Big Red Is ECAC Champ; NCAA, NIT Pick Fields

Cornell's powerhouse hockey team scored three goals in the second period, Saturday night, to gain a 6-3 decision over B.C.

The victory gave Cornell its second straight ECAC championship and the right to go to Duluth, Minn., to defend its NCAA title March 14th through 16th.

Paul Schilling scored early in the first period to give B.C. its only lead of the night. Brian Cornell tied it up at 8:54 of the same period.

In the second period, Cornell broke up B.C.'s hustling offense, and with Brain Cornell getting his second tally, scored three times to put the game out of reach. The teams traded two goals apiece in the final period.

Clarkson Third

In the consolation game. Clarkson gained third place by outshooting B.U., 4-1. The winners scored two goals in each of the last two periods before B.C. could manage its only tally.

Cornell's star goalie, Ken Dryden, earned MVP honors for the tournament by turning back 28 Boston College shots. The Ithacans' record now stands at 26 wins against only one loss, a December upset by Brown.

Cornell Favored

The victory makes Cornell a solid favorite to repeat as the NCAA Champion. Boston College also gained a berth in the national tournament by its runner-up finish in the Garden.

Cornell features three high-scoring lines, a defense that held Harvard's sextet to only two goals in as many games, and Dryden's remarkable goaltending.

En route to the finals, Cornell defeated B.U., 7-2, while B.C. needed two over-times before its sophomore star, Tim Sheehy, got his second goal to defeat Clarkson.

B.U., runner up at the NCAA tournament last year, is going to have to wait another year. Like Harvard.

Surprising Columbia has won a spot in the NCAA Basketball tournament. Fifteen teams are already in, and the winner of the Lowa-Ohio State playoff for the Big Ten title will be the final entry.

Ivy Champion Columbia won a berth in the Eastern Regional semi-finals with a convincing 83-69 victory over LaSalle, Saturday night. Sophomore star Heyward Dotson got 32 points to lead the Columbia attack.

St. John's of New York scared Davidson, the Southern Conference Champion, before succumbing 79-70.

Columbia will face Davidson in the Eastern semi-finals at Raleigh, N.C., on Friday. The winner of that game will face the winner of the North Carolina-St. Bonaventure contest for the right to go to the NCAA quarter finals at Los Angeles, March 23rd.

In the Mid-East tournament, Kentucky is a slight favorite. Houston and U.C.L.A., the top two teams in the country, are heavily favored to win the Mid-West and Western regional and repeat their January clash in the National semi-finals.

Although in recent years no Ivy team has ever reached the NCAA finals, Columbia rates an outside chance on the merit of seven-footer Dave New mark and its great outside shooting. Princeton with Bill Bradley was the last Ivy team to reach even the NCAA quarter finals.

In New York, plans are almost finished for the 31st National Invitational Tournament. This year, the selection committee expanded the field from 14 to 16 teams because of the number of outstanding independents available.

Dayton, Big-Eight runner-up Kansas, and Bradley, second finisher in the Missouri Valley Conference, are co-favorites to take the title.

Duke expects to join the fold despite its loss to North Carolina State in the semi-finals of the Atlantic Coast Tournament. North Carolina held the ball for almost 15 minutes in the second half in gaining a record 12-10 victory.

Two small college teams are also among the entries. St. Peter's of New Jersey, ranked third nationally in scoring behind Houston and U.C.L.A., and Long Island University, the number one ranked small college team in the country.