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Stalcup Replaces Iba As Cage Fete Speaker
Missouri basketball coach Wilbur N. "Sparky" Stalcup has replaced Hank Iba of Oklahoma A&M as the featured speaker for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce banquet for the 1953 KU basketball team tomorrow night.
Over 600 are expected to attend the annual event, to be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom.
Iba, called the "Iron Duke" of basketball, informed Chamber of Commerce officials that he would be unable to attend the banquet be-
Stalcup, 42, was an all-conference football and basketball player at Maryville, Mo., Teachers college in the early 1930s. He has coached at Jackson, Mo., high school, Maryville, and MU. During his six years at Missouri, The Tigers have won 96 and have dropped 70.
The colorful Stalcup, a widely-sought speaker as is Iba, is a close friend and admirer of Kansas coach Phog Allen. The Tiger coach was one of the guests at the 1952 banquet honoring the national champion Jay-hawkers.
Stalcup, an advocate of tight defensive play, specializes in a ball-control type of offense. His Tiger-coached teams were beaten by Kansas three times this season, 66-62, 86-62, and 69-60.
Special gifts have been arranged for Coach Allen, assistant Dick Harp, trainer Dean Nesmith, student manager Harry White, and team members.
The Jayhawkers got off to a slow start this year but developed into a powerhouse at mid-season to finish with a berth in the NCAA finals.
Robinson Plans One-Two Punch
Tuesday, March 31, 1953 University Daily Kansan
Orlando, Fla. — (U.P.) – Big Eddie Robinson thinks he and Gus Zernial will be able to “double-team” opposing pitchers this year with a one-two left-right punch that will help both of them.
Robinson is delighted over the deal that brought him to the Philadelphia Athletics from the White Sox in exchange for first baseman Ferris Fain. He thinks that because he'll be in the same lineup again with Zernial they will be able to "keen the opposition honest."
They were both formidable run-producers last year. Robinson with 104 at Chicago was tied for second highest in the league with Larry Doby of Cleveland behind Al Rosen of Cleveland who had 105. And Zernial at Philadelphia was next with an even 100.
"The way I look at it with Gus and I playing together is that one day I'll get the break with a right handed pitcher in the lineup and the next time he'll get it with a left", he said. "Neither should scare us consistently because the team will be pretty well balanced with both right and left handed batters.
Robinson said that he was convinced that "now the Athletics have got as much power as anybody in the league and that includes the Yankees, too."
Aside from the fact that he thinks the A's will be pennant contenders, Robinson also liked the trade because it put him close to his home town of Baltimore and because "I like to hit in the Philadelphia park."
Tigers Pick Kelleys On All-Foe Squad
Two members of Kansas' NCAA finalists have been named on Missouri's 1952-53 all-opponent basketball team.
Brothers Al and Dean Kelley are the honored Jayhawkers. Completing the mythical five are stocky Art Bunte of Colorado, the Bengals' only unanimous choice; Dick Knostman, Kansas State, and Gene Lambert, Arkansas.
Pressing the top five for first team berths were B. H. Born, Kansas, Gus Olrich, Drake, and Gene Stauffer, Kansas State. Oklahoma's Lester Lane and Kansas State's Bob Rousey were also named to the second team.
The Jayhawker track squad, which usually competes in the four-mile and distance medley only in the Kansas Relays, may have to enter the sprint medley in the University's 28th annual track and field show April 18 to protect the world record it set in the Texas Relays last weekend.
KU May Enter Sprint Medley
Kansas, paced by Don Smith and Wes Santee, chopped nine-tenths of a second off the old record set by NYU three years ago with a smoking 2.21.8 performance. Smith ran the leachoff quarter in 48.3 seconds, and Santee, the anchor man, raced home at 1:49.7.
Frank Cindrich and Dick McGillin ran the middle stages of the event, each running his 220-yard jaunt in 21.9 seconds.
However, the Jayhawkers will be faced with stiffer opposition in the Lawrence relays as Iowa and Oklahoma will be competing, along with Kansas State and Oklahoma A&M. K-State took second place in the event in the Texas Relays with a 3:26.3 time. A&M fell behind at 3:29.4 as the Aggies were guilty of some sloppy batton passing.
Oklahoma was not entered in the Texas event since the Sooners performed in the "mile relay of champions" in the Chicago Daily News meet Saturday night. OU has a classy foursome to enter in the sprint medley with John Jacobs.
Coach Seeks Tougher Games For Rio Grande
Rio Grande coach Newt Oliver said today that he will line up a basketball schedule next season "that will get rid of claims that our victories and records are ridiculous."
Oliver's 1953 team, led by giant Bevo Francis, went undefeated by racking up 39 straight wins. Francis rewrote most of the scoring records during the season. He set a new single game scoring mark by pouring in a staggering 116 points in one of the Rio Grande contests.
The NCAA recently decided the records should not be recognized as official since most of the games were against junior colleges and industrial teams.
Oliver said he has booked games with 17 senior colleges for the 1953-54 campaign and plans to play 30 or more games, most of them against four-year schools.
Oliver listed Morris Harvey, Creighton, Butler, and Waynesburg among his opponents for next season. He said Rio Grande probably would participate in the NCIA pre-season tournament in December and would listen to other tournament offers.
Rio Grande won most of its games this season by one-sided scores and on several occasions soared past the 100-point mark. The school has an enrollment of just 94.
Quannah Cox, Phil Beelery and George McCormick.
Iowa has three stars in quarter milers Gary Scott and Leroy Ebert and middle distance ace Ted Wheeler. Wheeler ran a sparkling 1.51.5 anchoring in the Drake Relays last spring.
By STAN HAMILTON
This is a plea for the board of regents to ignore tradition and name KU's new fieldhouse "Allen Fieldhouse" in honor of the great Jayhawker basketball coach. The old tradition, not to name any University building after living persons, should be waived in the case of the new fieldhouse.
In all the annals of Kansas history few men can be found who have done more to spread the name of the state than Dr. Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, who has been basketball mentor at KU for 36 years.
The 67-year-old court wizard is a charter member of the Helms foundation basketball Hall of Fame. Other coaches voted him "Basketball Man of the Year" in 1950, and in 1952 he was chosen "Basketball Coach of the Year." A native of Missouri, he is also in Missouri's Hall of Fame.
He has won the national championship once in the 15-year history of the NCAA tournament he helped start and has been second twice. Too, he coached the football team for several years, also with a winning average.
In those 36 years Allen-coached teams have racked up 549 victories compared to only 195 losses, a phenomenal 73.8 winning average. Dr. Allen has brought the conference crown to Mt. Oread 23 times.
He, almost single-handedly, was responsible for the inclusion of the cage sport on the Olympic program, and in 1952 was assistant coach of the world-champion United States squad.
He was one of the founders and first president of the National Basketball Coaches association. He played a large part in the campaign to build Memorial stadium as well as the fieldhouse.
But that isn't all Dr. Allen has done for Kansas. At various times he has been local president and district governor of the Rotary club; president of the Lawrence Country club; a member of the chamber of commerce; a city councilman; chairman of the local Red Cross and Cancer drives, and a member of the Salvation Army's executive council. At present he is in his sixth year on the Douglas county Selective Service board.
It seems only fitting and proper, both to Dr. Allen and to the citizens of the state, that tradition be waved and the new fieldhouse be named in honor of this great man while he is still a part of the University. Many tributes have been heaped upon him, but this token would undoubtedly mean as much to him as all the others put together.
His list of achievements and contributions to the University and to the state could be enlarged well beyond available space.
Great Major Loop Invasion Accomplished by'53 Rookies
New York—Rookies have accomplished the greatest invasion of the major leagues since the pre-war era today with no less than 34 newcomers apparently having clinched jobs under the baseball big top.
At least 14 freshman players are expected to be in the opening day lineups while the others bide their time awaiting their big chance and from the training camp action, four starters already have been tabbed as front runners for rookie-of-the-year honors.
They are Jim Greengrass of the Cincinnati Reds, Daryl Spencer of the New York Giants, Junior Gilliam of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Billy Hunter of the St. Louis Browns. But in the heated months ahead, any of the remaining 30 could come crashing through.
The hopeful St. Louis Cardinals, driving forward under the aggressive leadership of Eddie Stanky, had the most new faces with starters in third baseman Ray Jablonski, centerfielder Rip Repulski, and first baseman Steve Bilko, along with pitchers Jack Crimian and John Faszholz.
The National League indicated the largest transfusion of new blood with 22 freshman players apparently certain to stick in the big time, nine of them as opening day starters. The American League looked for 12 newcomers to stay on the big apple, with five of them in the starting day lineup.
Brooklyn's Gilliam has taken over at second while the Dodgers were hopeful for pitches John Podres and Bob Milliken.
Second baseman Spencer clinched second base with the New York Giants, which also looked for season-long pitching aid from Reuben Gomez, a stuff pitcher noted for going the distance.
Milwaukee indicated that Jim Pendleton would stay in the outfield and looked hopefully toward outfielder Bill Bruton and pitchers Don Liddle and Bob Buhl. Pittsburgh had new starters in second baseman Dan O'Connell and shortstop Dick Cole, with action promised outfIELDS Frank Thomas, Felipe Montemayor, and Carlos Bernier. The Cubs held in reserve infielder Leon Brinkpke and outfielder Paul Schramka.
Other almost-certain starters are scarce, with only shortstop Harvey Kuenn and outfielder Russ Sullivan at Detroit, catcher Red Wilson at Chicago, and shortstop Milt Bolling at Boston.
The Yankees look for pitcher Al Cicotte to stay with the club and the A's are hopeful for pitchers Mario Fricone and Charley Bishop, who threw an International League
no-hitter last year.
Cleveland, which desperately needed defensive infield help, came up with a shutout in that department but looks for more power from outfielder Jim Lemon, back from service.
Golfers Defeat E-State in Opener
Kansas defeated Emporia State at Lawrence Friday in the first golf match of the season by a score of $14\frac{1}{2}\%$. Harlan Hise was low medalist with 70 on the par-72 Country club course.
A match was scheduled against the Emporials this afternoon at Emporia but was cancelled due to rain. A new date has not been set Tomorrow coach Bill Winey's squad will invade Topeka to meet Washburn.
The first conference match will be against Nebraska at Lincoln April 18. The Big Seven championships will be held at Ames, Iowa, May 22-23. Last spring KU finished third with the Oklahoma Sooners bagging the title.
Friday's results:
Ham Lynch, KU, (72) def. Gene
Hahn, ES, (76), 3-0.
Harlan Hise, KU, (70) def. Jerry Hahn, ES, (77), 2½-1/2.
John Prosser, KU, (79) def. Carl Wislers, ES, (83), 3-0.
Bob Lacy, KU, (72) def. Larry Siegler, ES, (78), 3-0.
Lynch and Prosser, KU, def. G. Hahn and Wisler, ES, 3-0, in the best ball play.
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