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Show Big Ten Cagers . Tip Coast Foes LOS ANGELES. Dec. 29 W In- e diana and Purdue university, having jolted local basketball pride witn a winning brand of Big Ten play, return to the court tonight against Southern California and U. C. L. A., respectively. The opening doubleheader last night drew an overflow crowd of 8000 to Pan-Pacific auditorium, as Indiana toppled U. C. L. A.. 4)2-3.'!. and Purdue outlasted Southern California, Cal-ifornia, 49-43. Los Angeles fans had expected the luckless Bruins of U. C. L. A. . to bow to the midwesterners, but the defeat of the Trojans, who made a victorious tour through, the south, waa a bitter surprise. Southern California quickly . grabbed a 7-0 lead and was still ahead at the half, 27-23. It stayed a toss-up until the last five minutes min-utes when guard Tommy Dickin-son Dickin-son broke loose for three baskets and boosted Purdue into a 49-38 advantage. Ralph Vaughn, Southern California Cali-fornia sophomore, accounted for 17 v points for high-scoring honors of the doubleheader. Johnny Stnes led Purdue with 13. Indiana had no trouble with U. C. L. A., piling up a first half score of 26-15. |