SPORTS
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WHO IS KENNY WASHINGTON:
Los Angeles, Cal. (UP)— In the books
on football at U.C.L.A., Kenny Washing
ton is hailed as "The greatest Bruin of
.them all.” A regular from 1937 through
.1939, Washington was one of the most
•feared backs in the Pacific Coast Confe
rence, a true triple-theater. He set a
U.C.L.A., ground gaining record and has
been named to the All-time Pacific Coast
Conference Honnor Team.
. Whatever happened to Kenny Washington?
Now 39y he is a sales representative for
the Youngp market company and still lives
in Los Angeles,
Quote of the Week . . . Pass the duty
crying towel to ’’Bull" Trometter, dia
mond coach at San Diego MCRD, defending
All Marine Baseball Champions, who em
barked upon the 1958 season with a vet
eran player at all positions and these
grief-stricken words: "We’re not even
thinking of another All Marine Champion
ship.”
^ Louisville, Ky., (UP)— Kentucky and
Seattle, two teams that weren’t suppose
to make it, battled it out Saturday nite
for the Basketball Championship because
of the hardriving guard named Vern Hat
ton and a fabulous character named Elgin
Baylor.
Hatton, a six-three blond burrhead
.who stayed in his home town of Lexington
|Ky., to play basketball for Adolph Rupp,
:broke Temple’s hearts for the second
itime this season when he blazed along
;the baseline to sink a twisting reverse
ilayup shot with 12 seconds on the clock
and beat the Owls, 61-60, in Friday’s
i semi-finals.
Hatton left the NCAA record crowd of
;18,586 limp but Baylor left ’em laughing
as he led Seattle’s Chieftains to a sta
rtling 73-51 victory over a tall Kansas
(con’t)
State that was supposed to succed North
Carolina as the New National Champion.
Kansas State, with three players mea
suring six-eight or better, was nearly
helpless under the back-boards against
the six-plus baylor,who scored 23 points
and gathered in 22 rebounds.
Seattle held a 37-32 lead at halftime
and, as the second half opened, Baylor
personally turned what had been a con- I
test into a exhibition by scoring four ]
baskets in a little more than two minut- j
es. !
With a 51-40 lead, Seattle turned to \
a dazzling ball-possession game that not j
only kept Kansas State from scoring for 1
nine straight minutes but had the Wild- j
cats looking ridiculous in their futile ;
efforts to break it up. When Baylor fin- j
ally drove in to dunk the ball for the •:
| basket that gave Seattle a 59-42 lead j
| with seven minutes to play, the contest j
iwas over.
Seattle Coach John Castellani remark- j
: ed earlier this week, "Kansas State may j
be taller than we are, but their hearts j
are no bigger," and hsi underrated ball j
Club proved it. I
Kansas State and Temple meet in a co- ;
insolation game at 7 P.M, (CST) with the j
I Championship Game between Kentucky and I
Seattle set for 9 P.M.
This Sports Editor is sorry but at the j
time that this column was finished no I
word had been received for publication |
on the out-come,
NCAA Tournament at Louisville, Ky.
(Semi-Finals) j
Kentucky 61 Temple 60 j
Seattle 73 Kansas State 51 j
Baseball the favorite American pas- ;
time is here again with a bigger and j
better season in view, with Los Angeles, j
and San Francisco each sporting a team, ;
bringing Major League Ball to the West j
Coast, the ADAK SUN will follow as close j
as possible through the Grapfruit League j
to the World Series. '
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