European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                18 the stars and stripes sunday Cincy nips Urcla buckeyes blast deacons in Jerry Luck Louisville by a de fending Champion Cincinnati beat incredible Urcla 72-70, on Tom Thacker is shot with four seconds left and top ranked Ohio state whipped Wake Forest 84-68, de spite a knee injury suffered by three time All America Jerry Lucas Friday night in the Semi finals of the Mcaa basketball tour Namen forty five m i n u t e s after the game or. Robert Murphy the buckeyes team physician said Lucas suffered a mild sprain and should be Able to ploy in the championship game tomorrow night the knee has been placed in an ice pack to reduce any swelling that might  the bearcats if they can in Jumble their nerves in time after the Urcla Squeaker and the Buck eyes will play in a rematch for the title saturday night these two teams played in Las year s championship with Cincin fat tit up tame Nati beating Ohio state. 70-65, in overtime while dethroning the i960 Champion and snapping the 32 game winning Streak of Lucas an company. It will take something like that spectacular game to match the ten Sion and thrills that the semifinals Hud for a roaring sellout crowd of 18,274 at Freedom Hall Friday night the Ohio state Victory was relatively simple one but Cincin Nati second ranked behind the buckeyes in the final associated press poll had the scare of its life after starting out As if it would demoralize Urcla before the game was half Over. While Lucas sat in the dressing room with an ice pack on the sprained left knee suffered in fall to the floor with Little More than six minutes left in the Buck Eye Romp the Unsung Bruins of Urcla made up a 14-Polnt deficit and battled the bearcats right Down to the final second. Thacker a 6-foot, 2-Inch Junior who had been having an off night got his Chance when an offensive foul was called on Urcla s Wal hazzard with one minute and 34 seconds remaining. The score was tied at 70-70, the the stars and stripes writers name Taylor Cage coach of year Louisville a Fred Tay Lor coach of Ohio state s top ranked buckeyes was named Fri Day u coach of the year by thess. Basketball writers association for the second straight year Taylor is selected in a poll of700 Uswa members. As is Cus Tomary the names of other coaches High in the voting were not Dis  Hickey of Marquette was the first recipient of the award in1959. Pete Newell of California won in i960. Jimmy p h 1 a n of i. Saintmary s my Winner of the Mcaa College division championship at Evansville. Ind., last weekend was honoured As ii null College Couch of the year to the Nab. Other awards went to de Hickox. Former Couch at Springfield mass College and longtime rules author Ity for distinguished service the new York metropolitan intercollegiate basketball association award to Tony Hinkle of Bulle University for outstanding contributions to basketball and the new Tun s. Hillyard award to Wilbur Sparky Stalcup of Missouri re tiring president of the coaches association. Do Witt purchases Redlegs vows to keep club in Cincy Cincinnati its the club would be moved to a larger City. But this was always denied a denial repeated again Friday in the official statement announcing the Sale. Nothing was said however As to How Long the Dewitt organization would keep the club Here. Reliable sources said Dewitt purchased the club for less than other offers. Three other groups were said to have bid recently on of the bids being a $5.5 million offer by Joseph f. Rippe a local real estate Developer. No mention was made of de Witt s partners in the Purchase a new corporation and an advisory committee including the daughter of the late owner Powell Crosley or. Was formed. Dewitt began his baseball careers an office boy for general Man Ager Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Browns in j91fi. Since he has been a baseball executive with these. Louis cardinals the Browns the Baltimore orioles new Yor Yankees and Detroit tigers its Well is having worked with the major leagues in their program to help minor league clubs. De Vitt is the Only general Man Ager Ever to win pennants in both the american and National leagues. He has been associated with nine Pennant winners. He was with the Pennant winning cardinals in 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931 and 1934. In 1944 he was with the Browns when they took the american league Flag and in 1955 and 1956 with the Yankees when they captured the title. Mcl Aren wins Sebring Warmup race Sebring Fla. A Young Bruce Mclaren of new zealand wheeled the italian Barth team to it clean sweep Friday in the three hour race for grand touring cars under 1.000 cubic centimetres. The race was considered a warm up for saturday s 12-hour grand prix of endurance. Mclaren took the Lead in the last 16 minutes of the three hour race passing Early Leader Stirling Moss of Britain driving a sprite. Runner up to Mclaren was team mate Watt Hangen. United states in another Barth Low. Moss finished third Olivier Gendebien of Belgium who had turned the fastest time i practice wus unable to Start his Stickles sets record in 440-Yard Medley Bloomington ind. A Ted Stickles of san Moteo calif., a Sophomore at Indiana University set an american record of 4 203 for the 400-Ynrd individual Medley in the Indiana aau swimming championships Friday night. The old record was 4 23.8, held by Charles Buttick of the univer s to of Southern California. Stickles holds that world Medley records for 440 Yards and 400 meters. Car at the beginning of the race. When he did the car ran out of Gas and he finished no better than Lith. The Only incident of the race was when the Barth of Brian o Nell of Miami flipped. O Neil suffered minor injuries Mclaren won the first Grandi Rin of the United states run Here in 1959. First and second place cars Friday were entered by Bilges s. Cunningham of Pulm Beach and Green farms Conn. Sebring Fla. A  pig Golt of Bellingham wash., driving a Lotus lapped every car but one Friday and won a 25-Lap race for formula Junior cars. Plug got took the Lead on the first Lap and it it the rest of the cars by Lind. The race was marred by accidents and breakdowns and Only 11 of 27 starters finished. The Only serious Accident involved Piggott s teammate. Chuck Parsons of Monterey. Calif., a vet eran sports car Driver who had won several races in a Maserati. Parsons suffered a spinal injury when his Lotus the one Piggott had originally been listed to drive dug into a Sandbank and flipped. He was flown to a Hospital in St Petersburg. Witnesses said Parsons slowed into another Sandbank on the previous Lap. Got out of the Lotus pushed it free and re entered the race without fastening his seat Belt than he hit the second Sandbank and the car flipped four times. Parsons crawled from beneath Theca and collapsed Piggott averaged 90.15 Miles per hour the Only car he did t Lap was the Cooper of Tim Mayer of Dalton pa., an army private on leave who finished a Distant second. Walt Hansgen of Westfield n.j., was third in another Cooper. Three of the Cardinal clubs and one Yankee to am won the world series while Dewitt was in the organization. Dewitt is considered the Dean of baseball executives in Point of serv ice next to Rickey who no longer is Active in the management of the Pittsburgh pirates. Following his year As office boy for Rickey with the Browns de Witt went with him to the Cardi nals in the fall of 1916. He attended night school and handled All sorts of jobs with the cards before be coming treasurer of the team in1926. As a sideline he served As Man Ager for Paul and dizzy Dean and negotiated contracts totalling about $1 million for their outside activities. Personnel farms Dewitt became a vice president of the cardinals in 1936, working mostly with personnel and the farm system. The next year he headed a group which bought the St. Louis Browns. He went to work on a farm system which in 1944 saw the Browns win their Only Pennant. In 1947, with the Browns facing financial disaster Dewitt sold the Fine players he had developed for about $1.5 million to ease the club s problems. One of those deals was the biggest in american league history made with the Boston red sox for shortstop Vern Stephens and Pitcher Jack Kramer for $300, 000 and nine players. Dewitt with Charles w. Dewitt bought the Browns in 1949, Selling their holdings to Bill Veeck in 1951. Two years later he served Inan advisory capacity with the club when it was moved to  stayed about a year before join ing the Yankees As assistant Gen eral manager in 1954. Three years later he became president of the Detroit tigers serving from 1959 until he came Here. 13th tie of then att stalled the were 10 second bearcats called conference wit hand with eve Paul Hogue to to j Thacker took a Sizer dribbled Tor Keyhole and let hand jump shot away. It dropped without touching 1 Urcla which Cannati storm to 10 Points and an five minutes of ing its unbelievable one Chance re Johnny wooden time out with one but they weren to shot when time Thacker s game a represented his out game and before i Paul Hogue entirely on big Hogue to life after he was times for goal ending. With Urcla having Lead on the jump Johnny Green and a Ham Hogue went to in were eight minute the next five Minutti scored 14 straight Points. Hogue hitting 12 of wound up with 36 grabbed 19 rebounds. 14-Point Binge he also get Urcla s top two def enfred Slaughter and 6-6 Man out of the game Slaughter went out a Blackman about a and the fact that they danger of fouling out be probably was the key to Hogue was Able to operate Green wound up with for Urcla and Cunningham both hit at a fantastic the first half enabling pull into a 37-37 tie at after looking As if it buried. The Bruins hot 54 for the game. Cincinnati pushed its. Streak to 17 with the its Over All record to 2s-2u the Bruins who lost continued on Page it s official Case closed Irish beat sym new York a it s official now notre Dame beat Syracuse 17-15, last nov. 18. That s what the Mcaa record Book will show and without a asterisk. Mcaa officials Here said both schools agree on the outcome of the game a source of dispute for several weeks after notre Dame kicked the winning Field goal after time had run out. Notre Dame s questionnaire listed the game As a win Syracuse s As a loss an Mcaa official said. So that s the Way it will go into the Book without any  the dispute boiled up when Syracuse was penal led for running into the Man holding the Ball for an unsuccessful Irish Field goal attempt on play of the game. Syracuse was leading Syracuse was penalized 15 Yards and got another Chance after the game was the clock. Joe Perkowsky drilled the Baa from 41 Yards out for the Victory. The Rule Book said in one spot that not rated a second try and in another that inc a football rules committee is red code to allow a second Chance such As no go Syracuse athletic director Lew we be never protested the outcome. We d life j get the whole  Dame officials declined formal