Page 4 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1952
Jayhawks Stress Defense in Drills
Stressing defense nearly all afternoon, Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen drilled his Kansas charges hard Tuesday in preparation for the Jayhawk's home opener Friday night against the Southern Methodist Mustangs. Tipoff time is 7:35 in Hoch auditorium.
The Kansans worked on the press defenses then finished off with a 20-minute scrimmage that saw the usual first five on the front line with the "Reds." That is, sophomores Larry Davenport and Jerry Alberts at forwards, junior B. H. Born at center, and senior Dean Kelley and sophomore Bill Heitholt at the guard spots.
"We looked like we had a little more life than we did Monday," the head man said after the workout. "Yesterday we were terribly listless, maybe from the trip."
While Allen ran the same five that started the two games on the southern trip that saw the Jayhawks split a pair, he didn't exclude the possibility of some changes in the near future as he changed the top five frequently.
Juniors A Kelley and Harold Patterson strengthened their position as first team challengers in the games with Tulane and Rice. Kelley tied for high point honors for the Kansans in the Tulane game, Born and he each getting 13. Patterson played most of the way at center in the second half against Rice. Patterson, a junior college transfer, is adept at any position and might
take over for anybody.
Allen was still bemoaning the fact that he needs one more man with "savvy." The youthful Javhawks had early season jitters in both of the southern games and probably needed more than Capt. Dean Kelley to keep them under control. But with three experienced boys, Charlie Hoag, LaVannes Squires, and Gil Reich, on the disabled list, prospects for such help appear dim.
The 51-54 loss to Rice Saturday night ended the Kansas victory streak over college competition at 16 games. The Jayhawks added the Tulane triumph to 15 straight over the last part of last season.
The Rice victory also was th Owl's first over KU in five tries.
SMU will bring a team, for the two-game stand, that has dropped two narrow decisions this year. The Mustangs opened by losing to Hardin-Simmons 55-36, then fell before a Big 7 team, Oklahoma. 54-59.
Kansas twice defeated the boys from Dallas last year, winning the first 74-51 with fabulous Clyde Lovellette hitting 42, then squeaked past the next night, 58-57.
Maxim Favored In Title Fight
St. Louis —(U.P.)—A surprise, last minute shift in the betting odds today made light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim a one-point favorite to beat ancient Archie Moore in their nationally televised title fight tonight at the arena.
Yesterday, 36-year-old Moore had been favored at 8-5. But a flood of Maxim support last night hammered the price to even money, and then boosted Cleveland Joey into the lead by one point.
Heavy betting reflected fight-enthusiasm that boosted the sale of tickets and caused promoter Emory D. Jones to predict Missouri's first $100,000 boxing gate.
Jones, the St. Louis representative of the International Boxing club said, "We'll go out to the arena with an advance of more than $80,000. Then we'll sell tickets at the arena full blast until time for the main event." About 12,000 fans would be required for a $100,000 gate. The arena can hold 19,300.
Matchmaker George W. Carson said the former Missouri boxing record gate was $56,905, attracted by Willie Pep and Cheryl Riley for their featherweight title fight in St. Louis January 16, 1950.
Carson disclosed that Maxim had phoned him last night "and with supreme confidence he told me he was positive he could lick Moore and that he wanted to come back to St. Louis soon to make another defense of the title."
Oklahoma A&M, DePaul Clash in Top Tilt
New York (U.P.)—The ball-hogging Oklahoma Aggies will try to put the brakes on high-scoring DePaul in an intersectionsal high-light on tonight's basketball schedule.
Both teams are ranked in the top 20 nationally—the Aggies fifth and the Blue Demons 19th—and both will be shooting for their sixth victories in a so-far perfect season. But they achieved their high-ranking in different ways, and tonight's meeting on the Aggies' court at Stillwater, Okla., shapes up as an "offense vs. defense" battle.
The Aggies, true to the traditions of Coach Henry "Hank" Iba, are once again one of the nation's top defensive teams. In the first five games, they allowed an average of only 40.8 points per game. DePaul, on the other hand, has been scoring at the merry rate of 83.8 points per game, so the collision should be terrific.
Four other high-ranked teams are in action tonight but only one, 19th-ranked Notre Dame, should run into much trouble as it ites its fourth win against Loyola of Chicago.
LaSalle's Explorers, ranked second, continue their national tour with a visit to three-time-beaten Arizona. Louisiana State, ranked 13th, meets another three-time loser, Alabama, in the Southeastern conference. Navy, rated 15th, faces Rutgers, which has lost twice.
One team ranked in the top 20.
20th-rated Missouri, went down to defeat last night. The Tigers bowed to Arkansas, 65-64, at Columbia, when Carrol Groggins of Arkansas sank a set shot from the side with only one second remaining. Six-foot, four-inch Gene Lambert of Arkansas led the scoring with 24 points.
Walter Dukes, Seton Hall's 6-foot, 11-inch all-American candidate, fattened his scoring average as the sixth-ranked Pirates gained their seventh win of the year by 89-77 over J. Carroll. Dukes tallied 36 points 18 of them on free throws, to run his average to 30.6 points per game.
Brigham Young, ranked 17th, posted its sixth victory by 64-44 over Washington State, although Fete Mullins scored 22 points for State.
New York U., which shares the 20th rank with Missouri, won its fifth straight by 87-72 over Yale as 6-foot, 6-inch Boris Nachamkin paced the attack with 23 points.
In other leading games last night: Bob Carney scored 29 points to lead Bradley to an 89-76 victory over Texas Christian; the Peoria Caterpillars, national AAU champions, were hard-pressed to beat Seattle, 78-73, as pint-sized Johnny O'Brien of Seattle tallied 32 points; Duke routed Davidson, 94-65, in the Southern conference; Houston beat Detroit, 72-69, in overtime in the Missouri Valley conference; Connecticut defeated Brown, 81-62.
5 Thinclads Win Varsity Letters
Duquesne romped over Carnegie Tech, 72-55; Clemson trounced Presbyterian, 82-64; Drake beat Denver, 82-54; Manhattan crushed Hofstra, 74-52; Toledo nicked Miami of Ohio, 65-64; Texas A&M down Trinity (Texas), 60-55; Western Kentucky shaded Cincinnati, 77-76, and Marquette routed St. Norbert, 110-70.
Keith Palmquist, Minneapolis, Minn., pacer, was the lonely senior letter-winning among a group of five Kansas cross-country award winners, announced Tuesday by Athletic Director Dutch Lonborg.
The slender blond drew his third monogram in helping Bill Easton's Jayhawkers to their sixth consecutive Big Seven title. Other lettermen were Art Dallzell, Spring Hill junior; Wes Santee, Ashland junior; Lloyd Koby, Sedgwick junior, and Dick Wilson, Albany, N.Y., junior.
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