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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1950
"TO THE SCRAPPIEST TEAM”—Dr. Forrest C, "Phog" Allen offers congratulations to Iowa State Coach Bill Stranigan after the Cyclones won the tournament. Dr. Allen awarded the trophy to Coach Stranigan who said that his boys won the tournament purely by hustle.
—(Daily Kansan Photo by Bill Jackson)
Iowa State Beats KU To Win Big 7 Tourney
Iowa State, the Cinderella team of the Big Seven pre-season tournament, made history last Friday when it won its first tournament since its beginning in 1946.
The championship game pitted Kansas against Iowa State with the Cyclones emerging victorious with a 67-56 win. KU took second place in the tourney.
The Cyclones, paced by their scrappy little guard, 5-foot 10-inch Gary Thompson, led by 19 points shortly after the beginning of the second half, and were then able to stave off an attempt by the Jay-hawkers to pull themselves back into the game;
Thompson Outstanding
The closest KU got to Iowa State was within seven points with eight minutes and 45 seconds left to play.
From Thompson Subtract...
Thompson's game was Thompson's. He put on an ambition of ball control and dribbling that left the Javahawks bewildered.
Kansas led in the game only once, 13-12, with eight minutes gone in the game. The Cyclones then pulled ahead to stay and built up a 42-25 half-time lead.
Thompson led the scoring in the game with 22 points. Kansas captain Dallas Dobbs was second with 17 points.
Statistically, the KU team had a slight edge over Iowa State. The Jayhawks hit 38.6 per cent from the field to 34 per cent for the Cyclones. Both teams grabbed the same number of rebounds with 39 apiece.
However, from the free throw line, the Cyclones were far ahead, hitting 31 out of 37 attempts while KU got only 12 for 20 attempts. During the first half, Iowa State hit 18 out of 20 free throws.
Iowa State arrived in the championship game by virtue of victories
KU Wins 2 Games
over Kansas State and Colorado Kansas defeated Cornell and Mis souri to reach the finals.
In its first game, Kansas defeated Cornell University 75-58. KU went ahead 23-21 with seven minutes and 33 seconds left in the first half and then coasted to victory after lead- at one point in the game by 28 points.
The closest that Cornell could come to KU after that was within 15 points. Gene Elstun and Bill Brainard tied for scoring honors with 17 points.
In its second game KU faced Missouri and led the entire game. The Jayhawks led at one time by 21 points and the Tigers never got closer than four points. Gene Elstun again took scoring honors with 22 points. Dallas Dobbs was second with 21.
Missouri placed third by defeating Colorado. Kansas State was fifth, Nebraska sixth, Oklahoma seventh, and Cornell eighth.
Box scores of the championship game:
scores of the championship game:
**KANSAS**
FG TP TP
Elstun 5 0 10
Green 2 0 4
Johnson 2 0 4
King 5 2 12
Dobbs 5 7 17
Brainard 3 1 7
Johnston 0 2 2
Parker 0 0 0
Totals 29 15 6
**IOWA STATE**
FG TP FT
Crawford 1 1 3
Vogt 4 7 15
Medsker 2 5 11
Thompson 4 8 22
Frahm 1 5 7
Sandbulle 1 7 9
Totals 18 31 67
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The Kansas Jayhawkers finished second in the Big Seven pre-season basketball tournament, but had the distinction of being the only team to place two men on the all-tourney first team.
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They were Gene Elstun, junior forward, and Dallas Dobbs, senior guard.
Iowa State's Gary Thompson was the only unanimous choice of the 32 sports writers and broadcasters who selected the all-stars.
2 Kansans On All-Stars
Elstun ranked sixth in scoring for the tournament, scoring 49 points for a 16.3 average a game. Dobbs was 11th as he hit for a 14.7 clip per game.
Norman Stewart of Missouri and Leroy Bacher of Oklahoma rounded out the first five. Bacher was the tournament's leading scorer with 74 points.
OXFORD, Ohio —(U.P.)— Soft-spoken Walt Alston said today the Brooklyn Dodgers have a chance to repeat as world champions if "our young kid pitchers come through and a couple of sore arms mend over the winter."
'Dodgers May Repeat,' Alston
MIAMI, Fla. (U.P.)—Pete Elliott Oklahoma backfield coach, was announced as head football coach at the University of Nebraska today.
Announcement of Elliott's appointment to the $12,000 a year pos was made by Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Orwig, who said he would ask the University Board or Regents to approve a three-year contract for Elliott.
Elliott Named Husker Coach
Elliott graduated in 1948 from Michigan where he played quarterback. He was end coach at Oregon State before moving to Oklahoma. He expressed regret at leaving Oklahoma and called his association with Sooner head coach Bud Wilkinson "five of the most pleasant years of my life."
Glassford resigned as Nebraska head coach following the 1955 season.
Elliott, who at 29 becomes one of the youngest head coaches in college football circles, said "I know that with the united help of all Nebraskans we can develop teams of recognized Nebraska caliber."
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Bowl Games
Rose Bowl—Michigan State 17, UCLA 14
Orange Bowl—Oklaoma 20,
Marvelan 6
Cotton Bowl—Mississippi 14,
Texas Christian 13
Sugar Bowl—Georgia Tech 7,
Pittsburgh.0.
Shrine Game—East 29, West 6
Blue-Gray Game—South 20,
North 19
Gator Bowl—Vanderbilt 25, Auburn 13
Tangerine Bowl—Missouri Valley 6. Junita n 6
Salad Bowl—Border Conference All Stars 13, Skyline All Stars 10 Sun Bowl—Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14
Prairie View Bowl—Prairie View 59, Fisk 0
Bob Zuppke, former football coach at Illinois, continues to show improvement after suffering a stroke several weeks ago.
A Campus-to-Career Case History
"After two years I came back to Minnesota, to St. Cloud, to work in the
"Then I had the opportunity to go to the Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. I worked on memory crystals—ferroelectric crystals—for use in digital computers. I learned how important research is to the telephone business.
"One open door after another"
"For the first six months I was given on-the-job training in the fundamentals of the telephone business—how lines are put up and equipment installed. Learning those fundamentals has really paid off for me.
"That's how I feel about the telephone company," says Walter D. Walker, B.E.E., University of Minnesota, '51. "When I joined the company I felt that I could go in any direction. And that's the way it's been.
District Plant Engineer's Office. There I made field studies of proposed construction projects and drew up plans to guide the construction crews. This combination of inside and outside work gave me invaluable experience.
"In July, 1955, I came to Minneapolis as an Engineer in the Exchange Plant Extension Engineer's Office. We do forecasting—not of the weather, but of future service needs. Using estimates of growth and economic studies, we make our plans for the years ahead. We figure out where and when new facilities will be needed to meet future growth.
"All this has been preparing me tor a real future. You see, the telephone company is expanding by leaps and bounds. That's why it offers a young man so many open doors."
Wally Walker's career is with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. Similar career opportunities exist in other Bell Telephone Companies, and in Bell Telephone Laboratories, Western Electric and Sandia Corporation. Your placement officer has more information regarding Bell System companies.
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