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|CONFERENCE ENDS MOST. OF
'NONLOOP PLAY WITH 12-19 MARK.

Colorado Is Kansas Foe, Missouri
Meets Iowa State Saturday—
Huskers Lose to Oregon
Again.

NONCONFERENCE STANDINGS,
(Through Games of fog img 22.)

Kansas State ...... 4
Towa State .......0 3
| Missouri _
Nebraska .
Kansas ....
Oklahoma
Colorado ;
Ending the major part of their
nonleague play with only a 12-19
record, Big Seven schools take
time out for Christmas before
starting a ‘‘pre-season’’ basket-
ball tournament among them-
‘selves and an invited guest. |
The 4-day tournament, start-|
ing Saturday, annually ‘signals|
the start of conference play. —
The Big Seven teams involved
in games last night split for one
victory and one loss, Nebraska
lost a tough one, 72-74, to Oregon
at Eugene, and Iowa State beat!-
Drake, 69-59, in Des Moines.
Nebraska had a 36-29 lead at
the half and continued to set the|}
pace until five minutes in the
final period when Oregon tied|!
the score 61-61. Oregon scored}}
again, but the Cornhuskers’ Ray|t
‘Hare managed again to tie it|!
up. A basket and free throw put
the Beavers ahead forg good.
Guard Fred Seger of Nébraska|'
was high for the ga@me with
twenty-three.
The. loss was e second
against Oregon for Nebraska;
| which now has aj/2-4 nonconfer-
lence reeord, |
| Substitute cegter Bill Dale and
\forward Carl Wan Cleave saved|}
ithe game foF Iowa State with
late baskets after the Cyclones
blew a 12-point lead in the third|!
quarter. Van Cleave was high}!
for Iowa State with eighteen.
Kansas meets Colorado in the
first round of the Big Seven
tournament at 8 o’clock Satur-
day. Iowa State plays Missouri
the same night. Monday, Kansas
State and Nebraska tangle at 8
o’clock and Oklahoma meets the
University of Washington at 9:45.
NEBRASKA—72. | | OREGON—74.
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Free throws missed: Nebraska—Fagler 2,
| Weber, Johnson 6, Seger, Smith, Renzelman
2 Oregon—Anderson 6, Hawes, Bell 5