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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Dec. 17, 1953
By KEN BRONSON
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Probably the most surprising aspect of the recent road trip to the South by the Jayhawkers was the publicity given the team and coaches by all the papers.
The three New Orleans papers had stories every day about the "great KU basketball team" and the respective sports editors filled their columns day after day lauding the Kansas team and coaches.
It all boiled down to the fact of a misinterpreted quote from Dr. Allen and some false facts about the Kansas player. The whole thing quieted down considerably by game time but for a few hours Wednesday the topic was the hottest on the sports front.
But one aspect ruined the otherwise fine press relation. Hap Glaudi, writing in the New Orleans Item, came out Wednesday morning with an attack on "Phog" Allen for not bringing LaVannes Squires on the trip.
Despite the fine publicity given the team, the South made a terrible impression on northern scribes covering the games. Press facilities probably were the world's worst and although the South is noted for its hospitality, none was shown to the reporters.
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High schools in Louisiana have just finished playing football and basketball will not get under way in some parts until late January. Cliff Wells, Tulane coach, blames the long season for the shortage of cage talent around New Orleans.
"The boys don't get started until they are through." Wells will tell you. "All the emphasis is put on football."
And while New Orleans is in bad shape for basketball talent, Baton Rouge is just the opposite. Fans in the Louisiana capital will tell you their city is the "basketball capital of the South."
If Baton Rouge is the cage center of the South, and it certainly is for the state of Louisiana, then it can also claim the "King of the South" in its 6-9 home grown all-American center. Bobby Pettit.
Pettit, born and raised in Baton Rouge, almost skipped out to Kentucky before deciding at the last minute to enroll at LSU. To the people and the students at LSU,
Pettit represents the greatest ball player on earth and probably ranks second in popularity to the late Huey Long.
Before, during, and after the game. Pettit was the center of attraction. When he shot in pre-game warmups, the fans would cheer. When he hit a bucket in the game, the coliseum would thunder with the roar. After the game he was swarmed by photographers and fans. It took the big boy about 30 minutes to get away from the crowd.
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The LSU athletic facilities are something to behold. Only the basketball end of the deal could be bettered. The football stadium is a full bowl capable of holding better than 65,000.
The baseball park is a wonder in itself. Backed by a concrete grandstand that runs from first base to third, the park has a grass infield and lighting.
But the basketball facilities could be improved. For instance, the floor in the LSU coliseum, which, incidentally, also houses two rodees a year and is the center for the school's agricultural exhibit, is put down every year from green six-inch pine boards. This allows for a great deal of spring and hampers a team which isn't used to playing on such a floor.
A scoreboard and clock was finally installed minutes before game time Saturday night but only the scoreboard functioned after the first quarter. The clock quit running altogether after the first quarter. The time had to be called over the loud
Three champions from 1952 put up a successful defense of their individual sports titles in 1953 to bring the fall intramural program to a close.
Repeating his 1952 victory, Bill DevVry of Sigma Alpha Epsilon captured first in handball singles play. In the handball doubles, Beta*
This fall the intramural department, under the direction of Walt Mikols, offered both singles and doubles competition in horse shoes, handball, badminton and tennis and singles in golf.
speaker system, making it a serious handicap for both teams.
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Carl Cole, independent, became the first participant in KU intramural sports records to win three successive titles in one sport as he added the '53 horseshoes crown to his collection. Copting the doubles championship in horse shoes were Mark Rivard and Jay Hardy of Beta Theta Pi.
And while the KU cagers made a tremendous showing in basketball ability against LSU, probably their greatest showing was in church Sunday. The team was introduced before services started. Following the services, a large portion of the congregation remained outside in the rain to shake hands with players and coaches.
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It was a great showing of "southern hospitality."
Three Re-Capture Titles In IM Individual Sports
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Rivard teamed with J. Elvig to claim that title.
The other holdover from '52 was Richard Gray representing NROTOC who won his second badminton trophy. Badminton doubles play has not yet been completed.
In tennis, Bob Riley of Phi Kappa Psi went through match play undefeated to gain a first in that sport. Riley joined Tom Davidson to emerge on top of the doubles competition.
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During the fall there were 494 players participating in the five sports in which a total of 432 matches were played.
The Monday night basketball league standings find ASME in front, with
Murder Inc., DU, Crazy, Phi Gam,
and the 69'ers following in that
order.
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