Monday, Mar. 30, 1959
Scoreboard
P: On the tortuous, intermittently rain-slick racecourse at Sebring, Fla., the sleek Italian Ferrari sports cars had a field day. Factory-team Ferraris finished one-two in the twelve-hour International Grand Prix of Endurance, took five of the first ten places. Winner of the other five top spots: West Germany's small, beetle-like Porsche. Notably out of it: Britain's highly touted Aston Martin and Lister-Jaguar.
P: College basketball's two major tournaments were won by the underdogs. At New York's Madison Square Garden, sharpshooting St. John's of Brooklyn beat top-seeded Bradley 76-71, in overtime, to win the National Invitation Tournament. In Louisville's Freedom Hall, California's underrated Golden Bears slowed West Virginia's fast break, squeezed out a 71-70 upset victory in the N.C.A.A. championship finals.
P: At Aintree, England, an eight-year-old English gelding named Oxo, at 8 to 1, won the 117th running of the famed Grand National Steeplechase. Only four of the 34 starters finished the rugged course.
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