Not a single team will cane into the meet unbeatens
As a metter of fact, only Kaneas State at 4-1, and Iowa State at 2-1,
owned winning records through ganes of December 19. Colorado was winless
in four starts through the same date.

Opponents are hoping fora Kansas g defensive sag this
: year, after one and a half seasons of being subjected to the most
merderous defy mes picketing the cenference ever has seene In losing
bo Tulane and LSU and beating Tulsa, <hx ‘suaetere wees seaee’ Bh ight
resembl@mce to the dread &p Porcupine Patrol of <i vxpaety Bx last season.
Chief reasm is lose of the two most stinging quills, guards Déan Kelley,
amd Gil Reiche

Dallas Dobts, “artleville, Oklae sophomore, is a fine

prospect a&txameax as one replacement. But it wil! be a while before he
aehekvesxthyx approaches the covering statis establis bed by the 1952
amil953 personrele Meanwhile, the Kansans stil) are searching for a
capa ble fi fth mane : |

Kansas State, meanmhile, is striving to reel «in the
slimek caused by Dick Knostman's loss mith by employing wie tee .
in eech sterte Yerry Jung, 6-11 Hutchinson prodwt, opened at the pivot
but since has given way to Roger Craft, sinewy 6-7 Garden CityeneBoth
are splitting time with Jim Frary, 6-7 sophomore. :

“ere is the picture of tmt situation in the scoring
columne This trio is averaging 14.4 points per game, exactly seven
fewer than Knostman notched last -year, and 962 points below his
komnum Memtx 1952 tourmnanet average of 23e6- Normal improvenent by

any two cf the three, however, could make the position solid.