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“JAYHAWK SCOREBOARD
| Reeord te date - 91 Northwestern 703 56 Wichita 55;
74 Wisconsin 663 61 SMU 81; 66 Rice 753; 62 SMU 58 WH 4L2
“eturning lettermen = (9) = Bill Brainart, f;
Dallas Dobbs, g3 Gene Elstun, f; Lee Green, ‘£3 Blaine Hollinger, 3
Lew Johnson, 63 Ron Johnston, f3 Naurice King, g3 John Papner, g
1955 Big Seven finish - Sth , 5<73 all gamess#11-10
Previous tournament finishes? 1946« 2nd 3 1947320 3
(1948 = 2nd3 1949-6th; 1950-3rd3 195le- Ists 1952 = 2ndz3 1953 = lst; 1954—=
7th (wi18L9 667)
“omining preetournament games: - none
First round opponent - Cornell, 9:30 Wednesday
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Kansas, which has reached the Big “even tournament
finals more than any other team, has struggled fitfully to gain kta the
4-2 record it will carry into the tenth anual affair which opens
Tuesday for a four-day run in Municipal auditorium.

The Jayhawkers, most Mg higheranked Big "even team
in pr the various pre#season polls, have been sharp only in their
opening amntkt? wt tonx 91-70 annihilation of Northwestern, a club which
has lost all five games to dates They were pressed to the limit to
bent Wichita, 56-55; Wisconsin, 74-66, and SMU, m ina return mateh,
62-58. “eanwhile SMU meted out ah 81-61 flogging in the teams’ first
meeting at “alles ara Rice beat them by nine, after once leading by 19,
75066, at Houstone |

Embroided by a fuk] complement of seasoned uxrskanta
starters and more lettermen than any tournament team, nine, Kansas hae

been playing in spurtse It has not enjoyed a genuinely hot shooting

night yet, something that was expected im at least once or twice during