Show Kurland Has Two Tilts ts To f 0 Establish Record NEW YORK YORI March 20 UP UPI UPI- Big ig Bob Kurland of the N C A A And ind nd Missouri Valley champion Oklahoma and not Elmore of New Mexico JUnes apparently is going to win the 1946 national collegiate indi- indi nigh scoring basketball title v A week ago who rho r up the season with points joints seemed assured of finishing on eli n top but the weekly Associated Press tabulation today disclosed that Kurland with two and pos pas sibly three more games to play needs only 25 points to pass Mor- Mor Currently Kurland is In third place at but at the terrific clip hp he has traveled tra in the last nine games he appears certain certain tam tain to cross the point mark thus easily passing Bill Hall of Marshall now second at and Last Ve Wednesday d n e s day Kurland urland rimmed 30 points against Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa and on Monday night dumped in 28 points against Kansas Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas to top off a nine-game nine streak that netted him points an average of ot 26 per game The streak started a month ago when big Bob had points I On Friday K Kurland u r I a and n d plays against Baylor in the western N C A A eliminations at Kansas City and on Saturday against either Colorado or California de depending depending depending de- de pending on whether the beat Baylor A victory over o the Southwest conference champs also will assure the appearance of the in New York on March 26 for lor the west east-west N C A A play play- offs oils Ernie Calverley and Dick Hole both of ot Rhode Island who play tonight against Kentucky in the final of ot the national invitation tournament Andy Wolfe of California California California Cali Cali- fornia and John Dillon of oC North Carolina are the only other performers per per- formers farmers in the top 15 scorers who still can add to their total |