European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1948 the stars and stripes Page 13 repeater Lesnevich Kos Fox in first to retain title nittleld1 completed As 4 accept la Bowling Greeny Nyu to play new March 6 eight team Field for the National invitation basketball tournament was completed with acceptances from Depaul of la Salle Bowling Green of Ohio and new York the sponsored by the metropolitan intercollegiate Basket Ball will be held at Madison Square March Depaul sports 205 record other teams which accepted invitations previously Are North Carolina Louis and Western which up its season against Loyola in Chicago has won 20 games and lost Bowling Green won 27 of 32 starts in a regular season already la Salle wound up its Campaign with a 193 including triumphs Ever Southern California and new York University saw its Hopes for a perfect season shattered by notre Dame monday night the Irish downed the for their Only loss in 20 Nyu has two More games to Columbia enters Mcaa inclusion 0f Nyu in the invitation meet paved the Way Force Lumbia to represent the second District in the Eastern regional eliminations of the National collegiate athletic Columbia has dropped omy one game in 19 appearances and has three More games on its but is favored to repeat Ivy league holy Kentucky and Mich Igan already have been named to represent their respective divisions in the Mcaa Eastern and Western Mcaa winners will go into the olympic along with the Champion of the new York invitation the Winner of the Naib tourney opening monday in Kansas the National Myca Champion and three top aau Gus Lesnevich does a quicker Job on Billy Fox than he did in his first encounter above last february no Duke gain finals unknowns tie of Southern Cage tourney for Golf Lead holy Cross drubs by a for 17th straight new March 6 holy Cross crusaders made 20 victories in 25 basketball games by trouncing new York for their 17th straight holy which closes its Reg ular season at Colgate trailed the 89 Early in the then shot and remained there the rest of the after the intermission and with Collins pouring in three straight baskets in less than two was ahead to March 6 Champion North Carolina state and Duke swept into the finals of the Basket Ball state edging North Carolina in a 5550 thriller Aiter Duke had brushed aside after leading North Carolina by 3020 at one Point in the first had the fight of its life s throughout last 15 John the Hook shot artist who was rated one of the nations outstanding stars two years but has Ridden the Bench most of the tune since staged an amazing shooting Demon stration that All but upset the Highl favored he collected 19 Hook Dillon shooting 11 of 12 fouls to pull the White phantoms into a tie twice in the later but the embattled Wolf pack did not crack under pres Davidsons which had ground out a 2624 halftime collapsed completely in the second half and Duke Rode Home in easy lanky Ben 6 foot 6 Inch Center from Hazard was the Man who turned the game inside out for Duke with 20 Collins was he scored four baskets in the first but with four personals charged to him in the first 10 was taken from the the nip and tuck first half saw the score tied but Duke came streaking out Kentucky fit e in Sec semis March 6 up Kentucky smooth shooting wild cats showed championship form and Power As they dropped Louisiana state from the Southern conference basketball and went on to the tonight Kentucky faces Tennes which looked its Best in taking an 8162 match from while Georgia tech plays Tulane in the other the winners meet tomorrow tech beat and Tulane rolled Over Tennessee provided the tournaments greatest Surprise so far in the ease with which triumphed Over doing almost a lackadaisical Job of their Reg ulars held the floor for Only 15 min and by that time had a Lead of Tulane and Vanderbilt on even terms until near the end of the when the Greenier broke a 47all tie and shot Naib Council ends negro ban Kansas March 6 the National intercollegiate Basket Ball tournament opened its door to negro boys to make sure of representation in the playoffs for an olympic the executive committee of the facing the olympic situation As Well As rejection of bids by several voted in a telegraphic poll to rescind the tournament racial several Eastern including Long Island manhat Tan College and Siena had turned Down invitations to the tournament Here because of the negro player Manhattan today after the Naib Rule was a blast by Harry a member of the new York olympic basketball had hastened action on the nails racial he had suggested to Lou Wilke of Bartlesville the committee that the Naib tourney Winner eliminated from olympic an eight team tournament will be held in new York March 29 and 31 to decide the resent Tive to the the two Mcaa the Winner of the new York National invitational the Naib three aau representatives and one Myca club will make up the Twenty six t e am s now have qualified for the Naib including Hamline University of Iowa Beloit College and stale teachers March 6 Furgol of Brooklyn and Al Smith of Winston Salem shot thereunder Par 68s to share the opening Day Lead in the sixth annual Gainesville open Golf an Allday drizzle and Gusty winds kept most of the scores Only six of the More than 100 entrants breaking Smith was two Over Par with 38 on the nine but roared Back with a 30 that equalled the course competitive record on the second Furgol was out in but needed Par 35 coming National Amateur Champion site Riegel of los Angeles was one stroke of Furgol and Smith with other subpar All were made by Milon Marusic of Schenectady Eric Monti of Santa Monica and Les Kennedy of Paw Campbell to report on fix charges March 6 rence president of the National hockey said he will make a full report monday on his investigation of player gambling he said his report be made Public at Lansing after he confers with Kim said earlier this week he had received evidence sufficient to warrant expulsion of two players from the flattens Billy second time before by Jack Cuddy new March 6 Veteran Gus Lesnevich kept his world Light heavyweight Champion ship by knocking out Black Jack Billy Fox of Philadelphia at of the first round before More than fans in Madison Square the fight brought in the 33yearold Champion floored the 22yearold negro challenger twice with terrific straight rights to the when on the floor the second Fox gamely tried to struggle to his but his Knees caved beneath him As referee Frankie Fullam counted him when Fox hit the deck the first he managed to regain his feet at the count of he was still groggy from the explosive blow on the and he became a Quick victim of the same dynamic Champion who established a Garden knockout record by belting out heavyweight Melio Bettina in 59 seconds last Gus 135 favorite Lesnevich finished Young Fox with much More dispatch than he did in their previous title bout last when he scored to Over Billy i of the 10th that february defeat was the Only one on Fox record until Fox had entered the Bright Patch of Ting Light boasting the most remarkable record in up knockouts in 51 professional Lesnevich had been a 135 favorite at fight Lesnevich appeared Haggard in his Corner before the opening he had pared Down to 175 Pound limit with great his handlers had to sweat off and rub off an extra Quarteroz around before he could register175 Fox weighed but Lesnevich out of his Corner like a lion to meet his sleek and taller they met in mid ring in a Clinch that was followed by another then a solid left Jab and a hard straight right to the face that knocked Fox Back onto his Fox sprang in and landed a solid right to the Fox Wilts to floor then Lesnevich really in timbered his he stunned Billy with a left Jab and followed with a right smash to the then Gus landed the terrific straight right to the Chin that dropped the jammed Garden was in an with fans standing on their when Fox Rose and sta6 gered Backoo the the Cham Pion drove a terrific right to the Chin that sent Fox tothe making the fourth defense of the undisputed title he won by beating Tami Mauriello on apparently was at the Peak of his career regardless of age and Delong nears Cage Mark with scoring average River March 6 John is within shouting distance of four National individual basketball scor ing the big Center from River Falls state who has led the nations scorers All wound up his 22kame with 618 Points on 209 Field goals and 200 free his game virtually assures of top ranking this year and gives him a second place deadlock for Al time single season scoring with Dick Paynter of Wheaton according to National collegiate athletic Bureau Paynter counted 451 in 16 games during 1944 brooms Abramovic of Salem College leads the department