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Kansas Errors; St. Louis Takes Advantage for 79-65 Win
St. Louis University's Billikens took advantage of frequent Kansas errors early in the second half to increase a 12 point halftime margin to 31 points with 13:12 remaining to play and coasted to a 79-65 win over the Jayhawkers last night in Allen Field House.
THE UNDERDOG JAYS played most of the first half in what appeared to be a state of nervousness and the Billikens took advantage of KU errors to hold the lead throughout the game to post their second win of the season without a loss.
The winners applied severe defensive pressure on the Hawks during the first half and made their perimeter offense effective enough to pull away from KU late in the first stanza to take a 40-28 intermission lead which was the last time the Crimson and Blue were that close.
The defeat was the first for Kansas, having beaten Arkansas Friday.
The next action for Kansas will be against Southern California and UCLA on the West Coast Friday and Saturday nights respectively and Arizona State away next Monday.
SOPHOMORE CENTER Garry Garrison led the Billikens in victory with 17 points. The 220-pounder made almost all of his tallies at close range as he and the alert St. Louis guards were able to team up on well executed passes over the Kansas defense, the main factor in their building such a wide margin.
Kansas Coach Dick Harp explained after the game that the easy scores for Garrison on lay-ins were not necessarily the fault of the defensive center--usually John Matt. Harp said Matt was supposed to be playing in front of the Billikens' center.
With KU's backcourt pair of Nolen Ellison and Jerry Gardner coming on strong in the second half to score a total of 15 points apiece, the difference came under the basket.
RESERVE DUKE LEUCHTEfeld added four counters and Earl Dee seven to give the Billikens a 28 point total from their centers while KU got only three from its
'Bama Named As Top Team
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Sugar Bowl-bound Alabama, which closed out a perfect season last Saturday, today was crowned the nation's No. 1 major college football team for 1961 by the United Press International board of coaches.
The Crimson Tide, winner of 10 straight games without a loss, edged unbeaten but once-tied Ohio State for the national championship in the final balloting of the 35 leading coaches. Alabama received 18 first place votes, three more than the Buckeyes, for a total of 318 points. Ohio State drew 311 points in one of the tightest races ever for the national title.
ROLLING UP 287 POINTS while holding the opposition to 22. Alabama knocked off Georgia, Tulane, Vanderbilt, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Houston, Mississippi State, Richmond, Georgia Tech and Auburn.
Alabama will play Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day.
Louisiana State, which plays Colorado in the Orange Bowl, finished third in the voting, nipping Texas, headed for the Cotton Bowl, 239-237.
MISSISSIIPPI, BOUND FOR the Cotton Bowl against the Longhorns, was fifth; Minnesota, the 1960 champion which meets UCLA in the Rose Bowl, was sixth; Colorado seventh, Arkansas eighth; Michigan State ninth and Utah State, which engages Baylor in the Gotham Bowl, ranked 10th to round out the nation's select group.
Purdue and Missouri finished in a tie for 11th place to head the "second 10." Following in order were Georgia Tech, Duke, Kansas, Syracuse, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Miami (Fla.) and Penn State.
post men. Sub Buddy Vance got these.
Starter Matt and reserve Jay Roberts were both held scoreless by their taller opponents.
Although the Jayhawkers were completely out-manned along the front lines, St. Louis was able to outbreound them only 48-41.
THE MAIN REASON for KU's respectable showing off the boards was, like in the Arkansas win, the inspired play of 6-1 forward Jim Dumas. He finished with seven caroms to lead KU.
Garrison and Tom Kieffer with nine and eight rebounds apiece were the leaders for St. Louis.
Dumas was the outstanding player of the game as he poured through 18 points, 14 in the second half, did a fine job on the boards and held the highly regarded Tom Kieffer to a mere nine points
DESPITE BEING BEHIND 31 points midway in the second half, the Jayhawkers rose with a determined effort to steadily hack away at the St. Louis margin.
This fine effort by KU was spurred on by an enthusiastic crowd of 4,000 fans who, along with the players, seemed unbelieving of the score. Both fans and players gave it their all as the Hawkers returned to the form which had led them to their easy win over Arkansas.
Coach Harp said he was real
pleased with the fight which his squad displayed during its futile surge and also made special comment on the tremendous support from the students.
"WE PUT OURSELVES out of the game," said Harp. "Giving awave those easy baskets at the end of the first half is what really hurt. I don't want to take anything away from St. Louis, but had we played within ourselves during the first half, we would not have fallen so far behind."
Kansas' Next Foe Beats Kentucky
Jim Dumas
"He's a real All America," said Rupp after Rudometkin led the Trojans to a 79-77 triumph over his Wildcats last night. "Nobody could handle him. He even looked good warming up."
By United Press International
It may be a barren year for Baron Adolph Rupp at Kentucky but the veteran Wildcat basketball coach is full of praise for Southern California's John Rudometkin.
By United Press International
Rudometkin, a 6-6 senior made second team All America last season and has his eyes on a first team berth this season. He scored 29 points against Kentucky, including a clutch field goal to help the eighth-ranked Trojans pick up their second triumph in three starts.
By "playing within themselves," Harp was referring to the forced play of his squad while St. Louis took advantage to move to its margin.
KU continually tried to make passes and take shots which were not conducive to what a coach might call "smart basketball" and that was all that was necessary to allow the nationally ranked visitors the chance for their win.
Rudometkin's two-pointer and a free throw by Bernie Ashby in the closing seconds pulled out the win as the 12th-ranked Wildcats passed up many opportunities to score.
KU's drive in the second half showed that the Hawkers, in the words of their coach, "are a long ways from giving up."
KU faces Southern California Friday night.
The only discouraging thing about the fired up play of KU in the final 13 minutes was that St. Louis Coach John Bennington played his entire second unit and resorted to replacing one of his starters only once.
Kansas (65)
Box score:
Tuesday. December 5, 1961 University Daily Kansan
| | FG | FT | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Dumas | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| Sparks | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Gardner | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Ellison | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| Matt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gibson | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Totals 22 21 65
St. Louis (79)
| | FG | FT | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Nordmann | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Kieffer | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Garrison | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Harris | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| Latovich | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Reid | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Book | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Strange | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dee | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| S. Leuchtefeld | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Leuchtefeld | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Totals 34 11 79
NEW YORK — (UPI)—Defending national champion Ohio State opened defense of its title today as the first weekly leader in the United Press International board of coaches ratings.
Hoop Ratings Topped by OSU
The high-scoring Buckeyes, upset by Cincinnati in the NCAA finals last season, were the top pick of 26 of the 35-man UPI rating board in the first of this season's ratings. However, the bearcats, who were picked for the top spot by eight coaches, were second on 25 other ballots to rank a close second behind Ohio State—341 points to 320.
There was a close fight for third place in the first weekly ratings between Wake Forest, Providence and Kansas State, with the third spot going to the Deacons by just two points as Providence and Kansas State tied for fourth. Duke was fifth, followed by Purdue, Southern California, Arizona State and West Virginia to round out the top 10.
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The Kansas Jayhawker's indoor track hopes were jolted seriously yesterday by a diagnosis that star polevaulter Jack Stevens has pneumonia.
Stevens started working out last week after laying out four or five weeks because of illness. He will not be confined to bed, but doctors say he may do no strenuous exercise.
Stevens will be out for an indefinite period of time.
"About all they will let me do is hold my paleontology book while I study." said Stevens iokingly.
"I have no idea when I'll be able to start work again," he said.
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