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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1953
28 Hopefuls to Start Cage Drills Sunday
By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Writer
Sunday morning will mark the opening of the 1953-54 basketball year on Mt. Oread when 28 hopefuls, including eight lettermen, are due to report to Dr. Phog Allen for initial drills in preparation for the Dec. 10 season opener against Tulane. Another eight squadmen, now performing for J. V. Sikes' grid team, will report at the end of the football season.
Allen, who will be starting his 37th year as head Jayhawk tutor, last year guided his charges to a 19-6 record, the Big Seven title, and second place in the NCAA national tournament in Kansas City. KU lost the championship contest to Indiana, 68-69.
Back to try to defend his conference scoring title will be big B. H. Born, 6-9 all-American center who averaged 18.9 points per game last winter. He is co-captain along with little Allen Kelley, 5-11 sparkplug guard, who scored 12.9 points per game last year.
Other lettermen due on the court Sunday are Larry Davenport, long-shot artist who averaged 5.3 last year; speedy Bill Heitholt, who scored 59 points in 18 games; Jerry Alberts, who scored 30 in 17 encounters; 6-6-1 center Eldon Nicholson, who averaged 1.7 last year; La Vannes Squires, fleet guard who missed five weeks at the outset of last season because of illness, and Everett Dye, bespectacled senior forward.
Four non-lettermen from last year's national runners-up will also be back. They are Marv Deckert, 6-2, 2-handed set shot artist; Wes Johnson, 6-3 guard; Wes Whitney, 6-3 senior who filled in for Born on occasions, and diminutive Jack Wolfe, 5-8 guard from Lawrence.
Two lettermen-Harold Patterson and John Anderson—are now playing football, and Jerry Taylor, an iceballer, was a cage reserve last year.
Joining the 12 returning squadmen Sunday will be Connie Amons, 6-6 center from Corning, Iowa; Bob Anderson, 5-11 guard from Whiting, Ind.; Bill Brainard, 6-3 Newton forward; Bob Crisler, 5-9, from Mission; Dick Diers, 6-6, 195-pounder from Oklahoma City, Oklah., and Chris Divich, 6-2 forward from Doland, S.D., a transfer last January from K-State who will not be eligible here until the second semester.
Dallas Dobbs, Bartlesville, Okla,
guard; Dick Maguire, Normandy,
Mo; Len Martin, Ottawa; Tom Matthews,
Columbia, Mo.; Harold McElroy,
6-5 forward from Independence,
Mo.; Gary Padgett, Greenleaf;
Tony Pageda, Emporia; Bill Perich,
Johnstown, Pa.; Jim Toft, 6-6, 220-pound husky from Grand Island,
Neb., and Joe Wagoner, Mason City,
Ill.
Other newcomers who will check out equipment after football are Bob Conn, Wichita; La Verne Fiss, Johnson; Don Martin, Larned; John McFarland, Osborne, and Paul Smith, Paola.
The KU schedule;
Dec. 10  Tulane
Dec. 12  Louisiana State
Dec. 13  Tennessee
Dec. 26-30  Big Seven tourney, K.C.
Jan. 4  Oklahoma*
Jan. 5  Kansas
Jan. 12  Oklahoma A&M
Jan. 16  Kansas State
Jan. 18  Iowa State*
Feb. 6  Colorado
Feb. 6  Oklahoma
Feb. 8  Tulsa
Feb. 13  Nebraska*
Feb. 17  Kansas State*
Feb. 20  Iowa State
Feb. 22  Nebraska
Feb. 26  Oklahoma A&M*
Mar. 9  Colorado*
Mar. 14  Missouri*
* Denotes home games.
Kansas sophomore halfback Ralph Moody is No. 2 in Big Seven punting this season. The Minneola speedster has a 38.5 average on 20 boots
Kansas State has been penalized the most yards of any Big Seven grid team this fall while Iowa State has relinquished the least to the officials. The Wildcats have been penalized 487 yards, Iowa State, 160.
The course record for the KU 3- mile cross country course is 15:08.1, set in the 1952 league meet by Wes Santee.
Gridders Have Long Drill
Coach J. V. Sikes split his team into three units last night and ran them alternately through long drills on rushing and pass defense, and offense in preparation for Saturday's game with Nebraska.
Sikes also ran the Jayhawks through fundamentals, including tackling, ball handling, and charging. The tackling practice was the only body contact of the session.
Regarding Nebraska, Sikes said "It is a big and a fine team. It has the potential to develop into a top team. Its schedule has been very rough this year, and consequently it does not have the winning record it should have."
Sikes said he will start John Anderson at fullback in place of Frank Sabatini. Sabatini has been dropped to the second team, a move to develop a stronger defensive unit. Dick Knowles again will start at right tackle in place of Bud Bixler. Knowles also started against SMU.
If Kansas gets the kickoff Saturday, Ralph Moody will start in his accustomed place at right halfback, but if KU is on the defensive, Bob Allison, sophomore, will start.
K D G U Schedule
TODAY ON KOHL-WED
TODAY ON KDGU—WED.
4:00 Rhythm Rendezvous
4:15 Blue Barron
4:30 Cavalcade of Music
4:55 Your Union
5:00 Pachworks
5:30 Facts on Record
5:55 News
6:00 Fantasy in Strings
6:30 In the Mood
6:55 News
7:00 Bookstore Hour
Editor in Hospital
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Don Tice, Kansan sports editor, last night underwent an appendectomy at the Watkins hospital and was reported in good condition this morning. Tice, a journalism senior, probably will be released within a week or 10 days, hospital authorities said.
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Colorado has had 12 of its forward passes intercepted in its six games this season, while K-State has intercepted the most -10.
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