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Wir: MARSHALL. PRESIDENT

 

kansas citysmoe,doce o8i. & anford and iowa state

inpavetiog the wildest battle in bigvsex the six year history of the
big seven basketball tournment here friday, the indians Pee
in svuertinex bus vauromix alosers' bracket overtime affair.

this lSeminute landlside toppled records on every
side as the two clubs ripped out of their sta ting blocks from the
Speinkvie —— to put up 203 shots from the field and notch 76
roalse

buthvpviutsxtataisvetp the contest was :

both teams eclipsed kansas state's one-day old single=

game point mark of &9;vavuexx 87, erected xusvxm thuraday night against
nebraska. the combined total of 205 bettered by 51 points sy k-state-
nebraska Lhepoint markx two-team single game mark.

these figures were etched under the auspicious of
rule experimentation with the free throw, which gave the ball to
the offanded team out of bounds after successful charities. but
the two raceshorse quintets didn't need much helps stanford hit 38 percent
of its 109 tries; state 1.0 xx percent of its Ih.

kuavx both clubs notched several important 3-point
bunuses off this scheme, but stanford actually won by taking advatange
of the rule in another mamers. with gyvaviuxfivx all gratis flips mandatory
under the sp experiment, dave epperson,6-6 subs titute cardinal center,

of in the regulation time

broke an iowa state stall in the last 17 seconis by the simple method
na of bear-hugging iowa state's jerry davis and the balle

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with the eight players scored in double ficures

with the e cyelones' george hess and jim stange showing the way at 27e