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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 19, 1952
KU to Face SMU Tonight In First Home Cage Game
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Kansas places a 12 game home-court winning streak on the block Friday and Saturday night when the green Jayhawkers meet the SMU Mustangs in a two-game series.
The Jayhawkers last defeat in Hoch auditorium came late in the 1951 season, when Oklahoma guard John Rogers hit a 24-foot last second shot which gave the Sooners a 61-59 upset victory. Kansas rebounded to whip Iowa State in the last home contest of the 1951 campaign then stopped 11 opponents last year.
The Mustangs easily could end the winning streak as they have three regulars returning from the 1951-52 edition which held the Jayhawkers to a 58-57 win after being trounced by two of the Clyde Lovellez at 42 point blast.
The returnees are forward Jack Kastman, and guards Dick Bryant and Charles Galey. Kastman, a 6-3, 200 pound Shawnee-Mission product, led the Mustang team in scoring last year with 193 tallies.
SMU opened with narrow losses to Hardin-Simmons and Oklahoma and scored their first victory with a 63-62 squeeze over Colorado A&M at Dallas Wednesday night. They have two other starters who could give Kansas trouble, forward Bob Clayton, an all-state selection in Indiana, and guard Art Barnes, a Dallas sharpshooter. Kansas has a 6-1 record in the inter-conference series, having lost to the Doye Hayes-coached crew 49-46 in the finals of the 1946 Biz Seven tournament.
Kansas goes into the series with a 1-1 record. The Jayhawkers ran over a cold Tulane squad 63-50 at New Orleans last week but fell before Rice 51-54 last Saturday.
Two other squad members probably will see considerable action, juniors Al Kelley and Harold Patterson. Kelley was impressive in the Tulane game and shared scoring honors with 13 points. Patterson, who has been shifted to forward after receiving all-American honors at Garden City Juco from the center position, is fast, aggressive, and is a potentially great rebounder.
The defending Big Seven and NCAA champions are attempting to organize an effective offense by use of the alternate post and three-out, two-in arrangement. This method enabled the Jayhawker to run up a three-out, then committed against Rice Saturday before losing the lead late in the game.
Phog Allen is expected to field the same lineup that opened at Tulane and Rice. B. H. Born is the center, sophomores Larry Davenport and Jerry Alberts, forwards, and sophomore Bill Heitholt and Captain Dean Kelley at guards.
The sophomore-studded Kansas team is 24.2 points below the 71.2 average set by the 1952 Jayhawker powerhouse. The Kansas defense was more than adequate in the Tulane and Rice contests, but the offensive average stands at a modest 57 points.
ONE OF THE BIG SEVEN'S BETTER GUARDS—Jayhawk Bill Heitholt, stellar sophomore from Quincy, Ill., will help Coach F. C. Allen's basketballists in the contest with Southern Methodist tonight in Hoch auditorium. Heitholt lettered with the varsity squad last year as a freshman by appearing in 28 of 31 games. He is a fast, aggressive battler who can score equally well from the outside or from the fast break. He is a good rebounder, and his defensive play has helped him earn his starting berth on the Jayhawk quintet.
News Just Doesn't Move Far Enough
News gets around, but apparently not enough. Kansas track Coach Bill Easton received a letter today from Montreal, Canada requesting results of the now famous Wes Santee-Acacia fraternity overland race Saturday.
G. M. Watson, of the Canadian city, sent a clipping from the Montreal Daily Star telling of the upcoming race, but Mr. Watson says that neither the Star, nor three New York papers he reads had any followup on the story.
Mr. Watson, an "avid track fan" since he saw Kansas' Glenn Cunningham run the mile, said he was very much interested in the outcome and asked Coach Easton to write him about the race.
SMU, rated as the best Mustand team since 1946-47, probably will open with Clayton and Kastman at forwards, Barnes and Galey, guards, and 6-4 Ralph Kendall, center.
Wildcat Tilt
Tops Cage List
New York — (U.P.) The basketball spotlight swings tonight to East Lansing, Mich., where three of the nation's top 10 teams appear in a doubleheader, by all odds the best show so far this young season.
Kansas State, ranked third, collides with Notre Dame, ranked 10th, in one game as both unbeaten teams try for their fourth win, while seventh-ranked UCLA meets Michigan State in the other.
Another twin bill tomorrow night sends Notre Dame against UCLA and Kansas State against Michigan State. It's a golden opportunity for one of the teams to gain prestige that would probably boost its national ranking.
Another important game tonight at Seattle, Wash., sees Washington's Huskies, ranked fourth nationally, meet California, which is ranked 16th.
Don Henry Ekes Out Victory Over Battenfeld
By DON TICE Kansan Sports Writer
In other "A" games, Last Chance defeated ISA, Jim Beam defeated Theta Tau, AFROTC beat YMCA, Pearson beat Sterling - Oliver, and Jolliffe won over Stephenson.
It was a very sluggish game for three quarters, with the score standing 12-10 in favor of Battenfeld at the end of the third period. In the fourth period both teams moved into high gear, and the score was 24 all at the end of the regular playing time.
Don Henry 31. Battenfeld 29
Don Henry 31, Battefield 29 Herb Pearson saved the day for Don Henry as he dumped in two consecutive free throws in the sudden death period, enabling his team to defeat Battefeld 31-29.
A "sudden death" overtime game between Don Henry and Battenfeld highlighted yesterday's six game independent "A" slate.
The score was tied again at the end of the three minute overtime period as each team made four points. The game then went into the sudden death period, in which the first team to make two points wins the game. A Battenfeld player fouled Don Henry's Herb Pearson, w hoskun both of his charity tosses to end the game. Pearson was high scorer for Don Henry with 10 points, while Jerry Jones led Battenfield with 18.
AFROTC 54, YMCA 41
The AFROTC overcame a six point halftime deficit to defeat YMCA by 13 points, 54-41. Dick Wogan and Loren Martin shared scoring honors for the Air Force with 16 points apiece. Dean Tinklen scored 12 points to pace YMCA.
Pearson 48, Sterling-Oliver 24
Pearson 46, Sterling-Oliver 24
a ten point lead in the first quarter, and then steadily widened the margin as they defeated Sterling-Oliver 46-24. Tom Schafer, Pearson, and Dick Davis, Sterling-Oliver, were high scorers with 20 and 13 points respectively.
Jollife 37, Stephenson 31 After trailing by 10 points at halftime, Stephenson put on a third quarter scoring drive to draw to
within four points of their opponents, but were unable to maintain the pace as Jolliffe won 37-31. Walt Haskins played an excellent game for the losers as he scored 21 of their 31 points.
Last Chance 53, ISA 47
Ross Correll with 16 points, paced Last Chance to a 53-47 victory over ISA. Last Chance took a five point halftime lead, which it maintained throughout the remainder of the game.
Jim Beam 41, Theta Tau 14
Jim Beam 41, Theta Tau 14
Jim Beam showed a well balanced scoring attack and a stiff defense as they ran over Theta Tau 41-14.
Bob Trego and Bill Porter led the Jim Beam quintet with 12 and 10 points respectively.
Kansas Dominates Sooner All-Stars
The Kansas Jayhawkers with seven men dominated the all-opponents' team voted by Oklahoma Sooners, Big Seven football champions.
Notre Dame and Texas, placing five players each, trailed closely. Harley Sewell, Texas' all-America guard, was the only man to be selected on both the offensive and defensive elevens picked by the Sooners.
the offensive team-Ends Tom Stolmhandske, Texas, and Paul Leoni, Kansas; tacchels Spencer, Kansas; Harley Varrionce, Dick Gards, Harley Sewell, Texas, and Jack Alessandrine, Texas; halfbacks, Charlie Hogan, Kansas, and Bob Brandeberry, Kansas
The defensive team-Ends, Bill Schabacker, Nebraska, and Don Brandby, Nebraska, and Mickel, Nebraska, and George Mrkonic, Kansas; middle guard, Sewell, Texas; linebackers, Galeen Fiss, Kansas, Elmer Stout, Okla-
ness; halfback, Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame and Gil Reich, Kansas; safety, Veryl Switzer, Kansas State.