Show Rangy Texans Set Hoop Record At Intercollegiate Tourney By HAROLD CLAASSEN KANSAS CITY March 11 AP The AP-The The national intercollegiate intercollegiate intercollegiate basketball tournament lost a champion but gained a scoring scoring scoring ing record and a new favorite in the opening half of the first round I Tarkio Mo college whose black black- warriors raced to the 1940 crown was eliminated Monday night by St. St Marys Mary's College of Winona Minn 38 28 after the Missouri schools school's drum and bugle corps played taps during the halftime period Scores 30 Points Price Brookfield West Texas State forward carried his towerIng towering towering tower tower- ing mates to the scoring mark markin in the Buffalos' Buffalos 77 39 triumph over an averaged sized University of Dubuque Iowa Iowa- club Brookfield dunked in 30 points The old tourney mark markwas was 73 73 set by Glenville W. W Va State atthe atthe at atthe the expense of the 1939 Peru Neb Teachers The Texas Giants are the No 1 choices to replace Tarkio But should they falter another team from the Lone Star state Texas Wesleyan of Fort Worth I would become the favorite The Rams unbeaten in 22 games before coming here won 71 62 over Evansville Ind college a quintet that was expected to go far on the exploits of Wilford Gus Doerner the one-man one team Doerner Doerner Doerner Doer- Doer ner did pump in 27 21 points but it wasn't enough The Fort Worth team displayed two aces in Captain Hazen Ward deft forward and Cullen Walsh a redheaded Irish guard and cen cen- ter Each got 11 points Town Small Boys Loys Although they now represent a small smaIl school from a big city both competed for even smaller high schools Ward halls hails from Ames Texas which has a population of I 18 Walsh is from Jonesboro I whose business district is made up of a combination filling station station- grocery store-post store office building station station-I |