over the same route last winter.
' This is despite heavy losses.
Gone are those 4-year veterans,
Bob Reiter and Med Park, plus
Lloyg Elmore, a fine backline
‘|defender. There also is the ab-
sence of a lad named Win Wil-
fong, who elected to further his
education at Memphis State
when: mustered out of service
last spring. Had he returned to
Columbia as was anticipated,
the Tigers. would have the most
prolific set of guards in league
history. He is the nation’s tenth-|:
ranked scorer at the moment
with ‘a 27.7 average.
An All-Around Cager.

On paper, at least, Missouri
doesn’t look as potent as last)
year’s club which was favored
to win the conference flag,
but finished two games behind
Colorado, But Stewart, a smooth
6-4, 199-pounder whocan_ re-
bound, pass and defend as well
as shoot, is one of those rare
competitors who can life an en-)
tire club. Could be the Tigers|
will arrive in the throne room a)
year before schedule.

Oddly, Missourj is one of the
few league teams not endowed
with a genuine big man in the
pivot. Denny, at 6-5%, is the
tallest regular. However it does
not list a single midget, even
in the backline, and is resplen-
dent with brawn, which has
come to be an important item
under the boards. Denny scales
223. His replacement, John
Stephens, is 6-5% by 20%. Ron-
sick weighs 194; Reicherf 180;
Ross. 183; Smith 182, and Roger
Engelhoff, best prospect off last
year’s frosh, 189.

Staleup was concerned at the
outset over the pivot, from}
where the 6-9 Reiter led team
scoring last year on an 18.0 aver-|
age and topped the rebound de-
partment as well. Off early in-|