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John Parker, fiery little guard from Mission, broke into the starting lineup in the last home game against Nebraska after seeing action only in a reserve capacity before the contest with the Cornhuskers.
Last Friday night he scored 10 points in a losing cause against the Oklahoma Sooners, his highest scoring output of the season.
Hustle Pays Off For Parker
16 Is High
Parker tallied 105 points for a five-point average a game last season. He played in all 21 of Kansas' games and started on several occasions. His 16-point performance against Colorado was the highest scoring effort of his KU career.
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1956. University Daily Kansan
Parker has scored 37 points in 16 games so far this season.
The hustling junior guard also is a javelin throner on Coach Bill Easton's track team. Last year Parker was a consistent 200-footer and took fourth place in the Big Seven meet with a toss of 203 feet 6 inches.
When asked how he felt Kansas would do in its remaining four games, Parker quickly replied, "I think we can win three of the four." His three included the Nebraska to take the title, but if Iowa game at Lincoln and the two remaining home games with Colorado and Kansas State. He expects the trouble-maker to be Colorado at Boulder.
Kansas State is in the best posi-
MU Trackmen Beat K-State
COLUMBIA, Mo. — (U.P.)—Three meet records and one field house mark fell here Tuesday night as Missouri easily outclassed Kansas State 80-24 in a dual track meet.
The Tigers took eight firsts, tied for another, and scored a grand slam in the 880-yard run and the 60-yard dash.
Missouri's Bob Lang set a new field house record in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, $ \frac{5}{4} $ inches. The old 6-foot, 5-inch mark was set by Missouri's Bob Gorden in 1950.
Jean O'Connor of K-State won the high hurdles in .07.6, and Kenny Nesmith took the broad jump at 21 feet 7 inches. Karl England of Missouri and Paul Miller of K-State set a record of $13-5\frac{1}{4}$ with a tie in the pole vault.
The other track meet records were in the mile, won by Missouri's Keith Bacon in 4:16.3 and the 880 with Duane Kelly of Missouri winning in 1:56.4.
Jack Davis of Missouri tied the mark in the low hurdles with : 106.9.
Kansas Coach Phog Allen was one of the founders of the National Basketball Coaches Association and its first president.
The first Kansas baseball team to win over 20 games was the 1906 team coached by A. Rilihan which won 22.
The first Kansas baseball team 1879, had a 1-0 record.
JOHN PARKER
State defeats the Wildcats Saturday at Manhattan Kansas could really mess things up by defeating K-State, Parker said. KU plays K-State March 6 in Allen Field House.
"We all love him," was the way Kansas basketball coach, Forest C. "Phog" Allen described Parker. "He's a boy that gives you all he has in every game and practice. John is at a handicap because at 5-11 he's one of the smallest men on the team but he's full of fight and hustle and that's what we like." Dr. Allen continued.
Tigers To Play 22 Games
Gives His All
Coach Allen plans to start Parker against Nebraska Saturday because he feels that the Jayhawkers will need plenty of fight and hustle to defeat the Cornhuskers at Lincoln.
COLUMBIA, Mo.-(U.P.)-The University of Missouri will play 22 baseball games this season, including nine home games.
Athletic director Don Faurot said yesterday the Tigers will open the season with two non-conference games against Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater March 30-31.
The Missouri team will meet Tulsa, Washington University and Arkansas in other non-league games.
There are 10 lettermen among the 35 Tiger candidates now in practice indoors. Most of them played on last year's team, which was second in the Big Seven.
Floyd Temple, in his first year as Kansas baseball coach, guided the Jayhawkers to a fourth-place finish in the Big Seven Conference.
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Tickets to "The Menaechmi" and "Pygmalion" are now on sale at the Union. The Green Hall Box Office opens February 27th. Subscribers, please note the exchange date on your coupons.
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