one big seven tournament sdvance fj Ast of 3 oe The Biz Seven's new erop of centers will be mesurvx measured in head-to-head warring for the first tim next week when they face off in the conference's tenth annual &m pre-season tournanent in Kansas City's Municipal auditorLume The flv new regularse..« Lew Jchnson of Kansas and Oklahoma's LeRoy Bacher are the only holdover starters from 195h<55...6 will carry as much interest , voth from spectator and coach as did their shiny gang of predecessors who dominated tix most of the first nine meets, But for a different reasons The question now isn t whether B.i. Born can defend Burdette Haldorson or Clyde ovellette outscore “arcus Freibergers. Its ma mere matter of whether any of the 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 « Only three of the newly-spotlichted post-men are sophomores, They include Don Medsker, 6-8,Iowa States Jim Thom, 6-9, Nebraska, and Jack Parr, 6-9,lKansas State. The others, Chuck “enney of Missourt, and George Haanah of Colorado, are seniorse But they are seeing their first season as regulars or of extensive use at all, for that matlere Par? and Medsker have been equalling advance notice. The latter tops the entire complément of league cenégrs at this writing with a average in four games, Medsker is only two points back at 15036 Thom must be wnsidered a disappointment to date, Perhaps too much was expected of him, At any rate he has scored only eight points in four gemes.e. “act is, he isn't even a starter for the Comhuskers when Rex Ekwall, 6-5 converted forward is available. gaz A heavy cold kept the brawny junior cut of the Michigan and Wichita games, both stake which Nebraska loste Thom apparantly has a@ ways CO COG. 2 venney and Hannah may orove better than any of the rookies befurux by the time the finals of tl four-day @ fair close December 30. Both have com up the hardeway, playing behind two tall and prolific scorers over the past two yearss Subbing for 4eldorson ’ Xu mwax the 6-7 inane averaged last year and in x9SRx 195i:e lle now is travelling at 10.0 through the buffaloes’ first three games te always has been regarded as a dangerous scorer , capable Gefsnder and sturdy rebounder, Denney averaged in 20 games last season; in as a sophomores Thid 6-5 , 223-pound woxrhorse is a somewhat larger though cruder edition of Bill Stauffer, Tiger great of 1950-51526 lie fights all the way for rebounds and came along steadily in all departments thrugh the final half of last seasons And, to date, ne hasn't fouled & out of a game, & penchant which eB has concerned Coach Sparky Stalcup far the past two seasonse Johnson , who started ali 21 games for Kamsag last season as a sophomore, now finds himself the most experienced sturiur regular amung league centerse “ec owns some glossy credentials despite hig mere junior statuss He set a stool mark of 2h rebounds against Uklahom last year and , with pt recoveries, outstripped the sophomore rebound figures of Lovellette and Borne “e averaged 10.0 ovayvxthyx points over tle 195-55 route and iuxtxaweitxx was travelling at 12.6. when the “ay hawkers opened their weekeni tour in Texas Satirday night. Bacher wil. pk replace Hissouri.s departed Med t ; Pabk as the league s best and Mus¥xdxvx maneuveror and sEogyx scorer around the boardas He owns the soft touch of a Gerald Tucker and the massive proportions of Bi ae Waters, two notable Oklahoma centers of the recent paste 333 “e@ was not eligible until the semester last winter , but averaged 1461 tn OU_s lest sight conferences gamese Habs mean through the first five this year is @ 3 Cornell ,wkkivpraserkxax this year's guest team, will present a kywax ieahbcidignae regular x%mx in the pivot, 6-5, 220=pound ‘ay delek, a His scoring and revowd averages last year were 9el ‘and 10.3; as a sophomore, 10,1 and 10e50e He averaged 1.0 through ! the Big ed's first three Game Se v Departure of “aldroson, Reiter, Chuck Duncan, of fowa State, and Willard fagler of Nebraska, signalled the end of - the conference s last four-year men, who were eligible as freshen under Korean “ar suspensica of the yearling rules Their craduation alse wiped away the Jest vidteges of a glistenigig Old Guard which had existed since Tucker led Oklahom into the first tourmsy in 196. “ever has the Big Seven witnessed such excellent mass center play as during tmt erase You had to be BVvEveVeE oe xe Wey x % a Helms “oundation Phyer of the Year to rise even a fraction abow the pack, and th tts exactly what Tucker ami Lovellette were. Some idoa of tle old star's dominance can be gloaned from this fact, when Dumcan won the tournament s© wing scepter last Seusmuvx Yecember , it varked the eighth time in nine meets that crown went to a centers. Lovellette won three of these; Tucker, Gene Petergon. of Kensas; “aters, and Kansas State's Dick Knostman captured singletons. Contes} ing them were men like Spauffer, Bob white- head and Bob Pierce of Nebraska, and Freibergers - ’ etn ne? hy How far the upeoming tyros must go to match such men and deeds is written = in one current facts #unx games Parr and Bacher gto-d no better than fifth and sigth on the pre-tournament senting roles » Up to the weekend's oe i : Bs Here are last year s Top Ten tourney scorers ~ with returnees in cCapSe @vxvx VEGXV XVRK V Xv ERX VxVXEEVX Ghuck Dunean, ¢c, Lowa State Loster Tane, 8,» Oklahora Bob Jeangerard, Colorado, f GENE ELSTUN, KANSAS, f Bob Reiter, Missouri, c Med Park, Missouri, f Burdette Haldorson,Colorado,e Bob MeKern , California, e JIMMY PuCK, OKLAHOM, eg FG 31 25 23 19 20 17 13 lu 21 17 47 Fr PF TP ot 7 67 a 8 63 el 7 59 20.: 32 58 es: (hy . ST a 4b «65s aa 9 53 10 8 52 ate ES oA, ca. ApS Eee ees Herr Atatetic Departinient News Service SUMMARY FE NAL CXhLAHOMA A, & M. November 12, 1955 K.U. FIRST BOWE ee oe ---- BP Rushifae — =. .2 =; gE POSsiING= aes Penalties. 2-22 222 ee : NET YARDS RUSHING Ss] SO FORWARDS ATTEMPTED. _. FORWARDS COMPLETED_ _- NET YARDS FORWARDS--- mr INPRERCEPTED BY_.._.---. YDS. INTERCEP. “RETURN. _ WEPUNTS; WNUMBER = se 2 ~ Returned Dy. oe PU NTS, AVERAGE_ -------- { KIGKCGEFS, NUMBER. 20.2 =. ‘. Returned Byes Ses a es Fumbles Ldst Se one oa ad of OS. LOST ON PENALTi “SCORE BY PERIODS: _KANSAS......... é followed as Girodano stole an er- Cagers Beat attes, -f:' 2. 2 4 513 Pearson 4 210|Davidson 0 2 2 Roberson,f 0 4 4|Nichols,f 2 12 16 “Monroe 0 0 O/Brummer 0 0 0 Zelek,c 410 18/Graham,c 3 6 12] Kogan 0. 2 2! Tassi 2 0 4 Calkin 0. 0..0|Stratton,e 6 1 13 Rolles,¢ 10 5 25} Bisselle 0 00 Meade,gz 4 5 13/Giodr’o,e 8 0 16 Marriott 2 0 4 Total 26 30 82 «=Total . 25 26 76. : Lee Colgate Five. Continued from Page 1 The turning point of the game rant Cornell pass, rifled the balf to Stratton, and then, the latter ‘unaccountably blew the lay up.. Cornell took possession, and Rolles scored in two foul shots making the score, 80-76. Colgate called; time out, but to no avail. For the Big Red staged a brilliant freeze, the irrestistible Rolles deftly con- trolling the ball to the delight of the wildly cheering throng. The referee shrilled his whistle, Zelek sank two anti-climactical . fouls, ; jand the game was in the record books. | Fouls were the key to the Red victory. The rapid accumulation ef penalties by Colgate’s big men, ' the 66 Milt Graham and high scoring Jack Nichols crippled the visitor’s offense. In contrast, when |. forward Max Mattes quickly drew four. personals, coach Royner Greene was able to send in the capable Pearson, whose eight | points rocketed Cornell to a sen- sational victory. Cornell (82) fg f tp Colgate(%6) fg 6| Allen,f 5 — nae Enrol Canecs Upset Colgate In 82-76 Win By TONY KOVNER Ray Zelek sank two: fou shots but nobody seemed to care after Cornell’s spectac- ular, 82-76, victory over a favored Colgate five last night at Barton Hall. The final whistle seemed to make the stands come alive with warhooping Cornellians. On the court, Max Mattes and Phil Marriott slapped each other wildly. on the back and Larry, Pearson jumped around as if this was V-J day. Dick Meade shook? hands with coach Royner Greene and exchanged silent looks of ad- | miration. Barton Hall was in an uproar. And Ray Zelek -calmly threw in his 10th free throw in 10 attempts from the penalty stripe. : Chuck Rolles, of course, was! magnificent. The little redhead dribbled as if his hand was mag- netized to the basketball, and poured in 25 points; including a pair of crucial last minute free | throws. l But this was a team triumph. Sophomore Larry Pearson came | off the bench midway in the sec- | ond half, yet. contributed 10 vital | points to the Red effort besides some inspired rebounding. Zelek |. too was excellent off the boards, scored 18 points, and even. stole the ball from one of the. red-shirt- |. ed opponents. 8 ; Dick Meade was up to his usual ball stealing tricks and sparkled with his playmaking and. hard- |, driving lay ups. Phil Marriott, chipped in with some spirited de- | fense and a couple of baskets. And the fine work. exhibited’ in the], first half by Mattes, the high leaping ‘“‘Bo’’ Roberson and big men Kogan and Flip Calkin can not be passed over. The first half saw .the lead! change hands _ several times, ‘and | was marked by hard-fought fast- | moving yet often sloppy basketball. | ,On the Cornell side, Chuck Rolles | was the offensive standout, col- lecting 15 points. Colgate’s watch- | charm guards, Bob Giordano and Joe Stratton, displayed some: accurate long range _ shooting. Giordano hit on five high arcing set shots, while Stratton was a — ‘ballhawk and defensive Star. But as the second half got under- way, it seemed for a while as if the visiting Red Raiders were going to run away with the ball game. Defensive lapses cost Cor- nell eight points on layups alone: But with the inclusion of Meade, Pearson and Kogan into the lineup, the home team gradually seemed to find itself. Rolles went on a eight point spree, and the Red gradually pared down a_ lead, which was once 57-45. At -the twelve minute marker. Zelek returned to the contest and promptly accounted for four points. Meade sank a long set and the Red assumed a tenuous 68-67 lead. During the next three minutes Pearson took things into his own” hands and scored eight crucial tallies. Zelek sank a lay up, making | the score, 78-76, and Cornell called | time out. Scarcely a minute was left to play. : Continued on page 12 # i edu Dear Mr. Pierce, : Ben Mintz, Cornell's Athletic Publicity Director, asked me to send you this article. The victory over Colgate was a very big one for Cornell. It ons, ts all probability, that we will enter the Kansas tourney unbeaten. Harvard and Brown should not prove too tough on the next two week- ends as both games are played in Ithaca. However, Washington U. (of St. Louis) might give us trouble as the game will be played on the Washington court. The outstanding player for Cornell in the first two games has been 546" Chuck Rolles. However, an unheralded soph, Larry Pearson has sparkled in limited action against both Colgate ahd Buffalo. In fact, it was Pearson who proved to be the difference in the Buffalo game. If there is any way I can be of further service to you, please do not hesitate to write. Sincerely, (Sports Editor) Cornell Daily SUN “Ward (81) fg f Bowmanf 2 iS ght 1 Haughey 4 Kantrow’z 0 Canty,c 5 Hastings,g 10 Barnett,e 0 Riggs, Lowenfels Total mh wR -_ RonmHooHRoonNam tp. C’nell (59 D) > T|Rolles,f 10 Pearson, f 16| Mattes . 0 12 pa eset rs ZomawonHreoono ns | | Monroe | Schanze 28| Zelek,c 7 2% 81); Meade,g Roberson Hughes Hornung. Total CONKRORCUSCORRS wn pa Dear Mr. Pierce, Mr. Mintz has asked me to send you this clipping from our last game. As you see, we did not make out too well. Rolles and 4elek have performed the best for this season's team. Down at the Dizie Classis, Rolles, due to his small size, was quite a crowd-pleaser and made plenty of good newspaer copy. I am afraid that Rolles may be the only outstanding attraction that Cornell may have at this year's tourney. Sincerely, Renn Cornrerer QO. U.m a Weer: —— To Halt Buff Cagers SOONER ee anes Record to date: W 2 L 65 Baylor 55; 47 Rice 62; 69 Y anderbilt 78; 68 Ohio State 89; 69 Arkansas 59. ‘Returning lettermen—(4)—Ed Abbey, Boe Bacher, c; Bob Burr, g; Jimm gZ. 1955 Jig Seven finish—7th, 1-11; all games: 3-18. Previous give finishes— 1946-—5th; 1947—5th; 1948—1st; 1949—2nd; 1950— 3rd; 1951-e4th; 1952—sth; 1953—2nd; 1955—4t Dia ae ert, 556. Remain a ore So anaient games—Dec, 20 Oklahoma A. & hea at Norman; Dec. 23 Illinois at Urban First round Menaonent—Colorado, 7:30 p. m. December 27. - KLAHOMA,, the _ tradi- tional upset team of Big Seven tournament his- tory, again is poised in a prime position to bring off a form reversal when the tenth annual affair opens a 4-day run ‘next Tuesday in the. ‘Municipal Auditorium. | The Sooners, re-grouping under Doyle Parrack, an intense young coach who. played for arch-riva Oklahoma A. and M., are pair against Colorado in the mee tipoff game at sy day. Remember Las Colorado is the team Okla- homa ambushed, 73-71, overtime first-rounder last year.|3 The significance of this conquest can be best understood by this win the conference while Okla- homa was dead last at. 1-11. The upset of the Herd was one of only three games the Sooners won last year in their final sea- son under Bruce Drake. In 1949 O. U. toppled Kansas State, an everttual conference p. m. ‘Tues- in an|Qk., two-edged fact. C. U. went on to ae and jump-shooters as a sopho- more last year. He’ll Get Good Mileage. The 33-year-old Parrack can be counted upon to wring the most from a squad which rep- resents the first step in a hoped- for Sooner rise back to confer- ence contention, As expected from ‘a Hank Iba disciple, Par- rack has installed slow-down bas- ketball, Drake could put to- gether unsurpassed ball-control when he wished, but Parrack is likely to go with it all the way. The Sooners have put an average of only 56 shots per game. The defense was good enough to limit Temple ' icker, Rice’s heralded 6-10 more, to his season’s low of ten points December 8, althy gh Oklahoma lost, 47-62. e Sooners tackle their sec- ond Big Ten opponent Friday in Tilinois. Ohio State flogged them, ¢’s|89-68, December 12. The all-time composite tour- nament standings: : T: W. L.. Pet. Pts. OPP. Capt; So,. Meth ... 23 01.000 151 135 Kansas St.. 920 7 .741 1,828 1,648 3 Kansas .... 918 9 .6671,7371,596 2 CACM. Lis 2 bi. 668 134 0/0 jehigan \.. 2° 2°'1 2.667 162° 159 = (0 innesota... 1 2 1 .667 198 189 0 anford .. 1 2 1 1667. 249 0 Missouri .. 91710 .6301,5851,521 2 Oklahoma... 91512 ,5561,7111,673 1 Arkansas .. 1 1 2 .833 150 55: 6 Hee eh ted Lobe 226853) 18 190% 0 California... 1 1 2 .333 200 19° 0 Iowa State. 9 918 .3331;6111,770 0 olorado .. 8 816 .3331,4701,456 0 Nebraska .. 9 720 .2591,5791,782 . 0 Harvard .. 1 0 3 .000 156 193 0 Washington. 1 0 3 000. 212 249 0O tricchampion in the league eo son following. This top was first-round affair. Only a fast second goal by the Wildcats’ Jim Iverson saved State the next year, 55-53. And that was the ‘Purple’ s best alltime team, ‘going all the way to the N. C- ‘A, A, finals: In ’51 Drake's Shufflers skidded Stanford into the discard in the opening round. The Indians had come into the ‘meet undefeated. Colorado and O. U. are much more closely-matched this win- ter than last, on paper, at least. Still, the Buffaloes will rank as solid favorites, barring tremen- dous upheavals in the two clubs’ few remaining engagements be- fore tournament time. _ Even though Colorado lost four of the five starters which took it to third place inthe N.C. A. A. last year, it is starting a full) team of lettermen. In contrast, | Oklahoma is fusing two sopho-. mores with one holdover letter- man and two returning regulars in its starting five. Furthermore, \Parrack shows only four letter- men or his entire squad, fewer than any conference team, and| is carrying ten sophomores on} his 18-man squad. An eleventh,! Fred Hood, 6-4 200-pounder, will miss the tourney because of duty jwith Sooner football forces in |the Orange bowl. Three Good Sophomores. Parrack’s rookie starters are, Joe King, 6 6-64 Norman forward, | ‘who is also Bacher’s relief at! center, and Joe Jones, 6-1% Ok- llahoma Citian. A third soph, Bill Pinkerton, 6-4 Oklahoma Citian,, came off the bench to score eighteen points in last week’s 69-59 vanquishing of Arkansas. Ed Abbey, 6-4 Denverite, is the Hlettered junior starter. He plays lopposite King in the front line. |Bacher, the 6-5%, 23-pound \pachyderm with the soft touch, lis at center, of course, Peck, a Lester Lane, pairs with Jones in the backline. This club. carries more bal- anced height than Big Seven ifans are accustomed to seeing jin Sooner livery. Drake became \famous for his Dribbling Dwarfs, whizh often were hubbed by a giant like Bill Waters or Marcus \Freiberger, Parrack has no one as towering as the 6-11 Frei- berger, but overall squad height is the best in recent seasons if not of all time. ‘Bacher will carry a he Sorat average of 16.4 into Tuesday’s collision with Oklahoma A. & M. at Norman. Peck is traveling at 13.4; King 12.6. Bacher is successor to Mis- souri’s Med Park as the league’s best maneuveror around. the, boards and owns a touch as deft| as Gerald Tucker, OU’s Helms| Foundation player of the Year| in 1947 and this tourney’s first} scoring champion in the front end of that season. . Peck established himself as] one of the ioop’s best dribblers' ne — gals. “. Tigers to an early lead which N.U. CAN'T CATCH TIGERS Favored Missouri Takes Over Late inh First Half and | Holds On for a 71-66 Triumph Over Huskers in the Big Seven sah LATE FREEZE WORKS FOR BENCALS Norm Stewart Scores Only Sixteen Points for Sparky * — Staleup’s Crew, but Turns Ina Brilliant Floor: Game—Smith Gets Hot.., BULLETIN. ' Kansas also passed its first-round test by crounelag _ Cornell, the guest team, 75-58. : 3 By Ep GarIcH. © (A Member of The Star’s Sports Staff.) Missouri had to. fight all the way to defeat Nebraska, 71-66, last night in a first round game in the Big Seven pre-season basketball tournament. An estimated 10,000° persons saw the Tigers, one of the favorites in the tournament, dogged /by the Huskers througout, never claiming a lead of ball in the last ree min- utes to proteét lead. : The big ¥ Stewart, played a brilliant floor game, but had a cold night scor- ing. He hit -only sixteen and Lionel Smith took up the shot- making slack to pace the Ben! Smith and Bill pies led the never amounted ,to more than a pair of points. Nebraska, with Rex Ekwall and Don Smidt hitting, tied it at 10-all with 13:25 left, then took brief leads which were 14-10 and 16-12 be- fore Missouri caught up on _-Stewart’s hit over the top to make it 16-all, : 1 -ta 77 =a ‘ raue al all, IMSSOUur1| _moved uneasily ahead to a 23-20} ‘Yead, was caught at 23 on Smidt’s screen shot, fell be- hind 23-25 on Ekwall’s corner jump shot, then rallied on points by Stewart, Smith and Ross to lead at the half, 36-31... - After that close battling, the the game but no deep breaths were taken by the Bengals until the final. horn. : ‘ Nebraska got within three points, 38-41, early in the second half, then narrowed to two points at 41-43 as Ekwall hit al pair of free throws. Missouri| survived that one and a later one| Which narrowed the gap to a single point, 49-48, with twelve minutes left. -'The Bengals pulled away again on hits by Stewart and Smith, expanded ‘the margin to 58-51 and held a lead of from five to Seven points the rest of the way. + Smith hit twenty-two points to pace the scoring for Missouri. Stewart had sixteen, well below fis average of 26.2 going into the game. He took few shots in the second half. { - .| NEBRASKA—66 C. Smith : emt e n | rocmnocnescomentd ACH a oO = POWwESwGS Ls) Totals ag | conmeawouwourotd | BYOORMOTIOORA ees SOCOWONSS Totals @18 30-48 1 NEDIASKA s.sseceesnnscceresensanonse Bi copacde Missouri . ae 00. Paces Aad — au \DAY. DECEMBE "YCLONE GOAL ‘tate ts Sedna to to Rack Up Championship in Big 2 Tourney This Week. WANTS TO END JIN m Ever Has Been Able ep Through to Title in Consecutive Years. "EN TOURNAMENT OREBOARD. Pre-Tournament Games.) ~ 12.5 44 4 Dakota. ‘State ¢ 603 g, on 50 S penver 65; br te 46; oo 3 74, Ilinoi jaohe 57. awestern 70; 56, 1, S. M. 58. a 3 So 2 AES WOR MAS consin a 61, 62, U. affalo 33; 82, Colgate 13.82, Brow n 63; 50, Louis 55. Oregon —e 2B oe ywa 57; 34; 58, ‘colotade . “and — 2—B9, Texas Tech 70; 4, Drake 70; 92, Loyola : Washington; 79, Hous- 4d, Towa 60; 69, tNseraa Michigan 77346, Wichi Le A. 6B; 52, wisconsin é 66. —65, Baylor 55; 47, Rice aepalit 78 78; 68, Ohio State 89 Ss 59; 66, Oklahoma A. and M,. dlinots 82. shored by an 87-76 juest of previously- veaten Vanderbilt in its pre-tournament dress rehearsal, Iowa State is! poised to shoot for its: first Big Seven post- Christmas crown _ this week when the tenth an- nual dribble derby opens a 4-day run in Municipal Auditorium. — The Cyclones, playing their second season under Bill Stran- nigan, will come into the big arena with the best record among tournament teams at 5-1. Furthermore, they own a 13.0- point-per-game spread, _ five- tenths wider than that of Mis- souri’s. defending tournament champions. Vanderbilt had won six straight before it invaded Ames Friday, was ranked eighth in the latest A. P. poll and nineteenth on U.P. Tulsa also was undefeated until running afoul of the Cy- clones December 10, 50-62 after four victories. Only three points, a 62-65 loss to Denver at Den- ver, Wednesday, separates the lt in last year’s opening round and is far closer in personnel to the! Buffaloes this time. Colorado hasn’t been the same since it absorbed a 2-night 48-point shelling from B. Y. U. two weeks ago in Provo. It lost fts pre-meet finale, 58-60, to Colo-| rado A. and M. Friday. All this after a 60-57 victory over Iowa’s defending Big Ten kings, tenth- ranked in the latest Associated Press poll. Four starters are gone from last year’s N.C. A. A. third-place outfit. For the second time in three years, pivotmen, long the domi- hant scoring figures in this meet, may be shut out of the individual point championship. All three 20-point pre-tourna- ment scorers are guards. Mis- souri’s big captain, Norm Stew- art, tops the list at 26.2 with Iowans from a perfect slate. Third Is Previous High. They thus qualify as the high- est barrier to.a Missouri repeat. This is rare stature for a team} which never has finished higher than third in nine previous meets (1948 and 1954); nas languished in last place twice and seventh three times. _ Happily ‘the Cyclones - and ic Tigers are in opposite brackets. The former will run into im-} mediate trouble since it drew Kansas State round in the nightcap of tomor- irow’s opening card. This s uld ibe the tightest battle of the fi ‘round 4-game set. Kansas State, 3-3, has played a tougher pre- liminary slate, losing only 79-86 to well-regarded Houston Thurs- day in Houston in its final pre- meet test. Here’s the way the first poune bracket lines up: TOMORROW. %:30 p. m.—Colorado vs. Oklahom: ma, 9200 Fe Ea 7:30 p, m.—Missouri vs. Nebraska. , 9:30 p, m.—Kansas vs, Cornell | Iowa State is the meet’s ‘youngest team with only one ‘senior. figuring prominently and|} as many as three sophomores | \ | | frequently starting. It will throw its sophomore center, 6-foot, 8- inch Don Medesker against K- State’s 6-9 rookie, Jack Parr, in a duel which could = dR outcome. Comparison Is Close. Some idea of how close this one will be can be found inj} scores against one common foe, Texas ..Tech, The Cyclones whaled the Red Raiders twenty points (72-52) at Ames. The Wildcats beat them nineteen (89-70) at Manhattan. If the Cardinal and Gold can get by K-State, it will own a bet- ter than even chance to reach the finals. For it figures to han. dle either Colorado or Okla- homa in the semifinals. Missouri remains a light fa- vorite. The Tigers will bring in a 4.2 level, but only seven points are between them and an un- blemished record. Purdue beat ‘them, 62-58, at Lafayette and ‘Indiana clipped them, 81-78, in ‘Columbia. The Hoosiers are ranked eighteenth on the latest in the ofening|cei vs. Kansas State, Gary Thompson, clever Lowa State junior, second at 23.2. Rolles is only two-tenths behind. High for Thompson. ‘Thompson exceeded two tour- nament records against Vander- bilt in collectin i ied by the O. U,} s cine tree throws veyond the tournament now held jointly by Kan- tate’s Dick Knostman and 1 Brainard of Kansas. Rolles scored _ thirty-seven points against Brown while Stewart has games of thirty, thirty-one and thirty-six on his ledger. All three pose threats to Clyde Lovelette’s single-tourna- ment mark of eighty-two which the old Kansas mastadon estab- lished in 1950. Here are the top fifteen pre- tournament Scone leaders. G.FT-FTA. TP. Avg. Norm Stewart, M. oe 9 39-52 157 26.2 S}Gary Thompson, I. E 6 43 53-73 189 23.2 Chuck Rolles, Cornell 5 46 23-31 115 23.0 Leroy Bacher, O. U. 7 42 37-56 121 17.3 Hint dangoe' or oi ¢ 49. 3543 88 188 une Smith, N. UL. 7 35 41-60.111 15.9 Jimmy Peck, 0. U... 7 38 sous rae 14.9 Dallas Dobbs, K. U... 6 33.23-32 89 14.9 Maurice King, K.U... 6 30 27-39 87 14.5 Pachin Vicens, K: U. 6 24 33-46 81 13.5 Don M CT id. Sas, Gs 82712617 3 -76.12.7 Chuck Vogt, £8... 6 25 21-35 71 11.9 Joe King, O,o0 55.8 2438-453, 81 21.61 *Rex. BH wall, N. Uh... 5 18 22-31 58 11:6 *Missed two games because of illness, Previous Tournament Champions. ; . Champion ne up} 1946 8, M. s 49 WAG ci sscccsnsncveueates Kan } 1947 Kansas me 50, Oklahoma A. & A, 43 1948 Oklaho tae ».- Kansas 49 1949" Miscourt ae Oklahoma 42 950 Kansas State 70 . Minnesota 62 1951 Kansas 75 ., «. Missouri 65 1952 Kansas State 93 muah ansas 8 1953: KAnses (82h. iciversessoessate Oklahoma 73, 1984 Missouri 89 vioccssscs Kansas State 71 U. whipped Illinois, No. 17, 74-] 73. This is tougher fare than the} Cyclones’ have been chewing.| And to reach for Texas Tech} again for comparison, the Ben-} gals slaughtered the Raiders by} thirty-two, 92-60, in Columbia. | , However, Missouri faces no} leasy path. In addition to the} jnew Cyclone menace, the Tigers} lare bracketed with Kansas, al |team it never has beaten in four| |tournament matches. This would) be a semifinal match if the} Tigers dispose of Nebraska and K. U. clears Cornell, this year’s guest team. Furthermore, no de- fending champion ever has re-| peated in this event. Rolles a Cornell Star. oe Cornell is 3- 2, a Hibeerne| ‘behind Kansas, But it will field} ‘a front line of 6-4, 6-5, 6-4 andl floor the meet’s No. 3 pre-tour- mmey scorer in Chuck Rolles, 5-6 iguard. Jawhawkers have huffed jand puffed to write their. 4-2 level, owning only 1.1 per game ivictory spread despite their .600 lreading. ; Oklahoma up-ended Colorado] K-STATE FIRST FOR CYCLONES. Iowa State Seeks| No. 6 Tonight. ‘TOURNEY FACTS. Tonight’s Games. , FIRST ROUND, ‘ 7:30 p. m.—Colorado vs. Okla- oma. 9:30 p. m.—lIowa State’vs Kan- | Sas State. . : Wednesday Night’s Games. FIRST ROUND. 7:30 p. m.—Missouri ys. Ne- a. 9:30 p. m.—Kansas ys. Cornell, PROBABLE LINEUPS. oc aig Peery .. Schneider, Vicens, By Maury White. (Staff- Writer.) KANSAS C I T Y, MO— Iowa State puts the Big Seven’s best basketball rec- ord on the line here against | Kansas State tonight, starting jat 9:30 o’clock, in the Big Seven tournament. ) The once-beaten Cyclones | set of nationally-ranked Van- derbilt, the Cyclones ccme into this tenth annual meet highly regarded. If the Cyclones can get by the young, tall Wildvats to- night they are good bets to at least equal last year’s third, their first first division finish. since 1948. ee Three Sophs. Coach Bill Strannigan ex-. pects to start three soph-| omores—6-foot 8-inch’ Don! Medsker, John Crawford and Lyle- Frahm—along with vet- | erans Thompson and 6-5 Chuck Vogt. ~ Four of these players have occupied regular roles all sea- son while Frahm, hampered by an ankle injury, got off to a slow start. “Lyle played real well de- fensively against Vander- bilt, and offensively, as: far as that goes,” said Stran- nigan. “He started hitting his stride on our road trip to Colorado.” Kansas State is expected to start two rookies—6-9 Jack Parr and 6-4 Larry Fischer. It has a.3-3 record With one of the losses being es Drake, 70-64. . One of the ftiles of the game should be Thompson vs, Pachin Vicens, the Wildcats 5-9 ballhandling star built along the same slick, quick lines as Gary. Inch Taller. Parr, an inch taller than the highest Iowa Stater, has aver- _aged 16.2 points. \_ A year ago both teams won their openers, advanced in the winners bracket and Kansas State won the semifinal game, 70-60. Then it added two more victories during the ree season. Colorado, victor over ‘the State University of Iowa, meets Oklahoma in to- night’s opener. | The Buffs won the Big Seven regular season race a year ago, but have only one starter back. ¢ 20, 1955, Buffs Hard to Fi igure In Big Seven Tourney UREBOARD Record arene a M3 Oregon Sie ¥ 53} 62 Or pregea, as: i: Go Towa 57.3753 U. 70; besten a: “Mel Gofftnan, f.} Peseta annah, ¢:;_ Mick Mansfield, Ses George Dave pew hays g.; Bill Peterson; g.; Jim 11- = all Ranglos ce Fie. Seven er oon emainin re- “tournament Games—Decem- Se ype Bisplao. A. M. at Fort Collins, irst Pana. ° Sbjpontnt~Oklahome, oe p. a December 27, OLORADO continués 6 be the enigmatic team of Big Seven pre-season baskétball tournament olay as it approaches the meet’s tenth annual edition which opens uesday night in’ Municipal Auditorium. Despite those week end shell- ings by Brigham Yourg, in which the Cougars manhandled _C. U, by an aggrégate spread of 48 ponts, this year’s Buffaloes will tote a more impressive rec- ord into tourney action than either of the last two editions, They number~ tw fe oerace conference champio Oregon State and Iowa, améne their victims and figure to beat Colo: rado A. and M. pede d for a 4-2 level, seven, rhea five. team was 3:3 at tournament time and the schedule was no rougher than this séason’s De- cémber slate, And the 1954 con- ference co-champs lost all five of their pre-méet starts. Carrying the paradox further. néither Herd edition of the last two seasons could finish in thé tournament’s first division, The: were fifth last year and seventh the year previous, Fact is, the Buffs outrank only Nebraska in the meét’s all- time composite standings and have landed among the first four oly ofice in eight years. C. U.’s cuttey high is a fourth in 1949. It has been last twice. ‘ If Colorado is to continue this strange pattern this year’s club shotild at least equal the school’s all-time tourney high. The Buffs are capable of such estate, de- spite the most murderous erad- iation losses among conference teams, These Were Standouts._ : Gone are Center Burdette Haldorson, 2-time Big. Seven scoring’ champion; Bob Jean- gerard, possibly the loop’s all- round best through the 1955 sea-| son, and those two e¢anny! guards, Charles Mock and Tom|: Harrold. _ Only holdovers | are Mel Coff- man, 6-3 ‘@x-marine, and Jim Ranglos, the high: leaping Greek, ae: 8180 Measures 68. They | shared a regular forward berth opposite Jeangerard last season as the Mountaineers bagged their first undisputed league cage title since departing the old aia) SXYline conféderacy. Totrnament fans. will see a ijclub a few ctts below the champions of the past two yéars. ; But no ofie need shed tears over Beébe Lée’s gang. It carries ade- quate sizé, balance, ard depth. Quite likely it will present the tourney’s best ball-control. Ex- perience is not as absent as it might seem éither. Although ‘Ranglos and Coff- man nécessarily are the corner- stones, the key man is Géorge Hanfah, 6:7, 205-pound cénter who has earhed two letters if relief for Haldorson, The big Senior is avéraging 9.2 through C. U.’s first five games and tipped in the winning! goal in the 60-57 conquest of Iowa. Ranglos ranked ninth on pre-tournament scoring tables (through games of last Satur- day) at 14.8. Up to the dual dis- aster at Ptpwo, Coffman had as- ngerard’s shoes by + his personal foes to a| mgé@ger five points through the| st three games. A 1-point| policing job of Iowa’s Carl Cain| fi |featured. One Starter injured. ° Bill Peterson, 6-0 lettered senior, who playéd well in the N. C. A. A.. tournament last year, and Dave Mowbtfay, 6-1 lettered junior, have taken over for Mock and Harrold «in the Records of Big Seven ‘Basketball Teams. (Key: H—Home "game @,. V—Away game, eNAual eourt, Ovestimg period, ) COLORADO. : giceen BEATS ibs at es eSEG HS apace 53V wa abi saint a? ls siti: North Dak ta State s.:... nie - hae Golorade i ery ae seattle) Se Wichita . Wisconsin Syed Methodis Bree itcicacce: TOWA 4-0-2 see Texas Tech Michigan . ye Wisconsin _ 0 DOD COATPRADU ONNTOU-T AMWOO ~IodMI00 ~1H-100 cram SOON NHOHOR HOPNWH OHPOH PII witod —— ae &, ‘oocro000 ne. anh te Missouri Cops 71-66 Cage Win KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.—Mis- souri’s touted. Tigers were. all their name implies on the boards here Wednesday night as they held off a determined, underdog Ne- braska. for a 71-to-66 victory in a Big Seven tournament: ata oand ‘match. nursed it through the final 20 minutes. with tenacious rebound- ing which. consistently limited the enemy to a’ single. offensive cast. After the score had been tied nine tinies and the le: ud: the first ‘half, Miso front to stay at left” in the half | 4 hi ee: fielder’ to ‘more than offset Jim Kubacki’s two pointer and give the Tigers their halftime eget ‘Rex Eckwall, -who topped the game scorers with 25 points, and Kubacki kept the. Cornhuskers within striking distance and led a} ‘rally which brought them to \within a single point at 48-49. Lionel Smith led Missouri’s scoring with 22 points as Stewart, who carried a 26.3 average into the tournament, managed 16 points on seven goals and a pair of free throws.—G. F. NEBRASKA (66) Silvers FG ‘to's ete PF 13 510 0 + z 12 e ves ‘ oooc0oooown CORPNWNNWON Team rebounds Totals: ¢../-18 58 30 - MISSOURI (71) ‘y hj} (00 Players he es oe ae R WNCUN WA Team rebounds Totals Nebraska Missouri big seven tournament roundup 1Seriktasbeepies of 11 BIG SEVEN TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD W Colorado Iewa State Kansas Missourl Cornell Kansas State Nebraska Okla homa Colorade 63 Oregon State 53 68 Oregon 49 <0: Tok Re, Dece 16 BYU at Frove Dees 17 BYU at Provo ~ YY DO ef Ww w L 3 aye FH Oo OO Pote 1.2000 1 e000 1.000 9780 +667 1333 “4250 2250 Ptse Ope Pts 191 159 220 162. 221 191 295 241 924 - 230 225 236 237 4% 271 270 263 Seores and Preetournament Schedules Dees 22 Colorado A &M at Fte Ccllins Kansas 91 Northwestern 70 66 Wichita — 55 74 Wisconsin 66 Dees 17 SMU at Pallas Dec. 19 Rice at Houston Dec. 2 SMU at Lawrence | - 4 iments ene Parte bee ese Iowa State 86 Ne Yakota State 60. 72 Texas Tech 52 62 Tulsa 50 Dece 19 Coloe A & M at Fte Coli ins Deee 21 Denver at “enver Dece 23 Vanderbilt at Ames Missouri 71 Seuth Yaketa 46 58 Purdue 62° 92 *exas Tech 60 74 Illinois 13 Deece 17 Indiana at Columbia Dece 19 Idaho at Columbia 1955- December 5 December 7 December 10 December 17 December 19 December 21 December 26-29 January 4 January. 7 January 9 _ January 14, January 16 January 31 February 4 February 6 February 11 February 17 Pobructy a5 March 2 March 6 March 10 56 Basketball Schedule Northwestern at Lawrence Wichita at Wichita Wisconsin at Madison SMU at Dallas Rice at Houston SMU at Lawrence Big Seven Tournament Oklahoma*aA & M at Stillwater OkIahoma at Lawrence Missouri at Columbia Kansas State at Manhattan Towa 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 2222 Cornell Kansas State 83 Buffale 73 89 Texas Tech 70 82 Colgate 76 : 72 Indiana 96 59 4aryvard = 81 64 Drake 70 Dee. 16 Brown at Ithaca Dece 15 Loyola at Manhattan Yeo. 23 Washington at St. Louis Dec. 17 Washington at Mm hattan Dece 21 Houston at Houston Nebraska 3 | Oklahoma 51 Iewa 60 | 65 Sayler 55 69 “exas Tech 63 47 Rice 62 71 Michigan 177 69 Yanderbilt 78 46 Wichita | 71 89 Ohio State 68 Dece 16 UCLA at Lincoln Yece 15 Arkansas at Norman Dece 19 Wisconsin at Madison Dece 20 Okla. A & M at Norman Yea. 21 Vanderbilt at Lineoln Dece 23 Illinois at Urbzana iuxrpréx Colorado is the surprise team of the Big Peven's early basketball milling as league schools edge teward their tenth amual teurnament late this month at Municipal auditorium. Before the season opened there was sharp division of opinion concerning Buffale fortunes fer 1955-56. Some railbiris thought less of feur starters from last year's conference champions would drop the Herd into the lower reaches of the league. Others maintained mumvenrkux the momentum of the past two years » Which has seen #¥ CU represent the league in NCAA tournament play » would carry them inte contention richt down to the wire. ak a ina I eg Ee gE SS yank December December December December December December December 26-29 January 4 January 7 January 9 January 1 January 1 January 3 February February February 11 ~ February 17 February March 2 March 6 March 10 1955-56 Basketball Schedule 2 7 10 ad LY nk Hee 6 i in 6 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 333 Even their most optimistic backersx did not expect a 500 Buff reading at this date. Among the victims are two defeniing conference shampions, Oregen State, mn of the PCC, and Iowa of the Big Tene “ebe “ee's medeover clube..++ Jim “anglos ani “el Coffman whe shared one forward spet last year are kha represent the only starting returnees wien tumbled State , 6353, at Corvallis, and edged Zewax the Aawkeyes, 6e57, Monday in Bouldere The latter conquest , of course, was the most significant. For it marked Iewa's first defeat in three starts. It should be noted the Hawkeyes lost only one regular from last year's fourth-place NCAA finishers, and are favored over Illinois ani Iniiana to repeat. Furthermore, the Buffales were without the services of one of kheteviiwerx there regular guards, Mick Mansfield, who wrenched a knee at Corvallise In between these wins, Ci overran Oregon, 68-496 , Cokerado is winning with ball-control, scoring kaxnzex balancs, and the same resolute defense that has ylelded the Big “even championship of that department the past two seasonse Phe Buffs put up xmtyx an average of only 55 shots per game in their first three. They have scered fewer points than any . other songs Domne 191, but restristed the enemy te SSs0x an average of 53 eO6. TevmexmamsxOn? mam, Ranglos, and Bill Peterson, an unheralded senier guard, are sailing 8 the Top Fifteen preetournament svaexsxwithvx scorers respect ive averages of 1303 and 1200. CU runs inte another x sugged test Friday and ‘Saturday in a ‘ies set with Spt gham Young, @ightheranked in the latest AP poll, at Provo. f 4 es a aren isin at Madise son - Ripe at Huston kt aay aa SMU at Lawrence : | inieiesfvipriccsice+ ek . uF wn \ z ys * \ ; ef 3 , y 444 Those two games , rlus the KansaseSMU match at Dallas, and the M4gs curteInd tana affair at Columbia, wikixtmidvx both "aturday nicht, will hold the spetlight through the remainder of the week impressive as ximyvkexexbteenvx it has been, CU hilds no better than a share of the preetournament lead since Kansas , 18th erated on the most recent AP ballet, and Iowa State, also are maxrving carrying 5-0 markse - . Cornel 1 - this year's guest team, lost a perfect record, when upset by Harvard, 59-81, Saturday. : Norm Stewart, ii ssour 4! s big blond forward-guard, holds a wide lead in the individual point Livirettn @ 2665 averages tle has been bey ond 50 points twice in the Tigers! first four games. flere are the Top Fifteen xm pre=tourney scorers through games of “ecember 13: Nene Team G FG FT