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 .'EV 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. rrF M Experience is Essential for Union Board of Directors ELECT Robert Rosman Neil. Cohen lan Hunter. David Baron former Union Executive Council Members One Group MEN'S SAMPLE SHOES II I TRAINING for the Legal Profession I !I 1. Professor Roy L. Stinheimer, Admissions Office Professor Lionel H. Laina, Advisor for pre-legal studies Movie: "MASTERY OF THE LAW" 11 I I: