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North and East Cager.

EAST MUST HOP
IF THEY ARE T0
LICK EL DORADO

Strong Wildcat Cagers See|}’

Chance of Overtaking the
Leading Newtons

El Dorado is hot after the lead in
the Ark Valley league, and will be
tough opposition tonight for the
East high Aces when the two teams
collide on the East playing floor.

East has had _ strong offense
through most of the season, and will
count on power to upset their touted
rivals

East has had an on-an-off season,
with most of their victories coming
when either Bill Ellis or Bill Jern-
igan, or both, were hitting the bas-
ket. When those two hot shots are
off, the East team suffers accord-
ingly.

Tonight they might win if both
play well. El Dorado has a rangy
team, complete with basket shoot-
ers, and fine guarding. They led
Newton much of the way in a recent
game between the two schools, and
now see a chance to overhaul the
. league.

They will be going full out to-
night, which means that the locals
must match them stride for stride
if they want to win.

HOPPE CERTAIN OF
AT LEAST A TIE

Has Won Fifteen. 1 Fiftees Out of Six-

teen Matches |

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—(UP)—Willie
Hoppe entered the: final round of
the world’s three-cushion billiard
tournament today certain of at least
a tie for the championship he has
defended through 16 ‘consecutive
matches.

Only his bopsent in the. final
match, Jake Schaefer of Chicago.
had a mathematical chance of tak-
ing ‘the winner’s share of the $20,000
prize money and even that chance
would depend on the outcome of a
run-off match. Hoppe, working on
a hurry-up schedule that has put
him on the schedule every night
since he returned to the table after
a severe attack of influenza, has
won 15 of his 16 matches. Schaefer
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SPY SERVICE — Thursday night
we drove to Newton to see Bethel
tangle with Kansas Wesleyan. The
game was interesting all the way,
but we used intermissions for a bit
ot spy work.

We searched for the secret and
now are prepared to tell local high
school officials what they should
do to build winning teams in their
institutions.

There was an admission to the
game, but it didn’t keep the kids
away. In all probability they pooled
their total resources to buy one
ticket, and that kid opened a side
door to let the others in.

But that’s guess work and be-
side the point. The main thing
was their action, and the fact that
every kid in town was on hand.

Like soldiers before a general,
the kids paid strict attention to all
detail during the playing time.
During time out and intermis- 4
sions, they played mock basket
ball, using a hat for the ball,
along the sidelines.

Kids old enough to. talk,y ‘called
rules infractions before t referce
could get his whistle to his mouth,
and one infant, not yet able to
talk, pointed and squirmed in his
mother’s lap when Bz player com-
mitted a foul. J
Social standing among youngsters

there depends entirely on their abil-
ity to toss baskets. At the age of
six, to amount /to anything at all,
a kid has to pe able to. hit eight
cut of ten shots from the center of
the court.

Newton isfhigh school basketball
ruts. Even the players on the Bethel
team weref making wagers on the
high school game tonight while they
dressed fdr their game. ~

The ingerest of the older folks,
who reserve their tickets during the
summer for the winter cage activity
helps greatly. But the fact that the
kids start learning the garne early,
andekegp at it for years, seems to
be the;biggest factor in the con-
tinued guccesses of their teams.

DIFFICULTY — Coaches here
who shout in loud terms about
their difficulty in coaching con-
ditions, would run a temperature
with the'situation faced by Coach
of Bethel.

 
 
  

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KANSAS-SHOCKER
TILT NOT SIGNED

Gebert Says Athletic De-
partment Not Contacted

Porter’s Can is owne

Kansas and Wichita university
may meet here again next year if
Dr. Allen is agreeable, but the game
has not been signed yet, and no one
in the athletic department at the
local school ask for or suggested
such a game, Al Gebert, director
of athletics, announced today.

“We have thought about the
basketball schedule for next year,”
Gebert said. “If we could come to
an agreement, we would like to
have the game again, but we haven’t
thought about it. No one in this
department has sé¢en Dr. Allen
since the night of the Kansas-
Wichita game.”

Supporters of both the Kansas
and Wichita team, however, are
highly in favor of a repeat per-
formance if such could -be. ar-
ranged.

Before ther.game could be as-
sured, the two schools would have
to make the arrangements, and
the arrangements would have to be
given the O. K. of the athletic com-
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