Page 6 University Daily Konsan Thursday. Nov. 12. 1953 Basketball Squad Eyes Frosh Tilt With eyes looking toward the first basketball contest less than 10 days away, Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen and his assistant, Dick Harp, have been drilling about 30 candidates for the KU varsity basketball team. The game, which will be played next Friday night, will pit the varsity against the freshmen as a feature of Homecoming weekend. The regular season doesn't open until Dec. 10, when the Jayhawkers travel to New Orleans to play Tulane. It still is a little early to tell anything definite about this year's team but a number of boys have come in for a share of praise from the two coaches. B. H. Born, already picked on one pre-season all-American team, has shown up well in drills along with Allen Kelley, the other co-captain from McCune. The team is anchored this year by 10 returning lettermen. Others besides Born and Kelley are Jerry Alberts, John Anderson, Larry Davenport, Everett Dye, Bill Heiftholt, Eldon Nicholson, Harold Patterson, and LaVannes Squires. Two of these, Anderson and Patterson, are on the football squad and another four, Bob Comm, Don Martin, John McFarland, and Paul Smith, are now out for football but will report for basketball when the season ends. Sophomores Dallas Dobbs and Len Martin have stolen some of the spot-light away from the returning squad—Boston's second baseman, the running for a starting varsity spot. Other sophomores who have looked good in early drills are Bill Brainard Chris Divich, the K-State transfer who won't be eligible until the second semester: Dick Diers, a 6-6 transférent; Craig McElroy, 6-5 Independence, Mo, product, and Jim Toft, 6-6 stringbean from Grand Island, Nebr. After their 2-game swing through the South, the Jayhawkers return to meet Tulsa at Lawrence on Dec. 16 fore go into the Big Seven preseason tournament in Kansas City, which starts Dec. 26. HOME The KU schedule: Dec. 15 Tulsa Jan. 4 Oklahoma* Jan. 9 Missouri* Jan. 18 Iowa State* Feb. 13 Nebraska* Feb. 17 Kansas State* Feb. 26 Oklahoma A&M Mar. 1 Colorado* AWAY Dec. 10 Tulane Dec. 12 LSU Jan. 12 Oklahoma A & M Jan. 16 Kansas State* Feb. 2 Colorado* Feb. 6 Oklahoma* Feb. 8 Tula Feb. 20 Iowa State* Feb. 22 Nebraska* Mar. 9 Missouri* *—Big Seven Games. Jayhawk Cagers To Dedicate Gym The KU basketball team Sunday afternoon will give a clinic and play an intra-squad exhibition game to dedicate a new 1,200-seat gymnasium at the Kansas State penitentiary, Lansing. The squad will go by bus and will begin exhibition at 2:30 p.m. Drills, demonstrations of tactics and techniques, and the game will compose the program. But Will KU Ever See It? Miami —(U.P).— Officials plan to increase the seating capacity of the Orange Bowl from 65,000 to 85,000 seats. Plans for enlarging the structure were discussed yesterday at a meeting of city officials. THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL Covers all important KANSAS EVENTS A. E. Hall, Dist. 1800 Learnard Ph. 1813L1 Lawrence, Kansas B. H. BORN Sikes Pleased With Practice After a gruelling 3-hour football workout yesterday afternoon Jayhawk Coach J. V. Sikes said he was pleased with the way the team was hustling to get ready for the Oklahoma A&M invasion Saturday. "I don't think you could single out any individual as being outstanding today," he said. "I would say the entire squad looked very good." The coach yesterday continued to use 185-pound senior end Harold Patterson at right end, a move he made Tuesday to bolster the pass catching potential. Patterson replaces Don Bracelin, 181-pound St. Francis junior who has started the previous eight games. Gridders still absent from drills were left halfbacks Don Hess and Bob Conn, and right half, Frank Cindrick. Sophomore Rex Sullivan did most of the work out of that slot when the first unit worked offensive maneuvers against the reserves. Irish, Maryland Favored To Win Minneapolis, Minn., —(U.P.)—Notre Dame and Maryland, Ranked No. 1 and 2 among the nation's football teams, were heavy favorites today to retain their unbeaten, untied records this Saturday. Notre Dame was figure 28 points better than North Carolina, and Maryland was made a 13-point choice over Mississippi. Four other teams among the top ten were also installed as heavy favorites in weekend games. Fourth-rated Michigan State was listed a solid 14-point choice over Michigan in the NCAA nationally televised game of the week which could have an important bearing on the Big Ten title race. Fifth-ranked UCLA was rated a 19-point favorite over Washington. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma figured as a 26-point choice over Iowa State, and eighth-ranked Baylor was favored by 14 points over Houston. Illinois, the No. 3 team, was given only a six-point edge over Wisconsin in a game in which the Illini could cinch a share of the Big Ten crown. Seventh-ranked Georgia Tech was favored over Alabama by only seven points, and ninth-ranked West Virginia had only a seven-point edge over South Carolina. Tenth-ranked Southern California is idle this week. In the Midwest, Miami of Ohio was rated a 19-point choice over Dayton, Minnesota six over Iowa, Missouri seven over Kansas State, Nebraska six over Colorado, Ohio State 14 over Purdue, and Indiana-Northwestern and Kansas-Oklahoma A&M were rated topsups. In eastern games, Marquette was favored by six points over Holy Cross, Pitt 27 points over North Carolina State, Navy 14 over Columbia, Cornell six over Dartmouth, Fordham 26 over Temple, Harvard six over Brown, Pennsylvania six over Army, Penn State 14 over Rutgers, Syracuse 19 over Colgate. Princeton and Yale were rated even. In the South and Southwest, Tennessee was given a six-point edge over Florida, Auburn 12 over Georgia, Rice 14 over Texas A&M, Southern Methodist 13 over Arkansas, Texas 13 over TCU, Texas Tech 10 over Tulsa, Tulane 10 over Vanderbilt, Louisiana State and Mississippi State were figured even. California rated a 13-point choice over Oregon, Washington State was a seven point pick over Oregon State, and Utah was favored by 14 points over Colorado A&M. Sikes had the whole team practicing passing offense and defense for about an hour, then ran his first team in running plays against the second stringers. 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The other is J. V. Sikes's personal string of three consecutive triumphs over his one-time Georgia coaching partner, J. B. Whitworth. And like K-State last Saturday, the Cowboys would like nothing better than to smear KU. Since the modern series began in 1946, the Jav Hawkers have won every contest. Oklahoma A&M's success this year has been attributed to a slashing, eager line and a more explosive attack. The Cowboys have an all-veteran line of junior and senior lettermen and a backfield of two senior halfbacks and a sophomore quarterback and fullback. Bill Breedle, the Cowboys' French- Indian left halfback, is one of the most explosive runners in the Midlands. The speedy brave has scored on runs of 85 and 77 yards this season, ranks second in the Missouri Valley conference in rushing, and ranks 16th nationally in yards gained from rushing. But Bredeed isn't the only back Kansas must worry about Saturday. Sophomore fullback Earl Lusford is the Missouri Valley's leading rusher with 626 net yards and ranks ninth in the nation. Righthalf Dorssey Gibson is fourth in the Valley in rushing and has turned in scoring jausts of 97 and 60 yards this season. The Jayhawkers, meanwhile, are running out of games in which to break their mid-season slump. After playing stoutly in losses to SMU and Nebraska, they turned in a shoddy performance against Kansas State, losing 0-7. The one-touchdown margin does not tell the story. The Wildcats roared to 349 yards on the ground while restricting Kansas to its lowest rushing total of the season. 108. Kansas can offer the Big Seven's seventh leading ball carrier in Don Hess and the ninth in Ralph Moody. Shop BROWN'S First Men's Sleeveless SWEATERS 298 100% WOOL SLEEVELESS SWEATERS Asstd Solid Colors, All Sizes NAVY OXFORDS Full Leather Quarter Black or Tan 798 First Door South of PATEE THEATRE Brown's TOGGERY 830 Mass. Hess is also fifth in returning punts and Moody is the league's third best punter. John McFarland is fifth in the league in passing, completing 20 tosses out of 55 tries. The embattled Jayhawkers must regroup their defense around improved tackling and accelerate their attack, especially through the air, if they are to win this one. NCAA May Alter Playing Seasons The 20-member council will recommend to the NCAA convention in Cincinnati in January that football practice not start before Sept. 1, and that play be limited to 10 games, excluding bowl contests. Kansas City, Mo.—(U.P.)-The National Collegiate Athletic Association executive council moved yesterday to limit practice and playing seasons for NCAA-supervised sports, mainly football and basketball. Basketball would be held to a season of 28 games, including pre-season tournaments and tourneys held during the regular season. Post-season tournaments would be played in practice sessions would not start before Nov. 1, and play not before Dec. 1. Basketball television was discussed Tuesday when a special NCAA committee said the problem was regional and not one of national scope. Wildcats Work Hard For Missouri Clash Manhattan — (U.P.)— Another full workout was on tap for Kansas State gridders today. The Wildcats concentrated on offense yesterday, running plays they will use against Missouri's Tigers at Columbia Saturday. Who Is JIM? JIM WINSLOW and has he got some good deals for the K.U. car owner... SPECIALS VALUABLE Coupon with each $2 Purchase! Get the best deal and finest car service in town at Jim's D-X 1826 MASS