npr collect, sports desk, the times, okla. city,okla.

kansas sity,mo.,dec. 27ee~e now firmly established.
as tournament favorites, kansas state may make a more impressive debut
thursday nicht in its fits round thrust ag al nst oo did
oklahoma in upsetting stanford in wednesday's feature here « but the
wildeats won "+ .show any more scrap, havi sv saavresonves Luly x def tness
ata will thet did » bruce drakes, soonerse
| the purple pillagers from manhattan set sail for
their second successive big seven meet title at 8 Dele againva if they
win they'll move aya imei x opposite kansas in an upper bracket sen’ final
friday night. wissvurt and iowa state complete sri s le rere :
at 9°45 pem. ou gets the winner of this Ones
it is doubtful if any team will cause a bigger
stir in this year's four-day affair than did the redshi-ts in nudging the
he avily-favored indi ms iuxupinesviayts x Ii=7i. heart-stoppere stanford
not only was slated to win » just about as it chose, but was regarded as
the meet's best bet for a fimalist.
| thanks two sherman norton's two-record scoring ~
performance and stan grossman's four-goal passing in the last frantic six
minutes, the tournament newxisvwitioutvavx will see the guest team in
logers' bracket playe
the cardinals caine into the meet with an unblemished
8-ga x0 viet ory stresa&, ou came in bx somewhat bloody from three road

lacings at the hands of gone aby iowa and nyUe the drakas went to the post
hey had won only one of five starts uhtil their

suspséyenepngnt findérdogad cetnuce °
not only snapped ou'g. three=came
< the victory i ?
% losing streak, but it handed the conference a much need pretige hike

in ncaa circles. up to wednesday league clubs had lost 15 of 30 starts

against major Opposition ,