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Indiana, Louisiana State Make Loop Title Bids
New York—(U.P.) Indiana and Louisiana State picked up steam in their drives for league titles and tournament bids today as they continued to "win 'em all" in their respective conferences.
Indiana's Hoosiers, shooting for their first undisputed league crown, made it eight wins in eight Big Ten games last night by whipping Purdue, 88-75, to reach the mid-year examination milestone with a 2-game lead over Illinois. And Louisiana State fixed its Southeastern conference at 5-0 with a 55-50 victory over Georgia.
Sophomore Don Schlundt, 6-foot, 9-inch center who leads all Big Ten scorers with a 25-point average, paced Indiana to its triumph with 26 points and teammate Bobby Leonard added 21.
Purdue, playing on its home court, led by 19-18 at the end of the first period and trailed by only 41-38 at halftime. But Leonard opened the second half with two straight baskets and Indiana pulled away. Schlund sank 16 free throws, only one short of his own conference record. Danny Blind led Purdue with 13 points.
Illinois, beaten by Indiana Saturday night, regained its winning stride with a 76-64 decision over Michigan State at East Lansing, Mich. The Spartans trailed by only three points with five minutes to go, but then the Illini opened the gap. Al Ferrari led Michigan State with 24 points and Johnny Kerr had 20 for Illinois.
In other Big Ten tussles, Wisconsin held high-scoring Paul Ebert to 14 points and beat Ohio State, 64-51, and Deacon Davis' last-minute free throw gave Iowa a 69-88 victory over Northwestern.
Louisiana State was again forced to play without high-scoring, 6-foot, 9-inch Bob Petitt, ill with pneumonia, and trailed Georgia by 27-24 at halftime in their game at Athens, Go. But LSU took the lead in the third period and Georgia never caught up. For LSU, which now has won 10 out of games, Norman Magee was high scorer with 20 points while little Zippy Morocco had 19 out of Georgia.
Notre Dame, the nation's 10th
KU to Meet UCLA In 1953 Grid Game
Kansas and UCLA will clash in a football contest Sept. 25, 1954 at Lawrence, school athletic directors A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg and _Wilbur Jones announced Saturday.
The game will be the second in a home-and-home series with the first scheduled for Sept. 25, 1953, in the Los Angeles coliseum. It will be played on a Friday night.
The Bruins were one of the top teams in the nation during the 1952 grid season. They whipped Wisconsin, the Big Ten representative in the Rose Bowl, 20-7, and lost to Southern California, the Rose Bowl champions, by only two points, 14-12. USC was the only team that defeated the Bruins, coached by Red Sanders.
UCLA will have Paul Cameron, a great tailback and one of the finest Pacific Coast conference backs since the war, returning in 1953.
Both teams defeated TCU by almost identical scores in 1952. UCLA shut-out the Frogs 14-0 in Los Angeles. The Jayhawkers whipped them 13-0 the week before.
Phi Kappa fraternity won a place in the Rock Chalk Revue script contest, not Phi Gamma Delta fraternity as was reported in yesterday's Daily Kansan.
Correction
ranked team which was upset by St. Louis on Saturday, bounded back to beat Bradley, 76-64.
in other leading games last night: 6-foot, 5-inch Willard Fagler tallied 22 points to lead Nebraska to a 73-62 Big Seven victory over Missouri; Alabama downed Mississippi, 60-54, in the Southeastern conference; VMI routed Hampden-Sydney, 76-46, and St. Mary's (Calif.) beat Santa Clara, 70-65.
Fraley Sees Speedy Return ForBanned 2-PlatoonSystem
By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer
College football's two-platoor just one year.
Because a majority of the nation's grid coaches, while mourning its demise, are planning determinedly for its resurrection. Thus the odds are that it is gone, but not for long.
A tipoff comes from Babe Caccia, the Idaho State coach who is against the specialized game but is farsighted enough to admit:
The two-team game was railroaded out by economy-minded athletic directors and college presidents and indications are strong that, after a one-year absence, it will be high-balled right back in by the irate coaches.
on system appeared dead today—for
The college heads may want a return of the old-style game and a majority of the fans, too, may desire the "iron man" days. But you can bet that the two-platoon system will be back.
will be battled.
It was killed by a strategem which smacks too much of back room politics. It is a kindly description to say that it was assassinated by an "afterthought vote" at the recent NCAA convention. The abolishment was accomplished by a 43 to 23 ballot after most of the delegates had left. That's nowhere near a quorum when you consider that there are 315 NCAA schools playing football.
The "kill" was put over by a lobby and already protest meetings are being held by various conferences. The athletic directors and presidents who engineered this coup worked simply on the theory of costs.
"However, I don't feel this new rule will last. It's going to be a thing of the past in a few years."
Under the two-platon system, expenses had been doubled without the income from football having
But there are two tremendous points in favor of platoon style football. The first is that injuries are reduced wholesale because players do not reach the old stage of exhaustion. The second is that more boys get to play the game, in itself a desirable factor.
As a fan, I personally favor the "iron man" game. The heroes were all-around performers from whose exploits you derived a tremendous kick.
kept pace. It is true that in many schools the costs of playing football had become prohibitive, the size of varsity squads having been doubled. But a majority of big schools still made money on football. The profit simply wasn't as great.
And it is the big schools, through committee action and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, which control the NCAA.
Wildcats Groom For MU Contest
Manhattan—(U.R.)-Kansas State's Wildcats, ranked number four in the nation by the United Press board of coaches, were back on the court today, trying to forget their upset loss to ninth-ranked Kansas and looking ahead to another tough conference foe in Missouri.
AFROTC, Oread Win Intramural Cage Contests
The Wildcats go to Columbia Saturday in hopes of breaking into the Big Seven win column and extending their win streak over the Tigers to five games. Kansas State has not lost to Missouri since 1950 when the Tigers defeated a favored Wildcat team 58-55 at Manhattan
AFROTC II and Oread were victors in the only "A" games played yesterday. NROTC forfeited to the Geology Club in the other scheduled contest.
AIFOK II 28, Liahona
Liahona Kirk ICRC two points to lead AIFROTC to a 28-19 victory over Liahona fellowship. The Air Force held a four point, 15-11 half-time lead. Joe Bayless paced Liahona with 11 counters.
AFBOTC II 28. Liahona 19
Oread 27, Phi Kappa OC's 17
Phi Kappa OC's jumped off to a
15-11 halftime lead, but netted only
two points in the second half as
Oread went on to win 27-17. Leroy
Foster was high scorer for the Out-
casts with 10 points, followed by
Oread's Jim George with 7.
Other Games
Sigma Nu II 35, Kappa Sigma 32.
ATO 17, Betas 14.
SAE 38, Pi K A 28.
Phi Kappa Tau over Sigma Chi
I forfeit.
University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1953
Kansas Wins Ninth In Both Press Polls
Boston finished seventh last year. Grimm, driving toward a pennant for Milwaukee when he took over as manager of the floundering Braves last June, said he's "optimistic" but added that he "never predicted the standings and isn't going to start now."
"However, the important thing is that our youngsters now have a year's major league experience under their belts."
"At Boston, we're still working on our youth movement and it may very well pay off next season. I can say we've set defensively. If
The Kansas Jayhawks, due to their impressive win over the Kansas State Wildcats Saturday, jumped into the ninth spot in both the UP and AP basketball ratings this week.
"Youth and optimism are the bywords in our camp for next season," he said. "We contemplated some deals at the winter meetings, but since none developed, the club as of now, stands as it did at the end of last season.
The coaches based their ratings on all games played through Saturday night, Jan. 17.
Kansas State dropped from first place in both polls to fourth. Taking the Wildcats position as top in the nation was undefeated Seaton Hall. The New Jersey team is the only unbeaten team playing in the collegiate major leagues. The Seatonians won three games last week to run their year's total to 18 wins.
The 35 leading coaches who comprise the United Press board made this week's the closest in the 3-year history of the ratings after week-end upsets claimed Kansas State, Illinois, and LaSalle—last week's 1-2-3 teams.
Gray Summit, Mo.—(U.P.)—Jolly Charlie Grimm said today his Boston Braves are right back where they were last fall—with the accent on youth.
So close was the contention for positions this week in the wide-open national basketball scramble, that only one point separated the third, fourth, and fifth teams. Washington, Kansas State, and Illi-
Boston Braves Continue To Accent Youthfulness
Hirsch said a dinner then was arranged at an inn in Lexington, Ky., where he and Spivey met with West and Line. Hirsch said they agreed at this meeting to "shave points" in basketball games for West, and said each player was to receive "$1,000 each if we stayed within the point
When Spivey returned to school in the fall of 1950, he asked Hirsch about the "fixing," said Hirsch. Hirsch said he at first denied the whole thing but then admitted it, and Spivey asked him about prospects for the coming season.
we get some power hitting and a few breaks, we may move up a notch or two," Grimm explained at his winter home here.
"The return of Del Crandall from service is the best news yet," the amiable off-season farmer said. "Andy Pafko, whom we just got from Brooklyn, will help plenty, too."
Crandall, who's not yet 23 years old, will undoubtedly be the first string catcher, Grimm said. Reliable Walker Cooper, now almost 38, would be around to spell him
Hirsch said the group had been operating during the 1940-50 season without Spivey. However, Spivey, working at a Catskill mountain resort in the summer of 1950, met a gambler named "George" who told him that Hirsch and players Dale Barnstable and Jim Line were fixing games.
Grimm agreed with his predecessor, Billy Southworth, who said Crandall was "the greatest prospect I ever saw" when he broke in at the tender age of 19. Mechanically, he's a "smooth" backstop and his hitting should pick up, Grimm said.
New York—(U.P.) The prosecution was scheduled to continue the presentation of its case today in the perjury trial of Bill Spivey, former all-American basketball star from the University of Kentucky.
The state's first witness, former Kentucky player Walter Hirsch, testified yesterday that he and the seven-foot Spivey agreed in 1950 to "fix" basketball games in return for bribes from Jack (Zip) West, who now is serving a three-year sentence as a fixer.
Hirsch Testifies for State In Trial of Cage Teammate
Grimm's infield will average 25 years of age with veteran Earl Torgeson, 29, at first; Johnny Dittmer, who'll be 25 in January, at second; 25-year-old Johnny Logan at shortstop, and Eddie Matthews, only 21, at third base.
Hirsch said that Spivey was admitted to the small group of Kentucky players fixing games at his own request.
spread; if not, we would get $100." "Did all three agree?" asked assistant district attorney Vincent A. G. O'Connor, who is prosecuting the case.
"We agreed to work with him," said Hirsch.
"Did Spivey say that?" asked O'Connor.
"Yes, sir," answered Hirsch.
Big Ten to Ballot On Pact Renewal
Chicago—(U.P.)Big Ten schools in the next 90 days will be counted for the fifth time on their attitude toward the annual Rose Bowl football game.
The conference, by action of the joint group of faculty representatives and athletic directors over the weekend, was asked to determine the attitude of each individual school on renewal of the bowl agreement with the Pacific Coast vote on the matter at the regular conference to make possible a final meeting scheduled at Purdue May 29-30.
The current Rose Bowl agreement expired Jan. 1 with the eighth game between representatives of the two conferences.
nois. Seven teams received first place votes.
Seton Hall, the only unbeaten team in the major college ranks, jumped all the way from fifth to first place after scoring victories over three opponents last week. Coach Honey Russell's Pirates attracted 121 first place votes and 254 points; Indiana's Big Ten leaders, which upset Illinois for their eighth victory in 10 games, had 10 firsts and 252 points.
The Washington Huskies (13-1) were third with 232 points, Kansas State followed with 231, and Illinois was fifth with 230. Washington had six first place votes and K-State three. LaSalle, third last week behind Kansas State and Illinois, dropped all the way to sixth place with two first place votes and 187 points after being upset by DePaul for its second setback in 16 games.
Oklahoma A&M (12-2), North Carolina State (16-2), Kansas, and Notre Dame completed the top 10 teams. Kansas, which leaped all the way from 21st place after upsetting Kansas State, was in this week's top 10, replacing Southern California.
Oklahoma A&M was seventh with 134 points and North Carolina State eighth with one first place vote and 123 points, exchanging places from last week. Kansas had one first place vote and 61 points, while Notre Dame had 37 points.
Ten points are awarded for a first place vote, nine for a second, and so on down to one for a 10th place vote.
The United Press college basketball ratings (with first-place votes) and season records in parentheses):
Team Points
1. Seton Hall (12) (18-0) 254
2. Indiana (10) (8-2) 252
3. Washington (6) (13-1) 252
4. Kansas State (3) (8-2) 231
5. Illinois (9) 230
6. Louisiana (2) (14-2) 187
7. Oklahoma A&M (12-2) 134
8. N. Carolina St. (1) (16-2) 123
9. Kansas (1) (9-3) 61
10. Notre Dame (10-2) 37
Second 10—11, Louisiana State, 29;
12, California, 27; 13, Fordham, 26;
14, Tulsa, 18; 15, Holy Cross, 14; 16,
St. Louis, 12; 17, Southern California,
11; 18 (tie), Minnesota and Western Kentucky, 9 each; 20 (tie);
UCLA and DePaul, 7 each.
Others—Oklahoma, 4; Wyoming and Oklahoma City University, 3 each; Brigham Young, 2; Michigan State, Columbia and Wake Forest, 1 each.
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