European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fage 18 the stars and stripes wednesday february 25, 1959 Kentucky beats Alabama 39-32 Auburn bows again Lexington by. Up Ken Tucky s top ranked wildcats hold to a 23-23 half Irne deadlock by Alabama s slow Down attack and  Iff Csc adopted the same tactics in the second half to bout the Crimson tide monday night 39-32.Alabama, which bad used Sim Ilar strategy to us and the Phillips oilers earlier this season had an other ups in la making for the first half of monday s game. Kentucky grabbed a narrow Lead As the second half opened and ran it to 11 prints in the first 10 min utes the wildcats longest Lead of the game. The wildcats then went into a Ball control game of their own to score their 22d Victory against two defeats this season. Tin score was the lowest for a Kentucky team since the cats lost to Oklahoma am in the 1947 sugar bowl 37-31.Alabama out shot Kentucky from wildcats return to first in up basketball ballot new York Mai i the Kentucky wildcats climbed Back into first place in United press International s major College basketball ratings monday As Only two weeks remained to decide the National Champion. Coach Adolphi Rupp s wildcats lost the top spot to North Carolina last week after being Defeated by Mississippi state. They regained the no. 1 berth in the Wake of n 75-50 saturday night Triumph that snapped Auburn Sof game Victory Streak. But. The wildcats 21-2 could not if Ford 1o relax in their final Reg Ilar season games a Home clash monday night with Alabama and a Oad game at Tennessee saturday night. The 35 leading coaches who rate tops ski Mark in Maroon win new Orleans a Bailey Howell Mississippi state wrote a new Southeastern conference basketball scoring record and the maroons leaped to the top of the league standings monday night with a 65-51 Victory Over Tulane. Howell connected for 32 Points a to Send his career � total to 2,024. His performance broke the record of 2,002 Points set by Bob Petti t while at Louisi Ana  Victory was state s 23d against one loss. Coupled with Auburn s loss to Tennessee Mon Day night the outcome left slate atop the Sec standings with a 12-1 record. State closes its season saturday night against Mississippi. State trailed in the opening min utes until Howell tied the count at 8-8. Tulane bounced Buck into a Brief Lead but two free throws by Howell with 11 minutes left in the first half put the maroons on top Howell to , losing its Lith game the Field 42.9 per cent to 35.7 but the wildcats led in rebounding 23-18. Senior Forward Joynny Cox making his last Home appearance sparked Kentucky s rally and wound up the night with 15 Points followed by Dickie Parsons with nine. Guards Lloyd Johnson and Lenny Kaplan led Alabama with 10 Points apiece. Kentucky which closes out the season against Tennessee at Knox Ville saturday night is now 11-2 in the Sec while Alabama is 6-7. Knoxville Tenn. A Bobby Carter Sophomore substitute Sank two foul shots in the last two seconds monday night As Tennessee beat Auburn 66-55, to hand the tigers their second successive setback in a Southeastern conference game. Tennessee s big gun Gene Tor Mohlen took a Nasty spill under against 12 victories uncorked a Sticky Man to Man defense after the intermission but state s Sharp shooters quickly punctured it Anc at one time led the Green wave by As much As 18 Points. Tenn. A i accept naia meet invite Kansas City a Tennessee a i 1ms accepted an invitation to defend its naia basketball title Here March 9-14.the tigers finished off regular season play with a 21-1 record and in averaging 100.7 Points a game for 26 appearances topped naia teams in  tigers have won the naia tournament Tille for two straight years. He Cums for up gave Kentucky 3 first place votes and 301 Points but made Kansas state 21-1 a close second with 16 first place votes and 293 Points. Kansas state actually received More first place rotes but Rupp s team moved from Bird to first by drawing More votes for second fourth and fifth place. Cincinnati moving up from fourth was third with three first place votes and 248 Points. North Carolina slipped to fourth with a first place vote and 244 Points after Osing to Maryland saturday night. Bradley appears North Carolina state Michigan state Mississippi state Auburn California and Bradley completed the top 10 in that order. Mississippi state advanced from 10th to seventh with a 22-1 record boasting More victories than any other team in the select group. Bradley was the Only newcomer in the top 10, advancing from 12th to 10th after defeating St. Louis last week. St. Louis slipped from eighth to 12th. The ratings first place votes and won lost records through feb. 21 in parentheses Providence 7th Quint picked for nit play hew York a prove hence College a now England by netball Power with a 10-3 record was selected monday to participate in the National invitation tournament to be played March 12-21 at Madison Square Garden. Providence a the seventh Tom to be named. Others Are bib Bonaventure Oklahoma City Ford Ham Nyu St. John s. Brooklyn and Villanova. It was the first time Providence had selected for the tournament. I Kentucky 13 21-2 301 2kantai Sute 16 21-1 293 a Cincinnati 3 18-2 248 4north Carolina i 17-2 244 5_north Carolina state 10-3 179 6 Michigan state 15-3 169 7mississippi state 22-1 98 8auburn i 19-1 97 9california 17-4 88 10bradley 19-346 second 10 11-Texas Choli than 39 12-St. Louis 37 13-weit Virginia 34 14-Utah, 13 15-Marquctto, 12 if Maryland 9 17-Navy, 8 ib-8t. Bonaventure 4 l9-Loul�Vllle, 3 20-81. Mary i Calif. 2. Kentucky regains Lead in a Cage ratings new York a Kentucky regained the associated press basketball poll Lead monday As North Carolina slipped to third in the Wake of its 69-51 loss to Maryland. Kansas state was second. The wildcats who snapped a Burn s 30-game win Streak last sat urday 75-56, Drew 35 first place votes and a total of 822 Points. Kansas state polled 737 Points while North Carolina got Only 12 first place ballots and 663 Points. The ratings first place votes and won lost records through feb. 21 in parentheses i Kentucky 35 21-21 2kansas state 24 21-1 3north Carolina 12 17-2 4cincinnati 7 is-2 5 mull Lippl state ii 22-1 a Auburn i 19-1 7north Carolina state i 10-3 a Loulian state 15-3 9bradley 2 19-3 10wcit Var Tina 3 22-4 second 10 11-St. Louis. 115 12-Callfornla. A l3-Mariu�Tte Iii 14-Texas Choli than 71 it Oklahoma City. So l6-8�atte. 47 17. To. A a � weeks ago. Indiana defending big ten champions lost its last mathematical Chance to even tie for the trophy this season. Ann Arbor Mich. A Mich Igan Rose above the .500 Mark in big ten basketball keeping alive its slender mathematical Chance for a title share monday night by defeating Wisconsin s cellar dwelling i badgers 87-63. Minneapolis up North Western built up a 13-Point halftime Lead and held off a rash of Desperak i t Ion rallies by Minnesota to defeat the gophers 79-63, in a big ten game. Corvallis Ore. A California broke open a tight defensive game and went on to defeat Oregon state 57-40, monday night widening its Pacific coast Confer ence basketball Lead. California broke out of a 34-34 tie with 11 minutes left. Cal s Bill Mcclintock dropped in a free throw and al Bush followed with a Field goal and one free toss. Ore gon state s Lee Harman countered with two free throws which made it 38-36. Denton Tex. Up Bob ferry and Pete Mccaffrey teamed up to fire in 39 Points and Pace a red hot St. Louis University team to a 70-58 win Over North Texas state in a Missouri Valley Confer ence game monday night. Daytona 500 Winner undecided Daytona Beach Fla. A Lee Petty Randle nmn n.c., Mon Day night appeared to be the win Ner of sunday s 500-mile Auto race. If he is declared to have been first Over the line then Johnny Beauchamp Harlan Iowa would be second. Auto tracks Are not equipped with official cameras to record close finishes As Are horse and dog tracks so Lascar officials were studying All movie and still film they could find to try to Settle the Issue. But de Otto vice president of Lascar said he Felt Petty was the Man. He said Beauchamp pulled into the pits after the finish knowing in his own mind he was not the Winner. There is no question in my mind who won it this was the first time the new 1%-Fnile track Here has been used and the 500 climaxed three weeks of races and Speed trials. Bill France Lascar president and also president of the Speed Way said after hearing controversial reports about the finish that he would consider the result undecided until after All photos and movies had been examined. But for six hours sunday night Beauchamp was the Winner until the controversy started. As they began the examination officials would not forecast when the decision might come. Petty was driving a 1959 Olds Mobile and Beauchamp a 1959 thunderbird in the  and  finish before 47,000 spectators. The 35-year-old Lowan and the 45-year-old North carolinian were nip and tuck for the final 15 laps and neither was Ever More than a couple feet ahead or behind. The i Ace was run at an average Speed of 135.521 Mph. This was just eight seconds slower than the time set in 1957 at Indianapolis by Sam Hanks. The Winner gets More Thant $20,000, including Lap Money and a $5,000 Bonus for driving a 1959 Model. The second Placer get $7,975