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University Daily Kansan
Lovellette Keeps Up Record Smashing Habit
Big Clyde Lovellette, two-time KU all-American basketball center and the holder of almost every Jayhawker scoring record, took up where he left off in collegiate ball with the Phillips 66ers this season.
Lovellette, in his first year of AAU competition, cracked Bob Kurland's club record of 787 points set in the 1947-48 season by pouring in 944 points in 55 games for a 17.2 average.
And big Clyde's feat is really remarkable considering the fact that he was forced to split pivot duties with Chuck Darling, former Iowa university great. Lovellette usually performed in the first and third periods, Darling in the second and fourth.
Lovettette had plenty of scoring holes from his 66ers teammates, who wrote the Oiler offensive and defensive team averages. The club won 50 and dropped just five during the 1952-53 campaign, including a second round AAU tournament loss to Everybody's Drug Store of Eugene, Ore.
One big record eluded Clyde, the previous 666 record of 29 points in one game, set by Kurland five years ago. Teammate Darling, the 6-8 Phi Beta Kappa, shattered that mark with a 38-point blast against King Motors of Hesston, Kan., a squad comprised primarily of former KU and K-State cagers. Lovellette battered Kurland's old mark a few nights later, but fell short of topping Darling's barrage.
The relative merits of last year's top collegiate centers was a topic of debate all season long in Bartlesville. Many were convinced that the former Iowa U. ace was the more valuable player because of his all-round hustle, his ability to keep up with fast breaking teammates, and his classy hook shot, which he can fire from either hand.
Lovellette supporters admitted that the all-time KU great was not a fast break threat because of his lack of speed, but asserted that his huge bulk under the boards made him virtually unstoppable once he hit his hands on the ball.
A poll of the National Industrial Basketball League coaches indicated that opinion was further equally divided. Lovellette drew 50 points and Darling 53, but both were placed behind Milwaukee's Grant Witterberger, 6-8, and Denver's Glen Smith. a 6-4 former all-American from Utah.
Despite the publicity both stars received this year, they have agreed that AAU ball is pretty tough. "There are more good, big men in AAU ball." Lovelle said.
"Consequently, it's more difficult to work the ball into the post. In college, if your guards hit from the outside, you had plenty of room and if they didn't, they always seemed to be able to get the ball inside somehow."
The usual defense employed against the 66ers was a partial zone in which the opposition's big men elogged the lane. This generally gave the outside shooters plenty of room and provided Lovellette and Daring with elbow room under the
But Lovellette still has nightmares
of a game played in Peoria this season. He was choked off with one lone free throw and got only three shots from the field during the entire first period. It was the first time since grade school days that he had been held without a field goal. About a week later, the Ada Oilers limited him to a field goal and free throw.
Some observers have felt that Lovellette or Darling would perform better if they didn't have to split pivot duties. But Oller coach Tom Scott likes the present setup so it appears that the pair will continue to operate under the arrangement during the 1953-54 season.
Neither Clyde or Darling have caused Bartlesville fans to forget six-time AAU all-American Kurland. But it won't be long before they become immortal in the eyes of local followers.
Phil Krutzsch, former San Diego athletic coach, is succeeding Jim McConnell as Bill Easton's field Events aid this year.
Californian Directs Relays Field Events
Krutzsch earned seven letters at San Diego in the 40s, three in football and four in track, chiefly as a weight man. He was graduated in 1943 and served three years in the Navy, two of them overseas. He received his masters in zoology in 1948 at California and has been working toward a Ph.D. at Kansas the past three years.
He coached football and track at Hoover High school, San Diego, in 1942 and was physical fitness, physical education, and combative sports instructor at San Diego the following year.
During the winter Krutzsch doubled as track assistant and head swimming coach.
Largest crowd to see a KU football game was 59,578 Orange Bowl fans on Jan. 1, 1948.
Friday, April 17. 1953
Botts Follows Long List Of Relays Referee Greats
By BILL FOOSE
Some great names in sports history have officiated as referees of the KU Relays-Knute Rockne, Fielding Yost, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Glenn Cunningham.
The above names are especially known by fans, but the other names also have appeared in the Relays' 28-year history which have had their influence in collegiate sports history. Appointment to the position is an honor given to those who have devoted their lives to athletics.
The referee's name is too often lost to the fans among the list of athletes and events, and he doesn't receive the publicity he should.
In the course of the two-day meet, he has to make enough decisions to send the average businessman home with a nervous breakdown. He has to be fair, and quick, and accurate in the midst of confusion. By the end he probably would be willing to forego the honors, if such these be.
Here's hoping that this year's referee, track coach at the University of Missouri, is appreciated by the crowd, and that he leaves feeling that he has been honored, instead of being used.
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