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University Daily Kansan
By CLARKE KEYS Kansan Sports Editor
Picking up a few odds and ends from the KU-Wildcat game Tuesday. . . When you stop and think about it, this year's Kansas defense isn't really any different than that employed by last season's NCAA championship club, nor is it really any better. The 1952 Jayhawkers believed in playing defense, too, despite having such a fine offensive club.
club.
The boys weren't as fast at getting down court, but they all had quick reflexes and made life for opponents pretty rugged. The '52 club didn't make as many actual steals of the ball like they're doing now, but they did press out at mid-court to make a mighty tough defense.
defense. It's just that this year's team wasn't expected to go anywhere, so when they started winning a few games they weren't expected to, people stopped to ask why and saw all these "new" methods and styles that aren't really new at all.
The Kansans now must meet Oklahoma A&M on the Stillwater court. The Jayhawkers already hold one victory over the Cowboys, 65-53, in Hoch auditorium, but the story quite likely will be different on the Poke court. Should the Jayhawkers take the Big Seven conference title and enter the NCAA Western Regional at Manhattan March 13-14, A&M likely will be the competition in the finals on the 14th. Winners of both the Big Seven and the Missouri Valley are expected to get by their first-round foes.
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May 2 will be a red letter day on the University of Nebraska campus for this is the date chosen for the 4th annual Cornhusker All Sports day activities. Every sport on the intercollegiate list will be represented with the annual spring football game between the alumni and the varsity highlighting the affair.
One of the reasons for the Kansas win Tuesday night was the lack of mistakes, other than shooting, while on offense. The Jayhawkers didn't waste too many opportunities for shots by throwing the ball away or making a violation before they could get a shot off. In fact, they had about their best night in this way.
Kansas had the Wildcats down in the second period, so down in fact the K-Staters were having trouble getting up and down the court. But as luck would have it, the Jayhawks just couldn't hit during the time and couldn't get the knock-out punch over to the Cats. Two or three times the Kansans built up leads of four and five points, but each time they slipped back because they couldn't hit and finally K-State took the lead at the half.
A ticket costs $1 and is good for all events. Coaches and members of the athletic department pay their dollar for admittance to the various contests.
one various contests.
The day begins with tennis and golf matches between the Huskers and Kansas at 9 a.m. The NU basketball team tangles with Iowa State at 10 and the Scarlet track squad meets Oklahoma at 12. The alumni-varsity football game is to be played at 2 p.m., with a gymnastics exhibition between halves. Finally at 4 the alumni meet the varsity in a basketball game with the wrestling team putting on an exhibition between halves. The swimming squad also will give an exhibition in the pool.
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A former KU football and basketball player, Lyn Smith, currently is playing basketball with the Navy's undefeated Officer Candidate school team from Newport, R.I. The team has compiled a season's mark of 18 straight wins against college, service, and amateur squads with Smith at a starting position.
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A prize plum left Kansas for all practical purposes yesterday, but it won't be long before it will be back, maybe to plague next year's Kansas football team. That would be Chalmer "Woody" Woodard, newly appointed head football coach at Southern Methodist university.
"Woody," who is now athletic director and head football and basketball coach at McPherson college, was coach at Lawrence high for seven years from 1943-1950 where his teams won or tied for the Northeast Kansas League title each year and won 58 games while dropping six.
It is no secret that many fans, especially in the local area, were plugging for the young mentor to get a post on the KU staff, but University officials apparently didn't see fit to do so. Now they could be sorry when Woody brings his SMU gridders to Memorial stadium Oct. 24 to try to avenge last fall's 26-0 Kansas win over the Mustangs.
NCAA Tickets on Sale March 1
March 1.
R. E. Peters, executive secretary of the host Big Seven conference, said only a few hundred tickets would be held back for the four winners of the regional tournaments, "since we won't know who they are until three days before the finals."
Kansas City (U.P.)- Tickets for the NCAA basketball finals March 17-18 in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium will go on sale by mail March 1.
until three days before.
Tickets are priced at $2, $4, and
$5, with most of the seats priced
at $4. Mr. Peters said.
in Kansas State's fieldhouse at Manhattan March 13-14 may be obtained from Kansas State college.
$4, Mr. Peters said.
Tickets for the western regionals
Kansas City's Municipal auditorium holds slightly less than 10,000 fans. It's expected to be a complete sellout for both nights of the finals.
Phi Delts, Betas Move Into IM Final Round
The Fhi Delts and defending champions Betas moved past weak semi-final opponents last night to gain the finals in the Fraternity "A" intra-mural playoffs. The Phi Psi I "C" team moved into the semifinals in the Fraternity "C" division by downing Phi Delt II.
Pasco. Wash.—(U.P.)-Lou Molden, arrested on a charge of petty larceny for stealing a can of sardines and a package of dried meat, asked police to safeguard the $1,058 he was carrying with him before he was locked up.
Fish Thief Salts it Away
Using a strong defense to good advantage, the Betas knocked off the Phi Psi 48-25. The hard-pressing Betas held the Phi Psi usual high scorers, Haggard and Fotopoulos, to a minimum of points, Rengel and Young scoring six apiece to lead the losers, Mark Rivard, with 13, and Jerry Brownlee with 10, lead the victors.
Bob Allison scored 26 big points as he led his Phi Delt mates to the easy win over Kappa Sig 72-46. Don Stewart's 18 was high for Kappa Sig.
Beta 48. Phi Psi 25
5 Phi Psi I 40. Phi Delt II 19
Phi Delt 72. Kappa Sig 46
PHI PSI! 40, 41
Apparently followed after their thrilling win, minute win of Tuesday night, the Phi Delta fell by the wayside early in the contest, finally dropping the game to Phi Psi 19-40. Duane Speckman got 12 to pace the winners' and Dick Conn made eight to lead Phi Delt.
FRIDAY
Robinson Annex
Independent "A" (semi-finals)
4 Hodder Annex-AFROTC I
5 Lost Chance-Joliffe
Robinson Gym
Robinson ... Fraternity "B" (semi-finals)
Fraternity B (semi-innals)
7 DU-Phi Gam (E)
8 Reta-ATO (W)
7 BBT-IN IM (L)
9 Betn-ATO (W)
Independent R" (semi-finals)
8 Know Nothings-AFROTC II (W)
9 Joinite-Delta Dna (B)
7 Sigma Chi I-Phi Delt I
8 Beta I-DU I(E)
Sotrilla Fraternity C" (quarter-finals)
New York—(U.P.)George Arauj, a fast-punching light-weight from New England who also dabbles in art, will be striving for a title shot tonight in a 10-round bout with roughhouse Paddy Demarco of Brooklyn at Madison Square Garden.
Boxer-Artist to Fight Demarco Tonight
Araujo was a 7 to 5 favorite for the fight, which will be broadcast and televised nationally, starting at 9 p.m. (CST).
For Araujo, a dusky youngster from Providence, RI., this could be the most important fight of his career. If he wins, he probably will be matched with champion Jimmy Carter in a title bout. But if he loses, George has indicated he may abandon the ring for a career as an artist.
One Eve on Low No Excuse
One Eye
Hastings, Neb. —(U.P.)— An 18-year-old Hastings girl entered a place of guilt to going through a stop sign and then told Police Magistrate Joseph R. Helmann: "Why, I've lived right in the neighborhood for over five years and knew the stop sign was there, but I was too busy watching the policeman following me."
Friday. Feb. 20,1953
Bills Pour in Points; Impress NIT Officials
New York—(U.F.)—An impressive 20-point victory at the right time and in the right place today gave the St. Louis Billikens a fine chance of landing a bid to the National Invitational basketball tournament—should they fail to land an NCAA tourney berth.
The Bills' chances of making the NCAA by winning the Missouri Valley conference title are what coach Ed Hickey calls "pretty slim" right now. They are in third place, two games behind the tough Oklahoma Aggies.
NYU, also an NIT hopeful, seemed on the way to triumph when it held a 9-point lead early in the second half. But then the Bills' long, 1-hand pops, which had been missing, began to swish the cords and the game turned upside-down. When it was over the Bills had their 13th victory against nine defeats.
But a walloping 98-78 rout of New York university last night in full view of the NIT selection committee at Madison Square Garden—put the Bills in strong contention for that post-season show.
Dick Boushka and Tom Lillis of
Ivy Loop Coaches Moaning Today
New York —(U.P.)— Most of the Ivy league football coaches were moaning today because of the league's refusal to end the ban on spring training.
The coaches claim that never have they needed those spring sessions more than this year—because of the death of the 2-platoon system. Whole squads, the 2-platoon, have to be trained all over again for 1-platoon football.
But the president of the Ivy league colleges brushed off the coaches' appeal for an end to the ban, which first was imposed last season.
"On the matter of spring football practice, no action was taken," said the terse announcement of the presidents. "The present position of the group was re-affirmed."
After Norway and Sweden dissolved their union in 1905, Haakon VII was elected ruler of Norway by the Storting, Norway's legislative body.
the Bills and Boris Nachamkin and Mark Solomon of NYU all tied for scoring honors with 21 points each.
Coach Hickey, admitting his club's 13-9 mark was not as impressive as last night's win, said he would not "favor accepting an NITT bid if our overall record was poor, simply because we have a very popular team." Hickey was referring to the Bills' unusual popularity with the Garden's paying customers, a factor that might influence their tournament selection.
Hickey said his team's first job was to keep plugging for that Missouri Valley title. Failing there, he indicated he would consider his club worthy of an NIT bid if it finished with a 17-9 or 16-10 record, "in view of our very difficult schedule."
In the opening game of the Garden twin bwin, St. John's, the 1952 Eastern NCAA champion, keep alive its outside chance of an NIT berth by upsetting Niagara, 60-56, Trailing, 50-49, with five minutes left, the Brooklyn Redden clinched the game with a 9-point string sparked by soph Marty Satalino, their high scorer with 16 points. Larry Costello paced Niagara with 21.
The win set the Redmen's record at 13-5 and Niagara's at 17-5. Though clouded somewhat by the loss, Niagara's tourney hopes weren't completely blacked out and coach John "Taps" Gallagher said his Eagles "are available, if they want us."
In other leading games last night:
Larry Hennessey tallied 32 points to lead Villanova to its 16th win in 24 games, 67-48, over Siena; Dick Heylmun's 24 led Penn to its 15th win in 18 games, 71-67 over Syracuse; N. Mexico beat Montana, 70-63, in a Skyline conference game which included 107 free throws; William & Mary upset Duke, 85-82, in the Southern conference; Rhode Island downed Maine, 90-72; Furman beat Wofford, 90-78; Georgetown (DC) edged Maryland, 49-48; George Washington trounced Virginia, 98-76; Mercer beat Georgia, 74-62; Drake whipped Creighton, 92-78; Western Kentucky beat Tennessee Tech. 74-61; Detroit beat St. Bonaventure, 84-70, and Bevo Francis scored 63 as little unbeaten Rio Grande gained win no. 34, 128-57 over Lees college of Jackson, Ky.
Plan to see F. F. Diwoky, division gas superintendent of Stanolind Oil and Gas Company, who will be on the University of Kansas campus Friday February 20. Diwoky will interview students receiving advanced and undergraduate degrees in chemical or mechanical engineering for plant engineering jobs with his company.
Diwoky will also interview juniors majoring in these fields of engineering for summer employment at one of the 13 natural gasoline and cycling plants operated by Stanolind in Kansas, Texas Louisiana, and Wyoming.
Stanolind is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Oil Company (Indiana). The company operates over 12,000 wells in 13 states and is one of the five leading producers of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the United States.
Excellent opportunities are provided for capable, qualified engineers. You should investigate Stanolind before making any job decision.
For an appointment to see Diwoky, contact Dean T. DeWitt Carr, School of Engineering and Architecture.
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