Show Bradley Takes First lin b Cage Ce Rankings By Byrill Will rill Grimsley I NEW Y YORK Feb 21 P iP- iP Bradley university broke Holy Cross Cross' week five-week grip gnp on the position position position tion and moved in m Tuesday as the nations nation's No 1 basketball team team The dashing lads from Peoria Peona Ill although beaten three times won on solid support from all sections of the country to amass 1269 points in the weekly Associated Pi Press ess poll This gave them a point edge over O undefeated Holy Cross al although although although al- al though the Crusaders from Worcester Worcester Wor Wor- cester Mass still sun commanded the largest number of place first-place votes 44 44 compared with 28 for the new leader Points are awarded on the basis of 10 for first nine for second and on down the line Voted A total of sports writers and broadcasters the seasons season's high hig-h participated in m the latest balloting and gave the standings a good juggling even if they didn't dislodge any of the top 10 Heres Here's the new rundown Bradley Bradley Bradley Brad Brad- ley Holy Cross Ohio State Duquesne Duquesne Duquesne Du- Du quesne Kentucky St St. Johns John's UCLA Western Vestern Kentucky North Carolina State and Long Island university Only two of these remained stationary stationary stationary sta sta- from last week Ohio State the Western estern conference power held firm film at third Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky y the defending national champion was an unshakeable fifth Duquesne beaten only once in m 22 games ames climbed from seventh to fourth U UCLA C L A moved to the thea va Va- caled spot from and Western Vestern Kentucky graduated a notch St. St Johns John's of Brooklyn fell from No 4 to No 6 6 Long Island university university uni university uni- uni tumbled from sixth North Carolina State Slate dropped one rung I Bradley a team of CN exclusive elusive Illinois talent has been coming fast since losing games to Purdue Kentucky and Detroit They have won their last nine engagements thumping St. St Louis Monday night 52 Tight Tig-ht Squeeze e Holy Cross on the other hand had a tight squeeze last week with Rhode Island State a team with a 6 13 record barely barely twinning winning win twin ning 70 62 The top teams place First-place votes in m parentheses es and records including Monday nights night's games with points on D 8 9 6 6 5 basis Team Records Points 1 1 Bradley 4 3 1269 2 Holy Cross 1 11 20 1134 3 3 Ohio State 12 3 18 1061 i 01 J Duquesne 17 11 t l-t Sit 0 5 HI 0 4 20 55 fi f ft St St. John Johns 2 n. n 53 7 7 UCLA 7 i 7 10 1 53 4 S S. S Western Kentucky 4 I 22 1 44 3 0 D 0 North orth Carolina State Slate 8 4 20 O 1 10 Long Island U U. 1 3 17 36 0 The 10 I 11 San Francisco 21 6 15 26 12 La Salle 2 n. n Ift 3 3 24 2 10 0 13 Kansas State 5 5 15 28 2 6 14 Toledo 8 13 I 15 St Louis Louta 6 11 11 16 Southern California 0 04 1 17 Indiana 4 4 16 03 93 IS 18 San Jose State Slate li 9 90 0 19 11 Arizona 1 22 22 S 86 6 20 C C Y NY S SI S1 1 Others with 21 29 rI or more points Include 76 Wisconsin 68 66 ton n Stale 65 Vanderbilt 57 32 DePaul 29 20 Beloit 28 25 Notre Dame 27 Louisville Louls 25 1 24 and NI XI- a agars apara au 22 |