European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 11 the stars and stripes wednesday March 13 1968 Houston rates ups nod for National title cont Nithil ,., part 18 Davidson 23-4which moved up two places to ninth received Only 39. Marquette 22-5 was three Points Back with 36, while Duke fell four places receiving Only 23 Blue devils who had been anchored in the second half of the top 10 for several weeks Slid after being upset 12-10 by North Carolina state s renowned freeze in the acc playoffs. Five coaches from each of the seven geographical areas of the nation comprise the United press Urcla close second International ratings Board. New Youk Uini tie in Mil unlit dress International major collect1 National champions Kwo-51 Kentucky pm of 2-Kentucky 1052-53 Indiana l 3- 4 Indiana 1v 4-, r san Kran Clitu i. Of 55-i 6 san Francisco l Inu-57 North Carolina 1957-58we.St Vir Lnla 1058-5&kansas state Lom of in Lafornia 1960-61ohio state 19tt2-6.v-clncini.mtl 1sw3-6-1 Cincinnati 1 walk my 1c Jonart 10 Ilow uns 10 he Nihil 0 Hoover u c in gun unit tar Nimna f 7-80-1 068-9 5-700 3-4c-e 1-2 0-0 1-4 totals 39 26-41 105 totals 42 34-47 119 Pallai 22243227105 Denver 35 26 33 2ft119 three Point goals Holman join a. Fouled out Dyllus Hagah me of Gills Dallas 27, Denver 29. Houston tops final a poll by the associated press Houston which has held the top position since upsetting de fending Champion Urcla jan.20, wound up in the no. 1 spot monday in the final associate press major College basketball cougars who have romped past 29 opponents with out a loss this season received 253 Points 12 More than Urcla which was a Clear Cut Choice for the top spot last season when i went unbeaten. Houston s total was built on 19votes for first and seven for Sec Ond. Urcla s figures were the exact opposite. St. Bonaventure at 23-0 the cards topple in continued from Page 19 9-5 in an exhibition baseball game monday. Mathews slammed " a bases loaded double in the six run first and Catcher Jim Price added a two run triple. North rup singled Home a run in the first and drove in two More in the second with a Hisle hit a Home run off winning Pitcher Denny Mclarnin the third and Rich Allen exhibition baseball pet. 1.000 .750 .750 a i7 .007 .500 .333 .200 .250 .250 .607 .667 .007 .6 17 .500 .500 .333 .333 .250 .000 National St. Louis Cincinnati san Krai. -. Los Atlanta new York Houston Chicago Phi Uli Lna american California new York Oakland Washington Chicago Detroit minor t i Cleveland Limoll Baltimore league won 2 3 3 22 1 1 11 i league 22 22 to 1i i 0 lost 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 i 2 2 3 1 Wyoming Ace suffers fractured right ankle Laramie Wyo. A the University of Wyoming Basket Ball team suffered a setback units plans for the National invitation tournament when j-foot-4sophomore Forward Stan Dodds suffered a hairline fracture of his right ankle in practice Mon cowboys meet Villanova in the opening round of the Nitin new York Friday night. Dodds was Wyoming s mos accurate Field Goa shooter with a .558 percentage. His ankle willbe in a cast for three weeks. Slammed a bases loaded triple off Rookie John Warden in the four run Philadelphia Boa and Mike Ryan each had three hits in the Phil lies 15-hit attack. In a b game earlier in the Day the Boston red sox Defeated Detroit 6-3. Bradenton Fla. A the Oakland athletics started their first stringers in a so called squad game monday but had to Call on their b squad players to beat the Pittsburgh pirates 4-3. The a s started with some thing close to their probable opening lineup for the american league season. But it took three second stringers to put together the deciding run in the ninth. Oakland trailed until Dick Green second string second baseman hit a two run Homerin the seventh. Pittsburgh catch or Carl Taylor tied it at 3-3 inthe eighth with the Only other Kibiuk led off the a s ninth with a single. Green sacrificed him to second. And Bill Mcnulty brought him Home with a double off the left Field Nash one of the a s three starting pitchers who is getting off to a slow Start because of military commitments gave up three hits two walks and one run in the opening two innings his first pitching this Spring. P Al o 1 n i a Ari. Up outfielder Jesus Alou of the san f r a i s c o giants monday signed his 1908 contract for approximately $25,001 Alou s signing left second baseman Tito Fuentes an Rookie Pitcher Ron Bryant As the Only giants left to come totems. Fuentes has not reported tothe san Francisco Spring training Camp. Only other undefeated team inthe country placed third but Only one other team no. 9louisville, retained its spot from last week. Kentucky which was Idle Las week and North Carolina win Ner of the Atlantic coast Confer ence tournament switched places Kentucky slipping to fifth and North Carolina moving into , the 12-10 victim of an effective North Carolina state stall plummeted from sixth to 10th, creating a shift among three other Mexico climbed into sixth and Columbia into seventh each advancing one notch while Davidson leapfrogged past Louisville from 10th to eighth. All members of the top Tenhave concluded their regular season schedules but All Are involved in Post season play. Duke begins play against okla homa City in the National invitation tournament thursday night while the others compete in the Mcaa tournament this weekend. There will be three games inthe Mcaa tourney Friday night pitting top ten teams again teach other. Louisville will play Houston Lexington ky., and a double header at Raleigh n.c., has co Lumbia against Davidson and St. Bonaventure opposing North games involving the top ten have Kentucky playing Marquette at Lexington and Urcla going against new mexi co state and new Mexico taking on Santa Clara at Albuquerque,. Tie filial top in Wotli votes in Shiro Puiesi a co Only Ami total Points on a 10-u-h-7-ft-5-4-3-2-l basis 1. Houston lit 21 0 2. Urcla 7 25-1 3. St. Uona Juntun 23-0 4. North Carolina 25-3 5. Kentucky 21-4 0. New Maxi o 23-3 7. Columbia 22-4 8. Davidson 23-4 0. Lou Uville 20-0 10. Duke 21-9 Ohi erd Rui univ ii . La in Listati 71 10 tax i Kaii inuit vib Ulivia. T lit of usury to. Lit. Union ky., of i r. I a. Of 07 san do to. 15 03 monday s results to. Ton 119, Seattle 112 Chicago 101, Cincinnati a .760 two .-174 .4ii2 Hil .61s .558 .317 -276.192 7 1914 6 10 i i -39 Maverick pm confirms Aba staged secret continued from Puyt 18 standing College prospects Over the weekend at Louisville ky.,but denied that it was a secret preliminary draft. The Best Way i can explain it Mikan told the associated press is that negotiation rights were Given to certain teams for certain players i they can sign them. Tin s was done on a basis of need. We evaluated them to see which players can do the bes for which teams. Technically this is not As Mikan outlined it the Aba teams took negotiation rights on certain outstanding players forthe purpose of talking to them to learn such tilings As whether they would play in the Aba and How much Money they would basking to sign. If a team cannot sign a player whose negotiation rights it obtained at the Louisville meeting that player will be returned to the draft Pool for the Aba s offi Cial draft april 27 in los an Geles. We had an evaluation ses Sion of Ball players Mikan said. We exchanged notes get Ting ourselves prepared for oui annual draft. We have allowed our people to Start talking twosome of these players As soon As they become available in enlist College games Are play Eoj. Just say we went about four deep each team got ers to talk to Mikan said he is the rival National association is doing Hinti i be got informal Ion,1 _�1j Aba commissioner said no several of these top Ball poll that Walter Kennedy commissioner has cant 1and asked them if they play and told them i wants them. I at least want our a have a Chance to talk to we Don t want to lose fore we have a Chance a Mikan refused to ""1" Lull players discussed at Ville meeting. Four play the same Nathem want Tonga them to talk to
