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Show League Leaders Face Tough Tilts By BILL WHITE NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (API Although it is harder to do than unscramble un-scramble an order of eggs, they are trying to bring order out of chaos this week and establish regional basketball leaders in all nine of the country s major sections. Almost without exception, headline head-line games will hav aa their chief purpose th unknotting of first-plac first-plac ties, or th installation of winners as th teams that may get th title aa well aa this week's bacon. Sectional Froapects By tactions, th week's warfar shape up something like this: sVoeky MountmJm Those unbeaten unbeat-en Utah Utes are going to mak Colorado's defending champions hustl to repeat. It seems. Th Utes play Wyoming this week, while Colorado, beaten in a surprise sur-prise by Utah Stat, plays a grudge gam with Denver and another with Colorado Stat. Th Utes defeated Denver and Wyoming last week to run their record to 12 straight this year. FtMsUle Coast i In th southern division, th University of Southern South-ern California got away smartly by stopping California, last year's division divi-sion tltllst, twlc and meet U. C L. A. In a pair this week. Th Trojans ought to win without Ralph Vaughan. The-Uclans hav lost 29 straight conference games. In other tests, Stanford plays California, Cali-fornia, after socking U. C L. A. Oregon Stat la th northern sector's sec-tor's undisputed leader after upsetting up-setting Oregon, N. C. A. A. champion. cham-pion. Th Beavers hav a tough four-gam schedul this week, meeting second-plac Washington Stat twlc and Idaho twlc. Oregon, Ore-gon, tied with W. S. C, plays Washington. Big 8lxt Kansas and Missouri, both unbeaten, play the headlinex A j In this league Thursday although I Missouri by then may not be so cocky. The Tigers meet an Iowa State cyclone tonight in th second defense of their half of the loop title. Missouri Valley i .Henry Iba's cagey Oklahoma Aggie courtsters and th Crtighton quintet are tied for th lead with on victory apiece and they meet Monday night. Midwest: There Is trouble ahead tonight for the Big Tan coleaders, Purdue and Michigan. Th Boilermakers Boiler-makers play Minnesota, th team that toppled Indiana Saturday, and th Wolverines hav an Illinois engagement on their hands In headline battles that see all th conference teams In action. South! Maryland, off to a fin start with three victories, has a tilt with Washington and Lee as Its big gam of th week, but th Southern conference will watch with special interest th Citadel-North Citadel-North Carolina battl that brings together two ether undefeated teams. Th Wak-Forst-North Carolina tussle tonight and th Clemson-Duk duel Saturday are other likely-lookers. Santkweatt Th defeat ot Texas by th Arkansas Razorbacks threw th Southwest into an uproar, with six teams rated about on a par. Th Arkansas-Baylor two-gam series se-ries heads a week of play which also sees th Texas Aggies take on Rice and S. M. U. Esvsti Dartmouth, which got away to an Impressive start, runs Into tied-for-third Penn and last-plac last-plac Columbia this week. |