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University Daily Kansan Monday, Dec. 4, 1961
Hawkers' Team Play Holds Off Arkansas,85-74
"It's great to have a team back again," said Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe to pleased Coach Dick Harp after KU's easy 85-74 win over Arkansas in Allen Field House Friday.
This comment well summarizes the play of the Jayhawkers, and the Razorbacks for that matter.
BOTH SQUADS UTILIZED their pattern offenses for the majority of their scores. This made for a well played opening game in which the visitors were never actually out of contention although Kansas led from the first tally.
Arkansas depended upon picking around the top of the free throw circle, with the guards and forwards coming around for 12-15 foot jump shots.
COUNTED ON BY COACH HARP for most of the KU scoring, guards Jerry Gardner and Nolen Ellison came through with their expected beautiful ball-handling, clever play-calling, and hustling defense to keep the Hogs from the lead.
Gardner had one of the best nights of his career in all departments and established a personal high in college with 26 points while Ellison supported him with 20 counters.
"THAT'S THE GREATEST win we've had since I've been here," said Gardner following the game.
"We worked real well together But, it was those guys on the backboards who won the game for us," continued Gardner.
KU's rebounding forces were led by junior forwards Jim Dumas who topped all bounders in grabbing 13 caroms.
Not only was the 6-1 hustler devastating on the boards but he pumped through 15 points to help give the Kansas offense good balance.
PROBABLY THE GREATEST weakness of the Jayhawkers was their obvious lack of depth. This was best shown during the second half when starting center John Matt was forced to ride the bench for all but four minutes.
Matt picked up his fourth foul quickly after intermission and watched for 11 minutes as KU floundered somewhat.
While the surprising 6-7 junior was on the bench, KU fell from a 47-36 lead to a slim 64-60 margin.
Matt made his fifth violation with 4:32 remaining after KU had increased its lead by five points.
KU PULLED AWAY in the final minutes as Arkansas began to get sloppy, accounting for the final score.
KU's reserves scored only one basket, by sophomore Harry Gibson, who did a creditable job in relief of Love Sparks who got 10.
The two big surprises for Coach Harp and the small but appreciative and loud crowd of 4,500 were the spirited play of the determined Dumas and the scoring ability of Matt.
Matt, the biggest question mark for Kansas at this point slid through 12 points from many spots around the pivot to get the KU offense going in the first half.
"I hope John gets some confidence from this game. He did a fine job," said a not over-joyed Harp after the opener.
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The Kansas Jayhawkers, sporting a starting lineup in which each man scored in double figures in the opening contest, meets the nationally-ranked St. Louis Billikens at 7:30 tonight in Allen Field House.
The Billikens opened their season in St. Louis Saturday night winning easily, 70-42, over South Dakota State.
COACH JOHN BENNINGTON'S crew will have a height advantage over the Jayhawkers on the front line. The Bills will have men 6-8, 6-7, and 6-3 at the center and forward positions.
Expected to lead St. Louis this year is Garry Garrison, 6-8 center and the only sophomore in the starting lineup. Two years ago he was one of the most sought-after schoolboys in America.
Garrison has been bothered by an ankle injury the past few days.
"WE HAD X-RAYS TAKEN but they didn't show anything serious," Bennington said. "The doctor was just angry that Garrison didn't tell anybody he hurt the ankle. But that's just the kind of boy he is. He's tough and he wants to play."
Rounding out the Billiken lineup are Bill Nordman, 6-7, and Tommy Kieffer, 6-3, both forwards, and Dave Harris, 6-1, and George Latinovitch, 5-11, both guards.
KIEFFER AS A JUNIOR hit 355 total points for an 11.2 average. He was all conference and is an All America candidate this year.
If Garrison is unable to play, Nordman will move to center and
Boston Celtics Win Without Cousy
By United Press International
Boston has news for the rest of the National Basketball Association even without Bob Cousy the Celtics can whip the best in a league test.
The Celtics, led by Bill Russell's 23 points, defeated the Cincinnati Royals, 119-96, Sunday night in the only NBA action. Cousy, who suffered a knee injury in Chicago last Friday, did not make the trip to Cincinnati.
letterman Donnell Reid will play forward.
Boston ran its season's record to 16-3 by holding sophomore sensation Oscar Robertson in check for the first 18 minutes. The big "O" couldn't be contained forever, however, and wound up as the game's high man with 28 points.
Assistant Coach Sonny Means scouted the Kansas-Arkansas game here Friday.
Sam Jones hit for 18 Celtic points and Tom Heinsohn contributed 17 more as seven Boston players made up for Cousy's absence by scoring in double figures.
Syracuse plays at Los Angeles in tonight's only NBA game.
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MEANS SAID THAT it was too early to tell but that he thought the Bills would have a pretty good team. Their main problem as far as the conference is concerned is the fact that the other schools are so greatly improved, he said.
Discussing KU's performance, he said, "I am favorably impressed with the KU ball club. They did a fine job considering what they lost (Wayne Hightower, Bill Bridges, Allen Corrall, Ralph Heyward, Dee Ketchum and Butch Ellison).
"They battled hard all the way, hit the boards hard and played aggressive defense.
"GARDNER AND ELLISON are two great guards," Means said. "They are as good guards as anyone could find anywhere."
Means said St. Louis had a good pair of guards in Harris and Latinovitch. He added that there might be quite a battle waged between the two team's back lines.
"KU's front line complements its back line," he said. Means cited Jim Dumas, 6-1 forward from Topeka, for outstanding play. "He jumps like a kid 6-5. He did a real good job of rebounding." Dumas led both teams Friday night in rebounding with 13.
THE ST. LOUIS COACH had nothing but praise for Kansas Coach Dick Harp. "It's hard to judge a team on one game, but I would say that he has done a great job of coaching at this time."
Discussing the Kansas-Akansas game in the dressing room afterwards, Razorback coach Glen Rose said, "Their guards beat us. They were hard to play against; we couldn't do a thing against them.
"I don't think we will run into a better pair of guards this year," he added.
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