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Cats Defeat Outlaws, 48-32 In'A' Contest
Three Independent "A" basketball games were scheduled for yesterday's action. In the last night of play before the new semester, the Cats defeated the Outlaws and the remaining two games were forfeited.
Cats 48. Outlaws 32
Cats 48, Outlaws 32
The Cats squad had to come from behind to defeat the Outlaws in a hotly contested game. Trailing at the half, 13 to 18, the Cats finally solved the Outlaws defense and took the lead late in the third period. Leading the Cats squad surge in the second half, Bob Allison scored 19 points for scoring honors. Claude Barnes led the Outlaws scoring with 8.
The NROTC team forfeited to AIA due to lack of players and the AFROTC squad also forfeited to Varsity All Stars for the same reason.
Fraternity "C" Scores
Phi Delt 24, Delta Chi 20
Sigma Chi 1, Delta Chi 0 (forfeit)
Beta 29, Phi Psi 27
Sig Ep 27, SAE 16
No games scheduled until Feb. #
Sugar Ray Is Favored Tonight
Chicago—(U.P.)—Sugar Ray Robinson meets the second hurdle on his "comeback" campaign to regain the middleweight championship tonight, and the former titleholder was a solid 7 to 2 favorite to whip trail horse Ralph "Tiger" Jones.
But to Robinson the bout, slated on the television network from the Chicago stadium, will be another means to determine when he'll be ready to make an attempt to whip the 160 pound champion, Carl "Bobo" Olson.
Robinson made his first ring appearance in 31 months two weeks ago in Detroit when he scored a sixth round knockout over Joe Rindone, the second time his fight with that battler came out in the same fashion.
Tonight's show will be his first television appearance on the comeback campaign.
Robinson said his comeback was induced for two reasons, the desire to prove that he "could be the one fighter who came back," and the desire for money.
Robinson said he had no weight problems and that he would weigh about 158 for Jones, although he would prefer to be heavier.
Alpha Delta Pi defeated Sigma Kappa 36-29, in the first playoff to determine the winner of the three-way tie in Division V. The Alpha Delta Pi's will meet the Pi Beta Phis Feb. 3 for the division championship.
Santee to Run Feb. 5
Entry of Wes Santee, holder of the American mile record of 4:00.6 in the Wanamaker mile at the Milrose Games in Madison Square Garden Feb. 5, was announced yesterday by Fred Schmertz, director of the meet.
Santee will run against Gunnar Nielson of Denmark, who won the mile event in a meet last week in 4:07.9.
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By TOM LYONS Kansan Sports Editor
If Bill Meek, Kansas State's head football coach, decides to accept an offer by Houston university to fill the vacant head coaching job there, KU may not have as much trouble recruiting prospective football players from the state this summer.
With Jack Mitchell, who recently broke his contract with Wichita university to take the head coaching job at Arkansas, and Meek out of the picture, KU's Chuck Mather may not find the going so tough this summer when he begins signing up men for football scholarships here.
Mather has been at a definite disadvantage thus far in the recruiting department. He has been bucking two popular grid coaches, Meek and Mitchell, who have two good football teams with admirable records to back up their popularity. So the going has been rough for the new Mt. Oread mentor—but even if Meek remains at K-State Mather may do better in the recruiting department than most persons believe is possible.
Mather definitely has the personality to impress men from the state. If Meek goes to Houston, Mather would be competing with two new coaches who probably would not be too well known in this area. In fact, Mather would probably have the jump on these new coaches since no new coach
has been selected at Wichita, and Meek hasn't even decided on the Houston offer yet—and then again the Cat coach may not even go to Houston.
It seems to us that Coach Meek would be going down the ladder instead of up by accepting the post at Houston. True, the wealthy Texas school may pay Mr. Meek a few pesos more, but the young coach isn't exactly receiving chicken feed at K-State.
He is also coaching in a league which is far superior to the Missouri Valley conference—at least at the moment. And it seems that no amount of wealth displayed by the oilmen of Houston, Tulsa, and Wichita can deny this fact.
It is reported that Meek is receiving $11,000 a year now, which is a great deal more than some Big Seven coaches are getting.
There is also a chance that the young Mr. Meek might just fail to produce what the wealthy Houston backers expect. Then where would he be? At K-State, Meek does not have a written contract and therefore is free to do as he pleases. But he does have faculty tenure and the promise of a good job for as many years as he wants.
But you can't blame a coach for letting a little money turn his head. It is rumored that the money offered for the Houston job is fabulous, and many persons say Meek would be a fool not to take the offer.
Basketball's Wave of Upsets Claims TCU and NC-State
A crowd of 10,500 at Raleigh, N.C., saw Coach Frank McGuire of North Carolina confuse mighty State by a sudden switch in tactics. Instead of the "slow down" strategy McGuire has always used against State, as in a 47-44 loss to State earlier this season, North Carolina started racing with the first whistle and roared to a 38-18 lead in the first 16 minutes of play. State spent the rest of the night slowly closing the gap and finally running out of time.
setting Southern Methodist last Saturday, but got some of its own medicine last night in a 73-63 loss to Rice. The defeat shoved TCU back into a first-place tie with SMU, each with a 3-1 conference record.
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Basketball's new wave of upsets rolled on today,smashing efforts by North Carolina State and Texas Christian to take undisputed league leads.
North Carolina State, titan of the Atlantic Coast conference and ranked No. 5 among the nation's court powers, had been expected to snatch the ACC lead away from bitter rival North Carolina—but instead State had its knuckles cracked. 84-80.
It was only the second time that North Carolina had beaten State since Coach Everett Case came out of Indiana nine years ago to guide State's cage teams.
Texas Christian grabbed the Southwest conference lead by up-
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Mays Is the Greatest Ball Player,' Says Leo
By UNITED PRESS
Leo Durocher declared flatly today that Willie Mays is "the greatest ball player I've ever seen," and that includes 'em all from Babe Ruth to Stan Musial.
"I If I had to choose between Willie and Musial." Durocher said at press conference in New York, "I'd take Mays. And nobody admires Musial any more than I do.
"Willie would be great at any position you put him. Third base, first base or shortstop. Why, a lot of times before games, he gets out there at shortstop and I hit grounders at him until I get blisters on my hands. He handles the hottest ones I hit at him as if they were nothing.
Durocher said that if Mays hits 325 for the next four or five years he could be the "greatest ball player we've ever had."
Apart from the subject of Mays, Durocher predicted that Milwaukee might cause "the biggest trouble" in 1955 and that the Cardinals and Redlegs "should be tremendously improved."
"The Cardinals have some fine young ball players coming up, like Bill Virdon, Ken Boyer and Wilmer Mizell, who is getting out of the Army. They could make St. Louis awfully rough. Brooklyn? They always give us a helluva battle."
On other baseball fronts, pitcher Tom Morgan became the 19th Yankee player to sign his contract for 1955. He posted a 11-5 record last year and was given a slight raise.
Nelson King, six-foot-six-inch right-hander, who compiled a 16-5 record with New Orleans of the Southern Association, became the
first Pittsburgh player to return his signed contract.
Pitcher Bill (Bud) Black, fresh out of the Army, was the 12th Tiger player to sign for 1955. He came to Detroit in a trade with the St. Louis Browns two years ago.
Nick Cullop, veteran minor league manager and former major league manager, was named manager of the Columbus Jets in the International league.
Veteran catcher Walker Cooper, 40, became the 11th Chicago Cub to sign. Cooper appeared in 48 games for the Cubs last season after coming from Pittsburgh on waivers and hit .301.
A's Farm System Assistant Is Named
Kansas City, Mo. —(U.P.)—Appointment of Joe Tracey, former general manager of the New Orleans baseball club in the Southern association, as assistant to the farm system director of the Kansas City Athletics was announced today.
Ray Kennedy, A's player personnel manager, said Tracey's work at New Orleans followed service with Newark in the International league and with the Pittsburg Pirates. Later he managed the Abilene, Texas club.
In Kansas City, Tracey will assist Bernie Guest in direction of the A's farm system.
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