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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1953
By DON NIELSEN
Ten weeks and 40 issues ago, we took over this column with tears in our eyes, and forebodings in our heart. The fortunes of Kansas sports did not appear too bright, and a semester of hour exams and finals, sleepless nights, too much coffee and too many cigarettes loomed ahead.
Still, Kansas did not fare badly. After the Jayhawks were through licking the wounds they sustained in the final game of the season, the clouds sort of cleared away, and there we were with a 7-3 mark for the season. Hardly worth crying loudly about.
Kansas had just been trimmed on the gridiron by a team that a healthy Jayhawk squad could have handled with dispatch. Injuries were threatening to wreak havoc with the entire Kansas football schedule—and they did.
Then the basketball season started edging its way into the picture. Gloomy predictions were aired everywhere from Dr. Allen's office to the back booth at the Hawk, but these pessimistic prognostications were forced into a back seat by the showing that the revamped Javhawks made in the first few games of their season.
Starting out sluggishly, the Jayhawks dropped a couple of games to teams rated lower than themselves, but confounded the preseason predictions by knocking off high-rated Oklahoma A&M and Kansas State before screaming home-game audiences.
At any rate, the fortunes of Kansas sports have improved considerably since the middle of November. The football season was far from a complete bust, track and basketball teams are making a bid toward putting Kansas in the headlines again.
Our predictions and comments have not always been accurate, indeer our record is perfect—we haven't picked a winner yet. Our comments in this column have not always made people happy. Some persons have gotten downright mad at things we said, others have been glad we said the same thing, but all-in-all, everyone has been pretty nice about it. We received only two threatening letters during our "reign."
The next sports editor will be Clarke Keys. He will take over this column on Feb. 5, and, with the fortunes of basketball and the other sports looking as well as they do, his should be a pleasant task.
One other person who probably will be happy at the change is the custodian of the Journalism building. He has to clean out the newsroom, and one of the new sports editor's traits should please him no end. Clarke doesn't smoke. So long.
Bevo Held to 38 Points, But Stall Provides Laughs
Troy, Ohio — (U.P.)—Sensational Clarence "Bevo" Brunej of Franklin Rio Grande of Ohio was "held" to a mere 38 points in a 66-29 victory over Cedarville of Ohio last night, but there was an explanation.
Cedarville went all out to stop Francis, the nation's leading scorer with an average of over 50 points, by going into a stall at the start of the game. Things got so dull that 6-foot, 9-inch, Bevo took a sideline seat and signed autographs while a radio announcer wandered onto the court to interview his idle team-mates.
With the capacity crowd yelling for action, Rio Grande finally broke the game open in the fourth quarter, scoring 35 points to 14 for Cedarville. At the half, Rio Grande
held only a 21-7 lead. During the Cedarville stalls, Rio Grande players pulled on sweatshirts and stood motionless on the floor while Bevo went to the sidelines to sign autographs for admiring fans.
Alumni Group Names Slate for Election
Two slates of officers nominated Saturday by the KU Alumni association for election this May and June will be published in the February issue of the Alumni Magazine.
Members of the nomination committee are C. J. Morrow, Kansas City; Ned Cushing, Down; Chet Mize, Atchison; Skipper Williams, Lawrence, and David Prager, Topeka.
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Upset of Kansas Heads Night's Cage Play
New York — (J,P)— The determined attempt by Kansas, the defending NCAA champion, to regain the basketball heights struck a landmine today—a surprise 72-68 defeat by Colorado's Buffaloes.
When the current season started, little was expected from Kansas because the Jayhawks lost four out of five starters from last year's championship team—including all-America Center Clyde Lovelletta.
66. to hold second place in the Big Seven race and earn the No.9 ranking nationally.
But, with 6-foot, 9-inch junior B. H. Born taking over Lovelletta's high-scoring role, the Jayhawks kept improving and driving back. Only last Saturday night, the Jayhawks' comeback reached a peak when they upset Kansas State, 80-
But last night at Boulder, the Jayhawks fell apart after holding a 63-2 lead with six minutes to play and went down to their second loss in five league games.
North Carolina regained the leadership of the Southern conference by beating Wake Forest, 72-68, at Chapel Hill, N. C. Wake Forest had been leading the circuit with a 6-0 mark.
Wake Forest appeared headed for victory with a 21-9 first period lead and a 37-26 halftime margin. But the Tarheels, enjoying a great season under new coach Frank Mc-
Guire, rallied and finally wea ahead, 51-50, after 15 seconds of the fourth quarter. North Carolina never was headed after that.
De Paul, ranked 20th nationally after beating La Salle for the second straight time, barely escaped an upset as it defeated Cincinnati, 68-67.
In a Southwest conference game at Houston, Texas Christian upset Rice, 69-60, as center Henry Oblen led the way with 31 points. Gene Schwinger of Rice, the league's leading scorer, netted 23.
Tibetans refer to Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, as Chomolungma—"goddess mother of the world."
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