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MILTON P. ALLEN 2
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS ;

February 12, 1943

20¢ Dey FF. Os Alien
FROM: Me Pe Allen

SUBJECT: Oklahoma Aggies-Olathe Clipper Scout Notes

Coach Iba started the following team: Maddox and Yates, forwards;
Steinmeir, center; and Herron and Bogert, guards. The Clippers! starting
line-up was composed of Lockhart and Conley, forwards; Covert, center;
and Lewis and Hahn, guards.

The Aggies' defensive play was consistently aggressive and efficient
during the first half. Their offensive play was unusual in that they
attempted numerous fast breaks, starting from a long pass out from under
the defensive basket to Maddox, cutting diagonally across the center line.
Such fast breaks were spearheaded by Maddox down the center of the court,
with either Herron or Bogert breaking strongly from one side and Yates from
the other. They broke into an early lead and protected it for the entire
first half. Their ball-handling was smoother than at the. time we met them
in Lawrence. However, in the second half, the Clippers started "picking
them up" all over the court, which, strangely enough for an Iba coached
team, confused them and aggravated mumerous errors in judgement and pass-=
inge Such confusion was aggravated by loose officiating which permitted
violent bodily contact on the part of the Clippers.

- The old Aggie roll, with which you are quite familiar, worked to

good advantage against the Clippers, as they were not checking off in
front of the free throw circle, and on several occasions permitted Herron
to dribble from the pickoff, which-was executed about five feet in front
of the free throw circle, into the bucket for a layup.

Maddox scored four out of eight shots from twenty-five to thirty
feet from the old block play used last year by Eggleston. He is a good
set shot but needs time to set his feet before he is dangerous. Hahn
played him tight in the second half and held him scoreless.

Yates played a fundamentally poor game, but scored three baskets as
@ result of his untiring efforts under the bucket. Bogert scored two
baskets with his left hand, driving across the free throw line.

The seven-footer, Bob Kurland, played a surprisingly good game defen=-
Sively. He blocked several drives in shots from under the basket, where
Iba seemed content to leave him during his fifteen minutes of play.

Steinmeir played his typically poor gamee He made three fouls rather

early in the game, and if it hadn't been for Kurland's imporvement, the

result would have been disasterous.