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FINISHED PRODUCT—This is the artist's conception of what the new KU fieldhouse will look like when it is completed. The steel structure is now being erected on the land southwest of the Military Science building. No completion date has yet been set.
By KEN BRONSON
Kansan Sports Editor
THIS AND THAT-Big time tennis is coming to this area next Sunday when Jack Kramer brings his professional tennis tour into Kansas City's Municipal auditorium . . .
Kramer, Frank Sedgman, Pancho Segura, Pancho Gonzales, and Don Budge make up the troup, which this year is playing tournaments in each stop . . . The idea is for better performance from the whole troup, each man striving to win the proceeds . . . Incidentally, the program in Kansas City will be an afternoon affair, starting at 2 p.m.
PANCHO SEGURA
One would think that the Kansas nickname—Jayhawker is exclusive. . . Well, it isn't according to Maj. Melvin H. Hooper, public information officer of the VII Army Corps in Germany . . .
It seems that the whole corps goes by the nickname Jayhawken and quite naturally the corps' athletic teams go by the same nickname...
And by another coincidence, the Jayhawks in Germany are leading their league at this time of the year, just as the Jayhawks in Kansas are . . . Maj. Hooper says his Jayhawks have an excellent chance of becoming Army champions in Germany . . . We hope the same holds true for the Jayhawks here . . .
University Daily Kansan
The Rockne Club of Kansas City has chosen Henry Iba of Oklahoma A&M as the "Basketball Coach of the Year." . . . Also selected by the club were Cliff Ogden as the best basketball official and Ronnie Gibbs as the best football official. . .
A freshman postal track meet between Oklahoma and Colorado was delayed last month because of a novel reason . . . "Can't run," was Sooner coach John Jacobs' comment. "Hurdles are froze to the track." . . . Oklahoma has no indoor track, necessitating the use of the outdoor oval . . .
Colorado has a 7-0 freshman, Frank Wilcox, currently working out with the Buff yearling team. . He's from St. Louis and weighs only 180 pounds .. Included in the Colorado freshman roster is Jim Cadley, 6-4, 190-pound forward from Newton, Kans. . .
Iowa State has lost one of its most talented basketball performers . . . He's Jerry Davis, who dropped out of school on advice of the Iowa State registrar. . . Davis broke his arm last month, making it necessary for him to bypass note-taking. . . He's expected to return for the spring quarter which starts late in March. . .
Incidentally, reserved seat tickets for the Kansas-Nebraska game in Lincoln, Feb. 22, are sold out. General admission seats are still available, according to A. J. Lewandowski, Nebraska business manager, but these are going fast . . .
Just for those people who think Chuck Mather, new KU football coach, is too young to be coaching in college. . . Vince Di Francesa, new Iowa State coach is only 32 years old and has been coaching football only five years, excluding a couple of years of service ball. . . During that time, he's won 38 and lost only seven. . .
And then there's Terry Brennan, who's even younger than that.
New York —(U.P.)— In a surprise switch of sentiment by the United Press board of coaches, Indiana took over as the nation's No. 1 college basketball team today, with Duquesne second and Kentucky third.
Jayhawks Drop In UP Ratings
The 35-man rating board, apparently taking into consideration the difference in caliber of opposition faced by the teams, moved both Indiana defending NCAA champions, and Duquesne ahead of Adolph Rupp's undefeated Wildcats, who had led for six weeks in a row.
The "Hurryin' Hoosiers" defeated Louisville and Michigan State last week to remain unbeaten in the Big Ten and run their overall record to 14-1; Duquesne beat Villanova to run its undefeated string to 18 and then added an impressive non-collegiate triumph over the powerful Quantico Marines; while Kentucky made it 16 straight with three victories over weak-sister Southeastern conference opposition.
Basing their ratings on games played through Saturday night, Feb. 6, 13 coaches picked Indiana first, eight favored Duquesne and 10 chose Kentucky. In point distribution, Indiana received 317; Duquesne, attracting more support for succeeding places than the Wildcats, had 294; and Kentucky 280.
The Hoosiers, whom the coaches had picked before the start of the season as the best bet to win the 1954 mythical national championship, were selected no lower than fourth on the ballots of all 35 coaches. In addition to 13 first-place votes, they attracted 13 seconds, seven thirds, and two fourths.
In other important changes among the top 10 teams, Minnesota (13-2) advanced one notch to fifth place, exchanging places with western Kentucky, which suffered its first setback in 22 games; and Lasalle (17-3) moved up to the select group, replacing Kansas.
Kentucky, which probably will not play in the NCAA tournament because three of its star players will have received their degrees and are thus ineligible, was omitted from the ballots of two coaches this week. Duquesne, like Indiana, was picked on all 35 ballots.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1954
Oklahoma A&M (18-1) retained fourth place for the sixth straight week; California (17-3) held seventh place; while Notre Dame (12-2) moved up one place to a tie for third place (russette). Oklahoma Aggies attracted two first-place ballots, while California and Notre Dame each had one.
In point's, Oklahoma A&M received 235, Minima, Western California 104, Holy Cross and Notre Dame 87 each, and Lasalle 53.
Kansas, 10th last week, dropped back to 11th, heading the second 10 teams, with Louisiana State 12th and Duke 13th. Iowa and Seattle were tied for 14th; North Carolina State was 15th, and Oregon State and Colorado A&M tied for 17th. Fordham and George Washington rounded out the second 10 group.
Jayhawk Rally Topples Tulsa
By KEN BRONSON
Kansan Sports Editor
Getting another 20-point-plus effort from its 6-9 Lonesome Pine, Kansas riddled the Tula Golden Hurricane, 71-58 last night in Tulsa as the Jayhawks broke away from a one-point edge at halftime to salt away their 10th win.
B. H. Born, who collected 28 points Saturday night at Oklahoma, rammed home 29 last night to again pace the Kansas victory. The Medicine Lodge junior, who had been in a scoring slump going into this southern swing, ended up with the best two-night stand of the season.
But the victory wasn't a one-man engineering feat. Dallas Dobbs, the 5-11 sophomore from Bartlesville, Okla., enjoyed another great night in his home state, ramming home 15 points.
Dick Nunnelly, Tulsa's 6-1 captain,
took scoring honors for the Hurricane,
hitting 19 points, 11 of them in
the final half. Dick Courter, 6-5
center, was close behind with 16 points,
12 of his coming in the first half.
Now Kansas must play Nebraska Saturday night in Hoch auditorium. It's the first of a tough 2-game home stand for the Jayhawks, who play Kansas State a week from tomorrow.
Harold Patterson nabbed 10 tallies to end the Kansas scoring in the double figures but Al Kelley contributed five, Bill Heiholt and Chris Divich, four apiece, and Larry Davenport and Bill Brainard two each to round out the Kansas scoring.
Then Born took over and for the first half of the period, the big boy was almost unstoppable. He rammed home nine straight points during that stretch to give Kansas its largest lead of the night—17 points—at 67-50 with 4:20 to go.
Kansas won the game the hard way, leading only 31-30 at halftime. But the determined Jayhawks came out in the third period to score 25 points to Tulsa's 17 to have a nine-point edge going into the final quarter.
But the cause looked dark in the early stages of the third period when four of Kansas' five starters were limping with three fouls. But Born, Patterson, and Dobbs stuck around to the finish, only Kelley leaving the game.
J. C. Duncan started Talsa off on the right foot when he hit with a minute gone to make the score 2-0. But Kansas came right back and then hit seven points between them, hitting seven points between them, took the lead at 7-4.
Kansas then went on to lead by five, at 16-11 in the waning minutes of the first period as Heitholt and Kelley hit two quick ones with two minutes to go in the period. The quarter ended with Kansas on top, 16-12.
The second period was almost fatal for Kansas as Tulsa moved up from an early 7-point deficit to tie the score at 25-25 with 2:15 left in the period. The score was tied twice more after that before Born's crip shot placed the Jayhawkers on top. 11-30 at halftime.
Both teams were cold in the second period, Kansas going six minutes into the period before Bill Brainard's 25-footer broke the ice. During that drouth, Kansas kept ahead on charity tosses but when Dick Nunnelly and Courter started hitting with a little over two minutes left in the period, the Jayhawks saw their lead diminish to nothing.
How They Voted
Team Points
1. Indiana (13) (14-1) 317
2. Duquesne (8) (18-0) 294
3. Kentucky (10) (16-0) 280
4. Okla. A&M (2) (18-1) 235
5. Minnesota (13-2) 140
6. Western Ky. (21-1) 104
7. California (1) (17-3) 101
8. (Tie) Holy Cross (16-1) 87
8. (Tie) Notre Dame (1) (12-2) 87
8. LaSalle (17-3) 53
Second 10 teams: 11, KANSAS, 45;
12, Louisiana State, 39; 13, Duke, 23;
14 (tie), Iowa and Seattle, 22 each;
16, North Carolina State, 14; 17
(tie), Oregon State and Colorado
A&M, 9 each; 19, Fordham, 7; 20,
George Washington, 5.
Box Score
| KANSAS | G-Ga | F-Fa | Pf | Tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kelley | 1-9 | 3-3 | 5 | 5 |
| Divich | 1-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 4 |
| Patterson | 4-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 10 |
| Padgett | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Born | 10-17 | 9-10 | 3 | 29 |
| Brainard | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dobbs | 4-15 | 7-7 | 3 | 15 |
| Wolfe | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davenport | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 |
| Heitholt | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 |
Totals 23-54 25-28 22 71 Tp
TULSA G-Ga F-Fa Pf tp
Patterson 3-13 1-2 1 7
Hacker 0-2 2-2 2 2
Nunnelly 5-10 9-11 3 19
Duncan 3-8 3-6 4 9
Courter 4-12 8-11 1 16
Jenkins 1-7 2-4 3 4
Elliott 0-4 1-1 5 1
Mesic 0-1 0-0 0 0
Totals 16-57 26-37 19 58
SCREEN BY QUARTERS
Kansas 16 15 25 15—7
Tulsa 12 15 18 17 15—8
Huskers Lose To Colorado
New York — (U.P.)— Indiana, Kentucky, and Oklahoma A&M, anxious for a shot at the national basketball championship next month, each added a notch to its unbeaten league record today—although the Aggies had to go into a harrowing overtime period to do it.
Colorado led almost all the way to beat Nebraska. 75-67, turning back a Nebraska drive that cut the margin to two points early in the fourth period. The tie will be broken Saturday when Kansas plays Nebraska.
Western Kentucky, which suffered its first loss in 22 games last Saturday night against Eastern Kentucky, bounced back with an 88-75 victory over Morehead, Ky., State.
Indiana, the defending national champion, ran its perfect Big Ten record to 8-0 last night in a surprisingly easy 90-79 win over Minnesota, and Kentucky had even less trouble pushing its Southeastern conference mark to 7-0 with a 97-55 decision over Florida.
But the Aggies had plenty of woe before they nipped Detroit, 66-65, in overtime at Detroit to move their Missouri Valley conference record to 5-0.
Detroit, with a dismal 1-6 league record, trailed the Aggies by from two to seven points throughout the game but caught up early in the fourth period. They had a golden opportunity for an upset when, with the score tied 58-58, they froze the ball for the last minute and 52 seconds to take the final shot.
Don Halling took the shot from 35 feet out and it missed as the gun sounded. Still the Titans could have won in overtime, but they missed five free throws. Six-foot, 11-inch Bob Mattick emerged as high scorer for the Aggies with 25 points and Ralph Goldstein paced Detroit with 19.
Furgol Wins Phoenix Open
Phoenix, Ariz. —(U.P.)—Hard-luck pro Ed Furgol won a double victory with his 11th-hour win over Cary Middlecoff in the dramatic overtime play-off that gave him the $10,000 Phoenix Open golf championship.
When Fordham defeated Connecticut last night, the major college unbeaten list dwindled to three—Kentucky (14-0), Western Kentucky (20-0), and Duquesne (18-0).