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University Daily Kansan Monday. March 9, 1953
Hawks Seek Title in Missouri
Win Over Cyclones Sets Up Big Game
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
A fast-breaking Kansas team racec to a 52-25 first half lead then coasted the rest of the way to clinch a tie for the Big Seven conference championship by whipping Iowa State, 87-62, in Hoch auditorium Friday night.
KU now has a 9-2 Big Seven record and can cop the conference title with a victory over Missouri in Columbia tonight. Kansas State rolled over Oklahoma in Norman Saturday, 78-60, to boost its league record to 8-3. If MU defeats the Jayhawkers and if K-State whips Nebraska in Manhattan tomorrow night, the teams will be deadlocked for the 1953 Big Seven championship. The conference representative in the regional tourney in Manhattan will be decided by a coin flip.
Kansas got off to a 5-10 lead before the Cyclones hit their first field goal with three minutes gone in the opening period. I-State then managed to stay in contention until midway in the period when KU pulled away from a three-point margin, 10-7, to lead at the quarter, 25-12.
Barney Allman of Iowa State tossed in a free throw early in the second quarter to pull the Cyclones within ten, 31-21, but Kansas then sewed up the game with a 21-point spurt while holding the Iowans to four. Harold Patterson, who took Jayhawker scoring honors with 19 points, started the barrage with an easy basket under the net, hit a free throw seconds later, then flipped in another short fielder to put Kansas on tou, 36-21. Gil Reich fired in a jump before Iowa State broke a scoring drought on Sam Long's free throw.
KU increased a 20 point margin, 45-25, to 27 at halftime. B. H. Born, who hit 17 points in spite of a fractured thumb, scored on a jump, Patterson got a layup, a free throw, and another jump. Patterson shot the last basket seconds before the end of the half. The ball rolled around the net then came down through after the gun had been fired.
Iowa State warmed up in the third period to outscore the Jayhawkers, 18-16, but the Kansans had the game safely wrapped up by then and led the quarter, 68-13. DePreeks, the 6-foot 8 inch Cyclone from Iowa State, nine times to finish with 16 to take Iowa State scoring honors.
Kansas used substitutes freely in the final period which was featured by ragged play. Both teams scored 19 points.
The KU defense shined again and
One to Go
KANSAS (87) G-Ga F-Fa PF TP 4
Alberts 2-2 0-1 0 0 0
Buller 0-2 1-2 1 0 1
Davisport 2-5 1-6 2 5 5
A. Kelley 2-5 1-6 2 5 9
Patterson 6-14 7-9 5 19
Squires 6-14 7-9 5 19
Eprom 8-21 1-0 5 17
Nicholson 0-0 0-0 0 0
Anderson 0-2 0-0 0 0
Deckert 1-1 0-0 0 2
Dye 0-0 0-0 0 0
Heitholt 0-0 0-0 0 0
D. Kelley 4-8 3-3 3 11
Reich 4-11 6-9 4 14
Taylor 1-1 1-1 2 3
Taylor 0-0 0-0 0 0
Wolfie 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 30-71 27-38 29 87
IOWA ST. (62) G-Ga F-Fa TP
Davis 1-5 6-7 3 8
De Koster 1-1 1-5 0 2
Francan 1-5 4-5 4
Franks 0-0 0-0 1 0
Wetter 1-1 1-1 1 3
Dierks 7-14 2-6 5 16
Russie 0-0 0-0 1 0
Alleman 0-0 0-0 3 0
Bryan 0-2 1-3 1 1
Fraud 0-1 2-2 0 2
Long 0-11 6-9 1 12
Van Cleane 1-7 2-3 3 4
Totals ... 18-55 ... 26-44 ... 25 62
kept the Cyclones in check all the way. The hustling, ball-hawking Kansans held the I-Staters to just 12 first period points and 13 second quarter tallies. KU hit a sizzling 51 per cent of its shots in the first half while Iowa State could connect on only 7 of 23 to finish with a cold 24 per cent average.
Kansas had a total shooting percentage of 44 with 31 goals in 71 attempts. I-State connected on 18 of 56 for a 32 per cent.
Born grabbed ten defensive and four offensive rebounds to lead both squads in that department. Kansas had a total of 15 offensive and 26 defensive swipes while I-State had 17 and 15 of each.
The Jayhawkers, who ran the Cyclones ragged with a torrid fast break, displayed a balanced scoring attack. Patterson had 19, Born 17, Gil Reich 14, Dean Kelley 11, and Al Kelley 9. Guard Sam Long was the second leading scorer for the Cyclones with 12 points.
The victory was the Jayhawkers' tenth straight over Iowa State and gave the Cyclones a 4-7 conference record.
Swimmers Wind Up Fourth In Big 7 Conference Meet
Kansas scored 31 points to finish in fourth place in the Big Seven swimming meet in Norman, Okla., Friday and Saturday.
Oklahoma successfully defended its 1952 conference title by winning 9 of 14 first place events to finish with 145 points. Iowa State was next with 104, followed by Colorado with 34, KU with 31, and Nebraska with 28 points.
The Jayhawkers were unable to win any of the events. Dallas Chestnut scored the highest number of KU individual points by coming in second in the three-meter diving Jerry Jester was fourth. Chestnut and Jester finished in fourth and fifth place in the 1-meter diving.
Kansas was third in the 440-yard freestyle relay and fourth in the medley relay. Jerry Scott was fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke, but the Jayhawkers finished last in the 440-yard free style, the 1500 meters, and the individual medley.
Six seniors completed their swimming competition for the Jayhawkers. They are co-captain Sam Perkins, Dax Molexey, John Welsh, Ken Reid, Mahlon Ball, and Terry Williams. Seven men will return for the 1954 season: co-captain Dick Eflin, Jester, Chester, Scott, Gene Schanze, Dean Glasco, and Bill Payne.
Four members of KU's starting basketball lineup, Dean and Al Kelley, B. H. Born, and Harold Patterson, are products of small Kansas towns the aggregate population of which is only 2692. Rozel, Patterson's home, is only 203. McCune, where the Kelleys earned Class B prep fame, is 556. Born, the Big Seven's new single-game scoring record-holder, hails from Medicine Lodge, 1870.
He said the Jayhawkers improved over last year and picked up more points in the meet although they were "up against a tougher field."
Coach Phil Krutzsch said the Jayhawkers "performed at or above their ability" in the meet and pointed out that the Kansans were faced with "very rugged competition."
Small Towns Home of Stars
The first textbook on bacteriology was written by a U.S. Army surgeon, Gen. George Miller Sternberg, in 1896.
IVE GOT IT, DAVE—Jayhawker John Anderson comes up with the ball after a scramble for the loose sphere in first half action against Iowa State Friday. Larry Davenport, Kansas forward, moves in to help case Anderson doesn't get away with it. The Kansans go against Missouri in Columbia tonight seeking an outright Big Seven title.
-Kansan photo by Bob Longstaff
Second Straight Title Goal of Jayhawkers
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Bidding for their second straight Big Seven conference championship, the Kansas Jayhawkers conclude their regular 1952-53 schedule against Missouri in Columbia tonight, needing a triumph to clinch a clear crown. $\textcircled{4}$
If Sparky Stalcup's third-place Missouriians manage to upset Kansas, then Kansas State will have a chance tomorrow night—against Nebraska in Manhattan—to gain a tie for the title.
Kansas (9-2) moved within a step of the championship by trouncing both Colorado and Iowa State last week as Kansas State (8-3) held on grimly with a 76-60 conquest of Oklahoma.
The ultimate conference champion will qualify for NCAA regional competition in Manhattan Friday and Saturday nights, and the odds were the team would be Kansas. Oklahoma City university will provide the opposition for the Big Seven representative in the opening contest.
By winning in Manhattan in the four-team field, the team will qualify for the NCAA finals in Kansas City, March 17 and 18 and it's no secret that the "big plan" on Mt. Oread in Lawrence, calls for the 1952-53 team to do with coach Phog Allen's Kansas Jayhawkers did a year ago—win both the conference honors and the NCAA laurels.
Besides the Kansas-Missouri battle in Columbia, where Missouri has become increasingly potent, and the Kansas State-Nebraska tilt in Manhattan, the final week's program calls for Iowa State at Colorado to night and Oklahoma against Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater, Okla., tomorrow night.
CONFERENCE
| | W | L | Pct | Pts | Opt |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **KANSAS** | 9 | 2 | .818 | 854 | 704 |
| Kansas State | 8 | 3 | .727 | 864 | 784 |
| Missouri | 6 | 5 | .545 | 784 | 793 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 7 | .417 | 720 | 862 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 7 | .364 | 742 | 790 |
| Iowa State | 4 | 7 | .364 | 777 | 791 |
| Colorado | 3 | 8 | .273 | 781 | 857 |
The standings of the teams:
ALL GAMES
W L Pct Pts Opp
Kansas State 16 4 .800 1603 1439
KANSAS 15 5 .750 1462 1282
Missouri 12 8 .800 1332 1284
Colorado 10 10 .500 1374 1399
Nebraska 9 10 .474 1371 1324
Iowa State 9 10 .474 1323 1379
Oklahoma 8 12 .400 1316 1395
Pirates First In Pitching
By UNITED PRESS
The Pirates may finish last in the National league again this year but they're first in one respect today.
At a time when most pitchers are straining to go three or four innings, the Pirates claimed the first big league hurler to pitch a full 9-1nning game this spring—former Yankee outfielder Johnny Lindell.
Lindell, acquired by the Pirates after a 24-9 season for Hollywood in the Pacific Coast league last season, "went the distance" yesterday as he pitched Pittsburgh to an 8-2 victory over the Cuban all-Stars.
Lindell, who originally was a pitcher and once posted a 26-5 record in the International league, retired the last 14 batters to face him and did not allow a hit after the fourth inning. He struck out eight batters and walked only one as he scattered five hits.
The Pirates will sample big league opposition for the first time tonight when they open a two-game series with the Athletics. The Athletics bowed to the Senators, 13-10, yesterday as 24-game winner Bobby Shaniz encountered a sour debut.
Shantz, the American league's most valuable player last season, was hit for five runs in the first inning and then retired with a "crick" in his shoulder.
In other games yesterday, the Red Sox beat the Phillies, 8-4, the White Sox downed the Cubs, 11-6, the Giants defeated the Indians, 5-3, the Tigers won over the Reds, 5-2, the Browns A-team beat Los Angeles of the PCL, 5-1, and the Dodgers downed the Braves, 4-1.
The Red Sox gained their winning margin when they scored four unearned runs after second baseman Bubba Watson double play ball opened the way.
The White Sox, scoring their second straight victory over the Cubs, pounded out 11 hits including a double and two singles by center-
In Top Contest Of Long Series
Phog Allen, the Tiger-tamer of Mt. Oread, hopes to crack his Bengal whip for one of the most important victories of the ancient Kansas-Missouri basketball vendetta tonight in Columbia.
It will be the 136th collision between the Jayhawkers and the Tigers. And none of the previous 135 meetings has carried more blue chips. At stake is the Big Seven title and berth in the NCAA regional tourney in Manhattan.
Despite the Tiger's notorious ruggedness on their elevated planks in Brewer fieldhouse, Allen has rivalled Clyde Beatty in inducing the Tigers to jump through the hoop. He goes into Monday's struggle with an all-time record of 61 victories against 29 hurling for forty-foot back to 1908. This string includes battles at old Rothwell gym in Columbia and Robinson gym in Lawrence, both long-since discarded as varsity-game sites.
Meanwhile, 'Kansas' elongated scoring and rebound ace, B. H. Born, has picked up a broken right thumb. He wore a cast and aluminium boot from his Iowa state, and will be laboring with the same gear at Columbia.
If it means anything, the percentage is running against the Jayhawkers in this one. For one thing they have won seven of the last eight on the Black and Gold rectangle. And the lone loss in this string was a 38-39 affair two seasons ago when Tiger Guard George Lafferty drove for the winning goal with less than a minute to play.
A seasonal sweep will be difficult to fashion. Since this pasting MU has rebounded to collect five of its last six decisions. And it lost only 68-75 to Kansas State at Manhattan. Bob Reiter, the Columbians' 6 foot 8 inch sophomore center, came into his own in the latest start with a new fieldhouse and University single-game mark of 33 points as the Tigers edged Oklahoma, 77-73, in overtime last Monday.
However, the Jayhawker NCAA champions of last year scored a three-game sweep, Dean Kelley's bucket in the last 20 seconds pulling out a 60-59 verdict at Columbia.
Item No. 2 is KU's two previous victories over the Tigers this year.
The Jayhawkers upended Missouri, 66-62, in the semifinals of the season tournament, then hammered Houston in ridden squad, 86-62, here Feb. 7.
The veteran Gene Landolt, hobbled through the early going by a foot injury, also has provided a late spark, whipping home 18 points against K-State and 17 against Oklahoma.
Preliminaries in all events (except diving) will be held on Saturday, March 30. Plus, the entire diving event will be held on Monday, March 30.
Each organized house will be limited to one free-style relay and one medley relay team. There will be no limit to the number of individuals a house can enter in each event, but swimmers are limited to two individual events and one relay, or two relays and one individual event.
The intramural swimming meet will be held in the Robinson gym pool on March 28 and 30 and intramural managers are urged to orienteer early. Walter J. Mikols, director of men's intramurals said today.
All preliminary events will be based on times. The four best times in each event will swim in the finals, the first three times will score one qualifying point.
IM Swim Meet Set March 28-30
The deadline date for all entries is at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 26.
fielder Bill Wilson. Hank Sauer, the National league's most valuable player last season, hit his first homer of the spring for the Cubs.