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JuniorCollegeTourneyRoarsToFastFinishLA City CollegeWins NationalXy. NChampion shipBy Fred MendellThe Cubs of Los Angeles City College defeated the Northeast Mississippi Tigers, Booneville, Miss,, 67 to 63 here Saturday night to win the National Junior College basketball championship.Los Angeles held a 31-29 lead at halftime. The Booneville boys had trailed by nine points at 22-31 three minutes earlier*Los Angeles succeeds the Tyler,Tex., Apaches as national champions. Mississippi, as runner-up in the finals takes second. Garden City, Kas.( was third., ... r- Jlrir•* • • '**- •* . • i y -vVN.• • v .:lt;0iws-,-, °*’• ' * • A , / ■% .A . « Vi' ’*.!:• :;v; •:* ?; K. v* •’ ' ‘ . » • A '■ - • s..Finalists Top. xy. A/.v. v.v .V- V-'Mts*lt;■*Kifl • vi*v' «.: - lt;• F*v,. *v‘! *TOAy^'v/^S 11 . vx^r^y^ :-v-V'v ■' ' .. ■v:4t*r.. 1A V%v- ' • lt;-• • Ni-'V •’ -v.v. -VO. -•.: ■• / v • ' •. avj-American'■S 'S', lt;S* .. 5\lt;*-Vr. *• ^ ;Finalists in the National Junior College basketball tournament, Northeast Mississippi and Los Angeles City College, placed two men each oit the Junior College All America squad named by the selection committee, Saturday.*mThe sensational set-shot shooting of Hal UpHnger and the post point production of A1 Rogers, center, were major factors in the veitory.Uplinger chalked 26 points. He zeroed in from the corner , let from mid • court, worked around edges of the keyhole and rang the bell with 11 of 18 shots from the field. He hit 13 points in the first half, a like number after intermission.Rogers worked on tip-ins and pivot shots. His specialty was a fade-iway one-hander which the Booneville boys just couldn’t stop. Pwoges garnered five points in the first half and 18 during a red-hot final 20 minutes.Tourney ResultsLof Anntw City Co!l«f» §7 Northtut Mlfiiasipp! 83 (Los AnftlM wins cham-plomhlp, MiMliilppi tftkti Mcond)Garden City 55, Weber college, Ogden, Utah, 37.(Garden City takes third, Weber sixth. Tyler, Tex., 85, Bremerton, Wash., 58. (Tyler wlai fourth, Bremerton seventh).Co-captains of a ten man all star squad which selectors believed Included the best players from the best Junior college teams of the nation are Buddy Travis, of Amarillo, Tea* College and Gene Garrett, great forward star for the NortheastMississippi team.send Garden City into the lead and the Kansans were there tostay.Garden City led 25-20 at half-time, and clinched the victory in the next seven minutes on a rally sparked by Jay Roberson. Lawrence Stone, big Weber rebounder fouled out with the board showing a 47-24 count against his team and fans realized the Busters had won.TUG OF WA1R between two great Junior college teams brows** this graphic scene as coaches and team captains of the finalists wrestetd for the big trorfiy* symbol of Junior college champlonah p. At left, Coach Art Williams and C*pL Al Roges, who finally took the trophy home to los Angeles. At right are Up. aoouwu Lindsey and Coach Arnold Bonner of Northeast Mississippi, the runner-ups.The Cubs played the Northeast team at its own rushing game, and turned it to their advantage. Rol-3in Hans and Ed Eartolomea, Cub guards, intercepted the long Booneville passes repeatedly and cashed the interceptions for drive-in points.Booneville made a terrific fight of it until the last five minutes of play. Gene Garrett, star scorer for the Tigers in earlier games, drew three quick fouls in the first half and set out most of the rest of it. Before leaving, however, he received a knee injury in a tumble, and his play in the second half was considerably below his earlier standards.Weber went far out in the courtto get the ball, and Roberson, Kutt- . „ , , . . „ler and Horton streaked through Forward im Browning touched ofourth place in the 1950 tourney here Saturday night with a 65 to 58 victory over the Olympic Rangers of Bremerton, Wash.Cold at the start of the game, the Apaches fell behind by a 3-12 couni in the first five minutes, but;lt;s‘s::s v •’*’!^',v -!v vrV--■ v'-‘ V;''/■ y'-'.V:yy.:■. '■'ss.-ImMmmthe weakened defense to pile up their commanding final margin.Roberson played his finest tournament game in driving to 19 points, Horton and Kinney contributed nine points each.a rally with a pair of long shots and when the game was eight minutes old the Texans were leading 13 to 12. At halftime Tyler had taken command 36 to 29.Keith Sewell, fleet-footed Wildcat forward, cann I 14 points to take high honors for Weber. No mate got more than 7.The Busters employed a checking zone defense under the basket and a man for man when the ball was well out on the floor.Darrell Tucker, great Wildcat guard who had averag2d better*«* j I. , . . ,than 17 points per tournamentThe Tiger, last jmdI the lead at gam(j wga ab]e to glean but 7markers in this one. There was38-36 when Ken Robbins, center, hit four quick field goals.Big A 1 Rogers, returned compliments, however, firing the Cubs into a 48-40 lead when 12 minutes remained.Robbins hit one more zipping fielder and then fouled out.Booneville hopes got new live as Bud Jarvis and Bill Burks dunked fielders to make it 46-48 but Mississippi missed big Robbins under the basket and Roges and Uplinger were using their height to sweep the rebounds and swish the net.simply no hole left big enough for his drive-in specialty shots.The Tigers challenged once again when about four minutes were left to play, Jarvis and Burks leading the way. It was 61-56 as the clock showed one minute left.The Los Angeles .team continued a cautious passing game, and the Tigers couldn't get the ball. Uplinger slipped under for a final goal as the gun sounded ending the game and the tournament.Huge gold trophies were presented the coaches of the five top teams. Special awards also went to individual players on the Cub and Tiger crews which met in thechampionship game. Certificates and Trophies also were given to players selected on the all-star team.Lo* Angeles F* Ft F[NortheastHortonMcGIIHvrayKellerKinneyRobersonStenselKuttlerCiaarLyle3 1 24 9 0 2 1 0313110200Totals22 113]UtahFgFtF4 (Sewell54a3Stone0254Down*232Olmm iWallace1101!I Tucker144*li Gardner21O11; Madsen0020! AshbyO01t■WoodsO00(Dlnsdle000191Totals111517The.Hangers rallied to cut the gap to 36?38 in the first two minutes after action resumed, but Little Tommy Hancock and Browning again zeroed-in on the target and the Apaches steadily pulled away.The game was between finalists in the second round losers* bracket. Tyler lost but one game in the tourney, that to the Northeast Mississippi Tigers. The Apaches defeated Virginia, Minn. J. C., City College of San Francisco and the Olympics. The Washington quintet won seventh place in final tournament ratings.Travis set a one game tournament scoring record with 40 points while his team was losing to the Olympic Rangers of Bremerton in a semi-finals game of the second round losers* bracket.John Keller, Garden City 9, O. Garden City, Has.Darrell Tucker, Weber college, Ogden, Utal|.Kevin Duggan, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.O’Neal Weaver, Tyler J. C., Tyler, Tex.Jim Powell, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, Cat.Kenneth Lindsey, Northeast Mississippi, Booneville, Miss.Chuck Koon, Olympic College, Bremerton, Wash.Garrett starred in every game in which he participated and his points total for four games is also believed to be a national tourney record.Others on the All-Star squad: Hal Uplinger, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, Calif.Honorable mention:Tommy Hancock, Tyler, J. C., Tyler, Tex.; Ed Halberg, Olympia College, Bremerton, Wash.; Don Scothorn, Dodge City, J. C.: Al Roges, Los Angeles City College; Tom Simonson, Virginia J. C,, Virginia, Minn., Frank Barker, Jack* sonville J. C., Jacksonville, Fla.; David Eschelmn, Grand View J, C,, Des Moines, la.; Jack Wise, Campbellsville College, Campbells* ville, Ky.; LeRoy Middleton, Flint J. C., Flint, Mich., Neal Gordon, Wingate J. C., Wingate, N. C.; and Nick Nugent, Bayonne J. C,f Bayonne, N. J.Favorite WinsG rand NationalTALL AND DEADLY U the basket were the Los Angeles Ctoy College crew, which finally cap* tured the national crown.Half—Garden City 25 Weber 20Tyler Takes4th PlaceThe Tyler, Tex. Apaches champions in last year's National Junior College tournament, capturedBob Dotson kept the Olympics in the game through the first half with 12 points and he never cooled, although getting less help from his mates after intermission. Dotson led both teams in scoring with 20 points. Ed Halberg, big Ranger center, garnered 14 points, most of them on tip-ins.Tyler Fg Ft F| BremertonRoyce Ray 3 8 4}Dotfon2|Guttorm»eu J'Holberg 21 Koon 2iSeherboek } Frederick*[Backlund(Edmond*Waaga RyenBrowningWeaverHancockChampion3 845 48234 0Fg Ft F 8 4 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0353 A 1 0 04 0Bradley, CCNYNCAA WinnersAnthony PlansAnnual RelaysCinderellasTake TitleTotal*24 17 Hi Totals24 10 17Half Tyltr 38 Bremerton 29Sportangles•By Fred MendellNew gyork, (AP) — CCNY’s Cinderella team of sophomores, won the eastern NCAA basktball championship Saturday night outlasting North Carolina State, 78-73, in a seesaw thriller before a sellout crowd of 18,000 at Madison Square garden.CCNY thus advanced within one game of making basketball’sBradley 68,Baylor 66Kansas City, (AP) — The Bradley Braves won their second shot at a national basketball championship by beating an underrated Baylor team 68 to 66 In the finals of the western NCAA playoffs Saturday night.The Bradley team thus qualified for another meeting with City College of New York which won thegrand slam. City won the Nation- eastern playoffs 78-73 over North al Invitation tournament over Carolina State in New York. Bradley last Saturday and now CCNY defeated Bradley 69-61 In meets the same club again here the National Invitational tounia-Tuesday for the NCAA champion- ment last weekend.Uplinger1143| MississippiFg Ft FPowell28liGarrett22ftRoges9531Johnson122Bartolome*203Robbins50ftHans123Arnold404William*000Lindsey42Olt;e*Jarvis452Burk*4O2ScottI00Prestage1O0Totals251713Totals21 1122Once again teams of the west, midwest and south have dominated the NJCAA basketball tournament, but that's not to theHalf—Lo* Angeles C.C. 31 Mississippi 28discredit of the eastern brand of basketball. It is improving, and fast.The main difference now is that junior colleges are new and comparatively few in the east, whereas they’re established, plentiful, and getting bigger by the year in other sections of the country.After first round play in the tourney only one team remained from east of the Mississippi,that being Northeast Mississippi of Booneville, which admits to being more south than east,a npu; crhnnlship.Under Jog NC Stale, twice behind by seven points in the second half, put on a gallant rally that almost pulled the game out o the fire.With five minutes Dick Dickey missed a free throw that would have tied the score at 66-66* When the two minute rule took effect CCNY was ahead 72-69.Ohio State Swamp$Holy Cross, 72*52Neither team was able to gain a commanding advantage as the score was tied eight times In the first half, which ended with Bradley ahead 35-32, and three times in the second period before the Braves smashed through for their victory.Bradley, which hit 41 percent of its shots in the first half, wound up with 25 field goals in 68 attempts for 39 percent.Baylor, a 14-point underdog, also came through with a 39 percentAnthony, (AP) — The Anthony Relays — annual competition for Kansas and Oklahoma high schools —will be run Apr. 7.Billed as Kansas* oldest and largest high school • sponsored track event, the meet will be held for the last time on the half-mile oval at the fair grounds.Next year the event—dating back to 1920—will be run off on the new high school athletic field now under construction. *Class A and B high schools from the two states will compete again this year, said Supt. Wilmot D. Carr. Already entries from 35 schools have been received—50 in Class B and 15 in Class A.E. A. Thomas commissioner of the Kansas high school activities association, will be official atarter. Mel Binford of Wellington, former University of Wichita coach, will be the referee and K* A. Piper, Anthony, field judge.Hie entry deadline has been set for Apr. 1.Alntree, England, (AP) — Free*%bcoter, a half brother of an Irishptow horse, won the Grand National steeplechase Saturday smashing a 23-year jinx on favorites.Never worse than third, the handsome coffee - colored gelding breezed home in the brilliant sunshine 15 lengths ahead of Wot-No Sun. Acthon Major was third, another five lengths back in the field of 49 starters.The favorite’s triumph thrilled a crowd of 300,000, including the royal family. After the front-running Cloncarrig fell two fences from home, it was easy for Freebooter.It was the first time the King and Queen attended since 1937 and the gay thousands gave them a tumultous welcome, along with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and the Duchess of Kent. She is the King’s widowed sister-in-law.Larned LandsMost All-StarsMcnaveen, jointly owned by the Queen and Princess Elizabeth, finished fifth behind Rowland Roy after leading in the early stages. The royal entry, which had been leading in the early stages, was the sentimental choice of thousands of British housewives with only a shilling or two to risk.Freebooter, a co-favorite with Roimond, went off at 10 to 1.Great Bend — Larned highschool’s West Central Kansasleague and Kansas Class A cham*pfonahip basketball dominated tha all-star lists picked for the Ieagua by a vote of the coaches and com* piled by Al Bums, coach at Great Bend.Larned’s great front-line combi* nation of Bob Rice and Bill Hunts* inger also became the front-lina combination for the first team alt* stars. With them on the first team are Carlos Taylor, Dodge City; Clarence Bender, Russell and Marvin Stivers, Pratt.Bob Roth, of Larned was placed on the second team with Bill Piper and Merle Drehle, Great Bend; Paul Owing* of Dodge City and Dick Sandifer, Stafford.Other members of Lamed'a state championship starting crew, Harlan Skelton and Wayne B!untf were selected for honorable mention along with Meade, House, Ruder and Wasinger, Hays; Nevina and Clowdis, Dodge City; Resley and Schultz, Russell; Axline and McKown, Pratt; and Richards, Great Bend.Bob Rice, of Lamed, was top scorer in the West Central Kansas league for the year with a 16.Tpoints per game average. Clarence Bender of Russell was second highwith 10.9.Pag • 21Tha Hutchinson News-HaraldSunday, March M, 195aTHBATBMFEATUftUKADIOlvat*BOa malrinef 44 a# isa#Men’s Dept 1st Floor
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