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Appealing to Phog

BY DON PIERCE
Special Correspondent
AN SAS CITY.—For once

Phog Allen’s analysis of

his basketball team’s victory
was no more pungent than the
time of day.

“Well we won’t have to play
in the afternoon anyhow.” He
only ‘half-kidded when asked
for his quick conclusions fol-
-lowing KU’s 79-62 thumping of

Colorado in the opening bout of

the 1953 Big Seven. teers
ment.

‘We've had experience witlt
those afternoon games and we
don’t like it,”~hé continued.

“We Aike to play ’em-~all at’

night over here.” eA Ege

What the -doctor’- meant
was that only first-round.
losers play matinee contests,
the consolation bracket. being
unravelled: all. the -way by

that method:

ers’ have -lost ‘only -01
first-round’ pla‘y, bowing’
48-58, to Kansas. State in” he
1949 affair.

“A couple of our regulars,
Born (B. H.) and Patterson
(Harold) were not up to par,
but some of our. sophomores
played well. Any game you
win,is a good game. Right now
I’m happy. I'll wait until to-
morrow to think of the bad
things.” a.

The - veteran Mt. Oread
wizard singled out three sopho-
mores for ‘shiny mention, guard
Dallas Dobbs .and forwards
Gary Padgett and Harold Mc-
_ Elroy. Dobbs whisked - two
successive 20-foot right-hand
sets early in the third period to
help demolish the Buffaloes’

sagging defense, and over-all |

collected 13 points, his seasonal
high. He used only nine shots

of ‘grasping KU’s

The J. hawk-: |

from. the field in scoring. six
goals.

This kind of outside shooting
from Dobbs, Al Kelley and.
Larry Davenport suddenly
broke upon a tight halftime

‘ fit, (85-27) to balloon the Jay-

hawks on top as much as 24
points with 1:56 remaining in
the third quarter. McElroy
notched five points, Padgett
seven. Both also flashed signs
complex
switching ‘defense.

“Some people already’ “are
telling me they’re “disappointed
in our club,” Allen fired a part-
ing shot. ‘What they’ve got“to
get accustomed to is the’ fact
we are no longer playing with
Dean Kelley and Gil Reich
(the departed guards who.
were the core of the Jayhawks’
half-court press last season).

said along we weren't -
z to be. as good without
em and it is proven every

time we play. Fans have got.

to. get used. to the. faet we're
playing with a new team.” = —
Nevertheless,, the. victory

- levelled KU’s record at 2-2 for

the season and . handed the
Hawkers their third ‘tourna-
ment victory... over Colordio
with no defeats. Seo The

ORN collected only . 42
points, his lowest output

of the year. He still is nursing
a lame ankle, but CU’s defense
spun a good job on him with

_ Burdette Haldorson, 6-7 center,

overplaying the lean © south-
paw’s .hand in co-ordination
with a sag from ‘the forward
and guard on Born’s right.2-
This left the Herd vulicraBe
from the outside and the Jay-
hawkers threw ringers from: 20
and 25 feet thruout the third
period to ice > the triumph, Be

es