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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Jan. 4, 1954
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Kansas Captures Pre-Se Hawks Edge Sooners 82-73 In Holiday Tourney Finale
—Kansan photos by Clarke Keys
By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas City, Mo.—Thanks to a 39-point performance by three KU centers, 22 by sophomore Bill Brainard, subbing for fouled-out B. H. Born, the Jayhawkers capped the Big Seven pre-season cage tournament at Kansas City. The tourney started Dec. 26 and closed last Wednesday.
Kansas, after getting past Colorado and Missouri to reach the finals, fought its way to an 82-73 foul-filled victory over surprising Oklahoma in the finale, played before a standing room only crowd of 16,500 in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium.
But it looked for a while as if KU was going to have a harder time of it than the final score shows. Oklahoma, although going ahead briefly in the second period, lost all its starters and one substitute via the soul route, two in the third quarter, to help Kansas to the victory, although two Jayhawk starters, Dallas Dobbs and Born, fouled out in the third period also.
KU's 32 fouls and OU's 38 made a total of 70, and the two teams hit 69 of 104 charity tosses, a pair of new tournament records.
Eighen points by Born in the initial period boosted the victors to a 20-15 margin at the end of the quarter in spite of eight points by guard Lester Lane, the tourney high point man with 64 points in three games.
But Born was held to nothing in the second period as OU pulled up to trail by only 42-39 at the intermission. Then in the third quarter, with men fouling out at every blow of the whistle, Kansas upped its lead four more points, helped largely by eight points by Brainard and rugged rebounding by forward Harold Paterson.
Kansas, with its reserves playing a good share of the time, still managed to outscore the losers, 23-21. to clinch the trophy.
The final quarter turned into a real display of alley basketball as each outfit tried to give away the ball game, and the referees continued to spot numerous rule infractions.
The play of Brainard, who manned the post for the first time this season, was perhaps the high point of the victory, which gave the locals their fourth consecutive triumph after two opening game losses and their second title in the 8-year history of the tournament.
Playing strong supporting roles in the finale were subs Jack Wolfe, LaVaimes Squires, Gary Paddleg, and Jerry Alberts, Wolfe and Squires were sent into the game in the last hectic minutes to handle the ball as KU went into a semi-stall. Each got a point apiece, but their cool play and generalship helped stabilize the almost all-sophomore team.
Tourney Final
KANSAS G-GA  F-FA PE
Patterson 3-11 6-7 4
Kelley 6-15 5-6 4
Born 4-7 5-7 4
Dobbs 2- 0-0 3
Davenport 2-7 3-5 3
McElroy 0-0 0-0 0
Squires 0-5 1-4 0
Padgett 0-0 1-1 1
Martin 0-1 0-2 0
Wolfe 0-1 1-2 1
Heitholt 0-0 0-0 1
Toft 0-0 0-0 1
Brainard 4-5 14-19 8
Anderson 0-6 0-0 1
Alberts 2-3 0-2 4
Totals ... 23-59 36-55 32
OKLAHOMA G-GA F-FA PF
Lane 4-19 8-13 5
McEachem 1-2 3-5 5
Waller 1-8 2-4 5
Jones 4-6 3-3 5
R. Blue 5-17 2-5 5
Hart 0-1 7-11 1
Hamilton 3-4 1-1 5
Morrison 0-0 2-2 2
Muller 1-3 3-4 1
Mason 0-0 0-0 0
Newman 0-0 0-0 1
Brown 1-1 2-2 1
Thompson 0-0 0-1 1
McConnell 0-1 0-0 1
T. Blue 0-0 0-0 1
Totals ... 20-62 33-49 38
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Kansas ... 20 22 17 23—82
Oklahoma ... 15 24 13 21—73
Albens replaced Born and Brainara on several brief occasions and scored four points from the field, and Padgett contributed good rebounding and floor work in several scattered appearances.
The big man for the Sooners was Lane, who ended with 16 points although he fouled out with almost five minutes remaining in the game. Ron Blue and Sterling Jones also hit double figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
In the semi-final against Missouri, another ragged but exciting clash, Kansas scraped to a narrow 2-point victory, in spite of the tact that the Tigers garnered seven more points in the final 10-minute period than did KU.
Born and Patterson, who left the game on fouls with six minutes left in the third quarter, got 17
points each and Al Kelley chipped in with 11 to offset the 5-man punch the Tigers threw at Kansas.
High for Mizzou was sophomore forward Norm Stewart, who got 14. Substitute guard Bock Schoolmaker made 12, and Med Park, Bob Reiter, and Bill Holst contributed 10 each. Kansas rode to the triumph on the strength of a 9-point, 42-33 half-time lead.
In the first game of the tourney against Colorado, which won its first game of the season in the consolation bracket over Washington on the tournament's final day, KU ran to an easy 79-62 win, although the Buffs' junior forward Bob Jeanーケard was high point man in the contest with 23.
contest with a win.
After Jeengerard CU had nobody who was effective against the scrapping Jay defense, while four Kansans—Kelley (15), Dobbs (13), Born (12), and Patterson (10)—hit 10 or more points as every one of the 15 players KU had sued up saw action, and 12 entered the scoring column.
Kansas 79. Colorado 62
Kansas scoring: Davenport 2-0-2;
McEliroy 1-3-1; Brainard 1-1-0;
Kelley 6-3-4; Squires 1-0-1; Martin
0-0-1; Born 2-8-4; Toft 0-0-1;
Alberts 1-0-0; Dobbs 6-1-5; Anderson
0-0-0; Heitholt 1-0-2; Paterson
2-8-3; Padgett 2-3-3; Wolfe
1-0-0; Field goals, 26 for 57;
free throws, 27 for 44; fouls, 27. Score
by quarters: 17-18-27-17—79
Colorado scoring: Jeanagerard 9-5-
3; Ranglos 3-2-5; Walter 1-1-1
Coffman 1-0-1; Halderson 4-5-5;
Hannah 0-2-5; Mock 2-4-4; Morrison
0-1-4; Grant 0-0-1; Harrold
1-0-3; Field goals, 21 for 64;
free throws, 20 for 43; fouls 32. Score
by quarters: 14-13-14-21–62.
Kansas 69. Missouri 67
Kansas City.
Kansas state. Kelley 4-3-5; Braunig 0-3-0; Patterson 7-3-5; McElroy 0-5-4; Born 4-9-4; Alberts 1-1-3; Davenport 1-1-1; Padgett 1-0-2; Dobbs 3-2-4; Squires 9-0-6; Field goals, 21 for 61; free throws, 27 for 43; fouls 28. Score oy quarters: 23-19-16-11-69.
Missouri scoring; Park 4-2-3;
Fowler 0-0-1; Reichert 0-0-0; Stewart 4-6-3; Denny 1-1; Cruts 0-1-5;
Reiter 4-2-5; Halist 4-2-2; Filbert 0-1-1; Schoonmaker 4-4-1; Henson 0-0-1; Casteel 1-1-2; Sally 1-1-4; Hughes 0-0-0; Field goals, 23 for 59; free throws, 21 for 44; fouls, 30. Score by quarters: 15-18-16-18-67.
Cartier Favored Over Sandy
Brooklyn —(U.P.)— Middleweight Walter Cartier was a slight favorite at 6-5 today to beat young Randy Sandy tonight in their TV 10-rounder at the Eastern Parkway Arena.
JUST FOR A LITTLE BALL—Bill Brainard, sophomore star of KU's final game with Oklahoma, and OU's Les Lane scramble for the ball in the second half. Brainard scored 22 points as the Jayhawks won, 82-73. Also in the picture are Harold Patterson (22) and B. H. Born (25) of KU and Walter Morrison (48), Oklahoma.
FIRST YOU KICK YOUR FOOT—KU's Harold McElroy (with ball) seems to be trying out a new dance routine as two Missouri defenders close in to try to snatch the ball. The Missourians are Wynne Casteel (34) and Bill Holst (52). KU beat the Tigers 69-67 in the tourney semi-finals.
Big Roles Played by Substitutes In Kansas' Tournament Victory
By CLARKE KEYS
Kansas City, Mo. — Brainard,
Wolfe, McElroy, Alberts, Squires,
Padgett—names not usually mentioned in connection with great Kansas university basketball victories in the past, but certainly names mentioned in the present and destined to be mentioned in the future.
The "oldtimers" came through of course. That was expected. But B. H. Born, Al Kelley, Harold Patterson, Larry Davenport, and Dai Dobbs, a "vetan" at six games, needed all the help they could get to roll through the tourney field. And they got it.
It was Bill Brainard, Newton sophomore, who really stole the dimlight for the also-rans. Already this feat of filling in for Born when the big fellow fouled out against Oklahoma in the finals is one of
Brainard played center in high school and he is BILL BRAINARD quick to profess that he regards that position as "home." But a collegiate center at 6-3? That's what everybody thought and that's why Bill has been playing forward and guard with the Kansans.
Of course playing Oklahoma, a team with not too much height, helped the cause. But it couldn't detract from the fine job done by all.
the most talked-about sports events of the year. He filled in to the extent of 22 points to become the only KU performer other than Born to hit over 20 this season.
The list runs on to Jerry Alberts, a junior who looks as if he might hit a good stride this season, either as a fill-in for Born, which he did in the tournament, or possibly at a backline position. Jerry is another one who isn't tall for a center, but who makes up for it in desire and hustle and is a good jumper.
But if anyone thought Brainard was short for what he was doing, how about little Jack Wolfe? They list the former Lawrence High star as 5-8, but he's the shortest 5-8 that ever stepped on the basketball court. By far the shortest player in the tournament, Wolfe scored only three points, one against Oklahoma. But his ball handling and dribbling through much of the second half of that final game was invaluable when ball control was so important.
WHAT A HIGH BALL—Jayhawker center B. H. Born holds the ball high over his head as he looks for a way out of the scramble in the game in Kansas City against Colorado, which KU won 79-62. Harold Patterson moves in to help his teammate while four Buffaloes converge on the big center. They are Sam Morrison (3), Wilbert Walter (24), and two unidentified players.