‘Eastern Claim
‘To Cage Fame!

KANSAS CITY, MO~—(UP)—
Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen,
| basketball coach at the Univer-
sity of Kansas, reiterated his |
belief that the game belongs to
| the West.

| In a belligerent challenge, ne

_ said: “If those half-baked little

. Eastern teams would like to
come out here, we will prove it
to them.”

Allen, whose teams have domi-_
nated Big Six play for many
_years, said he would even take |

' over the promotional end, if he
‘could get some top. Eastern |
i teams to compete. He = said:

“Every year our teams have

gone East and played those boys |
on their own courts with East-
ern officials and we’ve beaten

them repeatedly.”

Allen added:. “In the East,
the officials let the game de-
generate into -a rough-house

; brawl where anything goes. Out-
here, they keep the game clean
and won’t put up with all this

\.body contact business.”