BIG SEVEN tournament , keCe star of 2nd of 11 BIG RED SCO REBOARD Record to date: W L 3 83 Buffalo 73; 82 dehant’ 763 59 “ervard 813 _ Brown | ° Returning lettermen - ( 5) = Milt Kogan, f; Max Mattes, f3 Dick Meade, g3 Chuck Rolles,g3 Ray 4elek, ¢ 7 1955 Ivy league finish - 5th,x 8-62% ; ali games # 10-15 Previous tournament finishes « Pirst tournament Remaining pre-tournament games - Dec. 23 Washington of Ste Louis at St. Louis First round cpponent - 92S0xn Kansas , 9°50 pete Wednesday em 4% Cornell, Guest team for the 1955 Big "even tournament, will hit the field with gmxx impressive front line size and two fine athletes in the backcourt when it plays the final game of the 2 opening round against “ansas Wednesday night in Municipal auditorium. Coached by Royner Greene, former Iliinois basket bal and baseball player of the late twenties, the Big lieq will present a- solid starting iineup and nynekekmgy avEucmare & 2 promising sophorore benche | Both forwards , Max Mattes, and Larry Fearson, stant 6=46 Aomver Ray Zelek is 6<5 by 220. Greene employs a combination of 4elek and one of the forwa rds in a flexible. double post which. often stations the deep wan on the baseline with Zelek highe The guards, co-captains Dick Meade and Chuck Rolle s will present a defensive problem akin to Oklahoma's skittery combination of ®% Jimmy Peck and Lester “ane, who upset Colorado, the eventual conference champion, in the opening round last Decembere 222 Both are seniorse Both are adroit playmakerse Rolles, who stands only 5-6, is regarded as the most sensational player in Big Red annalse “e ranked sixth last year among Ivy league scorers with a 17.4 average in 14 conference gamese “e has been the Ithacans' sexuntev No, 2 smamr scorer the past two seasonse As a sophomore regular on the Ivy champions of '54 he was named to the United Press! first Saw Small AlleAmericae He was all«Ivt lasy yeare Favoring a jumpeshot, like Peck and Lane, he hit 4l- percent of his field goal tries last wintere “e averaged 2267 through CU's first three games this seasone Meade became the first Big Red athlete in history to earn varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball , turning that triple as a sophomore. “e was an alleIvy halfback in '54 and has won the Eastern Intercollegiate league basemix ~stealing cheriplonship as a shortstop the past two seasonse : tig averaged 8.0 last season and now is tfavelling at Bede : This pair is certain to place extreme pressure on Kansas > or any cther tourney opponent which is will face in the four-day affair, which opens Yeceyber 27 for its tenth annual rune The front line is meaty as well as talle Mattes weighs 1923 Pearson, the lone sophomore starter, 185. “elek is averaging 14.0 through the first three games, almost five points better ‘han his 1955 mean. Pearson, an unheralded rookie, came off the bench, to score three quick goals in the 83-73 opening win over Buffalo. “e has been a starter since, dislodging “11t Kogan, lettered 6-4 junicre “attes is back after a year in servicee He was a front-line reserve off the '54 title five. Bee a & Team Rebounds KANSAS _ qo aTe TE) nacelle officials: 5535 hres Greene is giving his reserves as much play as possible. 4e used t# 13 men against Buffalo; ten against Golgate, and 14 against Marvarde Green is a story in himself. The 1954 championship was Cornell's first Ivy crown in 30 yearse His 1947, '48 » and '51 clubs eects seconds The latter fivex squad set a record for total season victories at 20. “e came te innnes in 1945 from Middletown, SChio high after piloting his club through a winning streak of 43 games in x9#*x4e¢% | SvruntivepanedxbyvevatingyRutfakeyx Following its win over Buffalo, Cornell upset Colgate, 82=76, and was headed toward &n unbeaten path to the Fournament « Hex va vi vupsek However, Harvard scored aVH9ex an 81-59 upset kkex four nichts later. ( friday result vs, brown) e The New Yorkers will play one game mnxthex en route to Sansas City against Washington in Ste Louis Dece,ber 23. By winning two tourney games » Cornell can almost square the record of tourney Guest teamse It now stands at 14-16. This is somewhat better than it looks, however, since five ceaeeviae invited clubse... SMU and Arkansas completed the first bracekt in '46 before Colorado became a member of the conferenc@e... have been first-round defeat victims. _ Missouri and Nebraska play the 7230 opener Decegber 28 withx after a leadoff night which pairs Colorado amt against Oklahoma and Iowa State against Kansas State. TOP TEN TOURNAMENT CAREER SCORERS G FG FT MFT pr Tp Clyde Lovellette,c, KU, 49-50-51 9 95 36 12 20 222 Lester lane, g, OU,51-52-53-54 12 64 46 28 39 174 Burdy “aldorson,e,CU 51-52-5354 10 54 53 21 28 161 Chuck Duncan, c,IS, 52-53-54 9 5936 29 23 154 Jesse Prisock,f,KS 53-53-54 9 49 3716 32 135 Jim Buchanan,g, NU, 49-50-51 9 &8 #18 i¢6 15 134 Bob “eiter,c, MU, 51*52-55-54 12 47 3812 42 #1302 Dick Knostman,c, KS, 50-51-52 9 46 34 20 22 131 Bob Jeangerard,f, CU,51-52-53-54 9 40 4413 15 124 - 30 e deisel a ; pee. SOLTAL: PE POINTS KANSAS) @ praine Eistun OSE foam Reboune KANSAS TOT 5 a | Toam Rebounds Ds isco NORTHUBSTERN| = , " TOTALS ia ee Halftime score: re =a = D ales ie. ia? #Paser ares Joe Conway ; OOD Se eS, BG ol te. thecel xeeke ode a Team Reboun ee . cet ae « TERRE SEIS INCA meson els ‘ORTH aR ee r ny cS > ee soggy] eetsi7i elas] Is] 3) lost). “* jalftime "adore: bey uF NU ty Officials: John #ras ar and Joo ‘Conway Buff Cagers Rip Prec Continued from page 25. (32.3 pet.) rate in the opening) 20 minutes. Oklahoma cooled from a 48.3 pct. (14 for 19) in the first half to 43.1 (25 for 58) for| the game. Despite his brilliant effort, Han- nah had to relinquish game ing honors to Bacher who in identical halves of leach for.a 32-point tota Iowa State, victor over Kansas State in Tuesday night’s other first- round contest, in’ the semifinal YOUNG: At. 680) p.m.) AMST), | Thursday. 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Tig George Hannah, the unassuming youngster who played in the shadow of Colorado University’s greatest basketball. player for years, finally had - mis | | | | I 6-8 senior from kes For- I ., Who was fFeliefer. for 'y’’ Haldorsor Antil: the Tat- sraduation, vas the whole in the Buffy brilliant sec- -cOoméebagk Which netted mph over Oklahoma Big Sevgn conference tour- it opengr here Tuesday,” le poured through 22 of his 28 its in that CU rally that start- th the defending conference s 10 points down with 3: 26 e first half. - . in of Mel Coffman’s ree throw with 7:04°of half played eae Colo- a never-ending lead at. 51- started the Buff scoring f the estimated 6 50th ce in Municipal a could have given Colo- ch. of a chance to win listless first-half show- hore Except for a brief Shure af “the start when Hannah, Coffman and ; Bill Peterson shot Colorado to an 8-2 edge, the Buffs had to‘be content to play ‘‘catch up”’ sand not too successfully at that. _ A Colorado dry spell and rapid ‘Oklahoma point production for a | three-minute 28-second stretch )from that spot in the proceedings |made for the difficult Buff task. — Leroy Bacher, OU’s muscled middle man, Jimmy Peck, Gary Badling and Joe King all chipped in with points that pushed the. Sooners into a 12-8 edge with 6:00 played. The Buffs found the range again - at this point. But Oklahoma found the target more often to increase its advantage to 10 points late in the first half and finally to 7, ae 41-34, at the intermission. ’. Bacher was the enemy’s most. potent threat, hitting at a néar- perfort 7- He 3 ohp. and adding trera 5 LES. pannan had a his half. -dogen ‘and three personal fouls to show for his work against him. .,, In exact contrast to their first half performance, the Buffs took the floor with a vengeance.the last 20 minutes. Hannah ere exception to the rule. ‘ Of Colorado’s 13. points belie Coffman’s jumper out of the cor- ner which tied it, 49-all, Hannah poured in nine. During this same |stretch he held Bacher to. only ‘two goals—one a circus-like tip-in It was obvious the fine perform- ance which ignited the BuffS in ‘their victorious rally also served \to spark Hannah to greater heights. - He hit from every angle from jthat point until Coach Bebe : ‘Lee jushered in the reserves—hooks, driving layups, push shots from the. corner and tip-ins—in what Lee glowingly called Hannah’s “greatest game.”’ After Wannah fetched the } Colorado lead at 51-49, Peterson ‘and Dave Mowbray quickly boosted it to 55-49 with a pair | apiece. Hannah’s two _ free throws offset Peck’s basket and then Hannah made it 5i- 51 with: § 8:29 played. | Peck and Colorado’s Bob Helzer traded two-pointers and then Bacher came through with Okla- ‘homa’s dying gasp with succes- ‘sive hook shots which cut Colo- rado’s edge to only two points, 59-57. Those were to be the Sooners’ last points for three minutes and ‘40 seconds. Peterson, Hannah, Coffman, Mowbray and Helzer ran the Buff lead to 74-57 with 6:39 left. There was no doubt about the outcome after that. Colorado shooters popped bas- kets at nearly a 50 pet. clip— 17 for 36—in the last half come- back as against a weak 10-for-31 Continued on page 26. | ~~ res se Jayhawks Are Unsteady Heading Into Tourney ' ! | | JAYHAWK SCOREBOARD. Record to Date—Ninety-one Northwestern 70: 56 Wichita .55; 74 Wisconsin 66; 61 S, M. Y. 81; 66 Rice 75; 62 S. M. U,. 58s W. 4, Li. 2s ‘ Aebiienthe ‘Lettermen—(9) ae Brainard, | f3° Dallas Dobbs, g.; Elst a i : Lee Green, f.; Blaine Hollinger, ie Se c.; Ron Johnston, nurite King. Bi John Parker, g. 195 om ela Finish—Fitth, 5-7; all games: erioee: Toarhdee ent Finishes—1946- 2nd; 1947-3rd; 1948-2nd; 1949-6 1950- 3rd; 1951- ‘1st; od, 2nd; 1953- ist? 1954-7th (W. 18. L. .667). Remaining Pre- Hpueha tiene Games—None. First _Round Opponent—Cornell, 9: 30 Wednesday. ANSAS, which has reached the Big Seven “tournament finals more than any other team, has struggled fitfully to gain the 4-2 record it will carry into the tenth annual affair which opens [Tuesday for a 4-day run in Mu- nicipal Auditorium. | The Jayhawkers, most high- jFanked Big Seven team in the ivarious pre-season polls, have} pene sharp .only ih.their open-|t jing 91-70 annihilation of North- |western, a club which has lost jall five games to date. |were pressed to the limit to |Wichita, 56-55; Wisconsin, 74- ie 5 M. U., in a.return match, 162-58. Meanwhile S. M. U. meted lout) an -81-61 flogging in the jteams’ first meeting at Dallas and Rice beat them by nine, latter once leading by 19, 75-66, jat Houston. | Play in Spurts. ? Bmbeotdered™ by a full comple- ‘ment of seasoned starters and ‘more lettermen than any tour- mnament. team; nine, Kansas has F been. ‘playing in spurts. It has} not enjoyed a .genuinely hot shooting night yet, something that was expected at least once or twice during the first six games. It is’ experiencing grief with both its. defense ‘and per- sonnel and taking a fearful ‘whipping off the backboards. | The Jayhawkers have out-re- bounded only Northwestern and |S. M. U., the latter by one carom in their’ ‘second game ... while falling far short. against its other four opponents. This is traceable. to two factors: (1) Lack of a modern- -day giant, and (2) an-attitude of non-aggression, | Lew Johnson, holdover varsity jcenter, is 6-644; not lofty by mod- ern post standards. He is the Hawkers’ tallest regular, which brackets them with Oklahoma and Missouri in that department. The unaccountable docility of this year’s edition is a far cry from all previous Jayhawk edi- tions of this decade. Another unlooked-for item is absence of bench strength. Phog Allen, starting his 39th season at Mt. Oread, thought he was going j {Bill Brainard, who closed as a} ts be able to employ ten men at the outset of the season. Instead six or seven are carrying the entire load. Until some of the second liners’ arrive, the Ole Kinghawk of the Kaw will be) playing with as little depth as| any. club in the league Save| Oklahoma. | The Potential Is There. Even with their weaknesses] showing, the Jayhawkers own| enough potential to shoot down! any tournament team. Their) backline fire-power from Capt.| Dallas Dobbs and the rising) Maurice King is second only to} that of Missouri’s Norm Stewart! at Lionel Smith (29.3°points per} 8). The revolv-| se places an added defense since all e Dobbs can work what once was called ey have employed the o games seldom ‘offers a shgdting gallery for any team. e zone also helps this club off e defensive boards where it »}can present no 200-pound regu- lar as well as no real loft. Dobbs, because of his out-| side shooting touch, is- a rare} weapon: His current~ 14.9 av-) erage is no eyebrow lifter, but he has been known to explode in torrid stretches of three or four games during which he fires at a 25-point average. Such a Streak during the tournament could vault the Kansans into| their sixth finals berth in ten| meets, King established a new career| single-game high of sixteen | the los sat Dallas then followed with successive nights of twenty against Rice and S. M. U, Gene Elstun, who scored fifty- eight points as a sophomore last year tojfinish fifth among meet| scorers, handles one forward.}| | regular opposite him last year, started off in the same spot. However, his shooting tailed off to the point where Allen played Ronnie Johnston, junior letter- man, most of the way against Rice and started Lee Green, 6-5 lettered junior, in the S, M. U. encore, Cornell Is Capable. Cornell, this year's . guest) team, appears capable of top-| pling Kansas in the finale of the} 4-game first-round card, at! 9:30 p. m., Wednesday. Mis-| souri and Nebraska play the) opener that night at 7:30. Colo/| rado’s defending conference champions open against Okla-! homa at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday with Iowa State vs. Kansas State fol-. lowing. TOP TEN SCORERS SINGLE Sa Side Lovellette, ec, Kansas Clyde Lovellette, c, Kansas | Maynard Johnson, c, Minnesota ;Chuck Duncan, a Towa State wc. |Dick Knostman, . oe State Bacher was the night’s most pro- 'ific scorer although many of his 20ff shots from in close refused to points after missing several drives at the hoop. Inability to hit free throws loomed OU to defeat, the Soon- xs downing only one of seven in the second half to miss a chance for a dozen more points under the gne-and-one rule. _Free Throws Decisive The Parracks threw a tight vicket line around Rice’s touted 3-10 sophomore pivotman, Temple Cucker, and limited him to 10 oints. But they couldn’t tame the est of the free-shooting owls, vho won going away as Joe Dur- enburger posted 20 points, Fred Voods 16 and Tucker and Dale ‘all 10 each. - The Owls put up 70 shots, hit- hg only 21 for 30 percent while The Sooners led only once, at ‘0-9 after seven minutes of play. ut they stayed close until 2:10 vefore halftime when ball netted he first of four points that lifted Rice into a 34-28 lead at inter- ission. Rice Pulls Ahead OU got no closer than eight oints the rest of the way as first Voods, then Durrenberger and then Tucker went on scoring sprees that nixed the Sooners © zounterattacks. The Rice advantage had grown (0 50-36 84 minutes into the second half and when it his 60-44 ith 3:10 left, coach Don Suman ‘urned it over to the subs. The Sooners outrebounded heir hosts in the early going but (ired just before halftime when the Owls grabbed 49 caroms to the Sooners’ 47. The game opened a three game road trip for the Parracks, who now fly on to Nashville for a Saturday scrap with Vanderbilt and then continue to Ohio State for a Monday engagement. . OKLAHOMA (4%) =| a D Abbey f 22 King E f Bacher e¢ SOReod02y 2 Fields 0 Bill f 1 Coterill g 0 Wilson f 1 0 1 7 pa COocKHSo Arhos > VNICHOR SSH HWwHe g Nichols g 0 _0- 9-2014 Totals ~ 21 20- 28° 19- Cae Colorado Beats Oregon State, 63-53, in Debut CORVALLIS, -Ore., Dec. pe (AP)—The University of Colorado Buffaloes made free throws count as. they defeated Oregon State, 63-53, in Saturday. en S basket- ball game. Colorado, ranked : ne in the country last year, made only -18 field ‘goals compared with 24 for |Oregon State, the defending: Pa- | cific Coast. conference champion. But on the. free throw line, Colo- rado outscored the Staters, 27-5. The game was tied three times in the first half and was knotted again with just seven minutes re- maining. At that point, however, the more experienced Buffaloes pulled, ahead to win by the 10- point margin, Dave Cambee, Oregon State sophomore forward, was high scorer of the game with 22. He fouled out with six minutes left ‘to oplay | and, Ais weet hurt the Staters. © | Bill Peterson, thierte. eG, was high for his team with 18. Center George Hannah had 16 and Forward Jim Ranglos had 13 for the winners. Colorado started with an all-let-. terman five while the Staters had. three sophomores in phere starting lineup. The game nee slowly with neither team scoring in the first three eee aveas In the next three, an 11-4 lead aided by six consecutive points. Colorado pulled half, 32-25. A crowd of The Buffalos started slowly and did not get their first field goal) until Jim ‘Ranglos hit a tipin with}: 5 minutes gone. They found their) eye midway through the first half, however,’ and Ranglos tossed in| two field free throws to tie the). game, 15-15. it was tied twice more botore Das Mowbray hit a 15-footer and put the Buffs into a 23-21 lead. Hannah foliowed with a quick layin and Bill Peterson with a push shot to omens the _ margin to 27-21. Colorado continued the rapid pace as the second half opened. Ranglos made _ four straight points to give the Buffs a 36-25 lead with just 3 minutes gone in the half. The Oregon State squad aowiy closed the margin and finally tied it, 43-43. Peterson, at this pid: made four free tosses. Mowbray made ‘a 10-foot push shot and Bob ‘Helder: made a field goal and a free throw to jump the margin, to 52-43. oe (63) q 0 8 8 0 2. 1 0 0 1 i WOHPOCHOPRRPWOH N FTA. soune [S) ee OOROON 31—63 | lowa State Crushes Red Raiders, 72-52 AMES, Dec. 8—Iowa State use liberal hot streaks Thursday nigt to defeat all-college bound Texa Tech, 72-52. Gary Thompson, Iow State guard was high with points for the Cyclones. flowa State. Texas Tech f-a crawf’d £ Vogt f ogt f S’nbult f Pet’son f Perera f Med’kr ec Frahm g Phm’sn g Swnson gf Gaarde g Fa’well g Totals Yowa State Texas Tech > & = 2 6-7 B’sher £ 13- “15 i Heed = o CRNSSHNNSSANE PPTL BROS PEPNSOSY DHRS > oenaononowt, NOSDWOSOMMONN o> z > i _ , nN S os Worn ou w we 03 on ‘Sooners Trip ‘Baylor, 65-55 | NORMAN, OKLA. — (UP) — Oklahoma hit eight free shots in jthe final minute to pull to aj, |65-55 victory over Baylor in the |Sooners’ season opener here -|Monday night. | The flurry of |two points. ‘The Ras duced his ball-control style of| play ‘here. 5 _ Oklahoma, forward Joe King|° ,/2nd Baylor forward Jerry Mal- i | lett each had 19 points for top ’ honors. 4 | Baylor _ oO een -~ a oH ~~ C29 hO'bD Oro *S Mallett Raines Ashw’d Jordan, 9-12 3/King 1- .0| Abbey 0- 0|Balding 0- 0 1/Bacher Histes . - 3} Peck White ‘Con’ly Kelle: Frank’n Barnes 0- Totals iT 21-30 16| Totals 21 23-20 1 Baylor *....% ey hibcob wows ac ele e's 221. 33-— ‘|CkKlahonva ..... He Ce aT 38-8 Samant Purdue | Nudges! LAFAYETTE, IND. — (®)— Purdue’s Boilermakers opened their pre-Big Ten basketball sea-! son Saturday night with a 62-58 -wictory over Missouri, which’ couldn’t get the rebounds from) Lamar Lundy, Purdue’s star 6-6. football end. 1 ‘Lundy hauled down 17 re-, founds, although he scored only’ eight points. : Ron Jecha, 6-5 Purdue forward,’ was high scorer for the with 20 points, two m Norman’ Stewart, 6-5 guard. ' Purdue ran up Joe Campbell, li guard who is NCA. pion, suffered a leg injury late in the game. Its seriousness was) not determined : immediately. Lenny Dawson, hot passing Pur- due quarterback, made his first appearance in a varsity basket- ball. game—for 22 seconds at the Missouri G F P|Purdue Reichert -5 1|Sexson .. ROss cee -0 3)Jecha Ronsick . -0. 1|Barnes. .. Denny . -9 3|Lundy .. Stephens -3 3|Bonhomme i -4 ijLorenz -2 -0 -5 -0 Sorwmucot 2\Campbell - 1|Thornburg foe sel 0. SFPONNEYN fo Setar hm Ci ca Fs, 02. RTE pee tae te ee . ° NWWOKRNHWRS tw on - Motals 21 16-28 18] Totals 24 14-28 2 MiSSOUPL seecesececvecssceres 28 30—5 Purdues 66s edcavoicace Hedar eles Ss 33 29—6 Towa Uowns Paley Husker Fi ive, 60-51 Hawks’ Non- Coleone: Streak Hits 67; Logan High With 16 Points By Robert Phipps World-Herald Sports Staff Member Iowa City, Ia—The Huskers |made a good game out of it ‘here Saturday but failed to crack lIowa’s fabulous Field House basket. ball record. The Hawks won by 60-51 be- fore 7,800 in a nationally tele- | vised contest. Iowa has won 67 straight. non-conference victo- ries in the cavernous building. Not since January 29, 1942, has.a non-conference squad_|' beaten the Hawks here. Huskers Force Action It was Coach Jerry Bush’s greatly improved Nebraska crew .that forced the action throughout, . The Huskers were neve to tie or go ahead. Their showing was a 22-21 deficit the first Half <<. Shots which the visitors des- perately needed just wouldn’t drop. And the” ‘Shots’ ‘looked | well-directed: The Hawkeyes, also opening the season, offered one of those able “pat hand” performances, They | mart had height and experience and used both well. Hawks Control Boards Bill Logan and Bill Schoof controlled the milling under the goal most of the time. Logan is 6-6 and a fraction, Schoof 6-6. They had able assistance from Tom Payne, who is just as tall. The Huskers couldn’t get over this formidable barrier. They had to nibble around the edges, forfeiting the best. scor- ing territory, and try to win on motion. ' Three Iowa starters—Logan, Carl Cain and Bill Seaberg— are regulars from the Big Ten -|championship outfit of last year. Schoof also lettered. Payne, a oe giant, fits “}in well. | Schoof They didn’t score until the Hawks went 8-0. Rex Ekwall, Smidt and Kubacki. got the range eventually. r It was 38-34 at intermission but only because Smidt’s last- . second fling dropped through. : In the second half the Husk- ers several times got within two baskets of a tie.. Cain eventually potted two nifties in the last three minutes and the game was over. ’ Logan Scores 16 | Logan topped the scoring | with 16 points, 12 the first mith’s 13. sparked. ers while Smidt post-’ he Hawks, who averaged £389 of their field goals last’ season, potted only .308. Ne- braska_ had a .357 field goal ' average. Iowa ( re Nebriska (51). fg. £. oo De /Smi ith a Smid g eeabe | Mercier on Cain George “ Sebolt Logan Seaburg H’thorne een bo COnmNWNOSER |Thom | Rei mers. COOWHOH shee DOHOH ROOD, eee 1 8 ah Bee COUmMH OMe ca) DOOSWARSSH,, CORWHNOHA SOSOWOROHAS el M’Connell 0 Nannen Schroeder 0 Totels 2020-98161 Totals 20 11-2417 : eee by. halves— kn ce Cee ee Thi 38-22—60 | N Bitasiea SWC to pohekr | Texas Tech’s Bid’ Dallas, Tex. (®)—Expansion of the Southwest Conference | to include Texas Tech is due) to:come up at the winter meet- ing of the conference faculty committee here next. week} end. Softening of - probationary action against Texas A. and M. | for violating the recruiting rules and tightening of eligi- bility rules also are on the agenda. | TA. nn JAYHAWKS BAY ADISON, WIS. — (Special) —The Kansas Jayhawks stepped- out o a 35-19 halftime]. ‘ead and then weathered Wis- zonsin’s second-half rally to de- feat the Badgers, 74-66, in a iationally televised game here saturday afternoon. .Wisconsin, as cold as the weather outside at the. start, wice trimmed the Kansas lead 9 six points during the second alf in a valiant attempt to keep 'V viewers in their seats. How- iver, the Jayhawks quelled each 3adger rally with a withering scoring blast and the outcome never was in doubt. Captain Dallas Dobbs started mrost of those Jayhawk scoring bursts and took game scoring honors with 26° points. Dobbs ee fired his ais in at a steady clip, getting 13 in each half. Dobbs had plenty of help from forward Gene Elstun and center Lew Johnson, who scored 14 points apiece. Dick, Miller, a flashy little guard, kept the Badgers within hailing | Gstauce by scoring 24 points. — ‘Kansas’ victory was its iedeis straight against Big Ten oppo-| : sition this season. The Jayhawks defeated Wichita in their only other start. Wisconsin now has a'1-2 record. ‘The first 10 minutes gave no hint of the rout that was to de- velop. The Badgers had a tenu- ous 11-10 lead midway of ‘the first half, but that’s where the roof began to cave in. Kansas ran in 12 straight points, eight DOW of them ey Dobbs, to build 4 22-11 margin. The Jayhawks yielded a toni, free throw to Curt Mueller be- fore running in 11 more points in a row. That left the Badgers looking ‘a °33-12 deficit in the face, and they weren’t able to do much about it before half- time. xe oe However, Wisconsin opened the second half with seven straight points to make it in< teresting again at 35-26. The first of several second-half rallies was short-lived, as Dobbs: bunched six points in helping build the KU lead back to 45-30. ‘Miller began to find the range then, and the next Wisconsin IN WISCONSIN, 74-66 rally narrowed the gap to 51-45. Johnson single-handedly stopped ithis raid with six points in aju row, but the Badgers bounced back to make it 71-65 with only a minute and a half me to play. Dobbs’ final point, coming on a free toss, and John Parker’s set shot six’ seconds.ahead of the gun wrapped it up for the Kansans. The Badgers couldn’t cope vith ‘Dobbs at all. The slender senior was hitting his favorite jump ‘shot from the top of the circle and, when Wisconsin moved out: to stop that, he drove down for layups. Johnson, ‘only 6-6, held Wis- consin’s starting center without a’ field goal and patrolled both a '@ backboards effectively. However, reserve center Dan Folz did pick up four. baskets for the losers in one of those belated rallies. ‘Miller, who now has scored 57 points in three games, was [largely responsible for Wiscon- sin’s improvement in the second half, getting 15 of his 24 points G after intermission. By winning here Saturday, Kansas boosted its overall record) against Big Ten teams to five wins and six losses. The Jay- hawks started getting even in their opener this year by trounc- ing Northwestern, 91-70. KU had to go all out Wednesday night to subdue Wichita, 56-55. Wisconsin. had beaten’ Notre Dame but had lost fo Butler of Indiana. eR Box Score KANSAS (74) G-GA F-FA PF TP Elstun” ° @eeeeeue 7-20 0- + 3 14 Re Wace wah’ ate aie peee OF Ge Deel Be 56 POHNSGN: os ceive geese, Mee - C= -6t 22" 4 Brainard ressacccsesis (.. An46°2 6 DODDS: ice veccseve e- 9-25 8-10 2 26 JONNMStON: .cececcccce 00 2-352. 2 Green tatcarccycta> £: O--0"> 3-2 OLE: swede dosesvee 010 0-0 6 OQ PATEGD® <6 cisisie wise cas 529.3 eo eed or 4 IDHUCDE ascends secs ee 0-0 0-0 oO 0 PEQUAIG 55's bees cues 27-73 20-26 21. 74): WISCONSIN (66) G-GA F-FA PF TP Mueller i055 cc cesee . 4-11 6-9 5 Boge! se dee oecccces Pare Oe 1 Parker «a,c sien see O-4 1-7 9O Miller .ccccccosceesd024 4-5 3 24 Jorgensen. seces Sees te Oe aE CES IEZOW cecvsescccce “i 10. 2-4 2 10 Folz ereece eeeeeseese - 4 0- 0 2 8 Borland ..ecee eae . Qe le 2 ig rd Mack eseseeseseese 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 TOtAIS:> veo se wicies 24-65. 18-35 16. 66 Halftime score: 35-19, Kansas, Officials: Joe Conway and Alex George, New Centers . BY DON PIERCE Special. Correspondent ~y AWRENCE—The Big -dL« Seven’s. new crop of centers will be measured, in head-to-head warring for the first |time next week when they face off in the confer-, ence’s 10th annual pre-season ° tournament in Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium. | The five new regulars (Lew. | Johnson of Kansas and Okla-— | homa’s LeRoy Bacher are the | only holdover starters from |.1954-55) ‘will carry ‘as much |. interest as, did their «shiny gang of predecessors who dom- “inated most of -the-first nine meets.: But-for ‘a different: rea-’ son. The isn’t now | whether B. H. Born can de- fend Burdette Haldorson or | Clyde Lovellette outscore Mar- | cus Freiberger. .It’s \a mere ‘matter of whether any. of the question oat fresh pivotmen can approach any of the old guard and whether any one. of them is good enough to swing the ‘scales of tournament. victory, and subsequently the league race. Three. ‘ofthe newly-spot- lighted’ post-men are sopho-. mores. They include Don Med- sker, 6-8, Iowa State; Thom, 6- 9, Neb ska, an Parr, ‘6-9, Ka: others, Chuck I souri and Geor, Colorado, are seni are seeing their first season as regulars. — Parr and, Medsker have’ been equalling advance notice. The former tops the entire ‘comple- ment of league centers at this writing. with a 19.5 average in four games. Médsker is four points back at 15.3. - Thom must be considered a disappointment to date. - Per- ' haps too much was expected of him, At any: rate he has scored only eight points in four games. Fact is, he isn’t even a starter for the Cornhuskers when Rex Ekwall, 6-5 con- verted. forward, is available. A heavy cold kept. the y junior out. of the Aichigan and. Wichita games, both of which Nebraska lost. Thom apparently has aways to come. Denny and Hannah may prove better than any of the rookies by the time the finals of the four-day affair close December 30. Both have come up the hard way, playing be- hind two tall and_ prolific scorers over the past two years. ' Subbing for Haldorson, the 6-7 Hannah averaged 2.6 last year. He now is traveling at 10.0 through. the Buffaloes’ first three games. Denny’ averaged. 3.1 in 20 games last season. This 6-514, 223-pound workhorse is a somewhat larger though cruder edition of Bill Stauffer, Tiger great of. 1950-51-52. He fights all the way for rebounds and came along steadily in all de- partments through the final half of last’ season. Johnson, who started all 21 games for Kansas last: season: as a sophomore, now finds himself the most experienced | regular among league centers, He. owns-some glossy creden-. tials despite his mere junior status. He set a school mark of 24 _rebounds against Oklahoma last year and, with 230 re- coveries, outstripped the, sophomore’ rebound figures of Lovellette and Born. He aver- aged 10.0 points over the’ 1954- 55 route and was travelling at _ (Continued -on: Page -20;. Col.. 3); x oost Interest in Tourney JACK PARR /a a K-State’s Soph Center Des Moines Register Page 10 Sat., Dec. 10, 1955 HUSKERS TOP TEXANS, 69-63 LINCOLN, NEB. (@) — Nebraska popped nine points. in an overtime period Friday night to edge Texas Tech, 69-63. It was the fourth de- feat this week for the touring Texans at the hands of a ye Seveh team. . After trailing from t ‘| half. But a ' second half ‘|| NebrasKa’s Norman Coufal poked through a_ side shot early in the overtime to. put Nebraska ahead and added the final counter in ‘the last few seconds. ~ Texas Seki et g: Nebraska—69 G,. Blacksh'r,f § Fs 11 3| Coufal, z, Carpen’r;f. 2-3 5 Doebele,f Reed;c 36-7 3/Bkwall.e-f. Newion,g 0 1-2 0)Kubacki,g . + Sealer,f-g 0 3| Mercier,¢ Cu um’ gs, g 00-0 3). Un’wood,f 0 Smidt,e-f T’ tis 22 19-2 19-27 21 21/ Smith, g-f Thom,c¢ Frgeraieiig oe 1 pean Poptart Facial T’tls 24 21.3 3217 17 Score at half—Nebraska 32, Texas Tech 30. Cyclones Hand — Hurricane First Setback, 62-50 AMES, Iowa. Dec. 10 (#—Two 5-10 guards battled each other Sat- urday night ‘in a basketball game that. Iowa State won over Tulsa, 62-50. Near the end one of Center Dot Medgker paced Iowa State with an\18 Aoint total, mak- ing 7 out of shots from the floor. At halftime Born had scored 14 of Tulsa’s 22 points. During the second half Thompson counted for 8 points. IOWA STATE | TULSA F-A 0-1 1 Dunen f 1-15 i Hrgtn f -0 0 Evans f 6 2Stob c 9 2Bunzw c -2 2 Born g 2 2 Andres g 0 1G J G 6 2 0 7 3 0 1 0 Prmutbo ' bo BSochunuvouat Idaho State Edges Colorado A&M, 59-58 POCATELLO, Idaho, Dec. 10 (# —Forward Les Roh tipped in a field goal with four seconds left in the game Saturday night to- give Idaho State college a 59-58 basketball victory over Colorado A&M. | Roh’s tipin climaxed a great rally that saw the Bengals come ‘from seven points behind in the ‘last four minutes. It gave Idaho ‘State its second straight win over the Rams. The Bengals triumphed 65-54 last night. Idaho State plays in the All-College later this month. , COLO. A&M (58) IDAHO STATE )59) . “Stuehm f 0-12 73 Albert f£ Ch’stnsn * Hibbard ec 3 1 ‘Bryant g Grant g Totals “we ae 27 hi Colorado Idaho suie i me i Edge | Gophers, 82-8] MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 10 (P—A 36-point blast by big Jim Krebs propelled Southern Methodist to an overtime 82-81 victory over Minne- sota here Saturday night. It was left to guard Ron Morris to climax a terrific uphill struggle for the Mustangs after the Goph- ers had led throughout the game. Morris picked up a loose ball with two minutes remaining of time and scored on a Methodist intoNhe leaf for the first time in the conftest. With 22 see ds remaining Minnesota’s Jerry Kindall hac a chance to tie the score from ‘the free throw line. The junior for- ward, who had hit 12 of 14 foul hots prior to his last attempts, ait the first one but missed the ‘econd and Southern Methodist roze the ball the rest of the way. _. th ei 1955-56 Basketball Schedule December 5 Northwestern at Lawrence December 7 Wichita. at Wichita December 10 Wisconsin at Madison December 17 SMU at’ Daldas December 19 Rice at Houston December 21 SMU at Lawrence December 26-29 Big Seven Tournament January 4 Oklahoma A & M at Stilivater Jaweiney 7 Oklahoma at Lawrence January 9 “Missouri at Columbia January 14 Kansas State at Manhattan January 16 Iowa State at Lawrence January a1 Oklahoma’a & M at Lawrence February 4 _lowa State at Ames February 6 Missouri, at Lawrence February 11 Nebraska at Lawrence February 17 Oklahoma at Norman February 25 Nebraska at Lincoln March 2 Colorado at Lawrence March 6 Kansas State at Lawrence March 10 _ Colorado at Boulder 6 ee eS rakes L * eer < J N33 3 ¢ <3 pr—-h7 Re December December December December December December December January January January 9 - January i 3 January January l 7 \ 1955-56 Basketball Schedule > 7 10 17 19 ad 26-29 k 6 1 February 4 February February February February March 2 March 6 March 10 Li 17 25 Northwestern at Lawrence Wichita at Wichita Wisconsin at Madison SMU at Dallas Rice at Houston SMU at Lawrence Big Seven Tournament Oklahoma A & M at Stillwater Oklahoma at Lawrence Missouri at Columbia Kansas State at Manhattan Iowa State at Lawrence Oklahoma A & M at Lawrence Iowa State at Ames Missouri at Lawrence Nebraska at Lawrence Oklahoma at Norman Nebraska at Lincoln Colorado at Lawrence Kansas State at Lawrence Colorado at Boulder December December December December December December December January 7 January 9 1 January January 1 J January January 4 1955-56 Basketball Schedule 2 Z 10 if 19 21 26-29 4 6 1 February 4 February 6 February February February March 2 March 6 March 10 11 +7 25 Northwestern at Lawrence Wichita at Wichita Wisconsin at Madison SMU at Dallas Rice at Houston SMU at Lawrence Big Seven Tournament Oklahoma A & M at Stillwater Oklahoma at Lawrence Missouri at Columbia fansas State at Manhattan Iowa State at Lawrence Oklahoma A & M at Lawrence Iowa State at Ames Missouri at Lawrence Nebraska at Lawrence Oklahoma at Norman Nebraska at Lincoln Colorado at Lawrence Kansas State at Lawrence Colorado at Boulder V3, Dwar 3 ra . a f | 3, wdAM 2 FN . ig — 2 -— hm uy 7] e So we lA Ut a iS F ‘ yO “a. ey l Iq Chawiieah wane i | 1t- 19 = , TWH ee Pe » 4. _" * odin = 3, rT vo we Pb ye 4 ten bi q a. 7T pees & ay | ae ' i : a [36 pun . ait Y ? 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