Show e Billiken Magicians Magicians' I Take NIT N 1 T Title NEW YORK M March 18 is UP UP-If UP If theres there's t better baske basketball team tilis side of a anywhere St. St Louis university would l like ke to I know it t. t I The magnificent burled burIed I New York university 65 52 Wednesday night to win the NatIonal National Na- Na ional Invitation tournament cham- cham I hip and a ticket to the OlympIc plc pIc lc trials w which h 11 I c h begin here March arch 27 I They accomplished the deed with witha a brilliance and finesse that left spectators and the sadly outclassed outclassed out out- classed Violets agape agap with derment Little Eddie Hickey the oot mastermind who guides St St. Louis termed It a perfect ball ga fame t e remany who believed the th term perfect could have lave been applied to the team it- it self elf Th V Viiu u C Coach a fr Hoard Hod d 1 Cann n of of N NYU l summed dit It up Atly when he ruefully rue rue- tully fully remarked You make a mistake mis- mis take ake and andl they murder you The ns ns couldn't do anything any- any thing wrong They hit on 25 out of f 60 shots from the tb e no floor nor r for an amazing perce percentage tage Their passing game was a hallmark of ball jail handling mastery n And on n defense de de- defense ense they clung to their opponents like ike leeches leeche rarely affording the Violets a a decent dec nt shot at at the hoop If U any ny J hero could be singled o out t from rom among the collection of Billiken Bil- Bil liken Iken It was Easy I Ed Macauley the foot 6 Inch 8 bag of b bones nes wh who won the tournaments tournament's player yer t trophy ophy by unanImous unan unan- acclaim of the committee C Counts Counts' un 24 U Point PoInts Macauley ey the magician was the games game's high scorer C with 24 points on m 11 u field goals and two free throws He controlled about 75 or of f the rebounds under both boards led ed his mates repeatedly with his offs of hand of pass offs and blanket blanketed blank blank- et eted ted d big Adolph with four field so goals Js The sparred with the Violets ts for the first five minutes I n n fl i 1 HI A nr nn t by y ri Dan Miller arid and and w were r never v r there In They led 25 18 25 a half time and by the minute of the second half halt had opened an n 47 28 bulge In a thrilling 1 Ung third-place third consolation consolation con con- contest Western Kentucky defeated lefe t d DePaul of or Chicago 61 59 In n overtime Don Ray the Hill Hill- topper opper high scorer with 19 points tossed ln In n two baskets baskets' in th the extra extras s session Sion that that- he helped I p e d sink the Demons |