Friday, March 6, 1953 University Daily Kansar
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Kansas Ranked 5th In Final UP Poll
New York—(U.P.)-Indiana, which rode to success on a formula of speed, stamina, and Schlundt, was voted the 1952-53 college basketball championship today by a landslide vote of the United Press board of coaches.
Twenty-nine of the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board picked the Hoosiers for the top honor in the final ballot of the season. On a point basis, Indiana was just eight short of a perfect score, attracting 342 out of a possible 350.
p The Washington Huskies were selected runners up, 57 points behind Indiana; La Salle was third, Seton Hall fourth, and Kansas fifth.
Couch Branch McCracken's Hoosiers, a tireless fast-breaking team paced by 6-foot 9-inch center Don Schlundel, the Big Ten's highest all-time point-maker, thus climaxed a long, uphill climb to the top ranking after a discouraging start this season.
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Indiana lost its second game of the campaign to Notre Dame, 71-70, on a field goal with nine seconds left to play, and dropped its following game to Kansas State, 82-80, with six seconds remaining. Thus, a total of only three points and 15 seconds marred what might have been an undefeated record for the Hoosiers thus far.
Following their two setbacks, McCracken's men ran off 17 straight victories, bringing their record to its present I-82. Making steady prowess in the ratings each week, Indiana finally took over the No. 1 spot on Feb. 10 and last weekend clinched the Big Ten championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament. The Hoosiers have conference games left against Minnesota and Iowa before starting NCAA play.
The Washington Huskies, who have won 25 out of 27 games, had three first place votes and 285 points, while La Salle, with the same record, attracted one first and 218 points.
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Seton Hall, which ran up a record sting of 27 victories before being beaten twice early this week, had 213 points and Kansas (14-5) had 169. Seton Hall, winding up the regular season with a 28-2 mark, led the ratings for three straight weeks before Indiana took over.
weeks before the game. Rounding out the top 10 teams in order were Louisiana State (21-1), Oklahoma A&M (20-6), North Carolina State (24-5), Kansas State (15-4), and Illinois (16-4).
(15-4) The final 1952–53 college basketball ratings (with first-place votes and won-and-lost records through March 4 in parentheses): Points
**Team** **Points**
1. Indiana (29) (18-2) ... 265
2. Washington (3) (25-2) ... 285
3. San Salle (1) (25-2) ... 218
4. Seton Hall (28) ... 169
5. Kansas (14) ... 209
6. Louisiana (14) ... 135
7. Dallas A&M (20-6) ... 129
8. N. Car. St. (1) (24-5) ... 88
9. Texas (15-4) ... 88
10. Illinois (16-4) ... 83
20. Illinois (16-3)
    Second 10; 16. Western Ky, 30; 12. Californi-
    5; 13. Notre Dame (1), 19; 14. Wyoming,
    15; 16. (tie) De Paul and St.
    15 each; 17. Duquesne, 10; 18. Holy Cross,
    9; 19. Louisville, 8; 20. Pennsylvania,
    5.
Ohio: Oklahoma City and Texas Christian, 4 each; Brigham University, hattan. Nigers, 4 each; East Carolina, kottugy, 2 each; Seattle and Miami (Ohio), 2 each;
NCAA Declares Seattle Stars Eligible
The NCAA cleared up one problem for its coming basketball tournament this week, determining the eligibility of Seattle's famous O'Brien twins, Johnny and Eddie.
the two were thought to be in their fourth year of varsity competition, thus making them ineligible for the tourney, but a check revealed they played only freshman games in the first year and now are in their third year with the varsity.
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Frosh Thinclads Run In Conference Meet
The Jayhawker freshman track team will close its indoor season Saturday in the conference indoor freshman championship, a telegraphic meet.
To date the freshmen have been all-victorious, defeating Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas State in the Big Seven, and Indiana from the Big Ten conference.
Coach Bill Easton's novices, which he calls the best balanced freshman team he has coached at Kansas, will enter the meet a decided favorite, with possible first-place winners in every event.
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2 Conferences Decided Tonight; Top Action in Big 7, Ivy, Southern
New York —(U.P.)— Conference championships and berths in the NCAA basketball tournament are up for grabs in the Skyline and Border conferences tonight, while leading contenders also battle for top honors in the Southern, Ivy, and Big Seven conferences.
Wyoming can clinch the Skyline conference title and a berth in the NCAA event by beating Colorado A&M at Fort Collins, Colo. Even if the Cowboys are upset, they can back into the league championship if runumper Brigham Young loses to New Mexico or Denver at home tonight and tomorrow.
In the Border conference, Arizona and Hardin Simmons, which finished the regular season in a tie for first place, meet in a one-game playoff at Abilene, Texas, for the coveted NCAA berth. The Border conference representative meets Santa Clara in the first round of the NCAA
Swimmers to Fight For Third In Big Seven Meet in Norman
In other phases of the NCAA tournament picture, Kansas can clinch at least a tie for the Big Seven crown by whipping Iowa State at home; Columbia, needing every victory to stay in the running for the Ivy league, faces Cornell at home, while the Southern conference tournament goes into its semifinals with North Carolina State favored to win.
Kansas is expected to battle for third place with Nebraska and Colorado in the Big Seven conference swimming meet in Norman, Okla. today and Saturday.
event for the right to play the Sky-line titleholder.
Kansas finished with a 1-4 season's record this year. The Jayhawkers whipped Nebraska at Lincoln, lost to Nebraska and Colorado in Lawrence, and were defeated by Oklahoma and Iowa State at Norman and Ames.
today and tomorrow.
Oklahoma and Iowa State are favored to fight it out for the 1953 title with both of these schools having powerful swimming teams and top-flight competitors.
man and Ames.
Jayhawker co-captains Dick Eifl
and Sam Perkins and divers Jerry
Jester and Dallas Chestnut will be
the best Kansas bets. Perkins will
swim the 200 and 440-yard freestyles
plus the grueling 1500 meter event.
That event requires 82 laps.
Effin, who posted some outstanding times this season along with Perkins, will compete in the 150-yard individual medley, Jester and Chestnut, who took first and second places for Kansas against Colorado and Iowa State, will face stiff competition in Earl Hallum of Oklahoma and Gene Cotter of Nebraska. Hallum, runner-up to teammate Dave Glander in the conference meet last season, defeated both Kansans at Norman two months ago. Cotter whipped Jester and Chestnut at Lawrence, but Chestnut gained revenge at Lincoln by edging the Cornhusker.
favored to Kansas, the defending NCAA champion, must beat Iowa State and Missouri to assure itself of the Big Seven title, although a Kansas State defeat in its remaining games against Oklahoma and/or Nebraska will make the Jayhawkers' job that much easier.
Other Kansans who will compete are Mahlon Ball, Terry Williams, Dave Moxley, Ken Reid, Bill Payne, Jerry Scott, Gene Schanze, and Dean Glasco. Ball and Williams will swim the 50-yard freestyle, Moxley the 220-yard freestyle, and Payne the 440-yard freestyle. The breast-
strokers will be Scott and Schanze, the backstrokers Welsh and Glasco. Reid will represent Kansas in the individual medley along with Effin
Jester and Chestnut left Wednesday while the rest of the team departed yesterday. Preliminaries will be held today and the finals tomorrow.
Kansas tied for fourth place in the 1952 meet. Oklahoma was the winner.
Saturday's IM Volleyball Schedule
ROBINSON ANNEX
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1:45 DC Light
1:45 Theta Chi-Delt (W)
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Phi Psi Π-DU Π (W)
1:00 Phi Psi I-Beta III (W)
1:45 Phi Delt IV-Delta Chi (E)
1:45 Delt I-DUI L (W)
Bob Kenney, starting forward on last year's Kansas NCAA championship squad, scored 31 points to lead the Hesston King motors into the quarter-finals of the Missouri Valley AAU basketball tournament in Wichita Wednesday, with a 94-43 victory over the Forbes Air Police of Topeka.
1:45 Delt I-DU I (W) ___
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against Confederate North Carolina State was one of the first round survivors in the Southern conference tournament last night. The Wolfpack walloped North Carolina, 86-54, with the help of 19 points from center.Mel Thompson. In other games, West Virginia
Carillon Program
The Carillon program to be given from 3-3.30 p.m. Sunday by Ronald Barnes, University carillonneur, follows:
Prelude No. 1 in G, for carillon
M. van den Gheyn
Minuet in G
L. van Beethoven
Six Lovelong Waltzes from Op. 82
Six Lovelong Waltzes from Op. 52
J Brahms
(arranged for carillon by Stanford
Lennemberg
1. Sieh, Wie Ist Die Welle Klar
2. Die Grune Hopfen Ranke
3. O We Sanft Die Qualle Sich
4. Wie Des Abendsschone Rote
5. Wenn So Lind Dien Auge Mir
6. Wenn Anst Aus-Zukommen
Ballade for carillon ... G. Nees
Three Pieces for Children ... B. Bartok
Adèle's Laughing Song from "Fied-
ermaus" ... J. Strauss
Cagers Hit 40 Five Times
B. H. Born's 44 point blast against Colorado Monday which set a new Big Seven individual record, marked the fifth time in Jayhawk basketball history that a Kansas player has reached the 40-point circle. Clyde Lovelette unwound performances of 44 (vs. St. Louis); 42 (vs. SMU); 41 (vs. Colorado), and 40 (vs. La-Lalle) last year.
edged Furman, 91-87; Maryland upset Duke, 74-65; and Wake Forest beat Richmond, 85-70, to reach tonight's semi-finals. Neild Gordon of Furman set a new tournament individual scoring record of 37 points in a losing cause.
An NCAA entry fell victim of an upset last night when Miami of Ohio, the Mid - American conference champion, was beaten by Cincinnati, 78-76. Oklahoma A&M beat Houston, 68-48, for its 21st victory in 27 games.
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