Lew Johnson Is Small But Effective Center
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"As Johnson goes, so goes Kansas," was the way Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, Kansas basketball coach, described his 6-foot $6 \frac{1}{2}$- Low Johnson
.
As centers go, Johnson must be rated as a small pivotman, but he does a creditable job against his bigger opposition.
A graduate of Argentine High School in Kansas City, Johnson surpassed the sophomore rebounding record of his two predecessors, Clyde Lovellette and B. H. Born, both 6-9 all-Americans. He pulled
LEW JOHNSON Kansas
down 24 rebounds against Oklahoma in last season's finale at the Allen Field House. He collected*230 rebounds for the season.
Has 10.1 Point Average
Johnson averaged 10 points a game last season, fourth high on the team. Statistics show he is scoring at a 10.1 pace for the first 12 games this season, or the halfway mark in the current campaign. Lew also is the foul-shooting percentage.
The 190-pound center played his best basketball against Kansas State last season. In the game at Manhattan, he collected 11 rebounds and 13 points and held the Wildcats' towering centers, Roger Craft and Jerry Jung, to 12 and three points respectively.
In the return match at Allen Field House, he grabbed 13 rebounds and tallied 20 points, outscoring Craft and Jung put together. Against Oklahoma, he scored 24 points to go along with
Pro Teams Play In KC Tuesday
Area basketball fans are in for a treat next Tuesday night when the Minneapolis Lakers and the St. Louis Hawks of the professional National Basketball Association play a regularly-scheduled league game at Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium.
Included on the teams are five all-stars of the pro loop. They are Clyde Lovellette, Slater Martin and Vern Mikkelsen of the Lakers and Bob Pettit and Bob Harrison of the Hawks.
Pettit and Lovellette have been staging a tight race for league scoring honors all season with Big Clyde in front currently. However, he has played two more games than the former LSU great. In seven previous meetings this season, Minneapolis has won three games, St. Louis four.
He's Outreached Too
his 24 rebounds and hit 60 per cent of his shots from the field.
Dr. Allen pointed out that in addition to being smaller than most opposing centers, Johnson also gives away inches in reach.
"If Lew is three inches shorter than his opponent, he is also outreached by two or three more," he said.
Johnson believes Kansas could win the Big Seven title, but at this early stage of the race, he said it's hard to tell. He sees Iowa State and Colorado as the teams to beat.
South Has 5 In UP Top 10
NEW YORK (U.P.)—San Francisco remained the nation's No.1 college basketball team for the sixth straight week today, but the United Press ratings had a distinct Southern accent with five Dixie schools in the top 10.
Vanderbilt and Duke moved up among the leading 10 teams in a tie for eighth place, joining North Carolina State, Kentucky, and North Carolina as the South's representatives in the select group.
Dayton, which like San Francisco is undefeated in 11 games this season, gained a few points on the top-ranked Dons as it clung to the No.2 ranking. Indiana was another newcomer among the top 10 teams in the weekly ratings of the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press Board.
San Francisco, which now has won 38 consecutive games and is shooting for a new all-time major college high of 40, was the top choice of 30 coaches this week. The Dons also received three secondplace votes and two for third, giving them 343 out of a possible total of 350 points.
Dayton attracted three first-place ballots and one each went to 18th-ranked Louisville and 18th-ranked St. Louis.
The top 10 are (with first place votes and won-lost records in parentheses):
1. San Francisco (30) (11-0) 343
2. Dayton (3) (11-0) 308
3. North Carolina State (11-1) 225
4. Kentucky (7-2) 149
5. Illinois (7-1) 130
6. Indiana (8-1) 75
7. Southern Methodist (12-2) 73
8. Tie Vanderbilt (8-2) 60
8. Tie Duke (9-2) 60
10. North Carolina (8-2) 51
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