Daily Kansan Basketball Edition Phog' Has Tremendous Record Of 710 Victories In 42 Seasons
Coaching 718 victorious basketball games in 42 seasons is Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen's record to date.
In 1919 he accepted an offer to become director of athletics from the University of Kansas, his alma mater. In 1920 he became head basketball coach.
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Coach Allen comes from a family of atletes. All of the six sons of W. T. Allen of Independence, Mo., became athletes. They had a family baseball battery and a basketball team that compiled a good record.
One of the oddest facts in the Allen saga is that the father was bitterly opposed to sports. He used to say to his sons, "You're just fooling your time away playing ball and that kind of stuff." You'll never amount to anything that way."
During the 1908 basketball season he also coached Baker and Haskell. The Haskell team made a 5,000-mile trip through the country, scoring 19 victories against 5 defeats.
Dr. Allen first coached at the University in 1908 and 1909, bringing two Missouri Valley championships to Kansas in two years.
Between 1909 and 1912 Dr. Allen was inactive as a coach. However, in 1912 he accepted an offer to coach all sports at Central Missouri Teachers college at Warrensburg, Mo.
During his seven years at this school he coached seven championship football teams and three baseball titleholders.
The years 1923 and 1925 stand out as banner years in his life, for in each of these seasons his teams won 17 contests and suffered only one defeat. The 1923 team won every conference game.
Rated as one of the outstanding contributors to basketball, "Fog" was elected director of the American Olympic basketball team in 1936.
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A four-year course in physical education began in the fall of 1937 under his direction. In 1943 the team was named America's No.1 team by the Helms Athletic foundation.
In 1946 Dr. Allen resigned as chairman of the physical education department to devote his full time to coaching basketball and teaching.
That year, because of his attachment for his Kansas post, he turned down an offer to head coaching duties of a Chicago professional basketball team with twice the salary he received here.
Along with 16 other nationally famous basketball coaches in 1949
Smitherman Wins $2,500Fellowship
Donald Smitherman, graduate student in sociology, has been awarded a $2,500 Grant fellowship at Merrill Palmer school in Detroit, Mich.
Two such 1952-53 fellowships were given by the Grant foundation of New York for work in family life, education, and marriage counseling.
Smitherman plans to go to Detroit in September to begin his work under the fellowship in which he will receive individual instruction with closely supervised laboratory experience.
His work will be primarily in marriage counseling service as arranged by Merrill Palmer school with various community agencies.
Arrangements have been made for Smitherman to receive credit from the University for work done under the fellowship. He is working toward his doctor of philosophy degree.
Smitherman, who came to the University in June of 1951, did his undergraduate work in Ft. Hays State college, and received his master of arts degree from the Municipal University of Wichita.
he was named to the Helm's Foundation College Basketball Hall of Fame. He was picked as basketball's outstanding man of 1950 by the National Basketball Coaches association.
On Nov. 12, 1951, he accepted an invitation to coach the West All-Stars in the first annual Shrine East-West All-Star basketball game to be played in Kansas City April 12. He guided the West in victory over the East in the game in Madison Square Garden in March.
One of his prime accomplishments was an almost single-handed effort in guiding basketball its first spot in the league, a goal achieved in 1936 in Berlin.
He was one of the founders of the National Coaches association and has served several seasons on the National Rules committee. He was also instrumental in founding the NCAA tournament.
Dr. Allen hasn't limited himself to building champions atop Mt. Oread. He has made many other contributions to the game through research on different phases of the sport.
His efforts toward such innovations as rotation of the center jump, fan-shaped backboards, and a 12-foot basket are nationally famous.
He has written three books, "My Basketball Bible," "Better Basketball," and Phog Allen's Sports Stories, a collection of yarns and anecdotes concerning many of the famous figures in sports.
PHOG AND CLYDE
1951-52KUCagers Capture Four Titles
The 1951-52 edition of the Kansas Jayhawkers will go down in history as one of the greatest cage teams ever produced on Mt. Oread.
Kansas took the season opener from Bayler with Clyde Lovellette funneling through 28 points to chill the Bears 57-46. Kansas led all the way from the early minutes when it copped a 5-4 lead. Both teams showed a little raggedness, but the Jayhawkers managed to control the ball and the scoring.
Besides copping the Big Seven conference crown, the Jayhawkers won the Big Seven pre-season tournament, the NCAA championship, the Olympic collegiate crown, and second place in the National Olympic playoffs.
In running up its string of 29 wins against three losses, the Kansas quintet built up two of the longest winning streaks in the University's history.
The Jayhawkers beat their previous scoring record by swapping the Denver Pioneers 94-53. Kansas showed a well-balanced attack with Lovellette scoring 24, Lienhard 15, Kenney 13 and Kelley 12. After taking the lead in the first minute of play, Kansas led all the way to break the old high of 79 points in one game.
Coach Phleg Allen's boys ran up a string of 13 consecutive wins before they dropped a game. If the last three victories during the 1950-51 basketball season are added to the total, the string becomes 16. This streak was snapped by the Kansas State Wildcats on Jan. 26, when they handed the Jayhawkers an 81-64 defeat.
After another defeat, this time by the Oklahoma A&M Aggies, the Jayhawks went on to win title after title in running up a 15-game victory streak.
Clyde Lovellette poured in 25 points, 14 of them in the last quarter, to lead the Jayhawker attack against the Creighton Bluejays. The game, although fairly close in the first three quarters, became a rout in the last quarter as Lovellette and company ripped through the Bluejays' defense.
Kansas 84 Denver 53
A rundown of the season's games follows:
Kansas 65. Creighton 47
Kansas 57 Baylor 46
Kansas 74, Southern Methodist 51 Kansas took the first game of a two-night series with Colossal Clyde netting 42 points to break his previous alltime high scoring record of 39 points in one game. He hit for a
Clyde Lovellette, 6-foot 9-inch all-American center from Terre Haute, Ind., finally has convinced the skeptics that he ranks as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
6-Foot 9-Inch Clyde Lovellette Ranks Among Greatest Cagers Of All Time
Because of his size, Lovellette has been the subject of considerable pressure during games, both from his foes and from the fans. Normally he has had to play with two or three men guarding him.
The Seattle and New York City games proved Lovellette's playing ability to the nation.
In the Seattle playoffs he set these records;
Most points-44, one game.
Most field goals-16, one game.
Most field goals-51, four-game.
series.
Most free throws—12, one game.
Most free throws—35, four-game
series.
Most points—141, four game seas-ap
He has played in four 40-point-plus games this season and has broken the season scoring record at Madison Square Garden in New York City when he tallied 40 points against LaSalle of Philadelphia.
Most rebounds—58, four-game series
As a sophomore in 1950, he tallied 545 points in 25 games and as a junior he scored 548 points to surpass the school record for total points made by any player in all years of competition.
All of Lovellette's prestige has not been gained this year. During his three years at the University he has gradually stepped up his scoring pace. Each year he has played for Kansas he has led the conference in scoring.
Lovellette has the fifth highest total number of points ever registered but he is still at the top of the list. The men who top him in number of points played in many more games.
At the end of the game with the Caterpillar Diesels of Peoria, Lovellette had scored 1,983 points in three seasons. His game average for that period was 24.8 for 80 games.
total of 60 per cent of his 30 attempts from the field. Kansas controlled the rebounds, too, with 42 to the Mustangs' 21.
When Lovellette came to KU he was good but he didn't have his now famous hook shot. The shot has a striking range of up to 18 feet. Usually he shoots it with his right hand, but he also can produce it with his left.
Kansas 58, Southern Methodist 57
Kansas eked out a victory in the second game of the two-game series with the Mustangs, when Kenney dropped in the winning point with a free throw, with less than a minute to control the ball until the final 15 seconds, when the Mustangs got the ball and took two hurried shots—both in vain.
Lovellette was married eight months ago to Sally Wheeler, his sweetheart at Garfield high school in Terre Haute. She is 5-feet 8-inches tall.
He credits Dick Harp, assistant coach, as well as Coach F. C. "Phog" Allen with the development of his hook.
ship. He works during football season as an usher and cleanup boy at the Stadium. Last summer he worked as a laborer on the new addition to the Student Union.
The Kansan all-American receives $75 a month on his athletic scholar-
Clothes are a constant strain on his income. Ninety dollar suits are the cheapest he can get and $25 shoes, size 14, are another worry. His shirts must be tailor made with a 16 inch neck and 37 and a half inch sleeves.
Kansas 58 Southern Methodist 57
It takes a lot of food to satisfy Lovellette. He still retains the appetite that was a topic of conservation at the Sigma Chi fraternity house when he lived there.
"If I had my choice," Lovettell says, "I'd rather eat steak than anything. I don't ask for anything extra when we eat in a restaurant, but the waitresses usually see me coming and put something extra on my plate."
Lovellette will be 23 years old Sept. 27. He says he would like to play AAU ball after he is graduated. Many think that he will play with the Phillips Oilers but he has made no definite decision yet.
Until recently the 6-foot 9-inch star appeared on radio station WREN as a disk jockey; "the biggest man in radio." Many students listened to "Hillbilly Clyde coming in on his mount, Cannonball, with his hound dog, Lester."
Kansas 68. Rice 48
The Jayhawkers stretched their winning streak to six games by trouncing the Rice Owls 68-48. The Owls trailed by 12 or 15 points all evenning, and Kansas was never seriously threatened. Lovellette poured in 24 points to head the KU scoring column.
Kansas 76. Southern Calif. 55
Kansas took a game from Southern California with little trouble by scoring a record 30 free throws to pull away from them in the first quarter. Lovellette also set a new record by scoring 12 out of 13 free throws.
Kansas 76. Colorado 56
Kansas 16, Colorado 50
Kansas trounced the Buffaloes in the first game of the Big Seven preseason tournament 76-56. The team looked only average as it advanced to the semi-finals.
Kansas 90, Kansas State 84
The KU cagers set a new scoring record as they squeezed by the Kansas State Wildcats by two points in an overtime period in the semifinals of the Big Seven tournament. After blowing a 14-point halftime lead, Coach Fhog Allen's crew managed to pull the game out of the fire in the overtime.
Kansas 75, Missouri 65
Kansas captured the Big Seven pre-season tournament championship by beating the Missouri Tigers by 10 points in the finals. During the game Lovellette was ejected or supposedly purposely punishing Missouri Milfong. In a tussle for a loose ball, Lovellette slipped and stepped on Wilford's stomach.
The 10,500 fans continued to boo long after the trophy had been presented to the Kansas crew.
KU stretched its victory string to 12 games by squeezing past the Missouri Tigers 60-59. A corner shot by Kelley gave the Jayhawkers the decisive margin in a surprising contest with an underrated team.
Kansas 71. Oklahoma 48
Kansas opened the Big Seven conference season by trouncing the Oklahoma Sooners before 3,000 fans in Hoch auditorium. Lovelle continued his blistering pace as he scored 25 points to head the KU scoring column. It was the 11th consecutive win for the Jayhawkers.
Kansas 60. Missouri 59
Kansas 69, Nebraska 54
The Jayhawkers won an close one in Lincoln when brushed by the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a 69-66 score. It made the 13th consecutive RU win of the season and its third conference win. Lovellett led the scoring list as usual with 24 points.
Kansas State 81, Kansas 64
Kansas, was finally knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten by a fast-moving Wildcat team in the Manhattan fieldhouse. The loss broke a 13-game winning streak for the season, and KState the lead in the Big Seven conference. Kansas led at the first quarter, but fell behind as the Wildcats turned on the power.
Oklahoma A&M 49, Kansas 45 KU suffered its second consecutive defeat at the hands of a strongly defensive Oklahoma Aggie team. Kansas got away to an early but slim lead, and the Aggies held them to a narrow margin until the last quarter. Lovelle scored 18 points.
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