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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 1, 1952
Kansas Wins, 70 To 65
KU Rallies In 4th Quarter
By JOHN HERRINGTON Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas' spectacular Jayhawkers pulled the most astounding comeback of the basketball year last night as they whittled a 14-point deficit into a five-point victory over La Salle's National Invitation tournament champion Explorers in the semifinals of the Olympic trials in New York's Madison Square Garden, 70-65.
His 40 points brought his single season total to 863 to eclipse the 831-point record set by Duke's fabulous Dick Groat last season. Lovellette had 823 points going into last night's game.
With two and three La Salle defenders wedged in around him, Lovellette still poured through the points. He hit 16 of Kansas' 21 points in the final quarter, just as he had done in the second period.
Clyde Lovellette presented one of the "greatest performances ever seen in the Garden" as he threw in 40 points from every conceivable position and angle. Besides his unstoppable hook shot, Lovellette often moved out 15 and 20 feet and poked in one-handed set shots.
The magnificent Lovellette hit 18 of 30 field goal attempts and four of six from the free throw line. He set a new single season scoring record to add to his many other broken records of the year.
With five straight field goals, Lovellette put the Jayhawks into the lead, 67-61, with three minutes left to play. Kansas was able to control the ball during the last minutes of the game.
In the first few minutes, La Salle edged into the lead. At the end of the first quarter they held a commanding 10-point edge.
Kansas cut the Explorer lead in half by the intermission and staved five points behind in the third period.
The fatal fourth quarter came too soon for La Salle. Kansas trailed by five, seven and nine points during the entire part of the fourth period.
Lovellette and La Salle's Tom Gola and Norm Grekin matched goal-for-goal in the waning minutes. Grekin carried off top scoring honors for La Salle with 20 points. Gola hit 15 for the Explorers. Fred lehle connected on deadly corner shots for 19 points.
Coach Phog Allen was overjoyed at the comeback surge staged by the mighty Jav Hawks.
La Salle's ace defensive man, Jack Moore, was absent from the Explorer lineup because of death of his mother.
He first decided to wait until later in the week to announce the seven players he would choose for the Olympic team. Later, he changed his mind and named five seniors—John Keller, Bill Lienhard, Bill Hougland, Clyde Lovelette and Bob Kenney—and two juniors—Dean Kelley and Charlie Hoag-to go to Helsinki.
The other seven members of the Olympic team will be picked from the Peoria Caterpillar Diesels, winners of the AAU section of the Olympic trials, by a 64-50 count over Phillips, and from the three other AAU teams that competed in the tournament.
The Diesels will pick five team members. Two others will be chosen from the Air Force All Stars, Phillips 66 Oilers and the Hollywood Fibber McGee and Molly队.
These players will be selected after the final game of the Olympic tournament between the Diesels and the Jayhawkers in Madison Square Garden tonight. La Salle will play Phillips 66 in a consolation game.
Lou Wilke, chairman of the AAU basketball committee and a member of the Olympic cage committee, said the Olympic group will meet sometime after midnight to name the seven AAU players and also to put the "stamp of approval" on the seven Jayhawkers named by Allen.
Six alternate members—three college players and three AAU players in all probability—will be selected by the committee.
La Salle Coach Ken Loeffler sighed, after the game, "We could have won if it hadn't been for the monster." There was little reason to believe him wrong.
Coach Allen also had some things to say after it was over. He bypassed the Explorers to name Kansas State as the finest team the Jayhawks played all season. He said St. John's was "by far" the best team the Kansans met in the two post-season tournaments—the NCAA and the Olympic trials.
We're In!
KANSAS (70)
LA SALLE (65)
| | FG | FT-A | PF | TP | FG | FT-A | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Lovellette | 18 | 4-6 | 4 | 40 | Grekin | 6 | 8-10 | 3 | 20 |
| Kelley | 2 | 2-3 | 2 | 6 | Iehle | 8 | 3-4 | 4 | 19 |
| Hougland | 2 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | Gola | 6 | 3-4 | 3 | 15 |
| Lienhard | 3 | 1-2 | 3 | 7 | Jones | 3 | 4-4 | 3 | 10 |
| Kenney | 2 | 1-1 | 2 | 5 | Donnelly | 0 | 1-4 | 5 | 1 |
| Hoag | 3 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | Altieri | 0 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 |
| Keller | 0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | Ohara | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals ... 30 10-15 19 70 Totals ... 23 19-28 21 65
Score by Quarters
Kansas ... 14 21 9 21-70 LaSalle ... 24 16 14 11-65
CLYDE HITS 40—Clyde Lovelle poured in 40 points against La Salle last night as the Jay-hawkers rallied to win, 70-65. The Explorers led the entire game until Lovelle hit five straight field goals in the fourth quarter to put Kansas ahead for keeps.
KU Trackmen In Texas Relays Friday-Saturday
Bill Faston's Jayhawker track man entered the Texas Relays yesterday to boost to 18 the number of university class teams which will take part in the track and field carnival Friday and Saturday.
The Jayhawks will enter a 10-man squad. The total number of competitors in the relays is 968.
Another quartet made up of Bob DeVinney, Dalzell, Santee and Semper will team in the distance medley. DeVinney will double in the high hurdles.
Kansas's distance foursome—Art Dalzell, Lloyd Koby, Wes Santee and Herb Semper—will run the two-mile and four-mile race.
The government employs 12,000 persons to administer the affairs of 393,000 Indians—one federal employee for each 32 Indians.
Pole vaulter Jim Floyd is entered in that event. Norm Bitner is scheduled for the 5,000-meter run.
Kansas Meets AAU Champs
Peoria's National AAU champion Caterpillar Diesels spurred for a 10-point third quarter rally last night and trounced the Phillips Oilers of Bartlesville, Okla., 64-50, in the first game of the Olympic
By JACKIE JONES
Kansan Sports Writer
The Kansas game with the Caterpillar Diesels in Madison Square Garden tonight should give an answer to a question which has been bothering sports writers and coaches for quite some time.
Many quarters feel even the best of the collegiate teams are no match for the AAU squads, but it has been four years since there has been a meeting between teams in these brackets. At that time the Phillips 66ers defeated Kentucky 53 to 49.
Most experts feel that the game tonight should be a toss up, but if there is an edge it would go to the Diesels.
Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen said that the AAU teams were not in as good shape as the college boys although they were better developed. He believes that a college team should do well against the AAU squads.
"Unless the AAU team has strong enough strength on the bench to make up for this handicap, a college team will have a good chance."
Other coaches and sports writers in the New York area were more inclined to pick the AAU teams, but with the coaches further west there was an inclination to string along with a tried and proven KU quintet.
Cab Renick, coach of the Phillips 66ers agreed with Phog when he said, "I think the colleges will do well. We just barely beat Kentucky four years ago. It could go the other way this time."
semifinals.
The win threw the Caterpillars in with Kansas in the finals tonight in New York's Madison Square Garden. The Jayhawkers spilled LaSalle of Philadelphia, 70-65, in the collegiate end of the Olympic twin bill.
So the top AAU team will go against the top college team to decide the top amateur basketball club in the nation.
the feelings are rather strongly centered in favor of the AAU club.
The Diesels two and three-manned Kurland during most of the game. It's likely they'll pull the same type defense against Kansas tonight.
Tonight Kansas' high-scoring Lovellette will be up against a man taller than he — 6-foot, 11-inch Marcus Freiberger. Freiberger, though scoring only four points from the charity stripe, did a good job of guarding Phillips' 7-foot Bob Kurland. Kurland pitched in 13 points.
Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen of the Jayhawkers said, "Normally, an AAU team is made up of college stars, boys who have reached their peak after they left college. For instance, Lovellell will be better in two years than he is now."
Southwest Missouri State first successfully used the three-man wedge type defense against the KU team. This was one of the Olympic trials in Kansas City,
But Dr. Allen didn't leave his Kansans out in the cold. "But the AAU teams" he said, "don't play as rigorous a schedule as the colleges and aren't in as good shape physically. Unless the AAU team has strong enough strength on the bench to make up for the handicap, a college team will have a good chance."
LaSalle placed two and three men around the big man last night and he still got 40 points.
There's also some speculation on how much KU's rushing defense and fast-break offense will hinder the Peoria attack.
Laughlin, Fiss Leave Gridiron To Join Jayhawk Baseballers
Kansas opens its 1952 season with Wichita Saturday. The Jayhawkers' first home game is April 8 with Rockhurst.
Adverse weather conditions have
Bud Laughlin and Galen Fiss joined Hub Ulrichs baseball team Monday, being excused from football practice.
Fiss, regular catcher at the close of last year, is expected to regain his number one backstopping spot after rounding into form. Laughlin is expected to win an outfield berth on the Jayhawker nine. He missed last season.
hampered the team. Monday's infield drill marked the fourth workout on the regular varsity diamond.
KU Education Professor To Attend Chicago Meetings
Kenneth E. Anderson, associate professor of education, will attend two meetings in Chicago this week
He will participate in "National Security and Education" as one of 100 selected educators in the pre-North Central association workshop. Dr. Anderson is a member of the state committee of the North Central association.
Jayhawks In Extended Grid Session To Prepare For Varsity-Alum Game
With only four more practice sessions before Saturday's second annual Varsity-Alumni game in Memorial Stadium, Coach J. V. Sikes drilled his Kansas football team until dusk Monday to polish up weakness which cropped up in last Saturday's intra-squad game.
The Jayhawkers polished their
A 90-minute controlled scrimmage followed in an attempt to improve offensive and defensive wide end and off-tackle smashes.
blocking assignments in the early part of the long afternoon's work.
Sikes was well pleased with the excellent showing of Jerry Bogue,
an offensive end converted from quarterback.
"Jerry certainly took to his new position in fine style and shows great promise of becoming a good end." Sikes said.
The Jayhawks are slated for a similar session today.