Monday, February 21, 1955 University Daily Kansan
Still After a Home League Win, Jayhawks Await Fieldhouse Game
Page 5
By BOB BRUCE
BY BOB BRYCE
Kansan Sports Writer
The Kansas Jayhawkers played their final game in Hoch auditorium Saturday night, losing to the Nebraska Cornhuskers 66 to 55.
The Javahawks will move to the gigantic Allen fieldhouse March 1 in the hope that they will be able to win at least one conference game at home this year.
Kansan photo by Nancy Collins
GET OFF—Gene Elstun (with ball) seems to be thinking just that as Nebraska's Chuck Smith climbs on his back after a rebound in Saturday's game which the Huskers won 66 to 53. Others in the picture are Parker (22) and King (8) of Kansas and Ekwall (20) of Nebraska.
Kansan photo by Nancy Collins
Nebraska's surprisingly easy victory was largely the result of the tenacious defensive play of guard Norm Coufal, who held Dallas Dobbs to five points. Although Coufal had started but twice this year he gave Dobbs few good opportunities to shoot.
From this point on, Kansas was never in the game and seemed to play dull, listless ball. Nebraska's biggest lead was 16 points, 61 to 45. The closest the Jayhawks came to any sort of a rally was the final score.
Kansas' zone defense was adequate throughout the first half, as it held center Willard Fagler to five points.
Dobbs was able to seize 2 on his deadly jump shot, having three of his shots blocked. He Coufal. With 6:40 left in the first half the Coufalers led, 24 to 17. But with 1:15 left, Dobbs scored on a drive lay-up to put KU ahead, 32 to Brainard hit a jump shot just before the end of the half to give the Jayhawks a 34 to 31 half-time advantage.
But as KU fell behind in the last half, it shifted to a man-to-man defense. The Cornhuskers then began driving in for closer shots and began hitting a great many of them. Fagler paced the last-half attack with 14 more points. Ekwall ended with 14. He also pulled down 14 reads.
Nebraska hit 22 of 58 field goal attempts and 22 of 28 free throws.
The defeat leaves KU firmly mired in fifth place in the Big Seven with a 3-5 record, and little or no chance of finishing in the first division.
Missouri racked up a pair of victories last week while Colorado came from behind to beat Kansas State at Boulder in its only test. Missouri defeated Nebraska, 76 to
Missouri appeared a cinch to beat Bruce Drake's Oklahomaans, but there are those who feel Colorado is in for a difficult time, particularly against Kansas State in latter's new Ahearn fieldhouse.
Missouri, meanwhile, is three games from the finish and only one of them on a foreign court—at Oklahoma, against the last-place winless Sooners. Missouri will meet Kansas at Columbia March 5, but before that battle there was every reason to believe the championship will be decided when Missouri and Colorado clash next Monday at Columbia.
It could be that the title picture will have a vastly different hue after this week's action. Colorado makes two appearances, against Kansas at Boulder tomorrow and against Kansas State at Manhattan Seasday.
Colorado is on top with a 7-1 mark, but Missouri (7-2) has one less game to play and, from all indications, an easier list of rivals. The Buffaloes of Colorado, unbeaten on their home court, have four games remaining, two on the road—at Kansas State and Missouri. Other Colorado foes will be Kansas and Nebraska in the home environment.
By UNITED PRESS
Colorado and Missouri are only one-half game apart as the Big Seven conference basketball race moved swiftly down the home stretch toward the championship and with it the right to compete in the NCAA regionals.
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Nebraska (6-3) moved into third place despite the loss to Missouri, turning back Kansas, 66 to 55, to pass fourth-place K-State (6-4).
73, and Iowa State, 78 to 63. Colorado was a 61 to 53 winner over K-State.
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Eskridge's Illness Cancels 'B' Game
The Buffaloores were led by Dirk De Vries, who had two first places and anchored the winning medley relay. De Vries won the 60-yard freestyle in 30.7 and took the 100-freestyle in 55.2. He anchored the 300-yard medley team which won in 3:15.5. His total for the day was $11\%$ points.
KU Swimmers Lose Fourth
An unexpected stay in the Mercy hospital in Denver by Jack Eskridge, coach of the KU "B" basketball team, is the reason for the cancellation of the "B" game between KU and the Washburn "B" team here tonight.
The Colorado swimming team beat Kansas, 53 to 31, Friday afternoon in the Robinson gym pool. Kansas could capture only one first place, that the final event of the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay.
After scouting the Colorado-K-State game Saturday, Eskridge and Cliff Ogden went to Denver. The next morning he was rushed to the hospital where it was found he had had some kidney trouble.
Kansas leaves Friday for a dual meet with Grinnell, Iowa, college Friday and will go to Lincoln for a meet with Nebraska Saturday. This winds up the Jayhawkers' season except for the Big Seven meet at Lincoln March 4 and 5.
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