Tuesday. Dec. 1, 1953
University Daily Kansan
Page 5
—Kansan photo by Clarke Keys
BIG AND LITTLE—Jack Wolfe (11), Lawrence junior, and B. H. Born (25), Medicine Lodge senior, talk it over about the upcoming Tulane battle Dec. 10. Wolfe, at 5-8, is the shortest man on the KU basketball squad and is one of the candidates for a front-running guard position. Born, a 6-9 all-American, is the tallest man on the varsity and will open at center against the strong Green Wave. Allen Kelley and Harold Patterson are slated to open at the forward spots while Dallas Dobbs and Larry Davenport are presently running at the No. 1 guard slots.
By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Editor
Jayhawker basketball Coach Phog Allen quickly warmed up to the subject—basketball, naturally.
the subject—basketball, naturally. “That ball takes funny bounces,” he said. “Tex (Tex Winter, Kansas State cage coach), was being a little too nice last week when he gave us the championship already. In the first place, we probably haven't got the best team, and even if we do, we still have to go out and win the games to prove it.”
The 68-year-old dean of American roundball tutors was referring to a statement made 10 days ago by the new Wildcat coach in which he predicted the Jayhawks were the ones to beat for the Big Seven title.
"Kansas State belongs as high in the conference and national picture as we do. It's true they lost a couple of boys, but they still have more power down there than we do.
"Winter has Jerry Jung (7-foot center) and I understand Winter's predecessor (Jack Gardner, now Utah university coach) worked pretty hard on Jung last year. Why, if he comes through like B.H. Born did for us last year we'll be in trouble.
'I really don't know why K-State was overlooked in the preseason picks, unless they were made by eastern writers who just didn't want to have two Kansas teams in the top brackets.'
Allen also expressed fear of both Missouri and Nebraska in the league. Missouri, he said, has almost an all-veteran team as does Harry Good at Nebraska. Allen said, too, that Oklahoma Coach Bruce Drake claims to have one of his best fives in several years and then winced as he recalled how Colorado ("always tough at Boulder") beat KU last winter at Boulder.
"I would say, though, that it will be among us, K-State, Missouri, and Nebraska," Allen prognosticated, "but I wouldn't be surprised if the winner loses as many as three conference games."
Then Allen, who has won more college games than any other coach in the history of the game, took a swipe at playing facilities here.
here.
"I say that the home court means anywhere from eight to 10 points advantage for the home team, but here we are handicapped because often we don't get to practice on our 'home' court. Most of our drills have to be in the gym and then we play our games in Hoch, which usually has something going on during the week to keep us out."
On the topic of this year's team Allen waxes warm and cool.
"We lost the two men who carried the team last year—Dean Kelley and Gil Reich," Allen means, "so it looks as if we'll be a lot thinner than last year. I know I said that last year about this time, but I don't think we're going to have any more gifts from the gods like Reich.
"We won't get any sympathy from the other teams so we'll have to struggle and fight. I know our kids will be fighting all the way, but if we run into any bad luck, such as losing any of our top three men (Born, Al Kelley, and Harold Patterson) we won't go anywhere. We've also got to keep Kelley from fouling out.
"It (the Big Seven chase) will be a dogfight."
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