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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 19. 1953
Lonesome Pine—
Born Fills in for Lovellette
By BOB STEWART
And he has almost succeeded.
It was a battle of shadows all season long, but Kansas' Lonesome Pint has done best this year to keep the KU team forget the memories of Clvde Lovelley.
The Pine is, of course, B. H. Born, the 6-9 junior from Medicine Lodge who stepped into the pivot shoes vacated by the graduation last year of Lovelette. Just how well he filled those shoes can easily be seen by this year's records.
They tell that Born was the champion scorer of the Big Seven with a total of 270 points in 12 games for a 22.5 average. They tell that he broke the conference individual game scoring record with a 44-point burst against Colorado; that he hauled down 243 rebounds through the Jayhawk's 21-game regular season schedule, six more than did Lovellette in 24 games as a junior.
All these facts are recorded, but there is more to the Born saga than just statistics.
What the records can't tell is the mental disadvantage that the Pine has lived with since the beginning of the season. It isn't the easiest obstacle to overcome—that of being the successor to Lovellette, who has set scoring records in the Big Seven that should stand for years to come.
Born entered the University in September, 1950, two years behind Lovellette. He never played with the freshman cage squad, but scrimmaged with the varsity throughout the 1950-51 season.
That year and the following, Born played briefly while Lovellette was ringing up totals of 548 and 795 points for his junior and senior years.
He broke into most of the Jaya-
hawker games last season, but only to
relieve Lovellette who was smashing
all Big Seven and national
scoring averages. The Pine showed
promise of greatness in passing and
ball-handling, and did well in the
crucial K-State contest last March
that decided the Big Seven
championship.
Born and Larry Davenport accompanied the Seven Jayhawker cagers to the Olympics last summer, but only as spectators. Born previously had snared some post-season experience by brief appearances in the KU-Peoria Caterpillar exhibition series last June in Hutchinson.
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Braves President Lou Perini still must make a financial settlement with the American association, whose Milwaukee franchise was usurped. A seven-man board of arbitration will mediate any dispute.
The American association voted 7-1 to transfer the Milwaukee franchise to Toledo upon the payment of $50,000 damages.
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Clyde Lovellette
When this school year rolled around, Born finally was given the chance to show KU fans that he deserved the ace-high reputation he carried from high school play at Medicine Lodge. There, he had a 25-point average in Southern Kansas league competition, and set records in the Dodgers City Invitational and State Class A tournaments. After graduation, he had bids from about 40 schools for his basketball talents.
This year, after a slow start, Born dug in and became a sensation on the generally small but fast Jayhawk squad. His high mark, of course, was the 44-point total against Colorado, but other good nights were realized against Nebraska, where he canned 34, and the K-State frays, in which he potted 31 and 27 counters.
Although Born had four games in
which he averaged less than 10 points, his performance had improved enough over last season to earn him the honor from the Big Seven coaches of "the most improved player in conference ball."
Born also was named center on both the Associated and United Press conference all-star teams, and a member of the all-star regional team of Look magazine.
In their junior years, both Born and Lovellette scored the following amounts against these teams:
Team Born Loveville
Oklahoma 10 22
Oklahoma A&M 21 10
Iowa-State 6 34
Nebraska 34 30
Kansas State 31 19
Colorado 26 28
Missouri 16 24
Oklahoma 21 26
Nebraka 21 26
Kansas State 27 27
Oklahoma A&M 6 17
Colorado 44 19
Iowa State 17 30
Missouri 22 18
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Buffs Name Born To All-Star Team
B. H. Born, Kansas' towering center, has been named on the Colorado all-opponent team for the 1953 Big Seven season.
The 6-9 Lonesome Pine scored 26 points against the Buffers in a January meeting of the two teams in Boulder, then set a new Big Seven scoring record with 44 points in the return engagement in Lawrence.
Knostman, Kansas State, and Fred Seger, Nebraska, forwards, and Win Wilfong, Missouri, and Bob Rousey, Kansas State, as guards.
Special Rehearsal Called
Named along with Born are Dick
The string section of the University Symphony orchestra will have a special rehearsal at 4:15 p.m. today in the Jayhawk room of the Union.
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