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 ©

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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,
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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)

 

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