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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Jan. 4, 1962
University Daily Kansan
SPORTS Hawkers Finish 5th in Tourney
A single point sent the University of Kansas basketball team into the losers bracket for the first time in several years in the annual Big Eight pre-season tourney in Kansas City Dec. 27, 28, 29, and 30.
The Hawks, on the short end of a 61-60 score in the opening round game with Oklahoma, made the most of their unfamiliar surroundings in the consolation pairings by winning two straight games and capturing the consolation title.
AFTER LOSING to the Sooners,
the Jayhawk cagers went on to down
Colorado, 75-66, and nudge Nebraska
69-68, in a consolation finals thriller.
The tourney's individual honor went to KU guard Jerry Gardner Gardner was the meet's leading scorer with 75 points and received "most outstanding player" recognition. Picking Gardner as the "most outstanding player" marked only the second time in the tourney's 16-year history that a guard has received the honor.
Gardner was KU's lone representative on the all-tourney quintet.
The Hawker guard tallied 25, 23,
and 27 points in tourney action.
NOLEN ELLISON, the second part of KU's standout guard tandem, tied for third place in the tourney scoring race with 59 points.
Kansas State, defending tourney and loop champion, retained its tourney crown. The Wildcats, led by center Mike Wrobleskis, fought to a 69-67 win over Iowa State in the finals.
In the consolation final, KU's win was due largely to the combined efforts of guards Gardner and Ellison.
Gardner contributed 27 points and Ellison had 26. The two guards sank all but one of KU's field goals in the second half.
THE TITLE WAS CINCHED when Ellison made two free throws in a one-and-one situation with 13 seconds remaining in the game.
The Cornhuskers, who meet the Hawks again Saturday in the conference inaugural, were paced by Tom Russell, Rex Swett, and Ivan Grupe. Russell had 23 points; Swett, 16; and Grupe, 14.
In their opening round tilt against Oklahoma, KU, behind by a point, had the ball in its possession with eight seconds remaining. After a time out, a 20-footer by Ellison missed the mark.
The first round consolation clash turned into a battle of the Kansas backcourt vs. the tall Colorado front line. The backcourt duo of Gardner and Ellison won the battle.
KU emerged with a nine-point margin and Gardner hit for 23 points and Ellison added 22.
Beam Team
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The other big sports stories of the year ranked as follows:
IM Bowling Comes To Close; Varsity Rolls
Roger Maris' breaking the major league home run record but failing to break Babe Ruth's record ranked as the top sports story in a poll conducted among writers and editors of the University Daily Kansas.
3. ERNIE DAVIS wins the Heisman trophy. This story was particularly appealing since Davis was the first Negro to win this most coveted of college football trophies. This was the only story other than the Maris story to receive a first place vote.
2. The Yankees win the pennant under their new manager Ralph Houk. After Casey Stengal left, many wondered if the Yanks could win in 1961. The Bronx Bombers gave them a resounding answer.
Bowling in the fall intramural leagues ends next week, according to Bascom Fearing, manager of Jay Bowl.
By Mike Miller
4. Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves wins his 300th major league game. Spahn's victory moved him into the very elite who have won that 300th game.
The additional excitement of Maris' battle with Mantle also gave appeal to the story. It garnered 253 of a possible 260 points, and it was ranked first on 12 of the 13 ballots.
5. Alabama is national football champion. The Crimson Tide finished the season the only major unbeaten team.
Plavoffs for the men's leagues are slated for Jan. 13 and 14. Women's leagues playoffs will be Jan. 13.
6. Yankees win the series. Although the series was not particularly exciting, the Yankees' team balance made it a good series.
7. Ty Cobb dies. The immortal Georgia Peach's death made headline news as well as many feature stories.
8. CINCINNATI beats Ohio State for NCAA basketball championship. Cincinnati's upset of favored Ohio State was one of the big basketball stories in years.
Maris' Home Run Named As Top Sports Story of Year
THE FIRST PLACE winner in each of the nine men's leagues and the three highest teams will compete in the finals.
9. American Basketball League formed. This erected a new major league in basketball. Although it does not yet measure up to the standard of the NBL, the ABL promises to raise in quality in the next few years.
Winners of the two women's leagues, plus the next two high teams, will bowl for the championship in that division:
House and independent trophies will be awarded. Individual awards will also be made.
Hember, the top KU bowler, has a 197 average for 45 games rolled in the varsity standings and a 204 average for six games in the KU national intercollegiate standings.
IN VARSITY BOWLING, the Jayhawk crew rolls against Colorado Monday in the Big Eight Postal League. KU is third in the loop standings and the Buffs are second.
Leading the Hawk keglers will be John Hember, Shawnee Mission sophomore. In the current league standings, Hember is second with a 216 average for 9 games.
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10. Frank Budd runs the 100-yard dash in 9.2. The Villanova speedster broke the old record of 9.3 held by many runners.
11. Warren Spahn throws second career no-hitter. Spahn had not thrown a no-hitter until last year. This second no-hitter in less than a year moved him up to a listing among the few pitchers who have thrown more than one career no-hitter.
12. PRO ATHLETES are drafted into the Army, Such football stars as Paul Hornung and Boyd Dowler and baseball stars as Tony Kubek left their teams to serve in the armed forces.
14. Phil Hill is the first American to win the European world racing championship. The Californian compiled the most total points in the Grand Prix circuit.
13. Gary Player beats Arnold Palmer in the Master's. The spunky little South African took advantage of Palmer's errors to ruin Palmer's bid to win the Master's three years in a row.
15. Ohio State faculty committee turns down Rose Bowl bid. The school's faculty voted not to let the team go to the Rose Bowl, thus letting Minnesota go for the second consecutive year.
16. A. J. FOYT wins Indianapolis 500. The young Texan took advantage of Eddie Sacks' car trouble in the final leg of the race to win the 500.
17. Wolfgang von Tripps is killed. The famous driver was killed in a racing accident at Monza in Italy.
18. Carry Back wins the first two of racing's triple crown. Carry Back won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness but was beaten in the Belmont Stakes.
19. Unbeaten Texas is upset by
TCU. Powerful, Texas, which had swarmed over its previous opponents, went down to rival TVU by a heartbreak breaking 6-0 score.
20. Floyd Patterson defends crown by knocking out Tom McNeely in four rounds. The heavy-weight champion knocked McNeely down six times before the young Bostonian finally was unable to get up.
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