mp Lavagefto Says Club WillRise West Virginia Battles BU, From Cellar Navy and Kentucky Fall r Jfl Improved Hitting, Better Defenses Cited by Cookie Leads By Bradley BURTON HAWKINS Rated gte Mountaineers to •Ur BUB Writer ORLANDO. Fla., Mar. 14. Thrilling Victory m “I'm tick of the cellar.” aaya a in By tha Auociatad HHI the Senators' manager, Over Butler Prau Cookie 44 Lavagetto, who has resided Surprising Boston University, there for two years. "I don't PORTS overtime conqueror of highly like running last. I want to S' THE regarded Navy, and West Vir- get off this treadmill and NIT Feature EVENING STAR ginia, breathing I Washington, 0. C., Saturday, March 14, 1959 hard after an think we can do it. NEW YORK. Mar. 14 (AP). all-out comeback victory over “I think our overall picture —The 22d edition of the Na- A-12 Bt. Joseph’a, meet at Charlotte. la a bit brighter than It was tional Invitation baaketball N. C.. tonight for the NCAA this time a year ago,” Cookie tournament continues today GIANTS SHIP OUT ROOKIES Eastern regional baaketball "¦ ::: Iflp ' continued. "Norm Zauchln had with -headeri on both title. pF .Hl B^h.:,- • bad wriat last spring and later the matinee and evening pro- Elsewhere in the regional ||pr* Jh fl/ pulled a back muscle. He grams at Madison Square Oar- tournament, Kentucky’s de- wound up hitting .atß. Now den and Bradley still the team Banks Could Repeat fending champions are out, but M|p' ”*V he’s fit and he ought to be to beat. first-ranked Kansas State and ashamed of himself If he The Bradley Braves (23-3) two other of the Nation’s top doesn’t boost that average way go into action tonight as 7- As National's MVP 10 still are in the running for up. I think he will. favorites against sharp- the national championship. "Herb Plews has a good bat- shooting Butler (19-8). This By the Aasociated Press ]first inning, and a 3- homer Tonight’s four regional win- ting ,, stroke. He should be- will be a quarter-final game, as Ernie Banks, Cubs short- off Ron Herbel, product. ners travel to Louisville next -¦' . '.v .™P®|l ''¦' ffl ' .J» 860.000 1 tween .280 and .300. I thought will the other half of the twinjistop, could become the first Na- Herbel was the losing week end for the championship his fielding Improved quite a bill St. Bonaventure (20-2) I tional League player to win the in the 16-12 victory for the showdown. bit late last year. He hit .298, against (17-8). player St. John's The nost valuable award in Cubs at Yuma, Ariz. Was Biggest Surprise ;; W - j=' but he’s a better hitter than pick-'em V latter is a affair. consecutive seasons. Shipped that. Ken Aspromonte figures afternoon the first Rookies Oat Kentucky, seeking its fifth - During the to play a at second base, Banks was the 1958 most ¦¦ f Bk 1 lot round was to be completed. < valuable player strength Meanwhile, the Giants sent a national crown and ranked sec- f WmaaX BP*-* Bimini something of on the too. He's seen Manhattan (15-5) was a 3- of 47 home 129 batted flock of youngsters to their ond, was eliminated by Louis- $ the majors now and should have runs. runs Evanston, |P Ik, B polnt favorite over Providence i in, and 379 total bases rookie camp at Sanford, Fla., ville at HI., last night JB P an idea of what it’s which Adolph W M & m||| -.jß- BB all about. (18-5> and New York Univer- brought the league’s slug- from where they will go to 76-61. The defeat of I’m looking for more out of him Rupp’s sity (12-7) rated 5 points over 1 ging crown. He hit five homers minor league clubs. Perry and Wildcats by a team that him than that measly .210 he Denver (14-9). Herbel, however, remain had dropped 10 of 27 games was IF hit year. i more than the Yankees’ Mickey will mmr- JHBr last (The NYU-Denver game i Mantle, who paced the Ameri- with the parent club. the most astounding of the re- j B B regional Defenses Are Better will be on television over , can League, batted in seven Mantle and four other Yanks sults of four tourna-