for Sooner Athletes in Service, Febs. 15, 1945....... page 2.

HCENT DECORATIONS, ETC....To 2nd Lt. Jonathan Sharp(track '42) the Air Medal, two
battle stars, a cluster, presidential Citation for outstanding performance on Dl,

2 and 3 and for our work in Italy....Maj. Novel S.Yood(football 1938-40) the Dis-
tinguished Flying.Cross with one Oak Leaf cluster and an air medal with four clus-
ters for his wotk in the Pacific...eLte Thelton Wright(track and football '42) a
commendation from Lt. Gen. A.AsVandorgrift, commandant of the US Marine Corps, for
risking his life to save a fellow marine officer from drowning....Lt, “arry Fender
(our 13-2 polc-vaulter) is receiving troatment froma hospital in inglend SPOR
woinds of head and legs sustained in Germany....Lt. Glenn P.Bradloy was wounded
slightly Doc. 9 in Gormany..eeClare Moreford(football 1942) has been commissioned

a 2nd looey in Marines at Quantico....Lt. Ira Monroe(baseball) is the papa of a baby
daughter born last June(we're a little late on this one)....Capt. “arshall Word
(tussler) is the papa of a baby son born in December..,.Lt. Matt Zoliner(basketball)
is the papa of a new son born in November....We know births and decorations are
achievements the average guy is bashful about making known, but please tell us

about each ether's anyhow.

INDOOR TRACK +s.Ransas won a dual indoor meet at Lawrence Feb. 10, 62-41....Okla-
homa firsts were: Laddie Jarp, Fairview freshman, won the 60 in 6.6s, Homer Spark-
man, our football blocking back whom Jake is building into a runner, won the 880
in 2:13, Clarence Vicklund won the mile and 2-mile in 4:51 and 10:42 and our relay
team of Red Day, Bill Sylvester, Jack Coe and Joe Richardson won...sTimes of other
events :JJackson, Kansas, won 440 in 57, NW. Jackson, Kansas, won tg hurdles races
.in 7.5 and 8.2s, Rouse and Sargent, “ansas, won high jump at 5- 82: 3 Leigh, Dansas, :
won broad jump in 20- 4, Morrow, _ansas, won pole vault at lift. ’ whe Sauer, “ansas,
won shot at 43-35....4ake's team Ys not only green but also crippled because three
of his best boys are a shade under the Navy's scholastic requirements and can't
even work outs

BASKETBALL. ..eNorman Navy Zooms. 45, Oklahoma 32...,at Navy drill hall Feb. 2....
They had too much speed for us and did some nice driving for goals...,Clint Herron
was their star with seven field baskets....Jack Landon, our guard; bottled up their
scoring ace, Bob Cook, former Wisconsin star, who had made nine buckets against the
Norman Navy Sky jackets.«..Landon held Cook to three points, made 12 himsslf..e
Howard Brinegar, our 6-1 center, hawked the rebounds.,..Okiahoma 49, Kansas State
35.0>This was the only team that had beaten us in ee 2

 

 

the Big Six(KS 55,.0kla. 54:at Manhattan, Kens. Jan. CKLAHOMA

2)....Bruce had their boys charted this time and : 77 ot. or.
distributed his defense accordingly....For example, Lindenberg, f 10-0 3,
Dave Weatherbey, their 6-4 forward who beat us at Hines, f 44-8 1
Manhattan, got only one goal off Landon who scored Buelow, f Bb 4-6 4
11 points himself..,..Incidently, this Landon boy .- Whitehouse, f 00-0 0
is playing some great basketball....Buelow, suffer- Fowler, f 00-0 0°
ing from a touch of ptomaine, played in only short Brineger. c -O a2 2
stretches but was the coolest shot-maker on the Kilvinge, ¢ (00-0 0
floor(see box to’ right)....Five times he drove down Landon, ¢ 5 id. 6
their big middle, galloping with the dribble, and Whaley, g 22-3 1
laid the ball up one-handed running(left hand at Krouse, ¢ O 2-5 &
that)....sHe looked paler than ever(His nickname is Dollarhide, g 0O O0-2 O
"Spook" and Hal’ Middlesworth, sports editor of the tobe llseceacae Uf ROeee te

Daily Oklahoman, says he looks like he does his road

work in a pool hall) but he is playing some fine basketball....It was 12-3 once

in the first half, 27-16 at the half and 41-25 once in last half...eansas State
has their best team in years....After they lost ts they held the Norman Navy Sky-
jackets to a 59-50 win....We lead Big Six 5 wins, 1 loss, “ansas 4-2(Nebraska upset
them 59-45 at Lincoln Saturday), Iowa State 3-2, Kansas State 3-3 etc....ile play
Kansas at Lawrence(ouch!) Feb. 13, Iowa State at Ames(also ouch!) Feb. 17, Aggies
at Stillwater(triple ouch!) Feb. 22, Iowa State at OC Feb. 24, Long Island U. at
Madison Sq. G Feb. 28, LaSalle at Philadelphia March 3, Missouri at Columbia Mch. 5