Wednesday, March 10, 1954 University Daily Kansan
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Allen Says Tigers Are 'Razor Sharp'
By KEN BRONSON
Kansan Sports Editor
Columbia—Gloom was as thick as cigar smoke in the restaurant where the Jayhawkers ate after losing to the Missouri Tigers 76-67 last night.
By winning at Columbia the Jayhawkers could have cined the Big Seven championship and a spot in the NCAA regional tournament at Stillwater, Okla. But by losing it meant that both the Big Seven title and the NCAA berth would be decided by a fateful flip of a coin, since KU and the Colorado Buffaloes finished the season in a first-place tie.
Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen was not in particularly bad spirits, however. "I feel better now," he said. "I did feel pretty bad, but I think Fli live."
As for the play of the Missouri team, Coach Allen called it "razor sharp" and referred to the Jay-hawkers' game as sharp as a blunt sword.
"We waited until they started something and then tried to stop them instead of anticipating their moves," he said.
And it certainly had been an inspired game for the Tigers. They hit 50 per cent of their shots in the game, but their average was much greater in a torrid third quarter which saw the Tigers hit 27 points.
Particularly outstanding for Missouri were Bob Reiter, junior center, and Norman Stewart, sophomore guard.
"Thet Stewart played the game of his life" and "Wasn't that Reiter great?" were comments heard again and again from Missouri fans.
Between them Reiter and Stewart, who led the third-quarter rally, scored 40 points.
Against the inspired Missourians, the Jayhawkers had the game under control during the first half but couldn't regain the lead after the Tigers had gone wild in the third quarter.
In the final period the Jayhawkers managed to stay within hoping distance, trailing several times by only five points. They could come no closer, however, despite heroic efforts by senior stars B. H. Born, Allen Kelley, and Harold Patterson.
When the game entered the final three minutes and the Tigers stalled, forcing Kansas to foul to get the ball, it was evident that the Jayhawkers' chances of entering the NCAA tournament depended on the toss of a coin.
Pros Insist Gola Is Tops
New York —(U.P.)—Tom Gola of LaSalle was far and away the best college basketball player of the season, according to the watchful pros, and it may surprise you how the financial brigade rates the nation's five finest collegians.
A private poll among various pro coaches puts the six foot-seven Philadelphian in a class by himself, Joe Lapchick of the New York Yankees one-sided wonder of the hardwood himself, sums it up when he save:
"Gola is the most completely versatile player in the collegiate game. He can do everything, and do everything amazingly well."
Ordinarily, the pros aren't ones to go overboard on a college player. Too often, they have discovered, a widely-heralded college star has been "made" by publicity and poor competition. It doesn't take long in pro action to separate the men from the boys.
"But this Gola could have stepped into professional basketball when he was a sophomore in college and made good," Lapchick lauds. "I don't see what better recommendation you can give him."
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NCAA Berths Almost Filled
New York —(U.P.)— Despite Kentucky's refusal to accept a tourney berth, the NCAA basketball tournament virtually completed the field for its four big regionals today, while the National Invitation tournament filled its semi-final round with seeded teams.
Kentucky produced double-barrelled news last night when it first won the right to represent the Southeastern conference in the NCAA carnival by whipping Louisiana State 63-56—and then declining to accept. State was immediately named as a substitute.
Meanwhile, Cornell qualified for the NCAA by beating Princeton, 46-44, in a special playoff for the Ivy league crown.
NCAA first-round play at three sites saw Toledo and Notre Dame advance to the Iowa City regionals, Bradley move into the Stillwater, Okla., regionals and Santa Clara and Idaho State gain the Corvallis, Ore., regionals.
Top-seeded Duquesne and third-seeded Holy Cross each came through with a victory at New York's Madison Square Garden last night to gain the semi-final round of the National Invitation tournament—the first time in the tourney's 17-year history that all four seeded teams have gone this far. Duquesne will clash with fourth-seeded Niagara and Holy Cross with second-seeded Western Kentucky tomorrow night.
Duquesne advanced with a 69-6 win over St. Francis of Loretto, Pa., surprisingly close since the Dukes had beaten the Frankies by 30 points in their last meeting. The Frankies' Maurice Stokes was the individual star, keeping his team in the game all the way with 28 points, 16 rebounds, and brilliant all-around play. Holy Cross was hard-pressed for only the first period in trouncing St. Francis of Brooklyn, 93-69, as togo Palazzi scored 25, but may have incurred an important injury when starter Joe Liebler suffered a "muscle sprain" in his right leg.
—Kansan photo by Clarke Keys
THEY CAN'T DO THAT—But they did. And the looks of anguish on the faces of KU players and fans Tuesday night in Columbia reflect the feeling of despair that prevailed after Missouri had dropped the Jayhawks into a tie for first. Players are Jerry Alberts, Bill Brainard, Jack Wolfe, Harold McElroy (standing) and John Anderson. Coach "Phog" Allen sits at the right; assistant Dick Harp stands scornfully
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New York—Arnold Short of Oklahoma City and 6-foot, 11-inch Bob Mattick of Oklahoma A&M, were named today to the western all-star team which will oppose the east on March 27 in the annual fresh air fund basketball game at Madison Square Garden.
San Francisco, Calif.: Y. A. Tittle became one of the highest paid players in the National Football league today when he signed a contract with the San Francisco Forty-Niners for an estimated $19,000. Tittle completed 149 of 259 passes good for 20 touchdowns last season.
Miami Beach: Manager Charley Johnston declared today a "built-up" lightheavyweight champion Archie Moore is ready to challenge Rocky Marciano for the heavywweight title.
St. Augustin, Fla.; Long-bitting Bobbie Dawson of Piedmont, Calif., led a field of 60 women amateurs yesterday as she shot a 75 in the qualifying round of the 26th Florida East Coast Golf championship.
"Archie's ready for the big one now—with Marciano," Johnston said after Moore scored a technical knockout over Bob Baker of Pittsburgh at 2:08 of the ninth round last night. Moore battered Baker so badly that his blood spattered the canvas and ringside spectators in the late rounds.
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