| Show Kentucky Oklahoma A. A and M. M Top lop A. A P. P Poll PoH Cougars Climb to By John Chandler NEW V YORK Jan 30 Off UP With another full month before the first of the basketball tournaments begins the Kentucky Wildcats and Oklahoma A. A and M. M appear due for a battle right down to the wire for the No 1 collegiate ranking rank rank- ing I IFor For the second week in a row ro Kentucky topped the weekly A. A P. P I poll Tuesday but the margin wasby wasby was by a slim 19 votes over the Aggles of Oklahoma Of cour course e something could pop popup popup popup up to blow down own the rankings of one or the other other other-or or r both both before before the end of the poll For instance take the case of Long Island university university university uni uni- the No 2 team last week but dropped this week to No 4 because of its loss to California Saturday 69 Arizona bumped L LIU I U Monday night at Tucson 62 61 but this was as after the votes were counted for this weeks week's rat rat- ing Kentucky Rolls The results all were in Monday night however before Kentucky took the court to te thump Tulane I 68 at New Orleans It was a anew anew anew new Southeastern conference scoring scoring ing record and possibly Kentucky felt it needed some positive proof it should show who is boss In the court business r From here on the schedule i I favors Kentucky to add to its 15 1 mark The Wildcats have nine games left in regul regular season play most with Southeastern conference clubs On the other hand Oklahoma A. A and 1 M. M has a tougher row to hoe especially with some Big Seven and Missouri Valley foes waiting to ambush coach Hank Iba's lads 42 Votes Vote for Fi First t With sportswriters and broadcasters voting in this weeks week's poll noH Kentucky received 42 first place votes and Oklahoma A. A and M. M 31 The with an 18 1 record were third last week On the basis of oC 10 points for first place nine for second and so forth coach Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky quintet had points this week compared with for Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Olda- homa A. A and M. M The same 10 teams In the top 10 remained there but seven of them chan changed ed positions in a skimpy week of basketball play due to midyear examinations Indiana 13 1 leading the Big Ten parade moved up from fifth a week ago to third place with points After Long Island comes Bradley 3 18 in fifth filth a drop from fourth Columbia the country's country's country's coun coun- try's only major unbeaten team I r I with 12 straight up from seventh I to sixth Kansas State 2 13 ninth last week moving to seventh North Carolina State 2 19 holding holding holding hold hold- ing to eighth St. St Johns John's of Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn 2 13 dropping from sixth to ninth and St. St Louis 4 14 hanging hanging hanging hang hang- ing onto tenth Three More rore Games Kentucky plays three more conference can can- ference games this week on a southern road trip meeting Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Louisi Louisi- ana State Mississippi State and Mississippi l Only two ence teams DePaul and Xavier remain on the schedule and Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky has beaten both TOP TEN TEi 1 Kentucky 42 14 1 2 Oklahoma A and M I 31 18 1 3 Indiana 7 13 1 4 Lon Long LorK Island U. U 3 16 1 l IC-l 56 5 Bradley 1 3 18 6 Columbia 4 12 0 43 7 Kansas State 4 4 2 13 8 S. North Carolina State Stott 7 19 2 9 9 U. St. St Johns John's 2 2 13 10 at St Louis 4 14 1 J 1 SECOND on TEX TEN 11 Villanova 3 14 1 Hl 90 12 Young 3 4 10 71 13 Southern California 2 2 13 62 14 I. Illinois 31 11 55 15 Arizona 3 14 47 17 1 in G. G Cincinnati 1 1 j 10 1 36 17 I Kansas 3 11 28 IS Oklahoma 6 9 27 19 In UCLA 9 9 7 7 25 20 Toledo 1 I 3 14 20 o e |
