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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. Feb. 17, 1954
Jayhawks, K-State Battle Tonight
By DANA LEIBENGOOD Assistant Sports Editor
The Kansas university basketball team will go after its seventh league victory of the season and a tie for the conference lead when it plays Kansas State at 7:35 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
Kansas must win this game since Colorado defeated Iowa State 70-50 Monday night to take over the undisputed league lead, one-half a game in front of Kansas. Kansas can't afford to lose any of its games if it wants to win its third consecutive league crown.
Although this game with the Wildcats is important, the conference title is not riding on the outcome like the Kansas State-Kansas battles of the previous two seasons. Two years ago, Kansas won the league championship by defeating Kansas State here, and last season Kansas won both games from the Wildcats to take the Big Seven championship.
Kansas State, like Kansas, has been inconsistent all season. In spots it has played excellent basketball. It defeated Nebraska 91-70 to hand the Huskers its first defeat in conference play. It is also the only team to have defeated Colorado in league play, dropping Colorado, 66-60 at Manhattan.
Kansas State has won only three of eight league games, and with Jesse Priskock and Jim Smith, two starters, on the injury list, the indications are that it probably will go back to Manhattan with its sixth defeat in Big Seven games.
Priscoid didn't see any action against Iowa State due to a severe charleyhorse. "He is definitely out of this contest and will not even work out with the team until the first of next week," said Coach "Tex" Winter yesterday.
Smith may start the contest but he will definitely be below par. He was hit in the stomach with an elbow in the first quarter of the Iowa State game. This paralyzed his stomach muscles and he was forced to go to the hospital.
Len Wilson, 6-2 forward, will take Prisock's place in the starting line up. Wilson is not a heavy scorer but is a reliable rebounder and a good floor man.
In addition to gaining a first place tie if it wins, Kansas will also break its all-time home court winning streak with a win tonight. It has now won 26 straight games to tie the record set by the Kansas teams of 1939, '40, and '41.
At center for the Wildcats will be Roger Craft. Craft is the fifth start-ing center which Kansas State has used this season. It opened the season with Jerry Jung at the post, and it has used Jim Frary, Joe Powell, and Priscock in addition to Craft. Craft took a firm hold on the first string position last Saturday when he scored 18 points in the loss to Iowa State.
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Al Michaels has been hired as backfield coach at North Carolina State college.
Kansas State coach Fred "Tex" Winter brings his K-State team here tonight. Gene Stauffer (left) and Kent Poore, Wildcat guards.
Baseball Meeting Set for Tomorrow
--should be examined today. Call for appointment. Any lens or prescription duplicated
Coach Floyd Temple has issued a call for anyone interested in playing varsity baseball to meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Room 201 Robinson. Freshmen also are invited to attend.
Aggies Hold Lead But Lose Prestige
But Hank Iba's cagers were victims of a startling upset when they fell before the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Seven, 60-63, Saturday night in Stillwater.
The Oklahoma A&M Cowpokes lost some prestige but not an inch of ground in their quest for another Missouri Valley conference basketball championship last week.
Triumphant over Detroit and St. Louis, A&M's fourth ranking Cowpokes ran their record to 6-0 to maintain a comfortable margin over second-place Wichita (5-2).
The loss broke a 17-game A&M winning streak and was the first on the home court in 28 consecutive contests.
Four Teams Win Contest In Fraternity 'C' Playoffs
Fraternity "C" playoffs got under way last night with four teams—Phi Delt IV, ATO I, Phi Delt I, and Phi Gam I winning their way into quarter final games on Friday. The other quarter final teams drew first round byes.
Playoff competition will be resumed on Friday with the Independent "A" and the Fraternity "A" semifinals and the Fraternity "C" quarter-finals. A complete schedule of games will appear in tomorrow's Kansan.
Phi Delt IV 37. Sigma Nu 27
Phi Delt IV 37, Sigma Nu 27
Phi Delt IV earned the right to meet Beta I on Friday by downing Sigma Nu 37-27. Only three points separated the two teams at half time the Phi Delts leading, 16-13.
For the winners, Pfeutzenreuter was high scorer, dropping in 16 points. Mitchell and Consentino led the losers with 10 anpiece.
ATO I 26. Phi Psi I 25
Phi Delt I 38, DU I 31
In another close game, Phi Delt
In a very tight ball game, ATO I squeaked by Phi Psi Ii, 26-25, thus earning the right to meet Phi Delt III in the quarterfinals. The game was even closer at half time, the score being knotted at 12-12.
For game honors, Schmidt of the winners had nine points while Speckman of the losers was hitting eight.
I emerged victorious over DU I, 38-31. It will meet SAE I in a quarter-final game.
The Phi Delts held a slim 14-13 lead at half time but pulled away in the second half as Ryther was scoring 12 points. For the losers Slawson and Bertogilo each tallied nine points.
Phi Gam I 52, AEPi 17
In the only one-sided game of the evening, Phi Gam I easily outclassed AEPI. 52-17. The game was never close after the opening minutes with the winners possessing a 24-10 half time lead. Phi Gam's Carter led the scoring parade with 16 points while Bragin of the AEPI dropped through 12. The winners will take on Phi Delt II in Friday's other quarter-final game.
The University of Louisville has accepted a bid to play in the National Invitational basketball tournament.
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