Kansas Shades
Sooners, 82-73,
hh Big 7 Finals

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 30—
Oklahoma’s fiery torpedoes fought
favored Kansas down to the last.
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Wednesday night before ing |
down, 73-82, in the finals of the
eighth Big Seven basketball tour-,
nament.

A capacity Municipal Auditorium |
crowd shouted and stomned
throughout every minute of final
‘half as’ the Sooners rallied from)
three | seven-point deficits to pull!
| within two, three, and four points |
‘of the Jayhawkers in the’ furious)
third quarter.

But this wave graduall,
away after climbing within three|
points nine minutes deep into the
third period as a stream of six
Sooners were waved to the bench
on fouls.

Waller Fouls Out

OU lost center Bob Waller only |

4:28 into the third quarter and was.

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fighting ‘strictly uphill from that
‘point.

Although elinging within five |
points until the fag end of the |
third stanza, Waller’s loss robbed |
the Sooners of a chance to exploit:

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