SPORTS
The First National Champion was crow
i ned last night at Evansville, Ind., when
| South Dakota, led by Jimmy Daniels'. 40
I points, whipped St. Michaelrs of Vermont
: to a 75-53 score.
South Dakota’s basketball coach, Dwane
I Coldfelter, said. "We were lucky,” ”We
: had to belucky to get here and then we
i had to be lucky to bet through the Tour
j nament. But any team that wins it has!
| to belucky.”
! . The eleventh-rated coyotes turned ini
: their most impre sive performance in the;
! title tilt, St, Michael's, 'though uni
; ranked nationally, boasted a 44 per centi
! field goal shooting average for the sea-!
i son and hit 52 per cent in the first two!
j games of the finals. !
The victory ran South Dakota's winn-i
| ing streak to 20 parries with a season re-1
| cord of 22 and 5* which it was St. Mich-;
| ael’s fifth defeat against 19 wins,Three:
! of St. Michael's "iron men”quintet foul-!
j ed out. ;
Gurard Jimmy Denials was the star;
j bucketing 40 points for the winner's toj
k increase his total for the three game j
} finals to 82,second highest inthe field,!
I Evansville's F.d Smallwood scored 41 pts!
j in the Ace's 95-93 win over Wheaton ini
| the consolation games for an 87 pt total!
But the Small College victory's were!
; overshadowed by the dramatics in the;
j major-college show. As Baylor led his ;
| team to victory and Robertson failed,
Robertson, with 30 points against!
j Baylor's 35, retained the national scor-i
i ing lead, however, with a 34 average to!
i Baylor's 33. j'ld/j
Here's how last night's games went: j
; At San Francisco, Cal., Elgin Baylors!
j dramatic 30-foot shot with two seconds!
j left to play and Kansas State's bambooz-j
! eling of Oscar Robertson were the high-!
lights of tho NCAA Basketball Tournament-:
today going into the final rounds of the:!
four Regional Eliminations. jj
Baylor uncoked the most important :!
basket so far in the court carnival last!!
night to give Seattle,, .a 69-67 victoryi
over San Francisco. I
Robertson, Baylor’s Arch-rival for thel
national scoring champioship,fouled out j
with four minutes left to play in over-j
time at lawrence, kans., as his Cinn. I
team bowed to.Kansas State," 83-81. The I
defeats of Cincinnati and San Francisco,I
plus, that of West Virginia on Tuesday. j
Here’s the line up for the Regional I
finals for tonight:
At Charlotte, N. C. - Temple VS Dart-I
mouth. At Lexington, Ky. - Notre Damej
VS Kentucky. At Lawrence, Kan., Kansasj
State VS Oklahoma State. At San Fran-j
cisco - California VS Seattle, Wn.
The Charlotte winner will meet the J
Lexington winner at Louisville, Ky., 211
March,for the Eastern NCAA Championship;j
The Lawrence winner will meet the San|
Francisco winner at the same site, the!
same night for the Western Title. The!
folowing night Eastern and Western Cha- j
mps clash for the National Crown.
A D A K
SPORTS
ROUND-UP ■ !
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■Alameda, Calif, returned Adak, bad !
news of the boxing team, sent there forj
the Pacific Coast Regional Championships!
The winners from the PCRC, will go onj
to the All - Navy Boxing Tournament atI
Norfolk, Va., March 24*
Particpating in the eight-bout card!
were fighte'rs from the 11th Naval Dist.j
(San Diego), 12th (San Francisco) and!
17th (ADAK, ALASKA).
• •• The Results:
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