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By CHUCK MORELOCK Kansan Sports Editor
LSU basketball fans probably will be treated to the first great individual scoring duel of the 1953-54 season come next Dec. 12. On that date, the defending Big Seven champions from Kansas will invade Baton Rouge to take on the veteran Louisiana outfit in the first cage meeting in history between the schools.
LSU this year posted a 24-1 record in regular season play, but was thumped twice in the NCAA final tournament in Kansas City. They fell to Indiana in a first round game, 80-67, and lost to Washington the following night, 88-69. KU mauled the Huskies 79-53, and lost the championship game to Indiana, 68-69.
Born finished the regular season as the nation's 50th top scorer. That's not much to shout about. However, Born, also a 6-9 junior, was named the most valuable player in the NCAA final tournament. That’s plenty to shout about. In addition to Pettit, the tournament featured the Helms foundation "Player of the year," Bob Houbregs of Washington, plus the great Indiana sophomore center, Don Schlundt.
Bob Pettit, a 6-9 junior center and one of the top pivot men in the collegiate ranks, led the Southern crew in scoring as a sophomore last year and repeated this season. He's averaged about 25 points a game during both of these campaigns and will be better than ever during '53-'54. But he'll have to face a Helms foundation all-American, B. H. Born of KU.
Pettit outscored Born in the KC event, but Born turned in the top defensive job of the four pivot stars. Pettit scored 29 against Indiana, then fired in 36 against Washington the next night. Ironically, he didn't take scoring honors in the Washington contest since Houbregs, who was held to 18 points in the KU game, broke loose with a 42 point blast.
Born got 25 against Washington and 26 against Indiana. But the Big Seven scoring champ from Medicine Lodge was great on the boards and on the floor to make up for his "low" point total.
Besides Pettit, the entire LSU starting lineup will return next year. Kansas will have three returning starters, Born, Al Kelley, and Harold Patterson. The contest, and it should be a good one, possibly could be a preview of the NCAA championship game. Both teams should be in the top ten next year and both could easily go all the way for the national title.
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The Colorado game Oct. 10 might be the roughest tilt on the Jayhawker football schedule, even tougher than the Oct. 17 meeting with Oklahoma in Norman. The Buffs, who were knocked off by Kansas in Lawrence last fall, 21-12, will have an added incentive when they try for a revenge victory in the Colorado city.
Just a week before the Jayhawker clash, the Buffs tied mighty Oklahoma 21-21 in Boulder. Colorado fans figured that "this was the year" after that deadlock since the Buffs should get by the rest of the Big Seven opponents without too much difficulty. But the Kansas loss took a lot of starch out of the CU attack to deal the Buffs a blow they never really recovered from. Colorado rebounded the next week, whipping Arizona 34-19, but just eked out a 21-12 victory over Iowa State the following Saturday. Kansas plastered the Cyclones 43-0.
Then Nebraska surprised the skidding Buffs with a 16-16 tie in Boulder. CU got by impotent Utah the next Saturday, 20-14, and absorbed a stunning 27-7 defeat at the hands of Missouri one week later. The Buffs, after holding Oklahoma to that opening conference game deadlock, finished with a 2-2-2 record in Big Seven play. They still haven't forgiven Kansas.
Indians Win 2 To Crowd Blues
Washburn Net Star To Represent State
Minneapolis turned the tables on Louisville by coming through with a 9-3 victory. Three Louisville errors helped the Millers who scored four insurance runs in the ninth innning.
The Indians edged Charleston, 3-2 and 7-6, in last night's play with both winning runs coming in the later innings. Charleston tied it up at two-all in the final frame of the opener, but Indianapolis came back with another marker to win the contest. In the nightcap, the Indians came across with two eight-inning runs to clinch the victory.
A pair of one-run victories by Indianapolis kept the Indians on the heels of first-place Kansas City today in the tight American Association race.
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Meanwhile, Kansas City had another tight squeeze in a 12-inning pitchers' duel with St. Paul. Art Schallock of the winners and Bob Darnell of St. Paul kept the opposing batters under control until the Blues scored in the bottom of the 12th to win, 2-1.
Topeka — (U.P)— Gene Powell of Washburn, will represent Kansas in the NAIA tennis tournament singles division at Abilene, Tex., next month and Jim Farney and Neil Frank of Southwestern will enter the doubles competition.
In Toledo, the red-hot Sox continued to pour it on Columbus for the second straight night, this time by a 5-2 score. A three-run homer by Luis Marquez in the fifth innning won the game for Toledo and placed the Sox in sixth place ahead of Columbus.
Powell defeated Ted Potter of Baker 6-0; 6-0, 6-3 here yesterday to win the right to enter the singles competition in the national meet. He went to the semi-finals last year before being defeated.
League Standings
|赛事 | W. | L. | Pct. | G.B. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| New York | 19 | 9 | .679 | 1 |
| Chicago | 19 | 13 | .594 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 19 | 11 | .574 | 3 |
| Boston | 19 | 12 | .574 | 3 |
| Washington | 15 | 15 | .500 | 5 |
| Philadelphia | 15 | 15 | .419 | 13 |
| St. Louis | 12 | 17 | .414 | 7½ |
| Detroit | 9 | 23 | .281 | 12 |
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. 1. L. Pct. G.B.
Philadelphia 17 8 .680
Milwaukee 16 9 .640
Brooklyn 16 12 .571
St. Louis 14 11 .560
New York 14 15 .583
Chicago 9 15 .375
Pittsburgh 10 8 .357
Kansas City 10 15 .318
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Detail 2. (11 innings).
University Daily Kansan
New York 4, Detroit 2 (11 inn.)
Boston 4, St Louis 3.
Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1.
Cleveland at Washington, postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 6, Chicago 4, (10 innings).
Michigan 3, Ohio 2, Philadelphia 6, Cheinmati 3.
Brooklyn 4, Milwaukee 1.
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Roberts Gets 6th Win; Bums Whip Milwaukee
New York—(U.P.)-The skeptics who don't believe Robin Roberts can pitch the 380 innings prescribed for him by Steve O'Neill this year, might take note of the fact today that he could pitch close to 470 at his present pace.
The Philly fireball man last night turned in his eighth complete game and gained his sixth triumph with a five-hit, 6-3 victory over the Reds in which he struck out seven batters. In addition to his eight games, he also went five innings in a rained-out game to give him a total of 77 innings pitched so far in 25 games played by the Phils.
The Dodgers knocked Milwaukee out of a first place tie with the Phils by defeating them 4-1 on a pair of two-run homers by George Shuba and Duke Snider as Russ Meyer pitched a seven-hitter and gained his third victory. A standing room crowd of 36,439 jammed the new Milwaukee ball park, the biggest crowd there yet.
seoring fly by Solly Hemus gave the Cards two unearned runs after a pair of errors by Danny O'Connell in a 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh. Gerry Staley pitched five-hit ball before being relieved by Stu Miller to achieve his fifth victory.
The resurgent Giants put over three 10th innings runs to defeat the Cubs 6-4 at Chicago as Al Corwin pitched his-hit relief ball for three innings to gain his third victory. It was the fourth victory in the last five games for the Giants and was achieved off luckless Warren Hacker, who suffered his sixth defeat. A double by Don Mueller, singles by Corinn and Davey Williams, and a two-run single by Monte Irvin provided the three runs.
A double by Stan Musial and
Hank Bauer's two-run homer in the 11th following Mickey Mantle's third double gave the Yankees a 4-2 victory over Detroit as Johnny Sain edged Ted Gray in a duel. Sain struck out five and walked none and Gray struck out nine as both turned in eight hitters.
Harry Byrd pitched two-hit ball to give the Athletics a 2-1 victory over the White Sox and end their four-game losing streak. A* homer by Joe Demasiest and a scoring fly by Pete Suder gave the A's all the runs they needed in the first inning. Jim Rivera drove in the only Chicago run with a third inning single.
Milt Bolling's single in the eighth gave the Red Sox a 4-3 victory over elderly reliever Satchell Paige of the Browns as Hector Brown pitched six-hit ball with hitless relief help from Ellis Kinder for his third victory. Dick Gernert of Boston and Don Lenbardt and Johnny Groth of St. Louis hit homers.
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