SAS CITY STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1954. SOONERS WN FOAM |Upset Tradition Is Maintained ‘as Oklahoma Upends Colo- rado Basketeers. A FINE SLATE TONIGHT Kansas Plays Iowa State and Kansas State Takes On the Guest Team, California. TOURNAMENT STANDINGS. Wi a et. tees. ODD: 1.000 75 58 1.000 73 71 Kansas State . Kansas Iowa State California . Ses Golorado: ssgerdsse dopa: -000 71 73 Nebraska .............0 -000 58 75 By Ep GarIcH, (A Member of The Star’s Sports Staff.) | You needn’t be surprised that |Oklahoma, rated well down by jone and all before last night, jshould up and dump a highly rated team such as Colorado ji the Big Seven pre-season basket? ball tournament, Fact is, the Sooners have made pretty much a habit of upsetting the odds in the nine tourneys So far. In 1949: Oklahoma dusted the highly rated Kansas State Wild- cats in the second round, a dis- tinct upset. — Then, in 19514, Oklahoma ‘knocked .out a Stanford team which came into the tourna- ment with top credentials. That was in the first round. Only the last year the Sooners surprised the guessperts with a finals) appearance, defeating Washington and Nebraska to get there. So this is just another in the upset pattern the Sooners have established. in nearly half the Big Seven pre-season meets held so far. Sunflower State Night. Tonight is the big night so far as the general area inierest is concerned. Kansas meets Iowa State and Kansas State takes on a man-sized chore in playing guest California. The games ‘are at 8 o'clock and 9:45, respectively. Now that Colorado is in the matinee bill, Missouri, Califor- nia and the4wo Kansas schools will share’ the spotlight until an- sas must be accorded the most chance of getting through the basis of the record so far. K. U. is undefeated in four clones haven’t knocked off any giants. They’ve Drilled on Zone. Despite Missouri’s trouble with ‘|Nebraska’s zone defense in the| first half of the second game,| Sparky Stalcup, Missouri coach,| says the Tigers have practiced against the zone defense. “They weren’t moving the bal!) enough,’’ Stalcup says of his} team. ‘‘We’ve worked against the zone. Matter of fact, Wis- consin used the zone against us.’’ Coincidence: Norm Stewart, Missouri high-point man against Nebraska last night with twenty- six, also got twenty-six against Wisconsin’s zone. Lane Moves Up on List. Oklahoma’s Les Lane has moved up to be No. 2 scorer over his collegiate career in the Big Seven tourney. night to boost his total to 138. | Top man in the list is Kansas’s| Clyde Lovellette, who roped 222 points in three tourneys. This is Lane’s third. Standing sixth in the list is Colorado’s Burdette Haldorson, whose twenty last night made his total 128. games, K-State has a 3-2 record to date, although the Wildcats have met a better class of oppo- sition that has the Lawrence team. California has_ lodt only once, in eight outings, a ‘double over-| time affair with College of the Pacific. Iowa State has a 4-1! record although again the Cy- AN MU, BREEZE! Nebraska Is Defeated, 75-58, in ’ First Round of Big Seven - Tournament. COLORADO IS UPSET BY:0. U, Sooners Need an Overtime Pe- riod for 73 to 71 Triumph Over the Buffaloes. Kansas Meets Iowa State at 8 o’Clock Tonight and K-State Plays California. By Ep GarIcH, (A Member of The Star’s Sports Staff.) The Missouri half of the top-rated tandem) made it through the first round of the Big Seven pre-season basketball tour- nament last night but co-| favored Colorado was sent out. Missouri bested willing but un- able Nebraska, 75 to 58, to go into the second round before 8,000 persons in Municipal audi- torium. In contrast to the faltering | Missouri-Nebraska game was| the hair-raising overtime thril- ler which. Oklahoma: took from Colorado, 73 to 71, to get the tournament starte /on an upset note. The first roun will be com- pleted tonight plays Iowa Statefat 8 o’clock and Kansas State plays ee Cali- fornia at 9? Keep Score Low at Start. Missouri had trouble only in the first half as Nebraska’s zone defense and some cold shooting on both sides kept the score low and about even, Missouri had the upper hand almost all the way but the biggest margin the Tigers could snare was the 6- point, 35-29 halftime edge, Norm, Stewart’s fourteen points in the first half paced M. U. while nineteen of Nebraska’s twenty-| nine in the twenty minutes were) notched by Gary Renzelman. Big Bob Reiter, M. U. center, started hitting his sweeping hook in the second half and, with the help of Med Park and Lionel Smith, pushed M,. U. into a 52- 37 lead in eight minutes of play in the second stanza. The big- gest stretch came early when the Tigers hit ten points while Nebraska was going scoreless. From that deficit the Huskers never recovered. The gap grew to twenty points later on and Coach Sparky Stal- cup started sending in the re- serves in profusion. _ Stewart hit twenty-six points, most of them outside over the Nebraska zone, to lead _ the Tigers in their scoring. Renzel- man’s*. nineteen lead _ the Huskers. Huskers Are Cold. Nebraska battled a cold shoot- ing streak throughout and coupled it with a good many errors. Missouri, too, had trouble locating the basket in the first half, hitting only 29.5 per cent, (Nebraska had 26.9) but the. Tigers got better aim in the second half to hit over-all 32.9 percentage. The Huskers wound up with 31.4 per cent. Stalcup used fourteen men in the game, all but one of those suited up, Coach Jerry Bush of Nebraska, once he saw the sad handwriting on the wall, also used his. reserves, sending in thirteen men. It was. Missouri’s fifth victory in seven starts. MISSOURI—75. NEBRASKA—58. managed to run up a. 5-point lead in the first half and then a 6-point bulge in the second}: half only to have the Sooners outhustle and outshoot them. | Colorado led by 37-35 at the half but Oklahoma tied as the second heat started. Then the lead changed hands ten times as the teams battled for su- premacy. Oklahoma broke on top with a 52-48 lead. Then Colo- | rado took over 55-54 as George} Hannah, replacement for the} Buffs’ Burdette Haldorson, who} sat out the last thirteen min-| utes of the second half nursing four personals, pumped in a tip shot. Four more times the lead changed sides but Colorado took a 65-59 lead with seven minutes to go. But Peck and Lynn.Hart pow- ered the Sooners. back into the game with a 7-point burst and Lane tied it at 68 with 3:48 to go. Stall Too Long. Then the Sooners, with 3:23 left, put it in the freezer. For three minutes they held, then took a time out with twenty- three seconds left. Again they stalled, then Lane drove for the bucket but he had waited too long, the buzzer sounded before he cut loose. Lane darted in to take the tip- off starting the overtime. Peck drove but was called on steps. €olorado’s Yardley shot and! missed. Then came .Lane’s hit! for a 70-68 OKlahoma lead. Man- field got one free throw for the Buffs. Oklahoma started a stall, but was forced into a bad pass and Colorado took over, only to lose the ball out of bounds. Hart missed two free shots for Okla- homa, then Peck got one of two} won it. , Jeangerard got twenty-three for Colorado, high for the team.| Haldorson came in as the over-| time started but fouled out in al F 2 0 ' G GFT bet tcavensens 2 9 3/Ekwall ......... 41 0 0 2 1/C. Smith 2.000. 1 minute and a half. He hit-twen- ichards .....0 0 O|Doeble ....i...0°0 0 eichert .... 2 0 4/Fagler wee Boc1 1 3 1)Boich 0 0 0 » 0 1 4/Renzelman ... 5 9 3 0 RP ROY: of osees ceases 270 4.0 008 0 Matzke bay 0 0 O!Bue @ (0 0.2 4 3 0 Palkas ve ck OO s see O O 3!/Wells er OO a Stewart ......10 6 4|Coufal . prow ao Ronsitks...5.138, -O4: 21GIpsOn: cissinss. 012 Fowler ws... 0 0 —_-—— Totals ........16 26 18 Totals .......25 25 23 Half-time score—Missouri 35, Nebraska 29. ty points. Oklahoma goaled a huge 46.5 percentage from the field to 32.9 for Colorado. Colorado ‘outre- bounded: the winners, 55 to 38, but couldn’t match the hustle and shooting, This was Oklahoma’s first vic- tory of the season after four pmith 2. Doebles 3, vagien, Renzelman,|Sttaight losses, Roy 2, Matzke 3, Coufal 2, Missouri—Park,| COLORADO—71. 73. Reichert, Rust 2, Blackman, Reiter 2, Smith. GFT F FT F Jimmy Peck’s leaping goal yen cet eee 2-5 with three seconds of the over- Jeangerard $7.2 7 3 time left gave Oklahoma its|faMeon: & & 2 at ae upset victory over Colorado in/annah -. 1 9 OlLan 2S 4 the first game of the tourna yanstield 0 2 1/Hamilton Lo 8 6 6 ment. Mowbray... 5 2 1) Totals s...25 2319 It was Oklahoma’ S second] ‘totals .....93 25 22) deep freeze which paid off. The}, Halftime “score: “Colorado 37, Okla- Sooners had waited too long in erek, throws missed: Colorado—Cotfman, the regulation time when they|fsa®32" iin eaneios, Haldorson gee a held the. ballyfor three minutes and twenty-three seconds only to make their move too late to break a 68-all tie. © But the overtime freeze chilled the Buffaloes, favored with Missouri in both the tour- nament and the conference road lying ahead. _ Lane Pushes One In. Les‘Lane, who hit thirty-one points for the Sooners, got them an early lead in the overtime with his swishing push shot. Then three free shots were missed by the Sooners as they failed to ice the game. Colorado’s Bob Jeangerard hit Colérado’s only goal of the over- time with twenty-nine seconds left to tie it at 71-all. Oklahoma took the ball down- court, stalled until six seconds remained, then Lane broke in, passed to Peck and Peck san to goal the winner. Oklahoma, outmanned under the board, fought Colorado fe- rociously throughout. The Buffs Muller 7, Lane 2, Peck, j Records of Big 7 TEAM RECORDS TO DATE. Key: H—Home game. V—Game away. N—Neutral court. *Overtime. “peas ale ed 52 Ore. State... +» 5ON 64 Oregon_..... . 52N 415°C. Or ie os ** 84H 64 St. Mary’s.... 51H ss Celorade Diet oan orado .... hic 65H : x. 44 if 46 California . 59V 62: O26. Lw kh, 65V 71 Oklahoma .... *73N oe STATE. 73 Carleton © .....csscce Aotias Ss iiesibeabseeces Tourney Teams. 70 Wyoming 81 easton 91 Indiana SS- Eas Bs Wsdensedeveceste (3 SDUIRA sakes GC GRICE cs Re OO GRICET ss cecdesssciieeettesse thevcsesuédauipsectece. ICEL : “MISSOURI 49 Illinois srereeseesreccessesacsnsseees TTV. seeeee OLY, 94H 56H 58H **84V Tp UNODIOSKA. kocig. os capeseteseskiticocancies DSN OKLAHOMA, : Baylor ... 86 Wisconsin ay Ra Ohio State 73 Colorado 61 ee ey 79 Memphis State . ' 58 = abhi stan Oeneecenee A K-STATE THREAT After an Early Slump the Wild- cats Revive in Time for Big Seven Tournament, JUNG, SMITH AS SPARKS The Purple Cagers Tie Into Cal-| ifornia for First Game | Tuesday Night. (PICTURE ON PAGE 2B.) (This is the last of a 8se- ries of analyses of team per- | sonnel of the clubs which will | participate in the annual Big | Seven conference tournament, | The 4-day affair opens tomor- row in Municipal Auditorium.) WILDCAT SCOREBOARD. Ler to date: W 3 sO Ui © 2 ’ Je A 81 Arizona 86; 70 -Wyoming 50: 81 Washington 74; 91 Indiana 74. Returning lettermen: (7)—Roger Craft, ec: Jerry Jung, c; Kent Poore, &; m Smith, eA R. Snyder, g; Dick Stone, ne f; ilson, -g-f. "4954 Big Seven. finish: Fourth (T), 5-7; all games: 11-10... é Previowke tournament finishes: 1946— third; 194%—first; 1948—fourth; 1949— third; 1950—first; 1951—third; _1952— first; 1953—fifth (W 18, DL if -E,= Git BO). First round opponent—California, 9:45 p. m, Tuesday. Two old-timers have jerked Kansas State so joltingly out of an early slump that the Wildcats will command a promin beam enting this year’s]. field as the guest team. i Saw Service at Frosh. — The veteran Wildcat one-two punch bears two familiar names, Jerry Jung, the 6-11 center from} Hutchinson, and Jim Smith, the rugged 6-3 forward out of Brai- nerd, Minn. Both played as freshmen in 1952 when yearlings were eligible under Korean war rules. Both have followed a rather frustrating pattern, too, several times lingering on the threshold of stardom without quite getting through the door. '. Off the basis of recent starts, they both have arrived at once. ‘Smith is traveling at a 15.4 scor- ing pace, eighth on the latest all- tournament personnel scoring lists for pre-meet action. But that is only part of the story., Since being handed a starting, role by Tex Winter in the last} three games he has averaged| 20.6. He made the most of his varsity debut in the 70-50 flog- ging of Wyoming with twenty- ‘three points. He followed with ‘twenty-seven in the 81-74 victory over Wyoming and twelve in Tuesday’s 91-74 shattering of In- diana’s proud Big Ten cham- pions. Not only that but he has| averaged twelve rebounds over) r that 3-game stretch. ae] ' Smith is. remindful’ of 1 ‘Harman, Purple all-American of ‘51. He is, in no sense nifty, but drives for the goal like a_tor- nado, and is exceptionally rugged around the boards as a’ jumper and tipper. Jung has joined Smith in pres- |sing Wildcat stock upward in the last two games. He bolted into prominence against Wash- ington, coming off the bench to ignite a fire midway in the first half when the Wildcats trailed by 14 points. He scored eight| of his 12-points in the final 10} minutes of that stanza to pull] the Purple close, 39-44, at inter-} mission. State hauled even at 44-44 two minutes into the sec- ond period when Smith drove for two layups and State was off} to an important victory. Handcuffs on Schlundt, — | The Hutchinson Giraffe reached his peak a few nights later against Indiana’s 6-10 all- American, Don Schlundt. Again coming off the bench in the sec- sion to State. Five times he blocked his rivals’ deadly hook,’ limiting the towering Hoosier to four paltry free throws. And he found time to score 13 points. jhimself, This is the sort of impetus the| |Cats have ridden to three conse-| cutive victories after a faltering| beginning which saw them bow} to Us -@. i. A..-57-86, and Ari-! zona, 81-86, in their opening two} ‘road games. This is the length| jof fire on which they seared] |Wyoming into its worst defeat of| ithe season and trounced Indiana} \14 points worse than did Mis- jsouri, the tournament favorite, earlier in the season. | Note please, that State accom- plished such feats without the services of their swiftest floor jman and best jumper, Gene (The Jet) Wilson, lately re-| (Continued on Page 2B.) THE KA» A -STATE THREAT (Continued from Page 1B.) turned from service. Wilson picked up a broken bone in his left hand and is expected to miss ‘the tournament, | With Smith and Jung off to their best seasons, along with Joe Powell, 6-7 unlettered jun- ior, who also has been assigned. a Starting forward berth, Kan-| sas State once again appears) formidalble. Winter now can| floor the conference’s best one- two pivot punch in Jung and Roger Craft, 6-7 senior, a_ nifty three-man backline and credit- able replacement strength at forward. Good From Far Out. -In Kent Poore and J. R. Snyder, Winter mounts the best long-range bombers in the cir- cuit, Both can swish from as far out as thirty-five feet off long sets . . . Snyder is a old- fashioned 2-hand shooter... and cut inside for goals, too. They also are fine ball-hawks on the front line of the defense and fine handlers in bringing the leather lint attack range. Both shared jtime with the departed Gene Stauffer in the backline last year ‘as sophomores. Pachin Vicens, Puerto Rican sophomore, is the No. 3 guard, cut -to. the same small (5-9), quick, dextrous mold. This trio will carry a 26.6 i erage against Cali- ne, 6-3 Winfield junior, the No, 3 forward, is another “When Wilson returns, Winter will have a solid forward stable of four men. Such is reminescent of Jack! Gardner’s old ‘10-man’’ teams} State isn’t quite to that stage yet, but its new found hustle and spirit in breaking out of that dis- Don’t be surprised if they show up in the finals even with Cal and Kansas blocking the way. ' BIG SEVEN TOURNAMEN INDIVIDUAL RECORDS. - Most points gene 8, Sherman Norten, ee = ; tanford, ae : ‘ Most points tournament—82, Lovel- lette, ee 1950. a die E Os oints career— is liette, Kansas, 494g SORT ee ove }_ Most field goals . game—15, Mayn |Johnson, Minnesota, vs. Colorado, 1950. |_ Most field goals tournament—37, Clyde | Lovellette, as, 1950. Most field goals career—93, lette, epee 1949, 1950 os son, Nebraska, 1951-52-53. Most fouls tournament—15, , Diercks, Iowa’ State, 1950. \ Most fouls career—37, Delmar Diercks, Towa State, 1950-51-52. abi ¥ , a G: npr collect, sports desk, daily capital, topeka, kane kansas citye.->« gary thompson, the little roland, ia. rocket , got out of a sick bed to marshall iowa state’ s. aS last half rglly over kansase " I've had an upset stomach all day ", he | omrneek: between the- pounds and-—josties of his giddy teammates. who had just suappua won their second opening-round game of dl 1- ; time while snapping a streak of 12 consecutive ee losses to the jayhawicse | oe | : | “ 4 rested and slept all day - the 5-10 crewout blond, continued, " but it didn't do any good. i vomited again just before the gam. * | thompson collared every one of his 1h points in ne Fine half » the last, four of which swung that spine-tingling ante decision. with the cyclones protecting a 78=77 lead with two minutes left, thompson whisked thru two free to forge a three- point pads with — 32 seconds remaining , ku once again had pulled within a@ point following two larry davenport charities. ska thompson again swished two perfect charities for an 82=79 bulge. had he missed any of the four , the jayhawks would have won. four ronnie johnson, a substitute forward, goaled at the buzzer on a recovery directly under the boards. asked to explain his first half blanking ty dallas dobbs and john parker, who switched continuously on the . little sophomore, thompson said sin AYeees..7 4 had che shots. 4 1595 (R-11-52) ane 7 WESTERN UNION |} PRESS MESSAGE DEAD LINE W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT TIME FILED aace missed lay-up and lay-up. " thompson didn't miss meny during the final 20 minutes. he banged thru four goals and added six free throws. fact is jayhawk bossman phog allen syseivedxbtnxws vhv Sum behing x tabbed him ag the difference. ee iw that boy would be great on any club “, the add Guan 229 180 ae ' 200 | california | «B&B 2k3x 219 — kansas) oe 2 ei nebraska ee eee Mare ave tks top ten tournament scorers: : PG Se PP TP chuek Aldea. 6, Lowa state a ee 15 lester lane, g oklahoma 25 17 7 67 norm stewart, f, missouri os 7. 63. bob jJeangerard,?, colorado el 7 29 gene elstun, f, sansas | 18 | ; 58 SESBxvx Ly) bob reiter,c, migsourt ae oes a med park, f, missourl 3 ay. 2D. 55 burdette haldorsn,¢, colo. 16 21. 9 53 # bob uckoen, Cy calif. 21 Dy ee Be gary thompson,g, iowa ‘state a 8 8 L.6 - played in only two games voumanent dribbles: there was no all -tournament team selected bis vOary but here is the oklahoman-times choices: mod park, f, missouri; norm stewart, fy: missouri} chuck dunean, Cy. Lowa svate; lester liane, gy oxlahoma, and gary Lhomp son» ee iowa state. estes missourd forward med park wrought the meet 's only new individual record when he canted 29 free} nrows. to burieas he 01d record of 26 set by Lowa state center delmar atercks m in 19524. .-outs lester ape missed axm a share of che tourney career free -hrow Kecdnd ihe he notched eee chree in his final apperanace.. he need four to overahaulnebrasia's bill johnson at 47 wees most phenominal field goal Perec. age Sarteveved Cy @ regular here was the 56 ca'ded by missouri forwa:d nora stewart on 23 goals in just 1 shots over the Pfu ‘tourney routes ‘don pierce WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE MARSHALL » PRESIDENT npr collect, sports desk, daily oklahoman, okla, city,okla. kansas city, dec.29... oklahoma's dribbling davidgs dauntedxntusouriv svpekkekhsvxekixthexway xt ay ghey WEB XX nyxexvuvdnevdux vAbutanswarncmuiexiand vxxv peitsdxxv stung missouri's goliaths with backline buckshot thru the full 40 minutes here thursdgy before going down, 87-95, in the umsx semifinals of the %& ninth annual big sever tournament drawing a terrific Sl-point boradside from their soloing gu. rds, jiswsy peck and lester lane, bruce drake's nignte nubbins scrapped out of 8 l-point early in the first half to pul. within one point of the tourney favorites on three different ogcagions a thru the frantic final stanza. the third of these single-digit deficits was written with 11:30 remaining before the tigers put the cap on their fiercely fighting foe on a late salvo by bob reiterm 649 center. and to lay-ups out of a stall by guard gary filbert. kansas state, first round conquerirs of _ealiornia, and iowa state, upset-winners over kansas, were meeting in the second semf inal game to fill the berg$h opposite the tigers in thursday night's final. a sellout throng of seas 10,000 manici pal auditorium fans watched both matchese more 1595 (R-11-52) saz) WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE DEAD LINE W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT PM TIME FILED second add daily oklahoman, okla. city, oklas lane fired home 27 points... « hitting nine of 25 shots for the sacar for 36 percent«.+s and adding nine free throws, while peck was collect ing 2k on a — shooting mean of 8 for 20, plus asmany charitiese a missouri never could halt shess this devvice duo ena their Leping yighthanders, but reiter matviwed vkenex out- distanced lane with 29 points and drew £#nex balanced aide from med park with 18, filbert with 14, and norm stewart with 19 too the. tigers dominated the backboards, dep ite ou's furious battling, snaring 54 7 reboundsagainst hl for the soonerss : tiger boss sparky stalcup kept his veterans on the firing lire almost all the way, using only eight menx with stegert going all the way. drake shuffled. 10 players in and out with tie tireless lane going the fili hOe more 1595 (R-11-52) aut 1 WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE DEAD LINE W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT TIME FILED third add daily oklahoman, okla. city,okla. it was reiter, who stumbled thru a bad first half with only four Ena, who yanked the tigers out of danger a ersonal with am amN% spree when ou pressed doumx within one point for the third and final time, at 61-62. ) 7 filbert canned two free throws to erect a Yivekopedut spread, then » with il minutes left, reiter took commands by nailing ae of ma! s next 12 pointse | when he finished the bengals were riding on top, Tyn05 with 6:12 to go. stewart stretched this cushion to 11 a moment later on two free throws and the redshirts never wave able 3 to pull closer than five points Shevavtors thereaf ter. , twice when the sooners pressured within seven points ‘n the last four minutes, Se broke away for clean erips out of the delay pattern. ‘ran hart, lane, peBkyvx and peck drew help from walt abbey and gam thompson in hauling the oklahomans back from that Lyspoint burial under which missouri held them with only two minutes gone in the last half. with ou trailing, 38525 hart gov the surge & under way with two free throwse thompson k£sx husvx followed with a hook, and, after stewart jumped from the baseline, lane and abbey : hocked-up three consecutive charities. | park got two ,oints back with a shark righti from inside the freethrow line, but peck and abbey followed with quick buckets and it was 49=56 with 45499vx only hshl gonés | ” lane then drew the noose to ene points with two charities and a short righthander 1595 (R-11=52) ~==="5 WESTERN UNION PM __J} PRESS MESSAGE DEAD LINE - W. 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MARSHALL, PRESIDENT TAME: FARBCED 222 of third add lane then drew the noose withx to three points with swovebavivivavanivx four consecutive free throws and peck stole from red reichert at the top of the circle to witvl all the way forva to draw ou within one length at 55-56. oe stewart retaliated with two gift flips, but the irrepressible lane bsenked a set-up off a fast -break soxvavuritavx to press at 57058, | m ; reiter hit a laup, but peck wa rippled a runing right-hander on ou's next possesa on to again forge that one-point deficit, ab $9060. ae - «axgseivandxy filbert's two-hand set and two free throws , cancelled a hart tip-in just before reiter grabbed the scoring torch to pull the tigers out of ranges uncomforéable though it WaSe don pierce . corrections in second graph m&e it ... to all vi thin one point of the tourney favorites on four different occasions «....instead three « < in third graph make it ase the fourth of these sigleedigit deficits,.., instead third . don pierce 1595 (R-11-52) _su= WESTERN UNION _ PRESS MESSAGE DEAD LINE W. 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MARSHALL, PRESIDENT PM TERME E IckeD npr collect, sports desk, daily oklahoman, okla. city,okla. seconl night lead. kill fourth graph ,.beginoing «..«.- kansas state, first round conquerorse.... | and sube..-. oe ‘ oS kansas state joined the tigers in thursday night's finals, by subduing hard~trying but frigid 1owa ‘state, 70-60, in the second semifinal battle of the night. this x set up the first wildcat-tiger finale in the history of the meet ~ sending the kansans after their fourth meet championship; missouri m@ on the trail of its second. oklahoma will meet iowa state tmx for third place in thursday's skishvmax opening night games kansas meets nebraska at 3 2 Pelle for seventh placej colorado and ealifornia at Dems for fifth « , pick up fifth gmph , beginninge...-» lane fived tone 27 points « | then add at bottom of first night lead: iowa state ran into no=-basket periods of seven minutes in the first half and five in the secomi to fall before the wildecats, after reaching the semifinals for the second tine in tourney annals, | overall, the cyclones, torrid am in> upending kansas , tuesday, could hit only 32-percent agatmsxx from the field while canning barely half tpir free throws at 20 fax of BEX 396 . meanwhile , jerry jung, the cata’ 6-11 giraffe, again came off the bench to level a knockout wallop of 16 points to open two leads of 1) points in the final half. pick up ap box : ; acu pierce 1595 (R-11-52) ~aue WESTERN UNION PM PRESS MESSAGE DEAD LINE W. 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MARSHALL, PRESIDENT TIME FILED pr collect, sports: dosk, daily olahoman , okt ae city,okla, at Kansas et cy sain aos BOeeee | with its soloing guards, lester po and jimay peck drop.ing to their lowest dual point production of the tournament «.. and de avecuta Of 38 ae sst oklahoma lost third lace to grcatly-improved towa stae here thursday, 6-71. | , Le alter averaging 29 . inte thru his first two couree 7 ‘starts, ‘heap fell to nity Shaveriaany his seasonal nadir , whi le the same number, peck was glemings most of this was due to a fine three-man picketing job from gary thompson, sywiwex the cyclones! prescious sophomore; xsaxvEx larry wetter, his veteran bagkline mate, and sub gua rd gerald suavuiexvx subrule) lane put up only 16 shots and peck 8 as coach bruce drake elected to play it conservatively against a taller stronger foe.-svavakivx overall tho séohers fired only 4.6 times from the floor against a@ barrage of ‘70 Sis abebe. ee ee this SvBUMMYyY aY xEX deominie policy paid off | for a waile as ou led at the half, 36-35, n the 3trength of:a 50- percent shooting average of 10 for 20, meanwhile the redshirt zone forced : state to plug from 25 and 30 feet, with’ the result that the oes trailed at. intermission despite svowsimex putting up 21 more shots _from the fleld, ¢ ou fga i hart 9, thomspon 6, muller ), lane ‘16, peck 8, , Hamilton 2, burr 1, total ké is fga: dekoster 9 , frahm 9, dunean lh, sham thompson 19, weiter 8, @ sandbulte 7, mofixviyx vogt h, total 70 more first add first night lead , sports des, dd ly oklahomm, okla, city, oklas — kansas state, three-time tournament champion and missourl, were meeting the finals in the night's concluding games colorado won fifth place from california,69-60, whbie vansaex defend ne chaiksios kanonk was edring nebraska, 69-66, for seventh in after- noon gamese : oklahoma lost its slender recess” esd. on Lowa state’ 2 first two possessi. ms of the seo nd petty when st an frabm | and thompson panied. and | could managem but one tie , thereafter, altho never trailing by more than nine and ones squeezing the noose as low as fours : | the cyclones went into a geniostsll £iwexvx sihtabaee Pein 5380 from the wire with a 60-51 lead, and despite : the fact they went five minutes of this stretch without a field : ‘goal they were ie maintain a confortable cushion:on a teread of nine free throws until thompson, who ticketed off valauble ‘seconds with his clever dribbling, went n for a ‘lay-up for the final eae of the Ente the roland, ia. blond carried off the game" 8 high point nee with 21, while chuck duncan, brawny oP center's was contributing 13 to pass lane in the sndividual Sournay p int rae, and fvahm was logging 136¢ | ; lyn hart, the semi-bald ittie fopsard, led ou with 18, hitting a perfect 10-for-10 at the free throw line thru the first half, | | pick up ap box » adding fga's for both elubs. | Tee | . don pierce 1595 (R-11-52) aus 4 WESTERN UNION AM ew PRESS MESSAGE W. 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MARSHALL, PRESIDENT eon DEAD LINE = “npr collect, sports desk, daily Oklahoman, okla. city,okla, “gecond night lead , kil. lead graph ; first night lead kansas an MOey dec, NOs. classy. missouri, playing almost aetéet basketball, seared kansas state into the planks of mmicipal auditorium , 89-71, here thursday night to capture the ninth annual big seven tournament before a sel out throng of 109500 fabs fans. ie: the tigers , shooting a torrid 52=percent from the field ; in the open ing hel f,xxuveomaverxx ‘ and 4] overall, never allowed it to become a conteste they led from the first 30 seconds. when pa forward med park banked a layup ; widened the breach to 10 ‘points in the first 10 minutes , then billowed away — $eax as far as 28 midway va the Tinat have before the reserves book: over for both clubse it was the widest finals defeat in tourney ht story, surpassing the 10 -point rosin by which. ! -engas handled ‘migsouri, 95665, in 1951s. rux?gax more ee : ee ERB I, pC first add second night lead, npr collect, sports desk, daily oklahoman ’ Ok] as city, oklas mu fga: park 1), reichert 5, reiter 17, xmmkxk smith te stewart ‘Lo, filbert ee denny e ross 1, blackman 2, kaestner, 03 _raham oO : : | ; : : ksxfz fea: Btone 7, powell ep craft 04 poore | lyomaypaen ac, adaris, iv, vicens lv, jung 10, flynn 4, schneider 3, bul Os spclartin Os bul. ook 1 | : | J with its soloing te: lester lane and. Sas ia drepping | ‘to choir lowest: dual point production of the. tournament eee an ar | cregate of Bis. oklahoma lost third place. ‘60 towa state, bh, * n the first game » ee : panic; WUE WIgxvightiy weds ng tightly under os boa: das. ‘Por very one: of Ais seven seven goals, led ea! s charge bt 2h points « e but hg drew ca: sable aid from x his Piensting ‘ange, norm stewart er Med 18; BB center bob reiter, 15, and wen red reteherty 12s" ~ ee wa 48 , fe state yxuBanwiniius veouiavx one reason for ne “ee Sécinede | Ue see huge total and sharp np rece see was chat they never had to poke oT | "from cutie, sombsteity did they unfurl their pattern. ae & aS state, weanwhile, h&kxx could hit only 2l-= . ‘from the: ftela to fall behind , 28-5, at “halftime, anid 1 bt raise icaecia its floor average to 30 over the entire routes. and while the wildeats wore mixungx misd ng 53 of their 76. icka: . bee mis url put up only ia reiter waspylitingx ‘policing the defensive board dor 13 reporegay’ “the agee high for both beams. : PRESS MESSAGE MARSHALL , PRESIDENT WESTERN UNION’ gis. eee y= rs ee ies: ge a | ‘second | aaa’ : ee nd atcns Load, aperts « ob oa ty oklahomen , eY 7 gta a Z re Siac aa se ok la, . & ottyy : OK Be “ Ly - - er es | : | Mangas suave, Playing without three injured forwards, oes smith, who suffered: a severe knee. injury in xask wednesday ' s seiifinal; gene wilson, out with a broken han dy and joe powell, Limi tod to five minutes because of a lame ankle, got most of its poi inte from center roger craft, who rang 19, and nugent adams , substitute forward, who collected 18, - os Sg it was ma's se@ nd title on three trips to | the f' hele Chay Adank: oxlahoma, UpelL2 in kiax 191.9. thvx vausvmurkadx xvsvatatsvx the victory also shut a «ansas tean out of the throne voum’ for ‘the first time in five yearse the loss was vkwstatatsx ruined Lixvt xegtate! 8 record of never har ing lost a £tnak championship match here. the vt lacats won in three puevicus crowns. | , Colorado won fifth place . from california, 69-60, while Kansee wee wrest ing ¢ seventh from nebraska, 69-66; in. consolation aiternoon gm ese I: plek up second graph, first night - lead m . begins ANBes-s atter averag ing 29 ointsess.. will 4th graph , first nicht lead, begin: ing eee kansas state, ‘thpeoetime . <<: in /th graph, beaimuxugx first night ‘lead, beginning e-+ the roland, la. blond,.. make ite... chuck duncan, brawny 6-5 center, was contributing 18 to win the - individual tvurnax tourney poled Hake from lane, and frahm was logging 136 .duncan finished with 75 points; lene, the defend ng xB scwring champ, 67. pierce — yi ~ == 4 WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT 1595 (R-11-52) Ja TIME FILED to ERE x t 2 SpE dps eae = — 7 EES Tes _, SEP Aa Ty aE big seven tournament preview , For the first time in five years neither of the Sunflower powers, KU, nor Sensas State , will be favored to carry off the Big Seven tournanat championship when conference squads converge on Kensas City's Municipel auditorium December 27 -30-6 Not that tle Jayhawkers and Wildcats, xvivxbevs0k& suuckesvx who lave sclit the last fou tourmy titles, will be soft touches. Kansas , in fact, went into the weekend series against Rice at Lawrence, uniefeated in two starts Kanses State was accorded a good chance of levelling its seasonsel mark at 22 against Washington in Manhatten Saturday nighte , , Te “ayhawks dismantled LSU, 83-58, in their first s aati then wrought a mild surprise by outlasting Tulsa, 75-66, in their second start. The “olden Hurricane had come into tat one unbeaten in four ganese K-State rebounded from road losses to UCLA ani Arizona with a 70°50 lathering of towering Wyoming in the Purple's first home starte But these are prdinary feats in the face of recent mo curd acheivemen ts. Tie Tigers, mounting the best team in Sparky, Staleup ‘3 Se-year tenure, absorbed a fearful 49-77 walloping “ the hands of Illinois in their cpemer, but since hav vailted high among the nation's elite. And for good reasone They knocked down Indiana, 65-60, two — after the clubbing at Urbana. They followed with a 97-94 win over Iowa's Big ten favorites at Cclupbiae This was garnished with a 6756 win over another Westem conference foe, Wisconsiny amd a Victory over Arkansas( fill inscore) thus mounting a 3x 4-1 level thru the early @ inge MU 4s riding sixth in the latest AP poll and ninth in the UPe Staleup' 8 club is built on solid veterans of * proven bril iences two of these, Bob “eiter 6-9 center, am Med Feil, 6-2, 201-pound forward, are playing tr foruth seasonse The other regulars 2222 are Norm Stewart, strapping 6-4 junior who rmked with Kmsas' Pallas Dobbs as the loop's finest sophomore last season; Red Richert, lettered juater, and Lionel smith, talented 6-14 sophomore, who man the bec lines | Previous to the Arkansas game Wednesday , Stewart, a ‘tethen Festi, ard 4 ichert were travelling among the top fifteen scorers ‘oft ourra ment entries... this includes California, the 1954 guest teame... thus gtving the Bengals more men in this select circle than any other clube Stewart tok a 1665 average into the Porker of &ir, good enough for fourth x place on tle composite listings. *eiter wa s tenth of a 1369 man; Pork and R@ichert tied for eleventh at 125+ This is an impressive listing. Furthermore, Staleup's teams always play stoutly on defense... they mve won four Big "even team defense titles since Saprky assumed comand in 1947.... mye and are wicked off the keakuoxdavx backboard 3 e | Col orado and Califor ia both are regarded as bett @ than the two Kensas schools too. How good both might be likely will be reflected tm fra andlysis of their weekend series at Berkeley. : MU and CU are clustered in the tourney's upper brecket which means, ofcourse, that only one of them can reach the fimals » Only one of tle Sunflower entries can mske tle king-row too, since the are grouped in the lower brackets K-State meets Sal in the final first rouml geme Decanber 28 , and the Bears could make their mark right theres Could be they will Smitx eliminate both Kansas clubs. The Jayhawkers meet Iowa State in the first lower bracket gme ani will be fave ed to win tit one. Absence of a Sunflower champion or finalists will fumish a strange sight indeed. The ants ey hawks won last year and in '51, with State interspersing championships in 1952 ani 1950. "at is, the Yeys ani Cats have captured all but three of the previous eight titles $3333 between them. The Pur ple won in 1947. And Sensas has been thrige a PUNNereUpe This mears those two teems mave filled 50-percent of the finalists berths since tm meet's inception in 1946, and smred 63-percent of the championshipse 4ere are the past tournament winners and r nners-up: Team champion Year Chan pion Runner-up Ptse Ope Pts. 1946 SMU ( 49) Kensas ( 46) 152 135 1947 Kansas State ( 50) Oklahoma A & M (43) 161 133 1948 Q,lahema ( 62) Kensas (49) 163 1859 1949 Miss uri ( 44) Oklahoma ( 42) 153 139 1950 Kansas State (70) Mimesota( 62) 197 168 1951 Kansas ( 75) Missouri (65) 241. 209 1952 Kansas State (93) Kansas (87) 265 217 1953 Kansas (82) Oklahoma ( 735) 230 202 - 50 « big seve preview for ke s tar California Col orado Iowa State Kansa s Miss ouri Nebraska Nklahoma Kansas Stat e BIG SEVIN 1 URN AMEN T SCOREBOARD Team Stmdings -( Thru gies of Dec. 6 ) ‘ Pct o Pts e Op. Ptse W 2 © 1.0 116 102 2 © 1.00 153 112 1 pr*2T.o@ 78 60 1 ‘9° 4300p 83 58 1 1 ee 112 “137 0 i - ae 61 84 0 1 ope 64 80 0 2 / .dpo 172 138 . ) ‘ane Scores Califo rmia = 52 Oregon State 50; 64 Oregon 52 Coleraie = 88 BYU 663 65 BYU 46 Iowa State = 78 Carlton 60 Knmsas = 83 LSU 58 Kansas Stste = 57 ULA 863; 81 Arizona 86 Wissourd « 49 Tllineis 77; 63 Indiana 60 Nebraska - 61 Iowa @ #4 Oklahoma - 64 Saylor 80 This week s gcezutez schedule... @witx Dec. xKx10 College Pacific at.California; Dece 11 Ste “arys at “slifornia; Byadx Iewa “state at Bradley; South Dakota at “eraska; Coloraie A & M at Colerade; Wyoming at Kansas State; Iowa at Missouri 3 Wisconsin at Oklahoma 2222 So Mets eau continw's te hold thé spetlight: ©. this weele nd as Big "eye basi tball tears, plus California, this year's toumanat guest team, dive into their second flurry of pre-mect gamnese \ The Pigers , early favorites fer tle conference ail teourn ana t chanpiemetriy7- piey~ the ir third cons ecutive re Big | Len fe, Iowa, Saturday night in ‘Columbia 6 Sparky Staleup. s bend raised eyebrews in both their first ‘two outings, abserbing a 49-77 thumping at the hmds ef Diinois ‘last “at urday in Urbam , then rebounding with a 63-60 victery over Indiana a on tle Hooisers home courte Indiana is rated sixth in tle latest AP national poll 3; Iylimois 14the The de fest. at, Unran a wasn 't a surprise, but the enormity ef it wase The werd is tliat the "cee: Slay ed goa enough all -reund pasket= pall but simply ceuldn't get the ball threugh the ‘twinee They didn't registe afidd gal until nine meets deep in the fivel ported and shat aay be percent fer the nighte Wekrnxth Of © thet perfermance kieyx MU wasx scare@lywas sccerdeda victery chance at Bloomingten , altho regarded good enough te make it tight . Nebedy thought the Bengals’ inherent all -reund excel dlence would allow snother debacle. But they weren't prepared fer a vict ery on tle Hosiers' wmeflbor , one of the toughest spots in the lad fer visiting fivese BUT MU broke thm 11 ties md six lead exhanges fer the conquest. If they can blowdowm Iowa kitiex they certainly must be ac corded high «ranking in the national pells. The Hawkeyes currently are trew ling in fourth Haces They'll come inte Coku,bia unbeaten in three ganes. Nebraska was the lattest victim, 61-84, Monday. Iowa previously ren over Washington of Ste Louis, 80-61, ami Loyola of Chicago, 89-79. q Furt hermore, it is th Big Tea 8 rmking preeseasm favorite. 533535 Dlimois' wide triumpy over the “Tt gers was no less ene ee than UCLA's fearful, 86-57 whack ing of Ken sas State, Saturday ani Kensas ' unexpectedly easy iusiningvefxisdx 85-58 lashing ef LSU, Monday , in Lawrenc é. second UCLA is tle PCC's ghézd ranking favorite behind USC. snd, althe favered ever the Wildeats, were not expected te hmd the Kansans such a dw pbinge State hung clese to the Bruins only thru: the first six minutese LSU’ althe bereft of Bob Pett it, its All-American center, was rated even with Pinna which started feur sophomorese Moreover the Bayou Bengals were tente a by second-ranked Kentucky amityx¥6 only 16. points Saturday e KU's edge was 256 And Phog Allen used 19 mene Elsewhere t umament teams followed farm in their initial trial of the season. K-State ,nepexive dx rated behind only MU am Colerad in preseasm pregnestications, rega ined stature by playing Arizona tough at Tucson, Monday , befere fal ling, 81-86. The Wildcats ' lair is a noteriously rugged winning ground for teurists o The Wildcats cen weceittmv reclaim their iuiwrexiex Meanvhile Colerade and California were performing somewla t more impressi ful presseason rating by mocking down well-regarded Wyoming Saturday night in Men hattano Memwhile, Colo rai o ari California performed — scnewmt more impresdvely tan anticipateds The buffaloes, d ef ending conference c o-c Inmpions with Kansas, wimled BYU twice, at Boulder, 88-66, anil 65-46, an ag grega te spread of 41 points &a The Bears whipped Oregen State , 52-50, am Oregon, 64-52, both mm the read. The Beavers did not heve Swede Halbrook, their 7-3 cater who won't bee ligible util the gesne tre “o7huclan | C6 PQ: as ee PA wS3 44444 On anxeremex a per game-ave rege basis, Oklahoma's Lester “ame grabbed th pre -tour ra me nt scoring leal with a 23-peint fussilade in the 64-80 less te Soy Lor at Norman at urday e “ere is the way the top 15xpsimvx pointsniths line up at this writing: Nan e ‘ % Pons” Nem e eo Pos. Team Lester ene, ®k, Vklahoma Burdet te Halder son ,c ,Coterade Dallas Debbs, g, Kensas _Cimmck Duncan, c, Iowa State Bob Yeangerard,f, Coloraie Lerry Fried, f, Salifernia Rex Ekwall, ¢,,\ebr aska Bob Blake, f, “al ifornia Wetheohert yx Pv Hibs wsweix vevxvx Pxv xv Bvx KG X Gory Thompson, g>5 Iewa State lary Wetter, g, Iewa State Team Ve P82. - © ww @ Pachen Viems, g, Kansas State 2 Lyn Hert, f, kleahoma 1 Lary “amilton, g, Oklaimma a Gerald Sandbulte, g, Iowa State 1 Bob Heiter, c, Missourt Bob McKeen, c, California 2 2 1 1 FT A 2: 5 7 9 140 s 3 ..& 6.5 & ii 620 ii 7 3 8 ll %6 7 0 6 2 8 9 2 8 4 4 5 2 6 11 8 7 x PF TP PF TP 23 as 18 16 32 29 14 28 Poe o w We &!i ew 14 14 25 12 12 1 23 eo Oo BD h--B Dw. 5 25 Av AVo 25 20 22 0D 18.0 16.0 16.0 1425 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 12 25 12.0 12.0 12.0 1165 115 The eighth annual meet mf begins a four-day run in Municipal sn diteri um “ecomber 276 ise. } | “ * * wal atte we er oe oer Zz ee kL FINAL BOX SCORE Nebraska vs. South Dakota, Dec. 11, 195% eae A (CF FIC. 2Fr FTA TP RE -t 3 Py . ss x SCOT CR TORR - 2 —_ Le —~ cities + Bae ae OE | Conway, f