European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes morch9. Faces Urcla in lev raided Nam Inch Friday Houston confident Victory no Fluke by United press International Houston s proud aggressive cougars will get their Chance to prove it was no Fluke. The cougars who upset defending National Champion Urcla 71-69 in the Astrodome on Jan. 20 to take the no. 1 rating away from the supposedly unbeatable Bruins now arc set for the Long awaited re match. Houston and Urcla the to two rated clubs in the country both breezed through their regional final games saturday night to Advance to the Semi finals of the Mcaa tournament Friday night in the los Angele sports Arena. The Winner of that game will have to beat the Winner of the North Carolina Ohio state Gam for the title on saturday night. But Only a letdown could Stop the Houston Urcla Winner and for All practical purposes the Friday night game has it Allan stake. Not since Cincinnati beat Ohio state in the 1962 Mcaa final to repeat its upset of the 1961 final has there been such an attractive rematch in collegiate basketball. When Urcla s 47-game win Ning Streak was snapped by Houston in the Astrodome Urcla s All America Lew Alcin Dor was bothered by an Eye injury. Whether Urcla would have been beaten if Alcindor was at full strength is the question that has been debated in collegiate basketball circles for the Pas two months. The Houston team has been infuriated by the suggestion that it won Only because Alcindor was below Par and the cougars Are determined to beat the Bruins again in Urcla s Hometown to prove it was no Fluke. Win Over braves boosts Liu Stock new York a Long is land u., its Stock soaring even higher than its no. 1 Small col lege rating feels it deserves a Little More credit. New York basketball fans an the Bradley braves Are ready to give it to blackbirds earned new respect last saturday when the returned to the big time after an 18-year absence and stunned Bradley 80-77 in the first round of the National invitation tournament in the new Madison Square never get any credit for beating anybody said coach Roy Rubin after the rousing vie com i romps in Usa eur handball meet Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial com z took the team championship and first and Sec Ond in both the open singles and doubles classification in the Sec Ond annual Usa eur invitational handball championships Here sunday. Ezra h o r t o n beat Gilbert Jones 10-21, 21-13, 21-13, to win the open singles title and Horton teamed with Phil Reed to beat Jones and Greg Jungwirth,1967 doubles champions in Tan dem action 21-12 and 21-10.john Vessey of 3rd army div duplicated Horton s efforts i taking two seniors titles. Vessey whipped com z s Al Helton 21-20, 21-7, to win the singles Crown and teamed with Paul hard Man to beat Jack Wagstaff and Jim Russell 21-16, 21-20, for the doubles laurels. Com z nets 59 Point com z racked 59 Points to win the tournament which drew36 singles entries and 18 doubles teams in a rout. Usa eur seventh army tips finished Sec Ond with 33 Points and 3rd Arm div was third with 26. The 4th army div and Vii corps tied for fourth with 23 Points and seventh army sup port come 21v corps and 32nd Aad com 153rd div 14 Berlin 724th div 5 and 8th div 4 followed. Setae was the Only command which did not compete in the tournament. Hupp to head staff at Cage coaches clinic Boston Alolph Hupp of Kentucky will headline tin second annual National association of basketball coaches clinic scheduled for Boston april 2fi-27. Couch Jim Hulen of mount St. Mary s College. md., and the Rev. E d w a r d Visscher of Long Island lutheran school will join Hupp on the clinic staff. Tory that carried the blackbirds into the Quarter finals tuesday night against notre Dame. We re supposed to be a Noth ing Ball club. We be won 22 games and Ever time we Vebe Aten somebody it s always the other team that was bad. Wondered if anybody would say that Bradley had a bad Bradley or the 14,789 Fren Zied mostly partisan Liu Fanson hand. The braves shot 55 per Cen from the Field and led from the first Basket until Liu which hit61 per cent finally pulled even at 65-65. The blackbirds score the next four Points and never trailed again although the needed Luther Green s three Points in the last 19 seconds to shatter a 77-All tie. Green finished with a career High of 32 Points and Small col lege All american Larry new bold who directed the comeback added 22.chancellor r. Gordon Hoxie who came to Liu in 1954 during five year period when the University gave basketball Fol lowing the scandals of 1951, called it a Day for which he has hoped for Many years. I remember Roy asked me i we could play in the Garden again. Gosh i Hope we always play in the the blackbirds take on another big time foe tuesday night notre Dame. The Irish were no too impressive in beating army 62-58 in their nit appearance notre Dame s fifth Triumph Gardner gets and Post at Weber state Ogden Utah Dale has been named athletic director at Weber stat College succeeding Reed k. Swenson who is has been assistant athletic director at Utah stat University under Frank Wil Liams for the past 13 years. Hewill assume his duties june 1. Csc president William p. Mil Ler said Gardner a graduate of Csc and Usu and a Star athlete at both schools was the unanimous Choice of a screening com Mittee set for the selection. Gardner said he was please with the appointment and that he would like to see Weber get More National attention. Gard Ner player both football an Basket Ball Foi Weber from 1949 to 1951 when the school was Atwo year College. Against army without a los through the years. Dayton one of the tourney favourites easily clouded West Vir Ginia 87-68 saturday flyers will be heavily favored tuesday night against Fordham a team that had Trou ble getting by Duquesne 69-80 inthe first game of saturday night s twin Bill. The other four Quarter finalists were in action monday night. Duke was favored Over upstart St. Peter s . And Kansas rated a slight Edge Over Vil . Peters halted Marshall 102-93 in two overtimes and Duke routed Oklahoma City 97 81 last thursday night an Kansas nudged Temple 82-76 and Villanova ousted wyoming77-66 Friday night. Monday and tuesday night Swinners Advance to thursday night s semifinals. The final i saturday afternoon. As Houston Center Ken put it after Allm flout there in that game an looked of to me. Ansley they were going to beat m without him. I think we re Goine to be even More for second game than we were z the first c for Urcla coach John wooden a made no alibis for e � because Alcindor was out but he s made it obvious he does consider one meeting Conlu this Friday Well find out if they Are really a better Tea than we Are he said. Houston stopped thu 103-68 at Wichita Urcla beat Santa Clara 87-66 at albuquerquen.m., North Carolina edged Davidson 70-66 at Raleigh n.c., and Ohio state stunned Kentucky 82-81 at Lexington ky., in the four regional final games. Consolation results in the Consolation bracket Columbia whipped St. Bonaventure 95-75, Marquette topped East Tennessee state 69-57, new Mexico state beat new Mexico 62-58 and Louisville beat Kansas state 3-63. Hayes poured in 39 Points As Houston crushed thu to boost its record to 31-0 for the season the Best Mark in collegiate Ball since North Carolina wound with a 32-0 record in 1957. Hayes also pulled Down 25 rebounds. Alcindor scored 22 Points As Urcla boosted its Mark to 27-1 with the Triumph Over Santa Clara. Lucius Allen added 21 for the Bruins who led 51-34 at Carolina rallies North Carolina trailing by six at halftime rallied to grab an eight Point Lead late in the second half and then Hung on for the four Point Victory Over Davidson. Rust Clark scored 22 Points and grabbed 17 rebound for the winners while Charlie Scott and Larry Miller added 18 and 17 Dave Soronson s fallaway Juniper with five seconds left carried Ohio state past Kentucky in the most surprising result. Ohio state which had to beat Rig ten co Champion Iowa to gain the Mcaa berth led most of the Way but fell behind 81-80 on Dan Issel s tap with 28 seconds left before Sorenson won it. Soren son scored 24 Points As Kentucky was beaten even i though it held the Home court Edgein the Nata final. Centra state of Ohio edged Fairmont state 51-48 to win lit Champion ship at Kansas City. It was the second title in four i for Central state. Tourney slate Heads College cae vat Dup tall Sandwich Temple s Clarence Brookins finds himself sandwiched Between Phil Harmon 10 and another Kansas player during action in the National invitational tournament at Madison Square Garden. Kansas took in 82-76 verdict. Dpi photo nabs Altamira net title Caracas former Northwestern University Star Marty his san Defeated top seeded Cliff Hidley of san Annielo Texas 6-1, 8-6, 6-1 to win the nuns singles title sunday in the 13th Altamira International Tennis tournament. I in the women final top seeded Ann Slayden Jones of Britain Defeated a ranked Julie la Cadnum of new York 6-4, 11-9.riessen, fourth ranked in the United states continually at tacked 0 1 the hard court surface against Hij smaller opponent and Richey ranked third in the s., Only had Chance in the second set. 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