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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 4, 1954
Three Kansans Get HonorableMention
New York—(U.P.)—Kansas' talented senior trio of B. H. Born, Allen Kelley, and Harold Patterson made the honorable mention list of the United Press all-American basketball team announced today.
2 Teams Favored For NCAA Berths
New York—U (P)-North Carolina State and George Washington were the favorites for titles and tourney berths today as the Atlantic Coast and Southern conferences opened their post-season championship playoffs.
North Carolina State, in whose fieldhouse at Raleigh the first ACC turney in history is being held, actually is only the narrowest of choices in an eight-team field.
The victors in these two carnivals both of which conclude Saturday night, will go into the NCAA tournament and will be matched against each other in a first-round game at Raleigh. N.C., March 9.
The host Wolfpack of Coach Everett Case goes into the tourney with the best overall record in the league (22-5) but finished only fourth in the league during the regular season. The experts give them the slight edge because of that record, their familiarity with the court, and their fine form at the close of the season.
Regular-season champion Duke, which beat N. C. State twice in close games, also is heavily-backed as are Maryland and Wake Forest. Opening-round day games pitwake Forest vs. South Carolina and Maryland vs. Clemson, while tonight it will be Duke vs. Virginia and North Carolina State vs. North Carolina.
The Southern conference from which the ACC members seceded to set up their own league, is holding its tourney at Morgantown, W.Va., also with day and night twin bills. In the day, it's West Virginia vs. William & Mary and George Washington vs. Washington and Lee, and at night, Furman vs. Davidson and Richmond vs. V.M.I.
George Washington went unbeaten through an 11-game regular season league schedule and is top-seeded. Furman (6-1) is second-seeded and, of course, has the tourney's top drawing card in Frank Selvy, the national scoring champion and all-time record holder.
Seven tourney-bound teams were in action last night, but the most momentous game saw Pennsylvania gain a tie for second place in the Ivy league race with an 84-76 triumph over Harvard at Philadelphia.
In the only game last night that matched two tourney-bound teams, Fordham (NCAA tourney) defeated Manhattan (National Invitation), 73-68, in overtime. Ed Conlin led Fordham with 26 points, six of them in the overtime session.
The UP 1954 all-American, perhaps the highest scoring college all-star team ever assembled, lists Furman's Frank Selvy, Don Schlundt of Indiana, Tom Gola of La Salle, Cliff Hagan of Kentucky, and Bob Pettit of Louisiana State as its first five.
If this "dream team" ever played a game as a unit and each player matched his season average in points, the team would roll up a fantastic 147.1 points for that game.
Selvy, of course, boasts the highest scoring average on the squad 42.5 points a game, as a brilliant star who has virtually rewritten the book by marking up approximately 20 all-time scoring marks.
The six-foot, nine-inch Pettit, who also eclipsed the all-time average record this season, tallied 32.6 points per game, Schlundt 24.7, Hagan 24.3, and Gola 23.0.
Schlundt, Selvy, and Pettit all were second-team selections last year.
Schlundt and Gola were the only juniors selected on the squad; the other three men are seniors. Gola is the only holdover from last year's team, although Hagan was named to the 1952 team and was ineligible last year because his Kentucky team was under a year's suspension by the NCAA.
A total of 345 sports writers and radio broadcasters took part in the balloting and Selvy was mentioned on 90.4 per cent of the ballots cast. The six-foot, three-inch Furman marksmans was a first-team selection on 304 of the 345 ballots on a second-team pick and on 25 others. Schlundt was named by 84.1 per cent of the voters, Hagan by 74.5 per cent, Gola by 72.5 per cent, and Pettit by 62.3 per cent.
Lone holdover on the second team was Clarence (Bevo) Francis of Rio Grande, who smashed the small-college scoring marks. Also named to that squad were Dick Ricketts of Duquesne, Frank Ramsey of Kentucky, Bob Leonard of Indiana, and Tom Marshall of Western Kentucky.
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Coleman Named To Plug Hole In Yank Infield
The poor New York Yankees were reduced to only one world championship infield today when Manager Casey Stengel designated Jerry Coleman to replace Army-bound Billy Martin at second base
Stengel, who hoped to open the American league season with two championship infields at his disposal, thus was "forced" to reune the inner defense that helped win the 1951 pennant and World Series—Joe Collins at first, Coleman at second, Phil Rizzuto at shortstop and Gil McDougall at third.
Martin, the stringy but combative second baseman who starred in the 1953 World Series, hands back the job to the man he replaced when Coleman was called back for a second hitch in the Marine air corps on April 30, 1952. Martin is regarded as a sharper hitter than Coleman but most experts agree that the 28-year old native of San Jose, Calif., is a smoother fielder.
At that Coleman is no slouch as a hitter. He batted .275 as a rookie in 1949 and lifted that mark to .287 in 1950, capping the campaign with a brilliant World Series performer of 400. He also but was hitting .405 when he left the Yankees for duty with the Marines in Korea.
At Tucson, Ariz., General Manager Hank Greenberg asserted 17-game winner Early Wynn he would not be traded and Manager Al Lopez said he intended to work the Cleveland Indians' big three of Wynn, Mike Garcia, and Bob Lemon on the same rotation basis as in the last two years. This means Boudeau expects the big three to handle between 850 and 900 innings.
Martin, 25, is expected to serve 19 months in the Army and may be able to get out after only 16 months. He previously served from Nov. 1950 to March, 1951, before being discharged on a dependency appeal. He recently appealed a $^{1}$A reclassification on dependency grounds but was turned down.
Slugger Ted Williams left the Boston Red Sox camp at Sarasota for a Miami hideout, seemingly convinced his principal problem will be to cut 20 pounds off his current 220-pound frame.
Kansas Track Forces Eye Outdoor Season
After winning its third straight Big Seven indoor track championship, Kansas will have a month to prepare for the outdoor season which begins when it competes in the Texas Relays on April 2-3.
The first dual meet of the outdoor season will be on April 10 when Kansas travels to Berkley, Calif. to meet the University of California. This is the first time that it has met California in a dual meet.
The Jayhawks will be top heavy favorites to win the Big Seven outdoor title again this year. They are expected to be very strong in the discus and javelin, and they have already demonstrated their strength in the other events.
Kansas is expected to dominate the javelin event again this year with Don Sneegas and Bill Brown leading the way. Kansas has been a power in the javelin event since the year before Coach M. E. "Bill" Easton took over the coaching position here. In 1946, Kansas took four of the five places in the outdoor championships to begin its reign of javelin power. Last year was a typical example of Kansas strength in the spear when it took first, second, and fifth in the conference outdoor championships.
Jim Swim took first place last year, but has graduated. However, Sneegas, who finished second, and Brown, who finished fifth, are back to defend the KU crown. Sneegas threw the javelin 184 feet one-fourth inch in his best performance last year, and he has already topped that distance this year. Brown threw it 177 feet one-fourth inch in the conference meet last season. The No. 3 man in this event is Don Bracelin.
Even though Kansas has shown that it is the power of the league in track, Coach Easton would still like to have more strength in some events.
Morris Kay, Dick Knowles, Gene Blasi, Blii Niedler, and Dale Birney are the men who will compete in the discus event. Knowles took third place in the conference last season with a toss of 144 feet 9 inches, and Kay took fifth place with a throw of 141 feet $ \frac{4}{2} $ inches. Blasi, Nieder, and Birney are all sophomores who show promise. Coach Easton said.
Coach Easton said, "I would still like to have more shot putters, high jumpers, and pole vaulters. I understand that there are several fine pole vaulters" in school and we would like to have them come out for track.
K-State Beats OU' Takes Third Place
The loss gave the Soomers a 3-9 conference mark for sixth place.
Manhattan- (U.P.) A strong 90-68 triumph over Oklahoma pushed Kansas State to a 5-6 record and third place in the Big Seven standings last night as it closed its season, before 9,000 fans here.
Junior center Roger Craft was the top performer with 29 points, followed by Wildcat teammates Jesse Prisock and Gene Stauffer, who hit 17 and 15, respectively.
Guard Lester Lane was high for the Sooners with 25.
K-State and Oklahoma ran even through the first quarter with the Wildcats holding a 20-18 edge at the end. The K-Staters pulled to a 44-33 intermission margin and were never threatened.
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