pig seven tournazent preview
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Any basketball coach still will welcome a 6-9 pigot-
manzvauk vx when he goes after the Big Seven t ournament title. But the
little guys are going to havea lot to say about what team captures the
ninth annual meet, which opens a fouredey run Monday in Kansas
City's Municl pal auditor iume

“act is the ever-increasing fleet of little men
in the midlands’ cireult is threatening to swing much of the spotlight
away from tle ‘towering denizens of the keyholes Okla homa' s Lester lene,
a nifty 5-10 , 170-pouni guard, could have signalled this tremi last year
when he won tle toumament scoring championship on 64 pointse In so doing
he mwhkyx outdist anced Kansas All-American B.H. Born, 6=93 Burdet te oe
dors Of, Colorado's 6-7 center who lat@ won tke conference sonwiugvx point
scepter; Bob *eiter, Mis sourt' s 6-8 — artis t; Nebraska’ @ Bill
Johnson, &m&x 6-7 , and “ansa 8 State, 8 prace of Roger Craft, 6-7, ami
Jerry Jung, 6elle
For seven years previously a pivot-men... none of
whith steod less then @vlvx 6-46... hal won the individual tournament
scoring crowne
Lane , ami his steblemte, the 5-9 , 155-ppund Jimmy
Peck, typify the backlines tit most sfxtiex conference teams now have
in operations Iowa Srete will come in with a pair of comparative midgets in
; ary Thompson, 5-10, ami Larry Wetter, 5-10. Kansas wktivmex is mounting
Dallas Yobts, Sell, ani Jom ‘arker, 5-11, in its backline. Colorado
floors on whey slit ghly out of the midget class at 6-0, am Tom
ony cold, S-lle Kansas State alternates three ; lient Poore, 5-83 JeR. Snyder,
5-10}, and Pachin Vicens, 5-9+ Nebraska ,s reg lars are Duane Buel, 5-10, wi
ami Billy Wells, S-lle |
Only Missouri, and California, this m year's guest desis

will