Pesky Jays Are Big 7'Spoilers'
Kansas City, Mo. —(U.P.)— Kansas, long a power in the Big Seven, was cast in a "spoiler" role today in lieu of any chance to win a clear title in the 1954-55 championship.
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The biggest gun Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen could show was Dallas Dobbs, who stands one inch under six feet. But Dobbs came close to wrecking Kansas State with his 36 points last week.
The right-hand jump shooter from Barleeville, Okla., may wreck other Big Seven members before he's finished.
Dobbs said he would rather pump two-hand shots from about 20 feet out. But he discovered late in his high school career that he was too short to set and shoot so he started jumping.
Now the jump is his favorite shot. It also is Allen's favorite. The veteran coach watched Dobbs make 36 points against K-State, 23 against Oklahoma A&M Monday, and add 25 more against Oklahoma last night.
But Dobbs' play has kept the Jays alive. He dribbles as well as former star Dean Kelley, who made the U.S. Olympic team, and shoots with the soft, accurate touch of Clyde Lovellette, an all-American at Kansas.
There's no glitter to Kansas' record so far. The all-game record is 9-6. In conference play, the Jayhawks dropped four of their first seven games.
Dobbs' 36 points against Kansas State was more than any Jawhark except Lovellette, ever made on the road. Big Clyde in 1952 hit 44 against St. Louis, 42 against Southern Methodist, 41 against Colorado, and 40 against LaSalle.
Kansas is almost out of the race. Colorado set the pace moving into this week's play with a 6-1 record, a half-game ahead of Missouri (6-2), the pre-season favorite, K-State could show six wins and three losses in conference play, and Nebraska has 5-3.
'Sound Effects' Panel Set
"Sound Effects" is the topic to be discussed at the workshop to be held by the Radio and TV Players at 9 a.m. Saturday at KDGU. This is the first meeting for the prospective Players that signed up during second semester enrollment.
KU Swimmers HostColorado Here Friday
The Kansas swimming team meets the University of Colorado at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in Robinson pool in its last home meet of the season.
In addition it should be KU's best chance of the year for a victory as the Buffalooes are about equal in caliber to the Jayhawks.
Colorado may have a slight edge in view of the fact that it tied Nebraska 42-all while KU dropped a close one to the Cornhuskers on the final relay, $35\frac{1}{2}$ to $48\frac{1}{2}$. However, the unconventional size of the Robinson pool and its strangeness to the Colorado squad may create a balance.
Top men on the Colorado team are Co-Captain Wally Snow, who is one of the Big-Seven's top divers; freestyle Dirk DeVries, and individual medley swimmer Jerry Loar. Both DeVries and Loar are sophomores and have broken varsity marks this year. DeVries set the varsity record in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles against Colorado State while Loar set the 150 yard individual medley mark against Nebraska. DeVries' times are 24.7 in the 50 and 55.8 in the 100. Loar's time in the medley was 1:45.4.
Colorado probably will take both first and second in the diving with Snow and Bill Hallum finishing in those spots in most of the meets this year. The Buffaloes are weak, however, in the breast stroke and not too deep in the back stroke and relays.
Coach Doug Wall's Jayhawks have not won a meet, losing to Nebraska, Iowa State, and Oklahoma. However, in losing to Iowa State and Oklahoma, they lost to two of the nation's best.
The Buffaloes, coached by Roland Belch, have a season record of 2-2-1. They beat Wyoming and Colorado Mines, lost to Colorado A&M and Iowa State, and tied Nebraska.
Top performers for Kansas have been Don Burton, George Kreye, and Jean Schanze. Schanze, especially, looked good at Oklahoma, finishing second by a yard behind a record breaking performance by Sooner Roger Coppock.
The KU team travels to Grinnell. Iowa next Friday for a dual meet with Grinnell college then goes to Lincoln next Saturday for a return engagement with Nebraska.
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Local American government is the specialty of Mrs. Hedwig Meermann, German civic leader, who is visiting the Lawrence area as a participant in the Foreign Leader program of the International Education Exchange service of the State department.
German Visitor Studies Locality
She will visit local civil organizations and women's groups, studying the American citizen's participation in government and politics, adult civic education, local government, civil liberties, racial minorities and general observation of life in the United States.
Mrs. Meermann is a Social Democrat member of the city council in Tuttlingen, Germany. She is also a member of the State committee of Social Democratic women, a free lance journalist, and an instructor of civic education and French at the Tuttlingen Adult Education center.
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Mrs. Meermann's visit is sponsored by Clifford P. Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, and Ed Abels, editor of the Lawrence Outlook.
Faculty to Honor Lecturer
The Faculty club will honor Dr. Henry Margenau, professor of physics and natural philosophy at Yale university, with a reception in the main lounge of the Faculty club tomorrow night following his Humanities lecture at 8 p.m. in Fraser theater. Prof. and Mrs. George Kreye will be hosts.
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