T. he Cowboys Are Coming

 

Coach F. C. “Phog” Allen’s Jay-
hawker basketbail team, easy win-
ner over the freshman squad last
week, will have all it can handle
in the form of Oklahoma A. and M.
in the season’s opener Tuesday,
Dec. 5, in Hoch auditorium.

Last year Kansas dropped two
games to the Cowboys at Stillwater,
and took the single return game
“here late in the season.
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Henry Iba, crafty skipper for the
Oklahomans, has another ‘power-
house coming’ up this year and
should prove one of the toughest
foes the Jayhawk cagers encounter
all season. Following is an A. and
M. dope story taken from the Daily
O’Collegian, student paper at Still-
water:

“For the coming season Iba has
some of the best material ever as-
sembled at a midland school. For-
mer all-state high school players
rom three states are among the
0 varsity candidates that include
eight lettermen, two squadmen and
10 sophomores.

“Except for one guard, Iba could
start the same team Tuesday night
that finished last year’s campaign.
Forwards Harvey Slade, senior, and
Gene Smelser, junior; Center Jess
Renick, senior and Guard Howard
Doyle, senior. are all back this year.

“However, Iba plans to use Ren-
ick, picked as a forward on the
All-Missouri Valley conference team
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guard berth. Slade, too, may be
shifted to a guard position.

“Other returning lettermen are:

Forwards Art Johnson, senior; and
Harvey Pate, junior; Center How-
ard Francis, junior; and Guard
Jack Hopkins, junior.
“No doubt some of the lettermen
will have to hustle to make Iba’s
club this season with so much fine
new talent available.

“Four six-foot, five-inch centers
are paced by Vernon Schwertfeger,
a junior college transfer from Dodge
City, Kan. Three sophomore pivot
men are Herb Kirchmeyer, Cushing;
Eugene Bell, Jay; and Herschel
Gray, Chickasha.

“Bidding hard for a forward po-
sition are four crackerjack sopho-
mores, L. J. Eggleston, J. T. New-
man, Charles Scheffel and Roy
Gardner. Eggleston is a former all-
Oklahoma high school forward who
averaged 21 points'a game for his
four year at Walters, Okla. New-
man counter 822 points for 40
games in his senior year at Wil-

 

 

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and Gardner were stars of strong
Enid and Ramona high school
teams. ;

' “Three sophomore guards include
Leroy Floyd, twice all-Kansas high
school guard from Argonia, Kan.;
Bud Milliken, all-Missouri high
school guard in his senior year at
St. ‘Joseph, Mo.; and Ralph Clovis
of El Reno. A junior. college trans-
fer at guard is Lee Ryser.” a

 

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