' 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-|

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