washington, D. C. "But last
year when we came In here to
the Garden he was just a great
big bundle of nerves."
That's the way it affects all
of them when they finally get
to the Garden. And, when they
have to face that unknown give-and-go
on top of it, the job
sometimes is just too much.
Which is why the western
coaches aren't making any
claims before the opening
whistle.
GROZA HOLDS RECORD
Cleveland, Ohio (IP) Lou
Groza of the Cleveland Browns
takes a National Football League
record of scoring in 71 straight
games into Sunday's title game
with the Detroit Lions.
SPORTS
Tuesday, December 24, I9S7
.Beavers Tip
Indiana in
6th Victory
Bloomington, Ind. (IP) Ore
gon State defeated Indiana 62-51
Monday night for its sixth bas
ketball victory against one de
feat so far this season.
The victory gave Coach Slats
Gill's Beavers an even split on
their two-game western invasion.
They lost to Iowa in overtime
Saturday.
Oregon State, paced by Ken
Nanson, put on a strong second
half drive to win from Indiana.
The score was tied at 31-all at
the half and Indiana twice went
into three-point leads early in
the second half.
But Nanson and the Beavers
took over and pulled out to a
safe lead.
Nanson had 26 points while
Dave Gambee, OSC's scoring
ace, was held to 10. Lee Harman
also got 10 for OSC. Archie
Dees, the big Indiana center,
scored 25 points.
Casper Planning To Rest
Before Entering Tourney
Chino, Calif. W Billy Cas
per Jr. settled back Tuesday
for a rest from the tourney cir
cuit until the Los Angeles Open
gets under way Jan. 2 after
pocketing $1,000 top money in
the Pomona Valley Open golf
contest.
Although Casper didn't need
the money, since he has picked
up nearly $50,000 this year, he
said he played in the Pomona
Valley event to keep his "com
petitive edge."
"I won't play again until the
Los Angeles Open," he said.
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OREGON HOLDS TUNE-UP
Los Angeles (IB Oregon's
Monday preparations for its Rose
Bowl football game with Ohio
State included a 20-minute scrim
mage which featured the run
ning of fullback Jack Mortis and
halfback 'Charlie Tourville. Har
ry Mondale, guard and' co-captain,
has a cold and spent the
day in his room. ,
CLOSE BOWL SCORES
Dallas, Tex. OP! With Navy
and Rice preparing for their
Jan. 1 football game in Dallas,
it's interesting to note that in
the 21 previous Cotton Bowl con
tests, there's a difference of only
1.6 points between the average
scores of the host and visiting
teams.
LIONS DRAW CROWDS
Detroit (IP) The Detroit Lions
played before 618,253 spectators
during their 12 regular season
games this year for an average
of 51,521 per game.
WVU INVITED
Lexington, Ky. HP) West Vir
ginia University, which won
Kentucky's Invitation basketball
tournament last weekend, today
was invited to defend its cham
pionship in the 1958 renewal
of the event. Ohio State already
has accepted an invitation to
play in next year's tournament.
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