Page 5 KU Rallies to Take Seventh in Tourney Bv LOUIS BUCK Hawks Edge Huskers, 69-66 After Cyclone, Cal Losses Kansas City, Mo.—A weary band of undefeated Jayhawks, on its first outing from Hoch auditorium, struggled to the 1-2 record in the Big Seven pre-season tournament in Kansas City, Mo., last week. The only Kansas victory牵扯 the last afternooon as the sophomoric KU squad barely defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 69 to 66, for seventh position behind champion Missouri. Missouri, the pre-tourney favorite, found the victory road an easy one, defeating Nebraska, Oklahoma, and finalist Kansas State by wide margins for the championship. Behind the Tigers, were K-State, Iowa State, Colorado, Oklahoma, guest team California, Kansas, and Nebraska in that order. Iowa State 82, Kansas 81 In the opening round of the tournament, the Cyclones of Iowa State fought the Jayhawks to the final gun and took the best a game. The Kansas beat throughout the majority of the game and held a 50 to 43 advantage at the half. The first half found Kansas holding a strong lead, pulling 11 points ahead at one time. The scoring was equally distributed among the starting five, with Dallas Dobbs high with 12 points. Kansas continued to lead by seven after four minutes of the second half. From there on the game tightened up as Iowa State drove for the victory. Center Chuck Duncan and guard Gary Thompson were the keys to the Cyclone victory. Duncan netted 34 points and Thompson added 14 more plus calm ball control in the final stall. Two quick goals by Duncan put Iowa State ahead, 78 to 75, with four minutes to go. Iowa State then went into a stall. Thompson putting on a dribbling exhibition and adding four free throws. In their efforts to get the ball, Gene Elstun and John Parker fouled out in the final seconds for Kansas. Ron Johnston added the last KU points on a jump-shot with one second remaining. Elstun paced the Jayhawks with 18 points, followed closely by Dobbs with 16. Reserves Bill Brahair and Larry Davenport each contributed nine points for Kansas. California 65. Kansas 62 KU's loss to Iowa State moved the Jayhawks into the consolation round where it met California and again tasted defeat, 65 to 62. Kansas fought a seasaw battle with the lead changing many times throughout the contest. The Bears took a quick 10 to 4 lead early in the game, but the Jayhawks bounced back to tie the score after six minutes. Kansas held a slim lead for the remainder of the first half until the closing three minutes. Then California hit five straight to lead at the half, 37 to 35. The second period ran similar to the first, with the lead changing several times. KU trailed 60 to 58 with four minutes left in the game and again found the closing pressure too much. A tip-in and lay up by California's Ev McKeen pushed the score up to 65 with KU trailing by five. Brainard added two late free throws for Kansas with 10 seconds to go to leave the Jayhawks three points shy at the final horn. Eistun again led Kansas with 21 points, followed by Brainard, who netted 11. Dobbs was held to nine. Center Lew Johnson scored eight. Kansas 69. Nebraska 66 Kansas 69, Nebraska 66 Kansas finally found itself and defeated the Nebraska Cornholders. 69 to 66 to stay out of the tournament until the Jayhawks the comfortable margin for the majority of the contest, faltering slightly in the closing minutes when Nebraska closed the gap. The KU five lead the Cornhuskers by three to five points during the first period with nine Jayhawks Final Standings Top Scorers | | W L | Pts. | OP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Missouri | 3 | 0 | 259 | 216 | | Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 229 | 224 | | Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 213 | 215 | | Colorado | 3 | 1 | 229 | 180 | | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 224 | 237 | | California | 1 | 2 | 200 | 219 | | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 212 | 213 | | Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 171 | 233 |
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Orange Bowl Rout Stirs Criticism Miami —(U,P)— Orange Bowl officials, aware of disgruntled football fans who began walking out during the third period of Duke's one-sided 34-7 victory over outclassed Nebraska Saturday, indicated today the Big Seven would be urged to rescind its "no repeat" rule for future Jan. 1 classics. Under the Orange Bowl tie-up between the Big Seven and Atlantic Coast conference, renewed Friday for the last three years. Big Seven teams which played in the bowl the preceding year are eliminated from competition. The Cornhuskers were so thoroughly outplayed by the Blue Devils in the 76-degree heat that many persons among the record crowd of 68,750 began streaming from $6.25 seats midway in the third quarter. ACC officials who attended the game indicated they would ask the Big Seven to change the rule. Several Big Seven representatives also said they would try to persuade conference officials to abolish the rule which prevents the same team from playing in the New Year's day classic twice running. | | W | L | Pct | Ttts | Pts | OpP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Missouri | 7 | 2 | 778 | 689 | 646 | 105 | | I. State | 6 | 2 | 750 | 610 | 531 | 175 | | Kansas | 5 | 2 | 714 | 615 | 545 | 175 | | K. State | 5 | 3 | 625 | 609 | 594 | 175 | | Colorado | 5 | 4 | 556 | 600 | 520 | 175 | | Nebraska | 2 | 5 | 286 | 567 | 610 | 175 | | Oklahoma | 1 | 6 | 143 | 517 | 582 | 175 | How They Stand entering the scoring column. Nebraska cut the KU lead in the final minute of the first half to one point with two quick goals. The first 10 minutes of the second half found the Kansans well on the victory trail as the Jayhawk ball hawking and fast break began to move. Elstun found the range during this period for 12 points, to give KU a 51 to 39 lead at one point. With 35 seconds remaining, Kansas held a 69 to 61 margin over Nebraska and appeared to have the victory in the bag. However, the Cornhuskers hit two field goals and a free throw in the final half minute and cut KU's victory margin. Elstun led the Kansas squad for the third time in the tournament as he hit 19 points. Johnson scored 12. New Orleans —(U.P.) Wes Santee, America's greatest miler, had no apologies today for his slow time in the Sugar Bowl track meet. "I'll break four minutes when the conditions are right," the 22-year-old KU star, who will next run Jan. 16 at Los Angeles, said. Monday, January 3. 1955 University Daily Kansan Soggy Track Slows Santee Santee put together quarters of 68-62-65-59 for a disappointing 61-57-50 off a disappointing American mile record of 4,066. set at the Compton Relays last June. The race, however, was held on a track still soggy from rain that forced a postponement of the meet from Friday until yesterday. An early morning rain yesterday left the track even slower. "The rain and the delay got us all down," Santee said. "I was ready Friday and so were the rest, but you just can't stay up that long." New York —(U,P)— The 49th annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic association gets underway today with a meeting of the executive committee, but most of the fireworks aren't expected until later this week. NCAA Meets Today Missouri-Kansas Game To Initiate Big 7 Race By UNITED PRESS With the Big Seven conference's holiday tournament title in the bag, Missouri's Tigers will invade Lawrence for a battle with Kansas tomorrow night in a feature of the loop's first conference program. Iowa State will be at Nebraska and Oklahoma at Kansas State in other contests. Colorado, defending co-champion with Kansas, will wait until Saturday night to inaugurate its new Big Seven campaign, against Oklahoma at Norman. Missouri, an easy winner over Kansas State in the finals of the tournament at Kansas City, Mo., expected trouble in the game at Lawrence. Kansas, while sophomoric this season, will be fighting to protect a 33-game home court winning streak. Since the formation of the old Big Six, which later became the present Big Seven, Missouri has been able to beat Kansas only three times in Hoch auditorium. The last Missouri triumph at Lawrence was by 42-39 in 1948. But that Missouri record promised to be improved, come tomorrow night. Against this inexperienced crew will be four starters from last year the Missouri team and sophomore Lionel Smith, filling in for injured Lloyd Elmore. The Missouri veterans who Coach Phog Allen will use four sophomores with veteran guard Dallas Dobbs in his starting KU lineup. On the front line will be Gene Elstun (6-3) and Maurice King (6-2), with Lew Johnson (6-6) at center, and John Parker (5-11) with Dobbs in the back line. gave a classy performance in humbling Kansas State, 89-71, include Med Park (6-2) and Norm Stewart (6-4) forwards; center Bob Reiter (6-9) and guard Redford Reichert, 6-1). Oklahoma, however, represented a dangerous foe, sparked by two of the best back-line performers in the conference in Lester Lane and Jimmy Peck. They were the mainstays in the Oklahoma attack which upset Colorado in the first round of the tournament. Iowa State, featuring Chuck Duncan, veteran center, and sophomore Gary Thompson, a 5-10 speedster, figured to get off to a winning start at the expense of Nebraska, a team that lost to Missouri, Colorado, and Kansas in the Kansas City tourney. Kansas State will have a distinct size advantage with Roger Craft (6-7) and Jerry Jung (6-9) available at center; and three forwards that hit the 6-3 mark. They are Dick Stone, Jim Smith, and Nugent Adams. In addition, Kansas State has one of the best outside scorers in the conference in 5-11 J. R. Snyder. And Kansas State was favored over Oklahoma, principally because of greater size and depth and the advantage of playing on the home court. Elstun Stands Out for Kansas By LOUIS BUCK Perhaps KU's most shining merit was 6-foot, 3-inch sophomore Gene Elstun, who stood out in almost every department. In the three games Elstun piled up a total of 58 points, to place fifth high scorer among players of the eight teams which participated. Kansas City, Mo.-Despite dropping two of three games in the recent Big Seven pre-season tournament held in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium, Kansas indicated both greenness and polish. Elstun's 19.3 average was high for KU, as he hit 20 field goals and 18 of 24 free throws. However, Elstun's point-making ability was only a small part of his contribution to the Kansas squad. The two-year all-state basketballer played a top game on the floor plus grabbing many rebounds. Repeating a top tournament job at center and forward was junior Bill Brainard, who helped pull Kansas over the hump last year. Brainard added 24 points to the KU intal. In an effort to shake the Jayhawks from two losses, Coach Phog Allen started senior John Anderson at a guard in place of sophomore John Parker for the final game, against Nebraska. Anderson added his share for KU as he placed fifth among the scoring for the Jayhawks with a perfect six for six free throw record and a 10-point total. The Jayhawks posted a 212-point total in the tournament, while opponents scored 213. The one-point difference resulted in the first loss to Iowa State by that margin. The second Kansas loss and lone victory counteracted each other with three-point differences. All-Big Seven guard Dallas Dobbs was held to 31 points, 16 of which he scored in the first game against Iowa State. The primary reason for Dobbs' low total was the strong defense thrown against him. Pre-season experts found their predictions a bit off at the conclusion of the tournament. Five teams were considered a threat for the preseason championship-Missouri, Colorado, California, Kansas, and Kansas State. Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska were rated too weak for title contention. Of those top five, only Missouri, which captured the top slot, and runner-up K-State came through as expected. Colorado, Kansas, and California were upset in opening rounds when Iowa State and Oklahoma moved into second round games. Nebraska was the only losing team not surprising the experts. 914 Massachusetts Street LAWRENCE, KANSAS Western Civ. Cram Course Jan.4,5,and 6 Basement of Community Building First Session Begins at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.4 Insure Your Grade! Come On Down! You Are Guaranteed to Pass