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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Jan. 8, 1954
BY KEN BRONSON
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
People can say what they like but the fact remains that this year's model of a Kansas basketball team is just as powerful as the one last year was at this time of the season.
That is, if you want to take the statistical version. Figures prove, going into the Missouri game tomorrow night, that Kansas has a better record than last year's NCAA runnerup team.
Last year at this time, the Jayhawkers had won five and lost three. This year they have a 5-2 record.
Kansas last year was averaging 69.5 points a game at this stage of the campaign. This year the Hawks have rung up a 72.3 offensive average.
The only item in which last year's team excels over this year's outfit is in points given up to the opponent. Last year at this time, the Jayhawks had given up a 65.3 mean while this year's club has a 67.4 average working against them.
And Harold Patterson, who's been the spark of this year's outfit so far, was hitting only 7.9 points a game at this stage last year. This year the Rozel senior is firing away at a 12.7 average.
Even the top scorers are off on a better foot than they were a year ago. B. H. Born, last year's top pointsmith, had a 13.4 average at this stage while this year the Medicine Lodge senior is sporting a 19.1 average.
Allen Kelley, last year's runner-up in point production, was firing away at a 12.3 clip last year at this time but this year the little co-captain is one-tenth over that, at 12.4.
A good statistician is the pride of every newspaper office. Well, we didn't figure up this dope. Our thanks to Elon Torrence, Topeka bureau of Associated Press, for the notes.
And while we're handing out orchids, we'll hand a few more to Patterson and then give a bouquet to Jack Wolfe and Gary Padgett, two surprises on this year's team.
Mere words can hardly describe the performance of Patterson. The 3-sport letterman has impressed everyone who ever watched him perform on the gridiron, the court, or the baseball diamond. A soft-spoken guy, he has won the respect of his coaches and teammates with his all-out hustle and play. It probably will be many years until another of his caliber comes around to wear the Crimson and Blue.
Padgett and Wolfe, neither of whom made the southern junket, have jumped into contention with their unparalleled desire and hustle.
Padgett has to be admired when he turned down a chance with the varsity last year to spend another year with the freshmen. Coach Phog Allen told the Greenleaf product that his chances to play with the varsity were pretty slim with guys like Gil Reich, Dean Kelley, Born, Allen Kelley, and Patterson around.
Padgett took it in stride and volunteered to spend an extra term with the frosh rather than lose a year of eligibility.
Wolfe, a hometown Lawrence boy, never gave up his dream of becoming a varsity performer. Chances were that the little 5-8 speedster could never make the team because of his extreme height disadvantage.
But Wolfe fooled everyone and no one is sorry that he did.
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Packers Hire Third Coach
Green Bay, Wis. —(U.P.)—The Green Bay Packers, one of the storied names in professional football, have completed the front office reorganization in a move which they hoped would lead them back to prominence in the National Football league.
Former head coach Gene Ronzani was forced to resign Nov. 27 after the Packers lost the traditional Thanksgiving day game to the Detroit Lions.
The club signed likeable Lisle Blackbourn, former Marquee grid coach, Thursday after Blackbourn conferred with Verne Lewellen, a one-time Packer great who recently signed as general manager.
Blackbourn's 4-year record at Marquette was an unspectacular 18 won, 17 lost, and five tied. He fielded his best team this past season and wound up with a 6-3-1 mark, with all his losses to Big Ten teams.
The 54-year-old Blackbourn takes over the Green Bay team after one of its worst seasons in history, a sorry two wins, nine losses and one tie.
Blackbourn will be only the third coach in the history of the team.
NCAA Meeting Closes With Routine Business
Cincinnati-(U.P.)-The 48th National Collegiate Athletic association convention wound up last-minute business today with a routine session to review a report by the television committee.
The NCAA council and the director of the football Hall of Fame will stick around until tomorrow for quick morning sessions before adiurning for another year.
The NCAA television committee recommended yesterday that the present policy of only one college football game on TV each week be continued. The committee offered hope, however, that more games may be shown in the future.
In a round-table session that was unusually quiet in view of the controversial nature of the subject, the TV committee suggested studies be made of televising football. This was suggested so that the incoming committee would not be bound because of new developments in the fit.
The NCAA business session was expected to act on the 56-page mimeographed document submitted by the television committee today.
The television policy of the NCAA
will not be definitely decided until April, however, when members will vote in a mail referendum. Sentiment daring the convention was with continuing the present policy and no decided switch was seen likely.
Another suggestion was that the new television committee study delayed and theater TV. It said this type of television could "greatly promote or adversely affect college football, depending on how supervised."
The question of televising sell-out football games also was discussed. The main drawback to this was that other teams in the area would be hurt because of lack of attendance.
The present policy regarding sell-out games grants permission if no schools in the area are affected. The report said there was some favorable public reactions when the games were not allowed.
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