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by Tom Bruderle Washington blocked a shot by Kelley over to ture, it worked for a while and Villanova seemed v Jones; the Cats had the ball and, seemingly, doomed. Kraft then his As was the case last year, Coach Jack Kraft the made move as did the game, with 21 seconds left. Seven seconds biter, Wildcats. predicted that Villanova would not have much of the chagrined Wildcats saw Wichita get the ball a bench this season. On several occasions, how- McMonagle led all the VU scorers with 16 on an out of bounds play. Kelley triMl a ever, Kraft has gone to his bench with surprising jumper points and again turned in a fine defensive game, the ball went around the rim as time results. and ran out. stealing the ball several times from 5-10 Ernie Villanova qualified for the quarter-finals With 10:32 left in the Villanova-Wichata by Moore. Jones and O'Brien came through with 14 dumping DePaul last Thursday night 63-51 before fracas witnessed by 15,198, the Shockers went into and 12 points respectively. Oif the backbmirds, 14,238 fans. Despite a freeze with the score 42-42. the score, DePaul remained Washington pulled down 11 rebounds and O'Brien close throughout the entire first half and part of 7 while Dave Stallworth had 9, 6-10 the second half. had 9 and 6-7 Wayne Durham had 8. The Main-Liners were somewhat disorganized Again it was Villanova's defense that saved mm Vol. 38—No. 18 VILLANOVA UNI .NOVA. PA. April in the first half and the lead changed hands sev- the Cats, as they held Wichita to their second low- 3, 1963 eral times before Villanova captured a 28-23 est total of the year. Cincinnati held them spread at halftime. In the second half, the Chi- to 50 in their first meetinsr of the vear. "The cagoans stayed at the heels of the Wildcats and Shockers could manage only 49 shots but scored Belle Masque Society Will Stage tied the score at 29 and 33. Jones then converted on of ( 21 them (42.9 per cent) while Villanova was a three point play and Villanova had a lead that 24 for 59 (40.6 per cent). Wichita out-rebounded was never lost. the Cats 40 to 29. In the next 9:26, Villanova out-scored the The locals are back in action tomorrow night 7lie Imaginary Invalid' By Moliere Blue-Demons 16-4 and tallied thirteen points in a when^they meet Canislu^ at Madison Square Gar- row in a four minute stretch. Washington, Mc- For the first time in its history, the Vil- Monagle and 0*Brien outrpositioned their taller lanova Belle Masque Society will present the rivals as DePaul could get but one shot at the Miles Maellson adaptation of Moliere's The basket before losing the ball. Imaginary Invalid. The production will open Wednesday evening, April at 8:30 p.m. in Jones garnered 28 points and was 8 for 10 8, the Vasey Hall AudQtorium, and will continue from the foul line. His sidekick, Eric Erickson, through April 6. tallied 18 points, 11 in the second half, and played a fine floor game. Washington had a game high The play consists of a series of small vig- nettes in the character, is total of 11 relx)unds to go with the 7 collected by which Argan, main O'Brien. McMonagle turned in an outstanding visited by a number of French men and wo- represent life society in late defensive game and made at least five steals. M. men who and C. Thompson was the top producer for DePaul seventeenth-century Paris. The effect of with 11 points and 10 rebounds. these visits on Argan, who is a hypochondriac, BUTCH WINTERBOTTOM is the main theme of the work. Villanova shot 40.3 per cent from the field By using these stallball tactics, the top-seeded Typical of Moliere's style, The Imagi- (23 for 57 ) toDePaul's 37.7 per cent (23 for 61). t«>afii in shots nary Invalid is a farce, presented in the class- the NIT looked only for the good The Blue Demons out-rebounded the 'Cats and, 49-44 with 5:25 to play. ical manner. It is a non-realistic play — an- and soon owned a lead had it not been for Villanova's tough shifting de- other first for Belle Masque because this will After a jumper by Wally Jones brought the Wild- fense, the score could have been reversed. mis ii little closer, Kraft made his move. Butch be the first production in a year-and-a-half Wichita Winforbottom came in for Eric Erickson to thaw opened the quarter final activity by in which realism plays no major role. throwing th^ freeze. a press at the Wildcats. Villanova had a little trouble going against it but fought While Wichita worked the ball around, Jim back to tie the score several times. With 6:47 left in the W.ishington tapped a loose ball to Winterbottom first half, the Main-Liners went on a nine point who dribbled down-court and swished a jumper streak that gave them a 27-20 lead, but the from the right of the circle. The shocked Shockers Shockers rallied to narrow the margin to three JIM McMONAGLE tlirn fouled Washington who converted the foul as the first half ended 28-25. den. In the 76-67 triumph over Memphis State shot to tie the score. last Saturday night, Bill O'Connor scored 27 Villanova lost the lead in the early Len Kelley sank two foul shots only to have minutes points. Earlier in the year, Villanova routed Cani- of the second half thanks to the shooting of All- tliem followed by a jump-shot by Jim O'Brien as sius 79-60 at the Palestra and O'Connor scored 24. American Dave Stallworth, a sophomore. The the score remained tied with two and a half min- Last night, Providence played Miami and Wildcats stayed with the Shockers as the score utes showing. Back in the game again, Erickson Marquette met St. Louis. The winners of these was tied at 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42. stole a pass and Wally Jones was fouled as he two games will play tomorrow night and face the sank a jumper. Jones converted to give Villanova With the game knotted at 42, Wichita went winner of the Villanova-Canlsius this Saturday the lead, but it was almost given back into their freeze. Although it seemed a bit prema- afternoon.

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Grifs To Test Xats Again Mermen Capture First Ploce In AAU; by Joe McCarthy * Tomorrow evening:, the Wildcat team McDonough Sets Three Marks In ESIL will play the toujrhost ;jramc of th(^ season against the k "1^ " Canisius Coldon Griffins in tlic semifinal round of the by Richard Pozdan another pool and meet record, nearest opponent Princeton who NatioDJil Tnvit;iU<>n;jI Tourn;inieni. l)e- li Tho "toughest" 'k Villanova's varsity swimming this time in the 200yard butter- finished with a total score of 67. this C cause is the only ic;uii that Villanova has had to ^' team ran into an immovable ob- fly, as he came across the finish Villanova finished fourth, mostly || face after liuniili.iling tliem earlier in the season. i ject last weekend in the person in 1:58.2. on the basis of McDonoughs per- k III tiie first encounter, the Wildcats, basking in the of the Yale swimming team. Saturday nights competition formances, with a total of 39. H sunshine, support, and sn>oke oT tlic Palestra, trounced The Wildcats, competing in was highlighted by McDonough As was stated by one of the the Canisius team 79-G() witli Wally Jones leading the the Eastern Seaboard Intercol- becoming a triple and the Bull- swimmers concerning the Yale "ll 'Cat otl'cnse with 21 poi-nts and eiglit assis-ts. Even r-^ legiate Swimming Champion- dogs from Yale setting a new team "Ain't nobody can beat while winning H they \\erc unable to really l)ottle up the *i| ships at Princeton University, NCAA 400-yard freestyle record. that team." r.rilTs' leadin^r .>eorer and All-Anicncan, l»ill O'Connor, Ani.shed fourth behind Yale, McDonough became a triple win- AAU 1 who tabbed game high honors with 21 points. Princeton, and Array. ner as he swept to victory in The story was a little different y Canisius enters the Thursday encounter with a The meet, the twenty-third 0:52.5 in the 100-yard butterfly. on March 3 and 10 when Villan- W second round victory over Mentpliis State after drawing annual, took place last Thursday, The time broke a pool record of ova's swimmers won everthing SJ .. 1 ;„ xK- : -. ,1 T* Ai. _ _-• 1 UK a bye in the opening round. In the victory over Meni- Friday and Saturday. 0:53 set by North Carolina's Ed but title to the^ building as they "ll phis, O'Connor retained his reputation as one of the i Thursday saw the Eli"s serve Spencer last March and tied by romped home in the Middle At- nation's leading scorers by pouring 27 thixjugh the the in the trials. The lantic AAU swimming meet held i notice to the rest of teams McDonough hoop. at the meet as to what was to 0:52.5 time also tied the NCAA at the Philadelphia Athletic Chib. Coach Bob ^lacKinnon squad lacks only one ele- I come. The New En glanders record currently held by Mc- The final team standingis show- ment, good height to re-cnfo)'cc the rebounding depart- jumped off o a quick 44 points Donough. ed Villanova's varsity in first ment. I theftrst day of the meet and were The Yale relay team of Char- place with a point total of 75. the The Palestra loss was just a game for which never near being overtaken. les Mussmann, Ed Townsend, The Freshman array finished squad did not get "up" for and the result of a moral I Princeton ran a poor second Steve Clack and Mike Austin was fifth with a score of 28. letdown after losing a close game to Bowling Green on the opening day of the meet clocked in 3:11.4 This broke the McDonough set a record of But Canisius, at its best, can cope favorably with ^ with a total of 18 points. Villan- old record of 3:13.4 which had 1 :52.0 in the 200-yard freestyle, any team in the coimtry. They lost to Arizona State, P ova finished the day witli a fifth been set last Saturday by Minne- successfully defended his 100- ranked third in the nation, by a mere four iwints scored k place standing on the strength sota in the Big Ten Champion- yard butterfly crown in 0:54.8. during the closing seconds. H of 10 points. ships. one second oc his record, and led The game will be a test of the Villanova defense The only bright ray in the In other events, John Geoghe- Villanova's varsity 400-yard jjj earlier contest showed a 100- team of Girdler, and the Canisius olfense. The ^ Villanova camp on the first day gan finished fifth in the freestyle relay could and that shot 55 with time of Geoghegan to a Wildcat team that do no wrong || was Dick McDonough. Dick pick- yard freestyle a Wynne and per cent from the field. v c