ra ae town al YOUR FAVORITE HOTEL BEFORE THE GAMES ALADDIN 1213 Wyandotte * AMBASSADOR 3560 Broadway * ANDREW JACKSON 1203 McGee * BELLERIVE 214 E. Armour * BERKSHIRE 1021 E. Linwood * KANSAS CITIAN 1216 Broadway * CONTINENTAL 1lith & Baltimore * DIXON 12th & Baltimore * LA SALLE 922 Linwood MUEHLEBACH 12th & Baltimore * PRESIDENT 14th & Baltimore * PHILLIPS 12th & Baltimore * PICKWICK 10th & McGee * PLAZA 13 East 24th * SCHUYLER 1017 Locust * SENATOR 17 West 12th * STATE 12th & Wyandotte * TOWN HOUSE 7th & State Kansas City, Kansas Noel Daniell, Hotel Continental, Pres. H. C. Nanson, Jr., Secretary—910 Central Kansas City Hotel Association Head Coach Doyle Parrack Doyle Parrack, Oklahoma City University cage coach the last eight years and himself a former Oklahoma Aggie cager developed by Hank Iba, is Oklahoma’s new basketball mentor. The 33-years old Parrack is the university’s fifth basketball coach. David C. Hall of Brown university coached the first Sooner team in 1907-08. Then Bennie Owen of Kansas U. coached 13 years, from 1908-9 through 1920-21, followed by two Oklahoma men, Hugh Mc- Dermitt for 17 years, 1921-22 through 1937-38, and Bruce Drake for 17 years, from 1938-39 to the present. Parrack was born December 6, 1921, in Cotton county, Oklahoma, on a farm near Randlett close to Red river. He had all his high schooling at the nearby Union Valley Consolidated school, graduating from Union Valley in 1939. Parrack played two years for Coach Cy Wilson’s Connors Agri- culture College at Warner, Okla., then transferred to Oklahoma A&M where in 1941-42 and 1942-43 he played for Coach Hank Iba, graduating in 1943 with a B.S. in arts and sciences and joining the marine corps. Upon his discharge from the marines, he played the last semester of the 1945 season of Iba’s first national collegiate championship team at Oklahoma A&M, the Missouri Valley conference permitting graduates a fifth year of sports eligibilty then. In 1947-48 he began coaching at Oklahoma City University where despite the handicap of not having a home court his Chiefs won 137 aand lost 81 games for .628 per cent and were invited the last four years in a row to play in the Western regional “at-large” bracket of the NCAA championships. Although Parrack’s Chiefs lost all four times, twice they were put out by the nation’s No. 2 team, Kansas in 1953, Bradley in 1954. They divided two NCAA consolation games, defeating UCLA 55-53 at Corvallis, Ore., in 1955 and losing 58-56 to Texas Christian at Manhattan, Kansas, in 1953. Twice Parrack’s OCU teams won the All-College tournament, championships at Oklahoma City. In 1949 they cut down Baylor, Oklahoma A&M and Wyoming. In 1951 they defeated Tulane, Okla- homa A&M and Tulsa. Parrack-coached OCU teams have a 12-6 record in the All College. The new Sooner coach has been noted for his development of obscure high school players. Among his stars at OCU were A. E. “Abe” Lemons ’49 of Walters, his former assistant at OCU, Farrel Craig ‘51 of Enid, Don Penwell ’52 of Oklahoma City, Andy Likens "53 of Dale and Arnold Short 54 of Weatherford who was a Helms Foundation All-American. None of them were big name players in high school. Parrack is married and has a five-year-old daughter. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, golf and livestock breeding. He raises Hereford cattle on his stock and hay farm located 12 miles south of Tecumseh, near St. Louis, Okla. Woe ox Head Coach Bill Strannigan Bill Strannigan, head coach, became the ninth Iowa State basketball coach, May 3, 1954. Has had experience building up college basket- ball teams. Took Colorado A & M from last to Skyline conference title in four years. He follows Bebe Lee (Colorado coach) into Big Seven from Colorado A & M. Rated a fine defensive coach. Was born in Dalry, Scotland, Dec. 1, 1918. Came to Rock Springs, Wyo., at age of two. Graduated from high school there in 1937 with 11 letters in football, basketball, track. Attended Colorado, transferred to Wyoming where he earned 8 letters in football, basketball, baseball. Basketball captain. Three times all-conference, once All-American. Played two years in the Navy, coached two years in high school and four years in college. Has 60-56 college record. Was twice coach of the year in the Skyline conference. Played with Denver Nuggets AAU team after World War II. Married the former Mary Ellen Ball of Loveland, Colo., in 1941. Four children, Theo Ann, Susan, Martha, Matt. Ags