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Another Angle —
By Parke Carroll
A Leg to Stand On

With neither truth nor justice one couldn’t say that the University |:
of Kansas. basketball squad today didn’t have a leg to stand on.|:
That in fact seemed to be the main difficulty. It had a leg to stand]:
os, oer one, and no more.

The attacking and inspirational force has suffered a
demountable knee and now the good word has gone forth
that K. U. is not likely to- succeed itself as Big Six con-
ference champion unless the knee Ralph Miller injured in
football gets well in a hurry. The Chanute, Kas., boy who
was labled by more than one competent critic as the “‘greatest
high school basketball player I ever saw,” played a few
minutes against Oklahome last Saturday night.

If there had been any doubt about his condition it was removed
as he labored up and down the floor, his knee protected by a heavy
brace. He was. just among those present. He couldn’t shift to play
defense, although he did loop in a long shot from about 30 feet to
lend support to the testimony of Coach Allen that ‘Miller is the man
to replace Fred Pralle.

There is a letterman on Mt. ‘Oread for virtually every position
‘and one or two spares. Judging by his work against Oklahoma,
‘Howard Engleman is a sophomore find, but the team lacks a leader.
Pralle was more than a rebound force and a scoring threat from any

place in the offensive end of the floor. He was the settling influ-
ence, the ignition system, the field general. Outside of Pralle, there
is more talent on the Jayhawker squad this winter than the one
which raced through the conference last year with the loss of only
a single game.