Kentucky's Hold On No.1 Spot Becomes Shaky
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BY UNITED PRESS Utah, LaSalle, and Duquesne three teams in position to challenge for the nation's highest ranking in the wake of Kentucky's recent defeat-put in their bids today with impressive victories.
Utah romped to its eight straight victory, 77-38, over Los Angeles State; LaSalle followed a 34-point display by all-American Tom Gola to an 85-58 conquest of Georgetown, and Duquesne easily downed Westminster, 70-56, last night.
These three teams currently are ranked 3-4-5 in the nation by the United Press, behind only Kentucky and San Francisco and with a good chance to move up since Kentucky was beaten by Georgia Tech again Monday.
Georgetown had a fine record of 10-3 going into its fray with LaSalle, but gave the defending NCAA champions little trouble after the opening minutes.
Duquesne hardly needed all-American candidate Dick Ricketts in its victory, and that was fortunate because Ricketts fouled out early and collected only 10 points.
A major upset last night saw St. Louis handed its first loss of the season in the Missouri Valley conference by Oklahoma A&M, 67-54. The Billikens, ranked 19th nationally, failed to close ground on league-leading Tulsa.
Texas Christian retained undis-
tributed first place in the Southwest
conference by beating Texas A&M
92-62. Sophomore center Dick
O'Neal put on a brilliant show with
22 free throws for a new con-
ference record and 22 points for a
season total of 498, highest single
season in TCU history.
Only Two Teams To Face Jayhawks
Only two indoor dual track meets are scheduled for Coach M. E. "Bill" Easton's defending Big Seven indoor champions before the Jayhawks compete in the league's annual indoor meet in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 26 and 27
The schedule:
Feb. 5—At Michigan.
Feb. 12—Intra-squad meet.
Feb. 18—At Missouri.
Feb. 26—Big Seven meet.
Kentucky Star Quits School
Lexington, Ky. — (U,P)— Linville Puckett, star playmaker of Kentucky's nation-leading basketball team which was given a tongue-lashing on breaking training, was presumed today to have quit the squad.
"I advised them that if anyone didn't feel he could comply with the rules he didn't need to attend practice in the afternoon," Rupp said. "I assume that those who didn't show up did not wish to live up to the team's training requirements."
Kentucky Coach Adolph Rupp, who said down the law to his team regarding training in a special meeting yesterday, said he assumed Puckett had quit when he failed to show up for practice yesterday afternoon.
It was reported that Puckett was not on the campus and was believed to have left school.
Pittsburg Beats Benedict's
Pittsburgh—(U,P)—Pittsburgh was a step nearer the CIC basketball championship today with its fifth straight loop victory—a 79-54 conquest of St. Benedict's here last night.
Cage Scoring
A TEAM
| Player | G | Fg 62 | Ft 2 | Ft 15 | Pts 15 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Dobbs | 10 | 11 | 30 | 19 | 15.6 |
| Elstun | 11 | 54 | 50 | 31 | 158 | 14.4 |
| Johnson | 11 | 39 | 31 | 36 | 109 | 9.9 |
| Brainard | 10 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 77 | 6.1 |
| Parker | 10 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 74 | 6.7 |
| Parker | 11 | 22 | 4 | 71 | 67 | 4.4 |
| Padgett | 11 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Divich | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 3.7 |
| Davenport | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 3.0 |
| Anderson | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 3.0 |
| Ackerman | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Hollinger | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 2.4 |
| Green | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Toft | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Wolfe | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Alberts | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Johnson | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Warren | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Heitholt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Hurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals 11 280 239 231 799 72.6
Opponents 11 244 267 228 795 6.8
| Player | G | Fg | Ft | F | Pts | Av |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Johnston | 5 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 69 | 13.8 |
| Toft | 3 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 40 | 13.3 |
| Divich | 3 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 64 | 13.8 |
| Alberts | 6 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 75 | 12.8 |
| Heitholt | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 37 | 12.3 |
| Green | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 12.3 |
| Wolfe | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 9.7 |
| Jett | 6 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 97 | 6.8 |
| Warren | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 6.8 |
| Webb | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Wenger | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 4.3 |
| Cox | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 2.3 |
| Cox | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2.0 |
Totals 6 160 151 132 471 78.5
Opponents 6 127 141 132 471 65.8
Swimming Show To Be Feb. 23-25
Quack club members are planning the annual swimming show which will be presented Feb. 23 through 25 in the Robinson gymnasium pool.
The theme will be "The Cobbler's Shop." The pool will be decorated with Spanish moss.
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Student Union Activities will honor the winners in its fall recreation program with a Trophy Presentation at 7:30 p.m. today in the Jay bowl of the Student Union.
SUA Trophy Awarding to Be Tonight
Frank R. Burge, Union director will present awards to students who participated in men's and women's bowling, mixed bowling, billiards, snooker, and table tennis tournaments which were staged last semester. Refreshments will be served after the presentation.
All teams and individuals winning events last semester are asked to be present.
Insurance Man Gives Fund
Kansas City, Mo.—(U.P.)—Cliff C. Jones Sr., a 76-year-old insurance man who has been a baseball fan since he came here from Kentucky at the age of eight, has set up a $10,000 foundation so that deserving persons may be able to see the Kansas City Athletics play baseball.
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