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University Daily Kausan Monday. January 15, 1962
Kansas Plays Poorly But Defeats Missouri
Bv Steve Clark
Kansas and Missouri both made numerous mechanical errors but the Jayhawkers shot a torrid 45.6 percentage from the field and sloppily defeated the Tigers 65-54 at Columbia Saturday night before 3,200 fans, their largest crowd of the year.
The ball was consistently loose on the court and changing hands. Both teams double-dribbled, traveled, had the ball stolen, and lost rebounds underneath the basket. The ball changed hands and ends
Dumas Cites Kansas Fans
"Everyone from Kansas is here," said forward Jim Dumas in the dressing room after KU's game with Missouri Saturday night.
This reporter informed him that there were only about 10 KU students in Columbia for the game.
"IS THAT ALL?" Dumas asked.
"It seemed to me like there were a lot more."
"The cheerleaders were even here tonight," said Dumas to Loye Sparks.
"Yea, I saw them," Sparks replied
"It REALLY FEELS GOOD to see some KU students come over for the game." Dumas said. "It makes you feel like someone cares. You can get beat on the boards all night, but if you know there are some KU students that are pulling for you and really care, it makes it worthwhile."
The Kansas dressing room was filled with conversation, but nevertheless, a quiet air prevailed. There were several groups of players talking among themselves.
Coach Dick Harp had Jerry Gardner over in a corner. The pair were serious much of the time, but every once in awhile they would start laughing.
Nolen Ellison who hit his career high in scoring with 28 points was dressing quietly by himself. Ellison played the entire ball game as he has every game this year, and seemed content just to rest.
HE WAS ASKED about KU's not slowing the ball game down in the final minutes of play instead of continuing to play "run and shoot" basketball.
"We're not a slow-down ball club." Ellison replied. "We like to go out and run and shoot with a team. If we can't run and shoot with a team then we don't deserve to beat them We're just not the kind of team to play slow ball."
The first half of the KU-MU game was almost entirely a slowed-down, control game. Not until late in the first half did KU open up the game.
"I THINK THE REASON the game went so slowly was that both teams were tense." Ellison continued. "Each was trying to feel the other out and as a result, the game was slowed down. I don't believe Missouri wanted a slowed-down ball game either, but that was the way it started out and it was hard to get away from it."
Meanwhile in the Missouri dressing room, there was a locked door. On it read, "Coaches' Locker Room." Behind the door was MU coach Sparky Stalcup. He didn't come out.
The people that had waited a half-hour to see him, slowly drifted away. Each had in his own mind, how a coach feels after his team loses.
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of the court so often that the game seemed more like a "ping pong" contest than that of basketball.
THE FOOTING WAS even hard to keep. In the opening moments of play MU's Phil Doughty was running down court and for some unknown reason, slipped and fell about midcourt. The game was delayed while the MU trainer treated Doughty. Moments later even the referee lost his footing.
The turning point of the game for Kansas was in the last minute-and-a-half of play in the first half. Kansas and Missouri, after playing a control ball game to that point, were tied 27-27.
NOLEN ELLISON, who was the game's high scorer with a career-high of 28 points, tied the game 27-27 when he rebounded Jerry Gardner's shot, and hit from underneath the basket.
The Jayhawkers then burst into a six-point spree while holding Missouri scoreleer to "twist the Tiger's tail" and hold a 33-27 halftime edge.
KU brought the ball down court and set up their offense. Ellison saw Dumas unattended beneath the bucket and fired a high pass to him. Dumas scored all in one motion. He caught the pass and tipped it into the basket at the peak of his jump giving the Jayhawkers a two point margin.
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Jim Dumas, who tied with Ellison as KU's top rebounder with nine, gave Kansas possession when he blocked a Tiger player's shot.
Lee Flachsbarth followed with another defensive gem when he took the ball out of the Missouri center's hands. He fired downcourt to fast-breaking Gardner who laid the ball in with 38 seconds to play.
MISSOURI BROUGHT the ball downcourt but lost control. Loye Sparks picked up the ball and fired to Gardner, who again led a fast break down the court to score with 15 seconds remaining.
Kansas controlled the opening tip in the second half and Gardner connected on a long jump shot to start the Jayhawkers rolling. The Tigers never threatened in the second half and at one point went six and a half minutes without scoring a field goal.
It was Ellison who was a big factor in the Javhawker's victory. The junior guard started the Jays rolling in the opening moments of play by scoring eight of the Hawkers first nine points.
He led a Jayhawker barrage in the second half scoring nine consecutive points while Kansas built up a 13 point lead over the Tigers.
ELLISON PLAYED "steady" basketball. He scored, he rebounded, and did not make the mechanical errors that plagued the other nine men on the court.
Gardner recovered from his subpar scoring performance of seven points at Kansas State and scored eight field goals and two free throws for 18 points.
Gardner's ball handling, however, like at Kansas State, was erratic. The senior guard hurt the Jayhawkers at many crucial points in the game with bad passes. Early in the second half his bad passes lost Kansas the control of the ball three consecutive times.
Gardner did come up with one sensational play and that was late in the second half when he led a Kansas fast break and whipped a behind his back 15-foot pass to Harry Gibson in the corner who hit on a long jumper.
BOTH COACHIES substituted freely throughout the game. Coach Dick Harp shuffled Dumas, Harry Gibson, who started the game even though he has a bad knee injury, Buddy Vance.
Nolen Ellison
Flachsbarth and Sparks in and out of the game trying to find a combination that would click.
Missouri coach Sparky Stalcup tried to find a center who could do the job but was without success. Steve Wyostek, who did not plan to compete in basketball this year but was, so to speak, "drafted" into competing, started the game. Malery Bass and Gary Dye were both given shots at the position, but were unsuccessful.
Finally, Stalcup inserted a forward, Lyle Houston, into the post position, and he finished third high in scoring for the Tigers with nine points.
The win moved the Jayhawkers out of the Big Eight cellar and left the Tigers occupying last place by itself. Kansas now has a 1-2 conference record and is 5-8 overall in season play. The loss left Missouri with an 0-3 conference record and a 6-8 season slate.
Right halfback Curtis McClinton overcame Forrest Griffith, the great fullback of the 1948 Orange Bowl club, and placed fourth on the all-time rushing list at 1414. McClinton thus secured a station behind Charlie Hoag (1914), Homer Floyd (1954), and Ray Evans (1931). McClinton's seasonal net of 553 also is the seventh-best onslaught in Kansas history.
McClinton Fourth in Rushing
BOSTON — (UFI) — Fitcher Don Schwall of the Red Sox, the American League's 1961 Rookie-of-the-Year, was a star basketball player at the University of Oklahoma.
Shines Again
By Bill Sheldon
A year ago last November Kansas defeated Missouri at Columbia in football and the Tiger supporters retaliated by attacking the KU band and causing several fights in the stands.
A year ago last December Kansas lost the Big Eight football championship to Missouri at the conference meeting in Kansas City. At that time there were frequent and caustic comments made by the KU fans about the probability of Missouri forcing the relinquishment of the title and also the action which had been taken by the NCAA.
A YEAR AGO this month the caustic comments were turned into boos and derogatory remarks at the basketball game here.
A year ago next month the Kansas basketball team was involved in what can probably be called the worst fight in conference history as members of both squads scuffed on the court and the Missouri students swarmed to the court to aid in punishing the KU players.
Last October there was an unsuccessful attempt by some leading Kansas students to reach a definite agreement with the Missouri leaders concerning relations between the two schools.
LAST NOVEMBER Missouri came to Lawrence and won in football but the only incident was the fans crowding about the goal posts to see the dogs stationed there to discourage roudiness
Last Saturday night Brewer Field House the scene of last year's debacle of deportment, harbored the best show of friendship between the two schools in at least a full year and probably a great deal longer.
The Kansas players were not spit upon as last year, there were no names emanating from the stands insulting the Kansas Negroes, there was no debris flung onto the court aimed at the Crimson clad players, there were no clenched fists, and the only boos were on very rare occasions at the referees over a disputed call. Even Missouri Coach Sparky Alcunup failed to rant and rave and tread the sidelines berating the KU team.
All in all, it was a very calm night. Maybe a little national television could have spiced things up some.
MANY PEOPLE FELT that much of the problem created last year at Columbia was the presence of several Negroes on the Kansas squad. There were no comments of any fashion about the two Negroes on the Kansas squad Saturday. And, much to this writer's amazement, after the Missouri band had burst forth at half time with the inspiring chords of "Dixie," a Negro baton twirler entertained the crowd and was tremendously well received and applauded more than the Tiger team.
At this time a year ago there was considerable talk among some of the Kansas players about never returning to Brewer Field House to play.
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It appears at present that most of the past animosities between the student bodies of the two schools have been covered over and forgotten. This is not to say that another incident in the near future, somewhat of the scope of those of the past 14 months, is not possible. If this were to happen, the progress which appears to have been made will be wiped out and the threats of fights and the necessity of "peace pacts" will come forth once again.
There was even some discussion, on the administrative level, of a discontinuance of athletic relations between the two schools if the situation existing at that time grew any further out of proportion.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS no soft spot in this writer's heart for the University of Missouri, any of its people or anything it stands for, it was a pleasure to be able to go to Columbia this past weekend and never have the feeling there would be an outbreak similar to those of the past. It is especially satisfying to know that the students of the schools have retired their bad feelings to the backs of their minds and have set favorable examples for each other at the last two athletic engagements.
The Missouri basketball team comes to Lawrence the night of Feb. 5 which is the Monday on which classes start for next semester. It was proven Saturday that Coach Harp's team is superior to their Missouri counterpart. Certainly there is no reason why a student led student body from Kansas cannot prove itself, once more, capable of conduct equal to or better than that shown by the Missouri students Saturday, which was a fine example,
CHICAGO —(UPI)— Tippy Dye, University of Nebraska Athletic Director, said recently Wyoming coach Bob Devaney remained his only choice for the Nebraska football coaching post.
"The decision rests with the University of Wyoming athletic board." Dye said. "The board meets the first week in February and at that time will consider whether to release Devaney from his Wyoming contract."
Bob Devaney Is Top NU Prospect
Dye said he conferred with Devaney at the National Collegiate Athletic Association meeting here, but "everything remains status quo."
Devaney still has four years left on a five year contract at Wyoming
on a five year contract at Wyoming. "At this time I am considering no other football coaching candidate for Nebraska." Dye said.
You can't help wondering how the Big Ten keeps all its dirty line covered up—because you know it's there.—Bill Mayer
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