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Thompson was an allestate choice three years at
Roland, ami certainly hash justified that billing thru the narigvntiting vx
Iowans' first five games this monthe His average is 16.8 , fourth best
on the all»etournan@mt personnel scoring liste
Three of his

2 a tarting ua tes all are veteranse tan Frain, 6=5
senior, and Chuck Vogt, 5-5 sophomore, are the forwards « “arry Wetter,
5-11 senior, aviv&nawkviunesuny brawayx 6x6x semionyx plays the opposite guard,
and Chuck Duncan, brawny 6-5 senior, the pivote

Strannigan does have a big man in 6-8, 255-pound —
Jim Sinning, Marshalltown, “ha, sophomore, but he hes been used sparingly
and doubtless is not ready for suxha tempo as the tournament always proe
Gucese Duncan probably is the conference's best mediumesized center. He
finished fourth among 1953 tournament pointsmiths with 55 points and
ninth in th conference scoring chase on a 13e7 averagee

Overall, however, this is not a tall squad, nob-

is it deep, It will run into considerable trouble if either Doncan or
Thompson Lemks over-fpulse For behind Duncan is the inexperienced Sinning
and Bill “ale, a 685 junior, who did not play enough last seasm as a
‘g0 phomore to let ter e The Noe 5 guard is orala Sandbuite, pudgy 185-—
pounder, who once played at “ebraskae Senior Don DeKoster, 6-3, is the
‘' first frontline replacane nte

Yet by playing a slow possession gane, Strannigan
doubtless can guide his thin club thru the rigors of excessive fouling
and fatigue , to cuase considerable trouble on given nights. » et tering
that sixth place finish afxtastvwimtarx in last year's tournament is

withing reac he