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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 1, 1963
Basketball Action Begins
A year ago tonight, George Unseld and Walter Wesley were playing basketball on opposing teams.
Tonight, if KU Coach Dick Harp's plans go well, 6-7 Unseld and 6-11 Wesley will be playing on the same team, and possibly at the same time.
Unseld, a junior, and Wesley, a sophomore, will be part of the Varsity team when it plays the Freshmen in the annual homecoming-eve game at 7 p.m. in Allen Field House.
ONE OF Coach Harp's biggest tasks in pre-season practice has been trying to determine how his two tall centers, Unseld and Wesley, can work together and help return the Jayhawk basketball team to the first division of the Big Eight Conference.
The more optimistic KU basketball fans are going so far as to say KU will win the conference title for the 1963-64 season, a strange prediction for a team that tied for last place in 1961 and was sixth last year with a 5-9 record and a 12-13 mark for over-all play.
Reason for the optimism is both size and youth. And, besides, KU the team that tied for the leagio championship in 1960 and placed second in 1961, is long overdue for a winning season.
After a week's practice, a highly encouraged Harp said:
"OUR BOYS STARTED working hard from the opening whistle. Our attitude is excellent. Obviously, we are going to have greater competition within our team than in recent years."
If Harp decides to stick with a single post, Unseid and Wesley will have to battle each other for starting center honors. Unseid led the varsity in scoring and rebounding last year and Wesley was the freshman scoring leader.
Three sophomore forward prospects have tremendous physique. They are Riney Lochman, 6-5, 210-pounds; Fred Chana, 6-6, 200, and Steve Renko (who is expected to report after the football season), 6-4, 210. The three will provide tough competition for veterans Harry Gibson and David Brill.
Dave Schichtle and Kerry Bolton were used as reserve guards last year, but they'll have to battle rookies Del Lewis and Wayne Loving.
The Jawhaws' varsity season opens here December 4 with Arkansas.
WHILE NOLEN ELISIAN, who was graduated, will be hard to replace at guard, Allen Correll, who played some as a forward last season, could move back to his more familiar guard position.
Ted Owens, freshman coach, will oppose the varsity with a tall, talented and versatile team tonight.
ONE OF THE TOP freshman players is Ron Franz, 6-7, 190-pounder from Ward High School of Kansas City. Franz was regarded as the outstanding college prospect in the state last year.
Four other highly regarded prospects are expected to report after the freshman football season. They are:
Other freshmen who are expected to play tonight are:
Bill Wasinger, 6-4, Council Bluffs,
Iowa; Mike Finkigan, 6-5, Troy,
Ohio; Mike Cann, 6-2, Russell;
Jim Dreiling, 6-1, Victoria; Pat Davis
6-0, Stepera; Turkie Freeman, 6-3,
Baton Rouge, La, and Bill Southern,
6-1, Ellinwood.
Halley Kamps Schroeder, 5-11
Lawrence; Jeff Elias, 6-5, Salina;
Bill Fenton, 5-9, Kansas City, and
George Harvey, 6-4, Parsons.
VETERAN PLAYERS—Dick Harp, KU basketball coach, will be depending heavily on these two seniors to help return the KU basketball team to the first division of the Big Eight Conference. Harry Gibson (top), who had a 8.3-point a game scoring average last year, is deadly from the corner. Correll, a nifty guard, is eligible for first semester play.
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