University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 29, 1950
Harp Says New Rules Won't Hurt 'Big Men'
Assistant basketball coach Dick Harp believes that the proposed change in the basketball rules next year will not affect the game very much. "The only effect of the rule is that it will prevent the 'funnel techniques' in goal-tending used so effectively by Bill Russell of San Francisco" he said.
Proposed By Gardnaer
Utah basketball coach Jack Gardner proposed the rule at the National Coaches Committee meeting to limit the effectiveness of the big man in funneling the ball. The rule states that "no offensive player may reach above the cylinder to guide an attempted shot into the basket." The rule, however, will not prevent dunking the ball. Gardner proposed the rule after being twice victim of the San Francisco team and the all-American Russell.
"The rule needs a lot of interpretation by the officials, but it will not curtail the big man in basketball," coach Harp said. "Although the legislation is directed at the big man in the game, it will not affect Wilt Chamberlain any more than any of the other tall boys in the Big Seven," he said.
Harp stressed the point that the rule does not prevent a player from dinking the ball, such as in the case of a high pass from a teammate. "The rule will only prevent domination of the goal by the big men, and prevent their doing much the same as Russell did," he said.
'Will Limit Big Man'
Commenting on the effects the rule will have on the game, Harp said, "Of course it will affect the big men slightly, but it will not cause any drastic changes or effects on the game itself. The other rules will limit the big man more," he said, referring to the new free throw rule where the defense is given the two key positions on the line-up:
"This is designed to eliminate the "cheap baskets" on the free throw and to stop the unnecessary fouling by the defense."
"Any big man such as Jack Pair of Kansas State is capable of dunking the ball. Gardner was not trying to do away with the big man, he was only trying to limit his use in funneling the ball," he said. "The big men will always be a factor in the game, but I don't know what the next step toward them will be."
Head coach Dr. Forrest C. Allen was out of town on business and could not be reached for comment on the rule changes.
Betas Meet Setups ForVolleyball Title
Beta Theta Pi and the Set-ups won the right to compete for the Hill Volleyball Championship Wednesday night by defeating Delta Tau Delta and Liahona, respectively.
The Beta's won the Fraternity A division playoffs by defeating the Delta 13-15, 15-10, 15-10. The Set-ups came from behind to win over a strong Liahona team, 13-15, 15-12, 15-4.
In the Fraternity B Championship game, Phi Gamma Delta, who beat Delta Chi 15-8, 15-8, will meet Army, the Independent B division winner.
Beta won the Hill Championship in the C division by defeating Sigma Alpha Epsilon 15-10. 15-10.
The Hill Championship in the B division will be played at 6 p.m. and the A division game will be played at 7 p.m.
Gavilan To Fight Frenchman
PARIS (UP) - Former welt-
weight champion Kid Gavilan will
battle Germinal Ballarin of France
tonight in a 10-round bout at the
Palais De Sports. If Ballarin wins
he is expected to be matched
against Gene Fullmer in a bout
in Chicago, April 18.
Team Picked For Golf Trip
Bob Richards, Jim Davies, Bill Sayler and Ed MacGee will represent the KU golf team in its matches with Tulane, Houston, and Southern Methodist next week.
Richards shot a two-over-par 38 Wednesday for a 151-stroke total to qualify as No. 1 man for the southern trip. Jim Davies' 37 yesterday gave him a 155-stroke total and the position of No. 2 man.
Ed MacGee carded a 39 to tie Bill Sayler who slipped to a 44. Both had totals of 161.
SMU Toughest
Coach Mike Chalfant expects all three southern teams to be very tough. Going by their past records, he rates Southern Methodist the best, closely followed by Houston and Tulane.
Rex Baxter, former United States Golf Association junior champ, will lead the Houston team against KU, Richards, 1955 Big Seven champ, expects Baxter to be his toughest opponent this year.
The team will leave Lawrence Friday afternoon and will first play Tulane Tuesday in New Orleans, then Florida and Southern Methodist on Friday.
Qualification rounds for the Nebraska and Omaha meets, April 13 and 14, will be played on the first Tuesday after Easter vacation.
The U.S. team, with 1,185 points,
von the 1955 international tuna
ishing tournament off Wedgeport,
Nova Scotia. Al Whismant Jr.,
of New York got the big one 585
sounds.
Burke Continues Varsity Quest
Senior Bud Burke continued his undefeated quest for a varsity tennis berth Wednesday by beating the regular No. 6 man, Phil Rein, 6-2, 6-3.
Needs One More
Burke, in his first year on the team, has progressed swiftly from a tenth-place seeding to sixth, never losing a set, and seldom allowing his opposition to score more than two or three games a match. One more win should assure him a starting role in the coming meet with Washburn, April 16.
The match between Gene and Dave Kane, which was scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed until after spring vacation due to an attack of influenza that had Dave Kane bedfast yesterday.
Bruce Wenger, who had won one and lost one challenge match, upset regular No. 4 man Del Hadley, defeating the Topeka junior in two 9-7, 6-4, to recapture his position on coach Dick Mechem's "ladder."
Jim Whittaker and sophomore Jim Schultz split sets, but darkness forced them to quit before finishing the match for the No. 10 rung of the qualification ladder. They will play the deciding third set this afternoon at the stadium courts. The winner will play Jim Miller, who is No. 9.
Darkness Halts Matches
Ghahramanian Wins Union Ping Pong Title
Harry Ghahramanian, Teheran,
senior, won the Student Union Activities Table Tennis Tournament
Tuesday.
Second place went to Walter Schoec, Vorarlberg, Austria, graduate student. There were 32 entries in the tournament and three games were played in each match. In the finals Ghahramanian won three consecutive games to win the tournament.
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GSP Beats Alpha Phi 22-0
Gertrude Sellards Pearson defeated Alpha Pi 22 to 10 in women's intramural softball Wednesday, Pi Beta Phil defeated Alpha Omicron Pi 16 to 2 and Sigma Kappa sorority forfeited to Alpha Pi Omega.
Ice-skater Leo LeBel of Lake Placid, N.Y., won the 1955 world barrel-jumping championship with a record leap of 28 feet 7 inches.
Ex-Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh, who played quarterback for that team from 1937 through 1952, holds the all-time National Football League passing record with 1,709 completed throws.
The greatest feat in golf history was that of Bobby Jones of Atlanta, Ga., in 1830. He won the Briet the U.S. Open, and the U.S. Amae the U.S. Open, and the U.S. Anateur titles in that year.
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