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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Jan. 5. 1962
League Action Starts Here Tomorrow Night
Kansas, boosting and depending upon what is probably the finest backcourt combination in the Middle West, opens its chase for the Big Eight championship tomorrow night at 7:30 in Allen Field House as the Nebraska Cornhuskers open the league schedule for Coach Dick Harp's Jayhawkers.
THE HAWKERS, now possessing an improved 4-6 season record will be relying upon their exciting brand of scrapy, hustling basketball and the outside shooting of Jerry Gardner and Nolen Ellison as they attempt to show darkhorse possibilities in the conference race.
The Crimson and Blue handed Coach Jerry Bush's quintet its seventh loss of the season in the consolation round of the Big Eight Tournament in Kansas City, 69-68, last month.
Gardner and Ellison, combining for 55 points in the tourney victory over the Cornhuskers, will be the main weapon against what is considered the finest team under Bush who is in his eighth campaign at Nebraska.
GARDNER AND ELLISON lead the KU scoring with 21.9 and 18.3 points per game averages.
The other starters for Kansas will be Loye Sparks (6.3) and Jim Dumas (8.9) at the forwards and John Matt (6.3) who hit his season peak in the loss to Oklahoma with 15 courtes at center.
Center Tom Russell will be the Husker floor leader. He is averaging 15.1 points per game and tops the Huskers in rebounding and field goal percentage.
BEATEN BY KANASS STATE.
60-48, in the opening round at Kansas City, the Huskers edged Oklahoma State, 52-51, then bad Kansas down by 10 in each half before the Jayhawkers pulled it out on Ellison's two late free throws.
Two of Nebraska's pre-tourney defeats were one-pointers to Wyoming and California. They sacked SMU, 63-60, in an early December upset. They also beat Notre Dame and Ohio while losing to Wichita, Air Force, and Stanford.
Overall, the Kansas guards are carrying 59 per cent of the club's scoring load. This feat can be more clearly brought into focus when it is noted that Wayne Hightower and Bill Bridges, both all-conference selections a year ago, carried 49 per cent.
**OFF THIS COMPARISON, it is probable the Gardner-Ellison load is a trifle too weighty to produce consistent success. That's what Coach Harp is talking about when he says, "It is impossible that Jerry and Nolen carry the scoring load forever. They must have help."
"Kansas can be real tough if its guards hold up, but I don't see how they can," Coach Bush said. "Our boys, Charlie Jones and Chuck Sladovnick, played them about as good as anyone could and they still scored well. Many times Jones and Sladovnick would get a hand on the ball and it would still go in," the Nebraska mentor added.
Bush indicated he would probably start Russell (6-7) at center with Ivan Grupe (6-5) and Shadovnick (6-4) at the forwards and Jones (6-5) and either Daryl Petsch (6-5) or Rex Swett (6-1) at the guards.
PETSCH PLAYED only one game at Kansas City after suffering a seige of the flu. He lost 12 pounds
Hadl. McClinton. Basham Selected
but has regained the weight and should be ready to go tomorrow night.
Bush sent his cagers through two workouts Wednesday in preparation for the Jayhawks. He praised Grupe for his play in the tourney and on the western road trip.
"Ivan is one of the most improve players on the squad. He has come a long way since last season." Grupe is third in Nebraska scoring with a nine point per game average and is second in rebounds.
The number two scorer for the scarlet is Swett with 11.1 points per contest.
KU WILL BE TRYING for its second home win of the season, having won on local hardwoods only in the season opener against Arkansas. The Jayhawkers have since lost to St. Louis and St. John's here.
Nebraska, undefeated at home, has won only once on the road, that against O-State at Kansas City.
John Haddl, Curtis McClinton and Elvin Basham have recently been selected to the first team all-opponent squad selected by the Nebraska Cornhuskers who fell to the Jawhakers. 32-0.
Tomorrow's game will be the final home contest of the semester with only road games against Kansas State next Wednesday night and Missouri next Saturday night remaining before the examination break.
end Jerry Hillebrand and center Walt Klinker of Colorado and end Corrad Hitchcock of Rocky Mountain and guard Brad Henley of Missouri were clear-cut choices.
KU center Kent Staab and end Benny Boydston made the second team.
Although there were no unanimous choices, the selection of Hadl,
The next home appearance for the Jayhawkers will be Feb. 5 with Missouri.
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The KU Sports Network will again carry the play-by-play broadcast of tomorrow's game and it can be heard over KANU (Lawrence) and KJAY (Topeka) in this area.
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Kansas City had more tight squeaks than a television western hero last night, but the Steers came out triumphant when all the shooting was over.
First of all, the Steers almost did not show up for their game since the plane was held up at Los Angeles by bad weather.
Chicago argued that the twopointer came after the contest ended, but the timekeeper said no and the Steers were awarded the 94-93 win.
THE STEERS then watched a 13-point lead evaporate in the fourth quarter against Chicago, but pulled out the win as Bill Bridges hit a basket at the final buzzer.
collected 26 points for the losers.
Although the Jets kept two games behind the Steers, they are fast running out of time. The first-half play ends Jan. 10.
Nick Mantis had 20 for the winners and Sobie 23 for Chicago as a turn-away crowd of 9,172 watched the frantic action.
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES STAYED in second place in the American Basketball League's Western Division with a 107-104 victory over the New York Tapers.
Big Bill Spivey hit 9 of 11 field goal tries and 7-for-7 free throws for 25 points.
PITTSBURGH MOVED a half-game ahead of idle Cleveland in the Eastern Division chase with a come-from-behind 104-101 defeat of Hawaii.
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Phil Rolls added 26 tallies, including a trio of three-point baskets. Frank Burgess and Dick Brott both hit 20 for the losers, who slumped down to a 12-24 mark after the loss.
Again, it was the superlative Connie Hawkins who was the difference. He scored six points in the key fourth quarter surge that put the Rens ahead and totaled 29 points for the evening.
Bridges Brings KC Steers Win
Sy Blye and Roger Kaiser each
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