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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1953
Kansas Loses 1st Big 7 Tilt To Hot Sooner Quintet, 76-61
By RICH CLARKSON Kansan Sports Writer
OKLAHOMA STAR—Bob Waller, Sooner center, was one reason the cold Jayhawks slid behind in the third quarter to come out on the short end of a 76-61 score. Waller dumped in four field goals and four free throws to get a total of 12 points.
Norman, Okla.—The surprise team of the Big Seven tournament found itself surprised here last night as Oklahoma's previously unimpressive Sooners used the Jayhawks own medicine to handily take their first conference victory of the season in dumping Kansas 76-61.
Kansas, who was unable to generate even a spark of the hustle-laden play that swept them into the conference tourney's runner-up spot, was hard pressed to keep in the game with the Oklahoma—disappointment of the same tournament.
While the Jayhawks were slack in all departments last night, the Sooners, although still far from being a sharpened outfit, served up plenty of hustle topped with a desire to win that spelled trouble from almost the first for the defending conference and national champs. Last night's loss, third of the year for the Jays, came by a greater margin than the combined spreads of their losses before Rice at Houston and Kansas State in the tournament finale. The game left KU with a 5-3 overall record to date.
Box Score
Kansas (61) G-GA F-FA PF TF
Alberts, f 0-3 3 4 1
Davenport, f 1-4 2-2 2 4
Patterson, f 1-5 2-2 5 5
Ferguson, f 0-5 0-0 5 5
D. Kelley, g 3-10 7-7 4 13
Nicholson, c 0-10 1-2 1 2
Reich, g 1-6 0-1 5 2
Heilth, g 1-6 1-2 9 2
Smith, g 1-4 2-2 5 4
A. Kelley, g 6-12 4-6 5 16
Born, c 4-5 2-5 10
Totals...18-55 25-41 33 61
Oklahoma (76) G-GA G-FA FP 31
Hart, f ...3-4 7-9 12 13
Hamilton, g ...2-2 1-1 0 15
Newman, f ...0-2 1-1 0 15
McEachern, g ...3-4 6-12 5 12
Lane, f ...2-5 9-11 13 12
Boydston, f ...0-0 0-0 0 0
Owens, g ...0-0 0-0 0 0
Churchill, c ...3-5 2-3 3 9
Walter, c ...4-1 3-3 4-9
Walter, c ...4-13 4-7 5 12
Jones, g ...0-2 2-2 5 2
Morrison, g ...1-2 2-2 5 2
22-43 22-50 25 76
Score by periods:
Kansas 16 17 13 18
Oklahoma 16 17 13 18
Officials: Carl Larson (Bethany) and John Lloyd (Denver).
The failure of the famed Kansas switching man-to-man defense to stop Bruce Drake's always tough outfit, a below par 32 per cent shooting average, and the fact that the Kansans allowed themselves to be out-rebounded throughout the contest were the big factors in the defeat.
The Kansas Kelleys—brothers Al and Dean—carried the scoring load last night in Soonerland. Junior Al
took scoring honors with 16 while team captain Dean tied with Sooner soph forward Lynn Hart with 13. Oklahomans Delwis McEachern and Bob Waller both counted 12 apiece. Kansas center B. H. Born hit for 10.
It was second-time remade starting lineup that Kansas coach F. C. "Phog" Allen sent to the center circle last night. Sophomore Bill Heitholt, a father of one day, was replaced in the opening five by Senior Gil Reich for the game. Allen gave no hint if the switch was to be permanent. While KU was struggling through a poor shooting night, the Oklahomaans fired up a sizzling 68 per cent in the second half to give them a 51 per cent average for the game.
Seven players, including four Kansans, were sidelined via the foul route in the rough game. A barrage of 58 fouls stretched the game out to two hours in length.
ley charity toss and worked the score to 7-1 before the Sooner attack caught fire.
Tom Churchill, Ronald Dwyer,
and Center Bob Waller all hit from
the field to help Drake's outfit to
a 20-16 first period lead.
KU took first lead on an Al Kel-
Kansas made a late second-period rally on four free throws to trail 35-33 at the intermission. An Al Kelley-instigated barrage early in the third quarter was the only Kansas bid for the lead in the second half but that faded as Churchill and Sterling Jones pulled the Sooners into a comfortable lead again.
Oklahoma played without the services of starter Ron Blue and reserve center John Copp who were sidelined with flu.
The Jayhawks returned to Lawrence late this morning to begin prepping for Thursday's non-conference game with Oklahoma A&M in Hoch auditorium.
Indiana Leads in Big 10 Basketball; Nebraska, Mizzou Beat Opponents
New York —(U.P.)— High-scoring high jinks by 6-foot, 9-inch Don Schlundt kept Indiana one jump ahead of powerful Illinois and Minnesota today in the blazing Big Ten basketball race.
Schlundt, only a sophomore but one of the most dangerous scorers in the nation, racked up 33 points last night to lead the Hoosiers to a 69 to 62 triumph over Michigan State at East Lansing, Mich. That performance followed his 39-point show in last Saturday's win over Michigan
Hilisio whipped Purdue, 87-71,
and Minnesota downed Wisconsin,
64-53, in other league games but
each of these clubs has lost once in
four conference starts while Indiana
is unbeaten in four league games.
Schlund, a 19-year-old native of South Bend, Ind., the home of Notre Dame, did most of his scoring last night when it meant the most. Michigan State led by 40-34 at half-time, but Schlund went on a third-period spree and the Hoosiers went into the final frame leading, 56-47. Al Ferrari was high man for Michigan State with 22 points.
Schlundt, who scored 17.1 points
Johnny Kerr of Illinois and Ea Kalafat of Minnesota, two other giant centers, each had 25 point nights to pace their teams' victories. At Lafayette, Ind., Illinois pulled away in the second half after being held to a 35-35 halftime tie. At Minnesota, Kalafat broke open a close game with 10 points in the fourth period.
Notre Dame, ranked 10th nationally, scored an exciting 73-71 victory over 13th-ranked Holy Cross at Boston on two free throws by Norbert Lewinski with five seconds to play. Togo Palazzi scored 26 points for Holy Cross and Dick Rosenthal had 21 for Notre Dame, which tonight visits Madison Square garden to play New York J.
per game as a freshman last season, now has tallied 120 points in the four league games—leading the loop with an average of 30 per game.
Louisiana State, which shares 10th ranking with Notre Dame, stayed ahead in the Southeastern conference race with a 74-61 triumph over Vanderbilt.
The first official action of the season in the Big Seven saw Oklahoma upset defending champion Kansas, 76-61, at Norman, Okla., in a game plagued with 58 fouls, while Missouri edged Iowa State, 66-61, when Gary Filbert scored four points in the last minute, and Nebraska trounced Colorado, 80-65. Kansas State, league favorite and No. 2 team nationally, was idle.
In other leading games last night: Detroit knocked Wichita from the unbeaten ranks, 64-62, in overtime in the Missouri Valley conference, on Walter Poff's last-minute basket; Florida shaded Alabama, 69-64, in the Southeastern conference; Paul Ebert tallied 22 to lead Ohio State to a 9-46 Big Ten win over Michigan; Ron Feireisel's 21 paired DePaul in a 93-68 rout of Lawrence Tech.
Nick Maguire's 22 points helped Villanova score its 49th straight home court win, 72-65, over Princeton; Loyola of Chicago, led by Art Schalk's 19 points, beat Drake, 68-59; Furman trounced Presbyterian, 102-75; Maine upset Rhode Island, 81-79; and Tampa beat Loyola of the South, 77-70.
By DON NIELSEN Kansan Sports Editor
Thanks to some spotty and erratic playing by a cold Kansas five, the Jayhawks lost their conference opener to an underrated Oklahoma team after we had stuck our necks out and predicted a KU victory. We hereby vow to junk our crystal eight ball.
Kansas was, frankly, lousy as far as rebounding went. The Sooners were all over the backboards, both offensively and defensively. Of course, the fact that the Jayhawks were unable to hit the floor with their size elevens helped considerably. While we don't have the exact figures available, we would estimate that the Kansans hit less than 30 per cent of their shots from the floor.
It just goes to show how much a person can tell from a tournament. Kansas finished second in the Big Seven pre-season tourney, Oklahoma finished last, and we get beat by fifteen points.
Now, all this is quite flattering, but why must the present KU cage team be given this handicap. There is no reason why the Jayhawks should not be judged on their own merits. This business of throwing the accomplishments of last year's team in their faces will bring nothing but lassitude and resignation to a poor finish in the conference. Clyde Lovellette and company are gone—let their ghosts go with them.
While we are waxing bitter, we would like to comment on the fact that, in spite of the fact that the present Kansas basketball team has only one member of last year's championship team, sportcasters and writers insist on calling the Jayhawkers the "NCAA championship squad," and "Big Seven champions."
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