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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 16, 1955
Tall Men Threaten KU's Winning Skein
Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen's Jayhawkers leave tonight on their annual basketball tour of the South, and will play SMU Saturday night in Dallas, and Rice Monday night in Houston.
In each game, the Jayhawks will encounter an obstacle with which they have had little experience this season—a big post man who can score.
Jim Krebs, SMU's 6-8 center, has dropped in 127 points so far this season for a 21.1 average, while Temple Tucker, 6-10 Rice post man, is close on Krebs' heels with 125 in points in six games.
Krebs Set 8 Records
As a sophomore last year, Krebs set eight SMU modern scoring records and trailed only TCU's Dick O'Neal and Ray Downs of Texas with a 23.5 average in 12 conference games.
Krebs is not the sole threat to KU's string of three victories, as the Mustangs return forward Joel Krog, their leading rebounder, along with two other regulars, forward Joe Showalter and guard Ron Morris, from last year's conference championship team.
In an effort to cope with the Texans' size, Coach Allen has been stressing rebounding, but it is evident that center Lew Johnson and forward Bill Brainard in particular, will have to attain a portion of their last season's skill to outdo the Mustangs.
SMU Beat Common Foe Size, however, is not all that confronts the Jayhawks, for SMU not only has twice as much early season experience, but also has beaten a common foe, Wisconsin, more convincingly than did KU, winning 75-62. In other games with the Big Ten, SMU lost to Iowa 80-62 for its only loss, and beat Minnesota 82-81 in an overtime. Krebs racked up 23 points in the Wisconsin game and followed up with 26 against the Gophers.
In addition to hopes for improved rebounding, KU's main strength will be in the fast break and balanced scoring. For the first three games, the five KU starters scoring averages are as follows:
Captain Dallas Dobbs, 16.0, whose 48 points puts him ahead of Ralph Miller in all-time scoring, and he needs but four points Saturday night to boost himself past Claude Houchin in seventh place; Gene Elstun, 13.0; Lew Johnson, 12.6; Bill Brainard, 10.6, and Maurice King, 10.3.
Nashua To Have Busy Schedule
LEXINGTON, Ky. (U.P.)-Nashua's new owner, Leslie Combs II, indicated today he is mapping a busy 1956 racing campaign for the champion colt.
The prominent Kentucky breeder owner purchased Nashua yesterday for a record price of $1,251,200 from the estate of the late William Woodward Jr.
"Primarily we bought him as a stallion because I wanted his cross in our breeding lines," Combs said. "Of course, he might pay out as a racehorse before we retire him, and we certainly wouldn't object to that."
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Sooners Defeat Arkansas 69-59
The Oklahoma Sooners hit a torrid 45 per cent of their field goals attempts to race past Arkansas of the Southwest Conference, 69 to 59, last night.
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OU took the lead midway through the opening half and never relinquished its advantage, although Arkansas crept to within one point, 45 to 44, with $12\frac{1}{3}$ minutes left in the game.
Jimmy Peck and Bill Pinkerton scored over half of Oklahoma's points, getting 20 and 18 points respectively. Pinkerton hit 14 of his points the final half while Peck collected 11 for the same period.
It was Oklahoma's second victory of the season as against three losses.
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CHICAGO (U.P.)—Joe Wilman, the Berwyn, Ill., member of Bowling's Hall of Fame, held a commanding lead over his rivals after four rounds of the finals in the All-Star Bowling Tournament.
Bowlers Vie For Crown
The bowling veteran took over first place in the race for the championship yesterday by amassing 79.34 points. Dick Weber of St. Louis dropped to second place with 76.19 points after Wilman crowded him out of the top spot.
Match play in the finals opened yesterday after five days of eliminations narrowed the field down to 14 survivors. The defending champion, Steve Nagy of Detroit, and Don Carter of St. Louis, a former title-holder, received free rides into the finals.
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Chicago Cardinal coach Ray Richards has been given a salary increase and a new contract for the 1956 season.
Two young ladies, aged 21 and 22 have taken over the operation of the Hamilton, Ont., Pony League baseball team.
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