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Varsity Tromps Frosh in Basketball Opener
Led by the sparkling play and 20-point performance of co-captain Allen Kelley, the KU Varsity turned back a determined Frost team Friday night, 72-52, in the annual Homecoming preview game
Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen used 26 men on his Varsity team and Coach Dick Harp used 23 performers for the Frosh. And with the shuffling of substitutes in and out of the game, it hardly looked like a basketball contest.
Intramural basketball will begin Dec. 7, and all entry forms must be turned in to the intramural office by 4 p.m. Dec. 4, Walt Mikols, director, said.
Lew Johnson, an ex-Argentine high school ace, led the freshmen attack with 12 points and played an excellent floor game. Harry Jett notched seven points and Gene Elstun taillied six for the other top Frosh performances.
Cage Deadline Dec. 4
At least nine men must be signed with a team or the team will not be allowed to enter. Again this year there will be three classes, A, B and C, for both independents and fraternities. Each will be limited to only one A and B team and as many C fives as they wish.
Big Ten All Stars
But it was Kelley who stole the whole show. He was all over the floor and his ball stealing tactics left the Freshmen bewildered.
Monday, Nov. 23, 1953
The Frosch led most of the first quarter but fell behind 15 points at the midway point when Jett was the only freshman to score, his five points coming on charity tosses.
Chicago — (U.P.)—Rose Bowl nominee Michigan State plus Illinois and Minnesota each placed two men on
Mikols will post a basketball
But the yearlings came back to within 10 points, 46-56, early in the final quarter and it was then that Kelley pulled the lever. He scored eight points in two minutes to pull the Varsity out of the hole.
court reservation chart for team practice sessions at both Robinson gym and Robinson annex. Teams will be permitted to sign up for only one practice period and the chart will be posted Nov. 30.
the U.P. all-conference team in the Big Ten.
From Michigan State were named end Don Dohoney and halfback LeRoy Bolden, while the Illini representatives are halfback J. C. Caroline and guard Jan Smid.
Other all stars are naiib back Paul Giel and tackle Stavros Canakes, Minnesota; end Bob Topp, Michigan; tackle George Jacoby, Ohio State; guard Tom Bettis, Purdue; center Jerry Hilgenberg, Iowa, and fullback Alan Amhee, Wisconsin.
the Varsity team.
B. H. Born tallied 12 points for runner-up honors in the Varsity scoring and Dallas Dobbs, the Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore grabbed nine more.
VARSITY
| VARSITY | FG | FT | PF |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kelley | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Brainard | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Divich | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deckert | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| McElroy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alberts | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Davenport | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wagoner | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Born | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Toft | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diers | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wikelson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whitney | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Heitholt | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dobbs | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Dye | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Crissler | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pagedas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perich | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Squires | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolfe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matthews | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| McGuire | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Others said to be in the running for the Jayhawk post are Harry Smith, Missouri line coach; Terry Brennan, Notre Dame assistant; Jack Mitchell, ex-Oklahoma quarterback, now Wichita head coach; Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame assistant; Volney Ashford, Missouri Valley mentor; Wayne McConnell, College of Emporia head coach, and some of the present KU coaching staff.
FROSH
PROGRAM FG FT PF
Elstun 1 4 1
Jett 1 5 2
Buell 0 0 2
King 0 0 2
Heath 0 0 1
Evans 1 1 0
Green 1 2 0
Meekinstock 0 0 0
Hurst 1 0 0
Hanna 0 0 2
Wenger 1 0 0
Johnson 5 2 4
Tower 0 0 3
Williamson 2 1 2
Reich 0 0 1
Hollinger 0 1 0
Capule 2 0 0
Kerr 0 1 0
Carpenter 0 1 0
Parker 0 3 5
Coye 0 0 3
Johnston 0 0 0
Stevenson 0 0 0
MORTALS 15 22 26
Next Coach RumorSubject
Elliott, who was in the KU press box at the Oklahoma A & M game, reportedly scouting the Aggies for the Nov. 28 game against the Sooners, quarterbacked 1947 Big Ten champion Michigan to a 49-0 victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl.
Who the new KU grid coach will be now is the biggest question circulating about the campus, and numerous rumors, all unconfirmed, are sweeping like wild-fire.
are switted by many who think they have an inside channel on the choice of a successor to J. V. Sikes, who resigned Saturday, is Pete Eliott, Oklahoma assistant coach and chief scout.