Alpha Phi Alpha Sig Eps Edge IM Opponents
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi Alpha won close contests in yesterdays' slate of four fraternity "A" games.
S. P. Epsilon 31. Sigma A. E. 28
S. P. Epsilon 31, Sigma A. E. 28
Sigma Alpha Epsilon held a 15-13 half time lead, but was unable to cope with a strong second-half drive by Sigma Phi Epsilon, as the Sig Alphas were defeated 31-28. Godfrey Larson led the Sig Ep's with 11 points, while Frank Smith and Bill Rich shared scoring honors for the SAE's with 9 points each.
Alpha Phi Alpha 23. Acacia 22
Alpha Phi Alpha 23, Acacia 22
A frenzied kitchen drive failed Acacia was shaded by Alpha Phi Alpha 23-22. The largest margin of the game was a four point lead held by Alpha Phi Alpha at the end of the third quarter. Stan Hamilton, Acacia, and Curtis Herron, Alpha Phi Alpha scored 12 points each to pace their respective teams.
P. K.P. 33, A.K.L. 18
Marvin Rengel scored 11 points to lead Phi Kappa Psi to a 33-18 win over Alpha Kappa Lambda. The Phi Psi's showed their strength early in the game as they took an 17-7 half-time lead. Jim O'Dell was high man for the losers with 12 points.
Triangle 36. P.K.A. 18
Triangle held the Pi Kappa Alpha quintet to 4 points in the first half on to win to 36-1. John Mormont faced the triangle team with 12 points.
OTHER SCORES
Fraternity "B"
Kappa A. Ps1 31, Delta BH 23
Alpha K. Lambda 35, Phi Kappa 19
Delta Upsilon 67, Stigma Pl 30
*Independent* **B**
East Side Kids 49, Stephenson 47
Pk Idelta Theta Ii G1,sigma Chi II 12
Pi Kappa Ps I I4, Sigma ChI III 11
Pi Kappa Ps I I5, Sigma ChI III 11
TODAY'S GAME:
Robinson Annex
Fternitym **A** Theta_Tau-Tau Kappa E
5 Alpha Tau Omega-Pi Kappa E
5 Alpha Tau Omega-Pi Kappa E
Robinson Annex
**Fraternity "B"**
8.15 Theta Chi-Delta T. Delta (E)
8.15 Sigma Nu- Sigma A. E. (W)
8.15 Phil Kappa Tau-Phil Kappa S. (E)
8.15 Phil D. T.-Sigma Phi E. (W)
**TOMORROW'S GAMES**
Fraternity "A"
4 Sigma Chi-Phi Kappa Tau
5 Kappa Sigma-Delta Chi
Fashion
Alba Tau Omega-Triangle (E)
Industrial,
"IR"
8.15  Upi Sigma Nu- Gamma Delta (W)
8.15  Upi Sigma Nu-
8.15  OROTIC ITC-Knows Nothings (W)
Illinois Tops Ratings Again
New York—U.P.) Illinois, which lived up to its pre-season buildup with an impressive victory in its 1952-53 opener, was named the nation's No. 1 college basketball team for the second week in a row today by the United Press board of coaches.
The 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board selected the same five leading teams as last week, listing LaSalle of Philadelphia, Kansas State, Washington and Oklahoma A&M behind the Illini in that order.
The United Press college basketball ratings (with first-place votes and won-and-lost records in parentheses):
1. Illinois (24) (1-0) 333
2. LaSalle (7) (4-0) 256
3. Kansas State (2) (2-0) 253
4. Washington (3-1) 188
5. Okla. A&M (1) (5-0) 168
6. Seton Hall (5-0) 104
7. UCLA (3-1) 103
8. N.C. State (5-1) 97
9. Minnesota (1) (3-0) 92
10. Notre Dame (6) (3-0) 63
11. Seconde (H) Hy. Cross, 50; 12. Indianapolis, 47; Louisiana State, 28; 14. St. Louis, 17; 15. Navy, 16; 16. California, 14; 17 (tie), St. Bonaventure and Brigham Young, 12 each; 19. DePaul, 9; 20 (tie), NYU and Missouri, 8 each.
Others: Ohio State, 6; Kansas, 5;
Duquesne, Villanova, Arkansas,
Michigan, Seattle and Butter, 4 each;
Louisville, 3; Oklahoma City, Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky, 2 each; Santa Clara, Fordham and Idaho, 1 each.
Page 4 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1953
By DON NEILSEN
Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas opens its home game season Friday against the Mustangs from Southern Methodist with a 1-1 record, but there are voices which insist that Kansas is lucky to have won one game.
In our opinion, Kansas will be a hard team to beat on its home court. Although they have showed little scoring punch in averaging 57 points per game thus far in the young season, the Jayhawks have demonstrated a tremendous defensive ability.
They held the Tulane five to only 50 points, after the Green Wave had averaged 88 points per game going into the Kansas contest. Then they held the Rice Owls to 54 points. The real show of defensive strength during that contest came during the third quarter when the Jayhawks held their opponents to only five points throughout the period.
With an ability to stymie opponents in the scoring department, the Jayhawks are setting a new trend. The emphasis in basketball play has been shifted toward scoring too much lately. Coaches have been cramming their team with men who have scoring ability and skyscraper height as their only assets. Guarding seems to have become a lost art.
The Big Seven conference officials have gotten themselves behind the eight ball. Their last ruling on post-season athletics has aroused such a storm of opinion, that only by changing their minds gracefully can they come back into the good graces of a great many sports fans.
-KU-
Their ruling that post-season athletics were all right as long as football bowl games were excluded has aroused cries of "discrimination" from all over the Midwest. The latest protest came in the form of a resolution passed by the Big Seven Student Government association which met in Columbia, Mo., over the weekend. They passed a resolution to the effect that bowl games should be included in the charmed circle of post-season tournaments which already includes baseball, basketball and track.
The conference officials either will have to back down gracefully or will have to reinforce their stand on the bowl plan with some-
stronger arguments. There is no point in keeping a bad rule because of the principle of the thing. Maybe their next meeting will bring a satisfactory answer to the charges against them.
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Maybe You Don't Need Height-But It Helps
By OSCAR FRALEY
By OSCAR PRALLEY United Press Sports Writer
Despite frequent admonitions that you don't have to be a skyscraper to be a top flight basketball player, it appeared today that the five top college court stars this winter all would be handy lads to have around when washing the chandeliers.
There is rather general agreement that this quintet should be composed of Walt Dukes of Seton Hall, Don Schlundt of Indiana, Bott Pettit of Louisiana State, John Kerr of Illinois and Bob Houbregs of Washington.
Duke is the tallest at six feet, 11 inches. Schlundt and Pettit each are a mere six, nine; Kerr is six, eight, while Houbregs is the midget of the bunch at only six feet, seven inches.
These men all are centers, where basketball height is concentrated. Their contemporary challengers are such as six foot, 10 inch Bob Mattick of Oklahoma A&M; six-six Tom Gola of LaSalle and Ed Kalafat of Minnesota, and Penn's Ernie Beck and Navy's Don Lange, both six feet, four.
These are the big guns, and it poses a rather intriguing problem for the fellows who are going to pick the all-American teams. All of them are centers, leading scorers for their outfits and devastating under the boards.
There have been worried growls by the football selectors over the necessity for picking offensive and defensive "all" teams. What happens now in basketball, where the power is concentrated at center, and only one berth is open of the five to be filled? Simple, Jack you pick five centers and let the guards and forwards fall where they may.
Because the term "guard" or "forward" is highly misleading under the current system of firehouse basketball. For instance, very little guarding actually is done—without drawing fools which quickly deposit the
guarder on the bench for the rest of the evening.
of the evening.
Proof that this one-time basketball art is a lost link comes from the coaches themselves. Here and there you will find a coach proclaiming that only his players can play a defensive game; that no other coach teaches his players how to guard.
The answer is that defense is ignored and all concentration is on offense. You win by outscoring the opposition, not holding him down.
Under this system, the star player is the guy who contributes the most points. That fellow usually is the center, picked for his height and shooting ability.
The anticipated epitome of the lot this winter is expected to be Dukes, Houbregs, Pettit, Kerr, Schlundt, et al.
Love Conquereth All Obstacles
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