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PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
| | KANSAS | Pos. | OKLAHOMA |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 6-1 | Harold Patterson | F | Dink McEachern | 6-1 |
| 5-11 | Al Kelley | F | Lester Lane | 5-11 |
| 6-9 | B. H. Born | C | Bob Waller | 6-6 |
| 5-11 | Dallas Dobbs | G | Sterling Jones | 6-1 |
| 6-2 | Larry Davenport | G | Ron Blue | 6-3 |
By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas meets the Oklahoma Sooners here tonight in a rematch of the conference pre-season tournament final game and the first loop of the contest of the season. Tip-off time 7:30 p.m. in Hoch auditorium.
Jayhawk Coach F. C. "Phog" Au-len has indicated he will string along with the same lineup which has opened five of the six KU games this season—a lineup that averages 6-2. Kansas, with three triumphs over the holidays, now has a 4-2 season record.
The KU lineup consists of forwards Al Kelley and Harold Patterson, center B. H. Born, and guards Dallas Dobbs and Larry Davenport. Born, with 119 points to date, an average of 19.8 per game, is the top Jayhawker point maker. Sooner coach Bruce Drake es- ported five which won with the same starting five which saw most of the action in the loss at Kansas City to KU in the tourney finale. KU won 82-73.
This five has L Dink McEachern at forwards, Bob Waller at center, and Sterling Jones and Ron Blue at the back-line positions. Lane is the man the Jayhawks must watch, at least on the basis of his showing
last week at Kansas City. The little (5-11) speedster and expert ball handler was the tournament high scorer with 64 points. OU has won three and dropped four contests this year.
Since the 3-point toss to Kansas last week, Drake has been working on his team's defensive play, especially against centers. Before Born fouled out late in the third period against OU, he scored 13 points. Jerry Alberts, who subbed briefly for Born, got two quick field goals, and sophomore Bill Brainard, who finished up at the post, came through with his season high of 22, making a combined total of 39 points scored by KU pivot men in the game.
Three Sooners hit double figures in that game. Lance scored 16, Blue got 12, and Jones counted 11. Center Waller and his replacement, Walt Morrison, got but four and two, respectively. Kelley and Patterson netted 12 and 17, respectively, for KU.
After Oklahoma, KU meets Missouri here next Saturday night. Kansas edged the Tigers 69-67 in the semi-finals of the holiday tournament.
Kansas Scorers
Player G F F Fga Ft Fta Ft p Born 6 G F 894 Ft 510 P 20 Born 6 394 84 71 671 29 118 Patterson 6 21 47 24 33 19 6 Dobbs 6 24 62 8 14 20 56 Davenport 6 5 8 14 14 11 26 McElroy 6 2 14 10 14 11 26 Pudgett 4 4 12 5 9 9 13 Assis 4 4 12 5 9 13 Heitloth 4 2 12 3 2 5 8 J. Anderson 4 1 1 5 2 3 6 Woll 4 1 7 2 3 6 14 Wolf 2 1 3 1 2 1 4 Toft 4 0 1 2 4 3 2 Martina 4 0 1 2 4 3 2 Br. Anderson 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Totals 6 141 353 149 226 151 431
Opponents 6 130 135 149 219 151 400
Three KU Linemen Play in 'Bowls'
Three senior football players who started at Kansas last season saw action in football games played during the Christmas vacation.
Joe Lundy started at left tackle for the Blue in the Blue-Gray game which was played in Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 25, the first Kansas player to ever play in this contest.
Morris Kay and Bob Hantia played for the West in the East-West game last Saturday.
How They Stand
W  L  Pts. Opp
Kansas State 6 2 626 572
Kansas 4 2 431 400
Missouri 4 2 488 404
Iowa State 4 3 486 485
Oklahoma 3 4 485 455
Nebraska 3 6 615 671
Colorado 7 1 480 543
NewKUCoach Still Mystery
Kansan Assistant Sports Writer Who's going to be the new KU football coach?
By KEN BRONSON
That is the question that every Kansas football fan is asking his neighbor these days.
Well, take it from A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg, KU athletic director, that the post won't be filled until after the National Coaches association meeting in Cincinnati this week. Those meetings begin Wednesday and will conclude Saturday.
Lonborg admitted that interviews with candidates have already been arranged in Cincinnati but refused comment on whom they would be with. He did say that the interviewing of prospective coaches will end there.
Lonborg's comments spiked the rumor that was started last week by a Kansas City radio commentator who said the KU coach had been picked and would be announced immediately. Most of the rumors circulating had it that Volney Ashford, coach at Missouri Valley, had the job.
Besides Ashford, other names that have been circulating in connection with the KU post are Jack Mitchell, coach at Wichita university; Terry Brennan, assistant coach at Notre Dame; Pete Elliott, assistant coach at Oklahoma, and Harry Smith, assistant coach at Missouri.
Rumors have it, however, that many more have been interviewed for the job. These range from Kansas high school coaches to Otto Graham, quarterback of the pro Cleveland Browns and who has no coaching experience, to Bernie Bierman, the white-haired ex-Minnesota coach.
Cincinnati - (U.P.)—The 48th annual National Collegiate Athletic association convention opened today with an all-day executive committee meeting.
The only concrete statement to be made by school officials is that the coach will be named this month.
NCAA MeetingOpens Today in Cincinnati
The executive committee was expected to discuss five major topics, including the much-debated television question. A meeting of the American Football Coaches association will also be closely watched as members tackle the unlimited substitution rule.
Only time will tell who the new Jayhawk football coach really is.
Other groups meeting along with the NCAA and the Football Coaches association included the American Association of College Baseball Coaches; the American College Public Relations association, sports division; College Athletic Business Managers association, and the National Collegiate Track Coaches association.
Kansas State, No. 2 team in the Big Seven football race the past season, awarded 33 football letters.
Santee Sets Mark In Sugar Bowl Run
Running on a track that had been soaked by a 3-day rain, KU's Wes Santee ran the third fastest mile ever run by an American, as he unwound a brilliant 4:04 to win that event in the Sugar Bowl track meet last Thursday.
Santee's record mile run broke the 'old Sugar Bowl mile record of 4:10.7, which was set by another Kansan, Glenn Cunningham in 1938.
Had it not been for a slick spot in the track which cost him at least two seconds, Santee might have run a faster mile than the 4:02.4 he ran at Compton, Calif., June 5, 1953, newspaper reports said.
After taking the lead at the beginning of the last lap, Santee ran a 55-second final quarter. Bruce Drummond of Oklahoma university, and Charley Capozoli of Georgetown, had alternated in the lead for the first three quarters. The field did the first quarter in 60 seconds, the second in 62, and the third in 65. Then Santee put on his finish to win the race and establish the new record.
After the race Santee said that he had not intended to try for a four minute mile due to the condition of the track, but that he had intended to break Cunningham's record.
Cage Warfare On in Earnest
New York — (U.P.) — The college basketball season gets down to brass tacks this week with every major conference starting league play that will lead to titles and tournaments.
Some of the loops already have begun, of course, with Indiana's narrow, 62-60 escape from Michigan on Saturday hinting strongly that many upsets are in store. But for most, this is the week when the "outside" warm-ups end and dramatic league warfare begins.
Indiana's national champions, so grateful to defeat Michigan on the strength of Bob Leonard's last-minute field goal from midcourt, must come right back tonight to continue the defense of their Big Ten crown against Wisconsin, a team that opened its league season with a 65-38 victory over six players and walloping of Purdue. And on Saturday the Hoosiers will have to meet team which debuted with an 84-72 rout of seventh-ranked Illinois.
Only two of the nation's top 20 teams were upset this weekend, 10th-ranked Brigham Young taking a 77-5 drubbing from Bradley and 20th-ranked Navy was whipped by Cornell, 73-61. California, ranked 18th, also lost, 64-55, but that was to an AAU team, Universal Motors.
Basketball fans will have an opportunity to see Clyde Lovellette, all-American KU center of three years ago, when the Minneapolis Lakers will play the Milwaukee Hawks Jan. 18 at the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Lakers to Play In KC This Month
Lovellette now is playing with the Lakers, and is being groomed to take over for George Mikan, the Lakers' No. 1 center, when the former DePaul ace decides to retire.
In his role as a substitute, Lovellette has averaged about six points per game. He has been reeing considerable action in recent games, and should see more right he becomes more familiar with the Minneapolis style of play. His biggest scoring night so far was against Fort Wayne Nov. 17, when he scored 19 points. The game is a regularly scheduled National Basketball association zame.
Another former conference star, Lew Hitch of Kansas State, is the starting center for the Hawks. He was sold to Milwaukee earlier this year to make room for Lovelletta.
Monday, Jan. 4, 1954
Yankees' Fifth Title No.1 Story of 1953
By ED HOWARD
The winning of the American league and World Series championships for the fifth straight year by the fabulous New York Yankees, ranks as the No.1 sports story of 1953, a poll of The Editorial class of the School of Journalism shows. The Yankees, who broke all records by their unprecedented sweep of all possible major league baseball honors, finished far ahead in the poll of the second choice, Ben Hogan's accomplishments.
Hogan, winner of both the U.S. and British Open golf championships, also accomplished what never had been done before. The small Texan still is making a comeback from an automobile accident which almost claimed his life.
league in attendance. The Braves, by their move, opened the door for further league changes which will benefit the major leagues.
The Boston Braves' transfer to Milwaukee was picked as the No. 4 sports story. The Braves, coming out of a dolrum with a new team and a new home, finished second in the National League and led the
Following Hogan in the poll was Bevo Francis, Rio Grande college center, who led his team to 39 straight victories without a loss. Francis, playing against small college competition, averaged 50.1 game and one game on scored 112 points. The National College Athletic association ruled out the 6-9 giant's records because of "inferior" competition.
Wes Santee, University of Kansas track star who in June ran the fastest mile ever run by an American, came in fifth in the balloting. Santee's time was 4:02.4.
Three subjects tied for No. 8 spot in the balloting. The fabulous 100-yeard-plus chip shot out of a sand trap winning for Lew Worsham the Tam O'Shanter golf tourney in Chicago; the death of Jim Thorpe, rated the top American athlete in the first 50 years of the 20th century, and the success of Florence Chadwick, west coast secretary who became famous in the world of sports for her long-distance swimming feats were the 3.
The switch of the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore was rated 7th in the poll. The Orioles, as the Baltimore team is now named, are hoping to rise from one of the cellar teams in the American league to a contender spot.
15 Post-Season Bowl Games Pro Clash Share Spotlight
The comeback of Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox outfielder who was a Marine pilot in Korea for a year and a half, was rated sixth. Williams, one of baseball's stars for the past decade, surprised even his most avid followers by cracking out 13 homeruns in the last month of the season after being discharged from the service with six weeks left in the season.
Oklahoma was the only bowl team to upset the dopesters on New Year's day, as the Sooners beat undefeated Maryland 7-0. Georgia Tech, Rice, Michigan State, and Texas Tech won as expected in other bowl games. Detroit, by beating Cleveland 17-16, won the National Football league crown, Dec. 27 at Detroit.
Orange Bowl—After staving off two Maryland scoring threats on the 1-foot and 6-yard lines in the early minutes of the game, Oklahoma roared back to score in the second quarter after an 83-yard drive. Larry Griffg scored the touchdown on a 25-yard pitchout play from quarterback Gene Calame.
Larry Grigg was the individual star of the game because, in addition to scoring the only touchdown, he intercepted a Maryland pass in the end zone to ruin the Terps' final scoring threat.
Cotton Zowl in a game highlighted by an Alabama player coming off the bench to tackle a Rice runner, the Owls dumped the Crimson Tide 28-6. After scoring the first touchdown in the game, the Alabama tullled, leaped off of the bench to tackle Dick Moegle, who was on his way to a 95-yard touchdown run. Rice was awarded the touchdown.
After they scored the touchdown, the Sooners had to settle down and protect it because a few plays later they lost Calame for the remainder of the game when he suffered a shoulder separation. With only third string quarterback Jack Van Pool to run the team, the offense was hindered greatly and the Big Seven conference representative never was able to get a sustained drive under way.
The play which broke the Bruins back was the 62-yard punt return by Wells which gave Michigan State its fourth touchdown. After this play the Uclans couldn't muster a sustained drive and the coast was handed its seventh defeat in eight games with the Big Ten conference.
rose Bowl—After trailing at half time 7-14, Michigan State bounced back to score three touchdowns in the final two periods to defeat UCLA 28-20. Paced by hard running Billy Wells, the game's most valuable player, the Spartans scored 14 points in the third period and their final marker in the fourth stanza.
With the exception of this unusual incident, the game was a rather drab affair for the great team of Jess Neely on the Tide to pieces. The lighter, faster Owl line opened huge holes for its swift backs. Moeagle was the star of the game as he
scored on touchdown runs of 97, 79,
and 34 vards.
Sugar Bowl--The only really lopsided bowl game was played in New Orleans where Georgia Tech scored at will against outclassed West Virginia. Georgia Tech's offense was led by the passing of Pepper Rodgers who broke all Sugar Bowl game passing records by completing 16 of 26 passes. Due to Rogers' pin-point passing Tech led 20-6 at halftime. The Mountaineers never had a chance after that.
Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech coach, played reserves most of the last half in order to hold down the score.
Gator Bowl—Texas Tech exploded in the final half to rout Auburn after trailing 6-13 at halftime. Auburn dominated all phases of the game in the first half, but was completely helpless against the Red Raiders in the second half.
A 53-yard scoring pass followed by a 59-yard touchdown run by Bobby Cavazos, both in the third quarter, broke the losers' back completely. Auburn never was able to make a sustained drive after that.
Pro Football-With two minutes and 33 seconds left in the game, Bobby Layne fired a touchdown pass to Jim Doran for 34 yards and the winning touchdown in the pro football championship contest. Cleveland was leading 16-10 at the time, and it looked as if the Brown's had the game in the bag until Laynes's pass. The Brown's had taken the lead on the strength of three field goals by Lou Groza and a touchdown by Harry Jagade.
OTHER BOWL GAMES
Sun—Texas Western 37, Mississippi
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Sun—Texas Western 37, Mississippi Southern 14.
Southern 14.
Cigar--Missouri Valley 12, La
Salad-Fort Ord 67, Great Lakes 12.
Elks—Morris Harvey 12, East Carolina 0.
oima 0.
Tangerine—East Texas 7, Arkansas
State
Rice
Camp Fisher 19, Nagoya Air
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Shrine—West 31, East 7.
Blue-Gray—Gray 40, Blue 20.
North-South—South 20, North 0.
Prairie View—Prairie View A&M
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33, Texas Southern 8.