UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS -- LAWRENCE-KANSAS

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W. A. DILL, Director fee ee HORACE MASON, Sports Editor

Sports News
For Immediate Release

LAWRENCE ,Kan., March .---The dean of basketball coaches
in the Unigded States,Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, of the University of
Kensas, added his 22nd conference championship in 28 years of egaching
to the record this season.

Dr. Allen, who has been in the coaching game since 1908,
piloted an unimpressive group of candidates to 18 victories against 2
defeats this year. Kansas won its last nine games.

The Jayhawks started the season with only one two-letter-
man, five men who had lettered once and some untested sophomores. In
their opening game tie varsity berely nosed out the freshmen, 44-40.

At that however, the Jayhawis looked better against the
strong freshman team than they dia in their next few games. Early in
the season it was very evident that only one member of the team hed
enough ability to deserve the ranking of "ster" and that was Fred Pralle.
twice an all-Big Six guard.

Fans were doubtful,however, that any one player could
carry a team to a Big Six championship. Around Pralle Dr. Allen built
a team which turned the trick. Even at the end of the season there was
no set five, but instead three or four regulars with frequent substi-
tutions at the other positions.

As the season progressed two sophomores, Dick Harp and
Don Ebling, developed under Dr. Allen's hand to the point where pre=
dictions of greatness in the next two years were made for them.

Ebling's brother Ray was an all-American forward at K.U.,
graduating in 1936. Don is not as big as Ray, but is a better long
shot and floor man. He is one of the hardest workers on the squad.

The greatest difficulty wes finding e runnin, mete for
Ebling at forward and the men who alternated at this position included
George Golay, Bruce Reid, Lyman Corlis, and Loren Florell. .oley was
the best scoreF,Reid the best passer and Corlis the best mixture.

Dr. Allen greduated from Independence, Io. high school and

fron the University of Kansas in 1907. Hc has been head basketball
coach at Kansas since 1920.

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