Show a 4 y ly r t 1 i Nick Watts 13 speedy speed forward fon on Salt Lake take Eckers club misses I a hard in drive-in shot against the tho Phillips 66 Thursday night I in Denver er In II th finns of ot the AAU A A U tourney y Shown at right arc are f I Slow Motion Cowboys Set For Kansas State Battle Baffle By Sam Smith western round of ot the KANSAS CITY Mo March 19 N C A A basketball tournament U UP The UP-The The The emphasis was on onT on old- old Three of the teams entered In Inthe fashioned ned possession basketball as ns asfour the m municipal auditorium classic four crack collegiate quintets prepared pre pre- employ the deliberate posses ball pared to clash Friday night In the sing type of play that has hns come to I i F q Of- Of J.- J. if J f r 1 t F J 1 i iJ t 4 n F r Associated Pre Press Watts Misses and Lights Go O Out t I R. R C. C C- C Pitts of the Vern Gardner Eckers Cab R Renick nick Oller and Bob Kurland of the The Bartlesville Bartles lads won by 58 0 to 41 to remain in the he running for an Olympic Ol games playoff berth the fore in this section in the wake of f the perennial successes enjoyed by y the teams of Oklahoma A A. and Ms M's Coach Hank Iba the father of f the slowdown in the midwest No Xo Speeding Allowed In fact one of the favorites in Friday nights night's opening round Kansas State Slate got into the playoffs playoffs play- play offs by beating Iba's earlier in n the week at their at-their their own game There Ther was little on which to base any pre tourney predictions but Kansas State was a slight favorite favorito over the University of Wyoming in Friday nights night's opener while Baylor Bayor Bay Bay- lor or rated a brief nod over the University University Uni Uni- of Washington Should that form hold true the money that was doing any talking at all leaned toward Baylor as the Saturday night winner in the western western western west west- ern finals Kansas State Stale with a 4 21 record as ns kingpin of the Big Seven and Missouri valley Baylor which won the tough ever-tough Southwest conference conference conference confer confer- ence flag an and then short-circuited short Arizona of the Border conference in n a play off and Wyoming run run- up ner-up in the Skyline Six conference conference conference confer confer- ence all operate under the theory that possession of the ball Is the way to victory Huskies Do Run The Washington Huskies who ousted California in a west coas coast play off play playa a fast-breaking fast hell- hell leather for game typical of former western N C A A champions Each team had their individual aces but the key to each's success thus far has been teamwork Baylor features a pair of three three- year-veteran year guards in Jackie Robinson RobInson Robinson Rob Rob- inson an ordained minister and ant Bill J Johnson o 0 h n s son o n- n point high I artists i Wyoming's John P II 11 c h was among the top scorers in the Mountain Mountain Moun- Moun tain conference while Washington's Washington's Washing Washing- tons ton's Jack Nichols a time five-time all all- Pacific conference selection wilbe will wil willbe willbe be in the up line-up on on ona a reversal o of opinion by N C A A officials who first ruled him ineligible State K-State and Washington boast boas the top offensive averages and points per game respectively while Wyoming Wyoming's s defensive record was by far the best of the quartet |