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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1952
FIRST STRING CAGE TEAM—These five players will attempt to defend the Jayhawker's Big Seven and NCAA championships. Left to right they are B. H. Born, center; Bill Heitholt, guard; Jerry Alberts, forward; Larry Davenport, forward, and Dean Kelley, guard. Kelley is the only starter returning from the 1952 national championship club. Three other men temporarily are lost due to injuries. Charlie Hoag, Gil Reich, and LaVannes Squires.
Rebuilt Kansas Cage Squad Opens Against Tulane Dec.11
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
A rebuilt Kansas team opens its 1952-53 basketball season against Tulane in New Orleans Dec. 11 with only one starter returning from the great 1951-52 squad which swept the Big Seven and NCAA crowns and which placed seven men on the United States Olympic cage team.
Captain Dean Kelley, who saw action in the world basketball tournament in Helsinki this summer, is the lone returnee. Kelley, a clever defender and fine ball handler, developed rapidly during the 51-52 campaign and played outstanding ball in the Jayhawk's stretch drive which saw them edge past Kansas State for the Big Seven championship.
Although not a heavy scorer, Kelley was tough in the clutch and enabled the Jayhawker's to edge Missouri 60-59 at Columbia by hitting a last-minute side shot. He was particularly effective in bottling up opposition scoring stars and held K-State's Jim Iverson and St. Louis's Ray Steiner to their lowest game totals of the season.
Kelley and sophomore Bill Heitholt are the first string guards at present. Sophomores Larry Davenport and Jerry Alberts are the forwards, and junior B. H. Born is the center. Charley Hoag, the sparkplug of the 1952 national championship squad, has to undergo a knee operation and will be lost to the team until February. Hoag has been called the greatest "sixth" man in college
basketball.
Gil Reich, rated a top cage prospect, is still wearing a splint on a finger injured in the Missouri football game and will be unable to practice for at least two weeks.
Heitholt, a battling, aggressive player, saw action in most of the Kansas games last year. He is fast, a good rehounder, and a fair shot,
B. H. Born, who played briefly last year, has the tremendous task of filling Clyde Lovellette's shoes. Lovellette, greatest scorer in KU cage history, broke virtually all national scoring records. Born, at 6 feet 9 inches, the tallest man on the squad, displayed flashes of shooting, ball-handling, and rebounding ability last year, and at present is attempting to perfect a book shot.
Davenport, a good floor man and excellent set shot performer, turned in several fine jobs during the '51-52 season, with a number of spectacular long shots.
Alberts, the greest man on the tentative starting lineup, has a great deal of natural ability and is a good shot. He saw action in nine games as a freshman last year. If he can
develop during the season, the Jay- hawks should have two of the top sophomore forwards in the Big Seven.
LaVannes Squires, guard from Wichita, is out with a lung aliment and is lost to the team indefinitely. Squires is a great ball handler and a good all-around floor man.
The second five has Everett Dye and Wes Johnson at forwards, Al Kelley and Dean Smith at guards, and Eldon Nicholson at center. Reserves are Ken Buller, Marvin Deckert, Harold Patterson, Jack Wolfe, John Anderson, Bob Forsyth, and Jerry Taylor. Patterson, all-American junior college center at Garden City is a good rebound but is hampered by a charleyhorse suffered in the Missouri football game. He probably will be shifted to forward on the KU team.
The Tulane game is the first on an 18 game schedule which includes three other non-conference opponents, Rice, SMU, and Oklahoma A&M. The Jayhawkers also will play in the annual Big Seven tournament at Kansas City Dec. 28-30.
Toughest league opponents from Kansas probably will be Kansas State, favored to take the Big Seven title from the Jayhawkers, Missouri and Colorado. The latter two are much stronger than last year and may upset the Wildcats for the conference crown.
New York—(U.P.)-Three Big Ten teams — Michigan, Indiana, and Iowa—marked up triumphs as basketball took over the center of the collegiate athletic stage today.
Cagers Occupy U.S. Sport Scene
Indiana was a run-away winner by a 95-56 score over Valparaiso in last night's action, but Michigan had to rally in the final quarter for an 80-72 decision over tough Marquette and Iowa led steadily for a 62-52 win over Butler.
Another full schedule of games is on tap tonight, featuring the seasonal debut of North Carolina State, the defending Southern Conference champion, against Furman, an interleague battle between Clemson and Georgia, and Virginia vs. Maryland.
Big Ten fans were especially interested in the Michigan-Marquette battle at Ann Arbor, Mich., because it was the first of three games against Big Ten foes that the hilltopsters from Milwaukee, Wis., play this week. On Friday they meet Wisconsin and on Saturday, Michigan State.
Marquette, winner of the National Catholic Invitation tournament last season, gave Michigan a real reap and was tied at 56-16 at
Rose Bowl Mentors Start Worrying Early
Wisconsin's Ivy Williamson called it a "terrific job." and Southern California Mentor Jess Hill seconded that.
Madison, Wis.—(U.P.)—The Rose Bowl football coaches agreed on one thing today—they've got big jobs ahead preparing their squads for the New Year's day battle.
"That kind of football won't defeat Wisconsin." was his comment on the game that knocked USC from the undefeated ranks.
"We've got a job on our hands, all right." he said.
Williamson, in the stands at South Bend, Ind., said the game was "no discredit" to Southern California.
Hill wasn't happy about the Trojans' 9 to 0 loss to Notre Dame Saturday.
"Frankly," he said, "we haven't thought about Wisconsin yet. We had to concentrate on UCLA and Notre Dame two Saturdays in a row."
the end of the third period. Then the Wolverines caught fire with 24 points to score their first opening game victory in three seasons.
Iowa opened deliberately and had only a 16-14 first quarter lead against Butler. But then the Hawkeyes switched to a fast break and opened to a comfortable margin. Deacon Davis led Iowa with 21 points and Herb Thompson added 18.
Hill squashed the theory that his team dropped the Notre Dame battle because of the impending Rose Bowl encounter, but said he hoped the loss "affects our playing" against Wisconsin.
"The defeat doesn't in any way
The Trojans won 14 to 12 over UCLA, the team which earlier in the season whipped Wisconsin, 20 to 7.
"The outstanding part of Southern California is their over-all defensive strength," Williamson said. He was reluctant to single out any Trojan, but was ready to agree that fullback Leon Sellers played a great game.
take away from the respect we have for Southern California," Ivy said. "They're still a great football team."
Hill, however, mentioned Wisconsin's fullback Alan Ameche, halfback Harland Carl and quarterback Jim Haluska with respect.
By DON NIELSEN
Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas sports will not see much of a lull before basketball takes over the limelight. The first cage game is on Dec. 11 with Tulane university at New Orleans.
Contrary to what seems to be a prevailing opinion on the campus, however, the Jayhawks are not going to have a poor basketball season. Of course, anything following last year's record breaking basketball season will be anticlimactic. Olympic titles just don't grow on trees.
But that offers no reason to suppose that Kansas is going to go from top dog in the Big Seven and the nation to the bottom of the conference.. Sure, losing the first five men from last year's team will hurt. Still we have five outstanding lettermen returning in B. H. Born, Dean Kelley, Larry Davenport, Bill Heitholt, and Charlie Hoag.
The whole style of Kansas basketball will be changed this year, however, in order better to utilize the speed and precision of the men available. Whereas last year's squad was more or less committed to a style of play which centered around the star center, Clyde Lovevellette, this year's crop of cagemen will be a speedier team with more sharpshooters. This year's first five will consist of a group of men which should be able to hit from anywhere on the floor.
Actually this year's team will be more like those of Kansas' past. Fast moving, accurate teams have been the rule rather than the exception in Kansas basketball.
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