Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-07-01 | Page 27 | Phillips Dumps Kaintucks in 60-52 Tilt

Phi Hips Dumps I I In 60 52 a Tilt Till T r 1 L TULSA Okla July 1 UP tP The TheA Ther r A A A U champion Phillips 66 beat the University of Kentucky college champions for the second time this year Wednesday night night night- Winning 60 52 in a pre OlympIcs basketball exhibition superheated by outside talent Dazzling Don Barksdale the west est coasts coast's Negro cage star gave Phillips a powerful assist that kept the Ithe ahead from his entry midway in the first half I With four outside players the two teams together make mako up the United States Olympics basketball squad They have been training at Bartlesville Okla under the Olympics coach the coach the Bud Browning Phillips had Barksdale former U UCLA C I. I I. I A star now with the A AAU A U Oakland Bittners and Baylor's Jackie Robinson Wednesday night Kentucky had Vince Boryla of the theA theA A AAU A U Denver Demer Nuggets Nuggets and and New NewYork NewYork NewYork York university's Ray Lumpp Hi point High h man for the game was Phillips' Phillips guard Gordon Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- penter with 12 points Boryla and Kentucky's Alex Groza tied with 11 II each Ph Phillips Phillips' towering seven- seven foot center Bob Kurland got 10 and Barksdale nine But Barksdale's floor work overshadowed overshadowed over over- shadowed Kurland's as he sparked the offensive play An estimated fans watched the game open at fairgrounds pa pa- It was a wide open affair at first see-sawing see back and forth forthwith forthwith forthwith with only a point or two of differ differ- ence Barksdale's entry shoved Into a narrow but permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent lead and the final inal score was four points more than Phillips Phillip's tally over Kentucky last spring The second exhibition is Friday night at Kansas Cit City with the third and last at Lexington Ky on July 9 time Half score was Phillips 32 Kentucky Kentuck 29