Show Purdue Resumes Resume Drive for Title In Big B g Six Basketball Scramble i Boilermakers Meet 1 Iowa After Afler Mouths Months Idleness Three Way Three Tie Will Be Broken This Week By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Sports Writer r CHICAGO Feb 9 Purdue's 9 great team idle since January January Jan Jan- uary 15 except for one game will renew Its campaign Cf for forthe forthe Ithe the Big Ten championship in an important battle with the Iowa Hawk- Hawk eyes at Lafayette Saturday y night All other Big Ten teams will be beIn bein bein in action at the same time six of them engaging in conference skirmishes skir and the other othes- two meeting strong foes I Next in importance to to the Purdue Purdue- Iowa game Is the Indiana Illinois battIe battle bat bat- tIe tle at which will vill help to break a 1 way three tie Ue for third place between Iowa Illinois and In In- diana In the other two conference games Wisconsin meets Minnesota at Minneapolis and Chicago plays Northwestern North western at Evanston Outside the conference Ohio State engages Marquette at Milwaukee and Michigan meets Michigan State at East Lansing Although h Purdue has been idle for tor I almost a month from conference competition com corn pe petition the Boilermakers moved mo nearer the title durin during their inactivity because of defeats for the other con con- contenders tenders Purdue st st. started fast by wInning winning win wIn- ning its first four conference games defeating Minnesota 45 30 Illinois 36 21 Indiana 47 13 and Wisconsin 2 27 28 and remains unbeaten ten Minnesota which has only four games left to play holds holds- second place with five live victories and three defeats It If Purd Purdue e is to get any competition for tor the title however cr it jt must come from front one ono of ot the three teams learns deadlocked dead dead- locked for third place place Iowa Iowa Indiana and Illinois each with three victories and two defeats |