University Daily Kansan Monday, Nov. 21, 1955.
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Wilt Hits 42 As Frosh Win
Kansas' hopes for renewed basketball greatness soared higher than ever Friday night as the freshmen, paced by Wilt Chamberlain's 42 points, impressed, but not totally unexpected, 81-71 victory over the Varsity in Allen Field House.
It was the first Homecoming win for the freshmen since the series began in 1922, and it was accomplished before a partisan freshman crowd of 14,000 which rose to its feet, cheering deafeningly as the final seconds of the game elapsed.
Varsity Started Fast
At the outset, however, there was little cause for freshman jubiliation as the trio of Lew Johnson, Gene Elstun, and Dallas Dobbs pumped in eight points within 2 minutes and 55 seconds after the game got under wav.
With almost seven minutes left in the first quarter, the crowd got a pleasing preview of what was to come when Wilt the Stilt funnelled in a stray shot to give the freshmen their first basket. Two free throws by Chamberlain a few seconds later closed the gap to four points, but the Varsity began firing again and widened their lead to 16-4.
Wilt Starts Hitting
With Chamberlain functioning, the rest of the freshmen settled down and began shouldering their part of the load, and Jerry Johnson and Ronnie Loneski opened the second quarter by quickly narrowing the score to 20-19. But again the Varsity momentarily pulled out of danger, stretching the score to 35-25, with the damage being done by Bill Brainard, Maurice King, Lee Green, and Dallas Dobbs.
Wilt again started the freshmen rolling with his third dunk shot of the evening. With 22 seconds left in the half, Wilt brought the crowd to its feet with a roar as he tied the score at 37-37.
Frosh Had Poise
Two free throws by Lee Green then gave the Varsity a 39-37 halftime lead.
The freshmen clinched the verdict by playing with astonishing poise for a team so young, and allowed the Varsity to come no closer than six points, with Chamberlain's final dunk shot of the evening bringing the usual roar of approval.
Chamberlain, as yet, lacks the sensitive touch and shooting ability of Clyde Lovellette and the defensive skill of B. H Born. But that lack is quite effectively counterbalanced by another quality-potential.
The high note of the game for the Varsity was the shooting and ball stealing of transfer Eddie Dater, who scored 12 points with his jump shot. High scorer for the Varsity was Dallas Dobbs with 19, while Gene Elstun had 12.
Ronnie Loneski of Calumet City, Ill., was the second high freshman scorer with 14 and Bob Billings of Russell got 11.
Freshmen FG FT PF
Chamberlain 16 10 2
Loneski 7 0 1
Billings 4 3 1
Johnson 2 3 1
Thompson 2 1 1
O'Neill 1 0 0
Ross 0 0 0
Kindred 0 0 0
Marshall 0 0 0
37 17 6
Varsity FG FT PF
Dobbs 8 3 1
Dater 6 0 2
Elstun 5 2 3
Johnson 3 2 2
Brainard 3 0 1
Green 2 2 3
Parker 1 0 0
Johnston 0 0 0
Hollinger 0 0 1
King 3 0 2
Toft 0 1 1
31 0 16
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COME TO PAPA-Leaping high into the air to snare a pass from Wally Strauch is Paul Smith (81), senior end, as MU's Terry Roberts (61) tries to break it up. The play was a part of the long drive in the first quarter that resulted in the first KU touchdown.
(Daily Kansan Photo by Sam Jones)
Championship Game Today
Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Pearson Hall will meet today for the Hill intramural football championship.
The Beta's won the Fraternity
A championship Friday when they
defeated the ATO team 19-14. Lee
Landers, Paul Smith, and Darrell
Simpson scored for the victors.
William Howard, Louis Bird and Gary Tongier did the ATO scoring. Howard and Torcier each scored touchdowns and Bird added two extra points.
Pearson Hall beat Sigma Gamma Epsilon 12-0 to reach the championship game. Ron Goening intercepted a Sig Ep pass on the 30-yard line and ran it over for Pearson's first touchdown. Rupert Dunn caught a pass from Bob Moya for the second Pearson score.
Phi Delta Theta won the Hill championship in the B bracket. Phi Delt team wins both divisions of the bracket, so finals aren't necessary to determine the champion.
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KU First In AAU Meet
KU's cross-country team unofficially won first place in the Midwest AAU meet Friday at Des Moines, Ia., over a rugged snow-covered four mile course.
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Kansas took 8 of the first 15 places, but since the Big Seven doesn't allow members to compete for AAU team championships KU's squad had to compete on an individual basis.
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Next Monday Coach Bill Easton will take the cross-country team to East Lansing, Mich., where they will compete for the NCAA cross-country championship. Allen Frame, KU captain, was individual winner last year. KU finished fourth as a team in 1954, after winning it in 1953.
Billy Tidwell of Emporia State beat Frame for first place. However, Frame had been in Chicago earlier in the day to take Rhodes Scholarship tests and almost failed to get to Des Moines in time for the meet.
Placings in the AAU meet Friday were:
The longest run from scrimmage ever made by a KU player was by "Twink" Starr for 96 yards in 1924.
Frame, second; Jerry McNeal,
third; Hal Long, fifth; Bernie Gay,
sixth; Jan Howell, seventh; Bob
Nicholson, eighth; Lowell Janzen,
fourteenth, and Verlyn Schmidt,
fifteenth.
Kansas Gridders To Be Honored
KU football players will be honored tonight at the annual football banquet at the Eldridge Hotel. The sports committee of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event.
The Ormard Beach trophy will be awarded to the KU player voted as the outstanding player by his teammates.
Kenneth (Tug) Wilson, athletic commissioner of the Big Ten, will be the principal speaker.
Santee To Appear On TV
Esther Williams and Wes Santee will be headliners on the Telsyma-pathon" to be held on WIBW-TV Nov. 26 and 27. The all-night program is being produced to help raise $11 million dollars needed to train, equip, and transport 350 American athletes to Melbourne, Australia for the 1956 Olympic games.
The oldest stake event in North America is the King's Plate, a Canadian fixture that was first run in the province of Quebec in 1836.