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pagf Eight, The Anniston Star. FrnmwasitilgtiUffrT--' ■ ,j-*iIns bur | risoIndenloc **N ringbeaiie*wHot urn \« MythicalNational t.liampBv .IOt JAMI’S Cl STIR United Pits* Staff CorrespondentNEW YORK, M«f 31. (il.P UtahUninsrsit y*9 slrtnfrbean quintet, overlooked after they bowed to Kentucky in the opening round of the national invitation tournament,ruled todav as mythical basketballchampions oi the nation bv virtue ofa 43-36 victory over St. John's lastnight before a crowd of 16,125 at Madison Square Garden.Wilting an amazing saga in collegiate hardwood play, the hep-cat kids from Salt Lake City not onlycame into cagedom $ blue-ribbon event via the back door, but lt;learly dominated the pavoif play.The Utes came from behind to deadlock favored St. John’s at half-time, 19-19. and roared into a lead thev never relinquished in the second half against an aggregationof opportunists as aggressively calculating as themselves.At one time, they held a nine-point lead, with Whitcy” Wilkinson coming through in the clutch to Join Arnold Perrin and Bob Lewis in their own peculiar one-handed scoring from the floor. Then St. John’s turned on the heat. Rav Wert is’ three successive field goals and one by center Ivy Summers trimmed the lead to two -points with five minutes to go. Wilkinson came through in the pinch.n/Mhd firlri smal and a treethrow, and matched Wade Dyum’a scoring toss from close in, and the Utes had the ball game—and the mythical national championship: ^Following their elimination in theinvitation tournament. Utah accept- t!ed Kansas City’s bid to compete in vthe NCAA Western region tourna- p ment to fill in for the ill-fated Ar- a kansas team, and bowled over Mis- p souri and Iowa State. bThev tumbled favored Dartmouth c in the NCAA finals and continued i) on to participate in the benefit game last night which drew an K overflow crowd of 18,125 and cou-tfihntJNi more than 141 000 to theCrossII1iDenied the services of their star playmakei. NCAA high-jumping champion Preti Sheffield, just as thev were in the Dartmouth game, \ the Utes were led to victory by f sharp-shooting Arnold FeiTln’s It tpoint*, with pinch-scoring Herb lWilkinson contributing II, and pint-sized Wat Misaka. Hawahan-born Japanese American sparkingthe attack.St John* University of Brooklyn. likewise conceded no chance of (progressing in the NCAA tourna- j ment, wilted under the attack of the Rocky Mountaui playmakera, and discovered a Metropolitan outpouring rooting, for the “blitz babies*’ from the West.
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Fri, Mar 31, 1944
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