THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Detroit Beaten in NIT Preliminary
onto, 5-2,._.....__ p
Crazy Crowd
The crowd of 15;011-biggest of
the season-broke loose with al
thunderous ovation for the burly
Boomer and showered rubber
shoes to the ice. It was several
minutes before the announcer
could announce the goal and the
ice could be cleared.
Oeoffrion's goal equalled the
one-season record set by his for-
mer Montreal team-mate, Maur-
ice Richard.
Richard's record, was set, in a"
50-game schedule in the 1944-45
season. Geoffrion has played in
62 of Montreal's 68 games so far
this season.
1-1 in First
Guy =Gendron for Montreal and
Dave Keon for the \Leafs scored
in the second period. The scoring
team had manpower advantage'
each time.
Billy Hicke and then Henri
Richard scored for Montreal. Ed-
die Shack got one back. for the
Leafs. Then Ralph Backstrom
scored for the Canadiens and fin-
ally Geoffrion sent the crowd in-
to a d'elirium acclaim.
PAK DTP Post Wins
in Pro Fraternity Action
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By DON BURNESS In other action on the limited
Phi Alpha Kappa, Delta Theta schedule, Joe Koucky's 13 second
Phi and Phi Chi posted victoriesHalf points enabled Delta Theta
in last night's professional frater- .
nity playoffs. Phi to defeat Tau Epsilon Rou
Ph iAlpha Kappa tripped Phi 41-20. Delta Theta led by only
Epsilon Kappa in a second place four at the half, 18-14, but man-
playoff 46-37 as 6'8" center Tom aged to pull away after intermis-
Neuhof netted 15 points and pulled sion. Koucky led all scorers with
down most of the rebounds. The 16 tallies and received aid from
winners led 22-14 at the half, but Tim Stanlon who contributed 1
three baskets by ex-Wolverine grid points.
star Reid Bushong cut the margin Stan Gass and Cy Coleman
to three points. hooped 10 points apiece for the
Towever, early in the second losers in the third-place playo
halfs Darrel Harper twisted his contest.
ankle, forcing the losers to play In the only other encounter
the last 10 minutes with only four played, Phi Chi had four players
men, Ed Myering's 16 points paced in double figures in their 69-44
Phi Alpha Kappa while Bushong's win, over Alpha Kappa Psi in a
21 points were high for the game. fourth-place playoff' match. Game
Ed Baylock supported Bushong honors, however, went to Kappa
with 14 points, eight of which Psi's Bruce Kropschot who dented
came in the first half. ,the cords for 27 markers.
DENVER - The poised and ag-
gressive St. Lawrence team won
the opening game of the National
Collegiate Hockey Tournament
last night 6-3 over its upstate
New York rival, Rensselaer Poly-
technic.
The Larries moved into Satur-
day's Championship game. against
either Denver University's defend-
ing champions or Minnesota, who
will play the other semifinal to-
night.
The two New York outfits came
out to mile-high Denver for their
third clash of this season and St.
Lawrence made it a clean sweep
after taking two one-goal decisions
in the regular campaign.
For the, first nine' minutes it
was all RPI, the rest of the way
practically all St. Lawrence.
The shortest man on the ice, 5'-
6" Roland Anderson, a wing from
Flat-Lands, New Brunswick, with
his dashing play set the St. Law-
rence attack afire in the first
period. He scored two goals in less
than eight minutes, one unassist-
ed, tie the score after Rensselaer
had seized a 2-0 lead.
The Larries broke the tie after
a little more than a minute of the
second period, and held command
with a strong offense and tight
defense close to their own goal,
especially by defensemen Ray
Pratt and Arlin Parker.
NCAA REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS:
Favored Ohio State Open Title Defense
By DAVE KIMBALL
Special to The Daily
- LOUISVILLE-Ohio State's na-
tional champion basketball team,
heavily favored to repeat as NCAA
titlists, will take on host team,
Louisville tonight as the 23rd an-
nual NCAA championship tourna-
ment moves into its second round
of play.
The other two teams vying for
the tMid-East regional title and a
trip to Kansas City for 'the na-
tional championships on March
24-25 are Kentucky (18-8), repre-
senting the Southeastern Confer-
ence and making a record 12th
appearance in the tourney, and
little Morehead State (19-10), also
from this basketball-happy state
and considered the darlings of the
playoffs.
Capacity Crowds
Capacity crowds are expected
for both nights of action at Free-
dom Hall here.
The Buckeyes (24-0) will be
carrying a 29-game winning streak
with them into tonight's action.
Their, last defeat came at the
hands of Indiana in the next to
last conference game last year.
Louisville (20-7) advanced to
the regional semi-finals by virtue
of their 76-70 first round victory
over Ohio U. earlier this week.
Long on Length
The Cardinals will throw one of
the nation's tallest teams against
Jerry Lucas and Co. Their front
""' -
line includes 6'11" Fred Sawyer,
6'8" Bud Olsen, and 6'5" John
Turner. Turner is the team's top
point producer and will be counted
on to keep the host team in the
contest.
Despite their apparent height
advantage, the Cardinals aren't
expected to be much of a problem
in Ohio State's quest for asecond
successive national title. Display-
ing a powerful offensive unit,
strong rebounding, and scrappy
defense, a combination rarely
found in a college team, the Bupk-
eyes have been ranked first, in
both wire service polls every week
since the season began, and were
unanimous choices the last six
weeks, a feat never before accom-
plished.
Lucas Leads
Leading the Buckeye machine,
of course, will be All-American
and Olympian star Lucas. The 6'8"
junior has been named on virtu-
ally every All-American team re-
leased, in addition to being given
the "player of the year" label in
most corners.
Atlhough he is known to have a
tendency to pass off to teammates
rather than shoot, Lucas shot
enough this year to give him run-
ner-up honors in the Big Ten
scoring race. Flashing a 24.9 aver-
age for 14 games, he finished sec-
ond in the conference to Terry
Dischinger of Purdue.
Lucas is more than capably
backl ed up by John Havlicek, Larry
Siegfried, and Mel Nowell, all three
of whom finished in the top 12
among Big Ten point-makers this
season.
Siegfried is an All-American in
his own right, being held off many
teams only because of Lucas' over-
shadowing him, while Havlicek is
considered one of the country's
top defensive stars in addition to
being a better than average point
producer (15.2 in Big Ten play).
More Regionals
While the Mid-Eastern regionals
are being held here, three other
regional championships will be
going on in widely-spread sections
of the country.
St. Bonaventure (23-3) is fav-
ored in the Eastern Regionals at
Charlotte, N. C. The Bonnies have
been waiting for a rematch with
Ohio State ever since the Buck-
eyes edged them 84-82 in Madison
Square Garden earlier in the sea-
son. r
At Lawrence, Kan., Cincinnati,
Missouri Valley Conference cham-
pions and rated second nationally
to- Ohio State, is picked to take it
all, while out west, in Portland,
Ore., Southern California should
prove strong enough to qualify for
the trip to Kansas City later this
month.
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