For Immediate Release

LAWRENCE, Kana, Tans .---Paging Sherlock Homnes, Perhaps the
master sbhouth can solve the mystery of how University of Kansas pasket-
ball players can be unbeatable at home and only half as good on the
road.

Possessors of a 22 game winning streak on their home floor, the
Jayhawks have been beaten three times in four games on foreign courts
this season.

Most amazing however is the record of the four seniors on the
squad. During their three years of competition, they have won 18 games:
on the home court without a loss.

On the road it has been an entirely different story, with the Jay-
hawks winning only 17 games and Yosineg 16 during the same period. The
four seniors involved are Howard Engleman, Bob Allen, John Kline and
Bill Hogben.

Playing on the home court has always been regarded as a big ad=
vantage, but seldom if ever has a record like this been compiled. Sur-
veys taken in an attcmpt to determine the advantage cnjoyed by the home
team usually place it at from 8 to 10 points.

This by no means complctely explains the Kansas situation, however,
as the Jayhawks play their home games on a gemi-foreign court. Whereas
the other Big Six tcams all practice on the same floors on which they
play their games, Kansas has a different sctup.

pr. F. GC. Allents team plays its ¢cames in the University auditoriux
Due to the various activitics which go on in the auditorium the Kansas
squad never is able to practice on the game court oftoncr than three
times a week, At timoe it is less than this.

Most wr the time the Jayhawks are practicing in Robinson gymnasium
When Kansas tangles with Iowa State Monday night, the K. U. players
will have had enix two practice sessions on the auditorium floor since’
they returned from their castern trip Friday, Jane Be

The players! mental attitude is Dr. Allen's explanation of the
difference in Kansas! play at home. "They are mentally at ease on the
home floor," the Jayhawk coach says» "The disturbing influences that
operate away from home do not prevail here."

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