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Jayhawks Fall To 13th Place In UP Ranking
New York—(U.P.)-Indiana, Kentucky, and Duquesne-rated 1-2-3 in the pre-season National College basketball ratings by the United Press board of coaches—today held the same positions in the group's first weekly ranking for the 1953-54 campaign.
Kansas, LaSalle, and California, all of which were ranked in the first 10 in the pre-season estimate of the coaches, dropped out and were replaced by Hlinois, UCLA and Fordham.
Louisiana State climbed from seventh to fifth. Minnesota took over sixth place after ranking ninth in the pre-season voting. Oklahoma A&M slipped from fifth to seventh.
Coach Branch McCracken's Indiana team, which received 29 first place votes and 337 points in the pre-season balloting, collected 30 out of a possible 35 first-place votes and a total of 339 points.
Coach Forrest (Phog) Allen's Kansas队 suffered the biggest drop, slipping from fourth to 13th. Illinois jumped from 11th to fourth.
North Carolina State remained eighth; UCLA pulled from 20th to ninth. Coach Johnny Bach's Fordham team, which rated only three points in the pre-season estimate, zoomed to 10th.
How They Voted
Tuesday. Dec. 15, 1953
Team Point
1. Indiana (30) 339
2. Kentucky (2) 294
3. Duquesne (2) 235
4. Illinois 171
5. Louisiana State 130
6. Minnesota 110
7. Okla. A&M 104
8. No. Car. State 72
9. UCLA 50
10. Fordham 46
Second ten: 11, La Salle (1), 44; 12,
California, 42; 13, Kansas, 27; 14,
Notre Dame, 26; 15, Oregon State,
25; 16, Ohio State, 21; 17, Holy Cross,
19; 18, St. Louis and Western Kentucky,
16 each; 20, Wyoming and
Kansas State, 15 each.
Others: Louisville, 13; Oklahoma and Tulane, 12 each; Wisconsin, 11; USC, 10; Michigan State, seven; Brigham Young, six; Oregon, five; Santa Clara and Dayton, four each; Purdue, Oklahoma City College, San Francisco and Niagara, three each; Navy and Rice, two each; and NYU, one.
Tatum Named No.1 Coach
New York —(U.P.)—Maryland is the football team of the year and now Jim Tatum is Coach of the Year.
That accolade was bestowed today upon the 40-year-old split-T trickster by his fellow coaches in the annual Scripps Howard newspapers' 19th annual poll. Tatum was named coach of the team, followed on top by a comfortable margin in the balloting by a total of 599 college coaches.
Henry (Red) Sanders of UCLA was second with 111 votes while Forest Evashevski of Iowa was third with 68 and Frank Leahy of Notre Dame fourth with 34. Ray Eliot of Illinois ranked fifth, Ralph Jordan of Auburn sixth, George Munger of Pennsylvania seventh, Ivy Williamson of Wisconsin eighth, Earl Blaik of Army ninth, and Art Lewis of West Virginia and Paul Bryant of Kentucky tied for 10th.
Tatum was astounded when informed that he had won the award.
"What, me and my big mouth?" he responded.
The Maryland maulers, only man- team to finish the season unbeaten and untied, finished on top in the United Press ratings by its board of 35 coaches, and although the Terrapres did not play as rugged a schedule as some of the nation's other high ranking teams, they met every test without pressure, piling up a total of 298 points and yielding only 31 in roaring through a 10-game schedule.
TULSA TERROR—Dick Courter, two-year letterman at Tulsa, will be in the Golden Hurricane starting lineup here tomorrow night against Kansas. Courter is a 6-5 junior and plays either at center or forward. He has started every Tulsa game in the past two years. A great rebounder, Courter also can move well and uses a good hook-shot to score most of his points.
Wilkinson, Munn Head List For Vacated Minnesota Post
Minneapolis, Minn.—(U.P.)—Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson and Michigan State's Biggie Munn, former Minnesota all-Americans who made good in the football coaching world, were "favorite son candidates" today for the coaching job left vacant by Wes Fesler.
But it appeared unlikely either of the two was seriously interested in the game.
Wilkinson indicated he probably wouldn't want to leave his lucrative job at Oklahoma.
Munn, busy getting his Spartans ready for the Rose Bowl, has been reported in line for the athletic director's job at Michigan State, and was considered an unlikely applicant for the Minnesota job.
Reports circulated that a group of Minneapolis businessmen were putting together a lucrative deal to "lure" Wilkinson back to Minnesota.
But one fan grumbled: "No matter what we offer, those Oklahomaans will probably give him another oil well and he'll stay put."
Minnesota athletic director Ike Armstrong, who will have the job of picking a successor, said Fesler's resignation yesterday caught him by surprise. He insisted he hadn't time to give much thought to a successor or consider any candidate.
"There isn't any rush," he said. "We've got until spring practice time to pick a man."
Plenty of candidates' names were floating around. They included Red Dawson, former Minnesota grad now coaching at Pittsburgh; John Roning, former assistant to Bernie Bierman now coaching at Utah
State; Milt Bruhn, former Gopher now assisting Wisconsin Coach Ivy Williamson as line coach; Dallas Ward, former Gopher now at Colorado; and Fesler's assistants Lyal (Pappy) Clark, Dick Fischer, and Frank Nash.
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--land has five lettermen, including three starters, back from last year's team. Lettermen back are Barney Alleman, 6-1, and Jerry Davis, 6-0; center Chuck Duncan, 6-5, guards Carl Van Cleave, 6-3, and Larry Wetter, 6-0. Van Cleave, Duncan, and Davis were starters last season.
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At Logan, Utah, Roning said he would consider the job under "certain conditions" which he did not name. Roning said he would like to return to Minneapolis, his home town, but added "I'm not looking that far ahead."
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The University of Minnesota "M" club went on record as favoring a Minnesota graduate to succeed Fesler.
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The name of Bernie Bierman, former head coach who resigned in 1950, was also in the hopper. But Bierman, who recently expressed an interest in returning to football if the right job came along, said he hadn't been contacted about the job.
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Five Veterans Anchor Improved Iowa State
STUDIO Call 151
By DANA LIEBENGOOD Kansan Sports Writer
Impressive victories in its first two games have strengthened hopes for an improved basketball season at Iowa State college. The Cyclones, only undefeated team in the conference, have posted victories over Grinnell 76-62, and Creighton 72-64.
The Cyclones have a young team with only two seniors, Van Cleave and Davis, among the men who see regular action. This will mean that the team should improve greatly as th season progresses.
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He says, "I have never seen a player improve as much in one season as Chuck has. He was a good player last season, but he is far
Due to a late season football injury, Alleman has not started in the Cyclones' first two games. In his place is Don Dekoster 6-3, forward.
Duncan also should score well. Last season he was a consistent point maker while starting at forward and occasionally relieving Delmar Dierckes at the post. Dierck, an all-conference selection last year, has been working with Duncan on the pivot this year.
Lack of height is the chief handicap at present. Duncan is the tallest man on the team, but the shortest center in the conference. Van Cleave and Duncan will be forced to grab the biggest share of the rebounds which Iowa State will get.
Despite its lack of height, the team should score well. Van Cleave has been the leading scorer to date. The Montezuma, Iowa, senior scored 27 points in the game with Grinnell to tie the all-time Iowa State scoring record. This scoring outburst also was an all-time high for an Iowa State guard.
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Davis is not a prolific scorer, but he is a fine floor man and can get points in the clutch. Alleman, once he gets in shape, will add a great deal to the effectiveness of the team. He is a driving type player who should carry his share of the scoring load.
Wetter should come into his own in scoring this season. In three years of play at Rinard, Iowa, High School, he scored more than 1,700 points. He could develop into one of the better scoring guards in the conference. He is a fine floor man and field general of the team.
The season will hinge on how well Duncan and Van Cleave can hold down oppositions "big" men. If they can come through, Iowa State can be a dangerous team.
Track Team Sets Dinner
The Jayhawker Big Seven and NCAA championship cross country team will be honored here Thursday night at a banquet at the Faculty club.
Winners of varsity letters and freshmen numerals and next year's captain will be announced at the dinner and movies of the league meet will be shown.
About 30 persons will attend
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