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University Daily Kansan
Monday, March 17, 1952
Lovellette, Kenney Make Big 7 Team
Clyde Lovellette and Bob Kenney, Kansas cage stars, have been named to the 1952 All-Big Seven basketball team by the Associated Press.
Lovellette and Bill Stauffer of Missouri were unanimous choices
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for the highest honor attainable in conference cage play. Kennev. Dick Knostman of Kan-
NIT Final Win Owed To Coach
New York — (U.P.) — Scholarly, jovial Koe Loeffler, coach of those amazing LaSalle Explorers who stunned experts and NCAA alike by winning the National Invitational Basketball tournament, was showered with praise today for his artful coaching.
And Loeffler, in turn, credited the surprise triumph to—"A bunch of skimmy kids and a flash-pivot offense."
refuse.
The guiding genius of the small, balding Loeffler was greatly overlooked while the Explorers were sweeping through four of the toughest teams in the nation, led by frosh whiz Tom Gola and "whirling dervish" Norm Grekin to gain place in the Olympic tryouts, starting March 29. Gola and Grekin were jointly voted the "most valuable player" award.
But as coaches and experts sized up LaSalle's triumph they paid the greatest amount of praise to the Red-faced little man in the brown suit.
brown suit.
"They were beautifully coached," admitted chargrass coach Tom Blackburn, whose Dayton Flyers lost in the title game to LaSalle, 75-64, on Saturday. "They knew how to take advantage of every opportunity."
Blackburn's words were an echo of the moan of Coach Dudey Moore, after his top-seeded Duquesne team was routed by LaSalle in the semi-final. "They only had one advantage over us, a height edge in the third man, but they knew how to exoit it perfectly."
To all this praise, Leoeffler responded with a modest tribute to "the greatest college team I ever coached." He pointed out that his players' "skininess" gave him speed that paid off in rebounds and loose balls.
Then he elaborated on his new-fangled idea of a basketball attack, which may revolutionize the present coaching method. The system was perfectly shown in the finale, as the Explorers scored consistently while bottling up Dayton's high-scoring pivot man, six-foot, seven-inch Don Meineke.
"Meimeike plays a set pivot," explained Loeffler. "That means he remains more or less stationary. We don't like to do that, because there are too many ways such an attack can be stopped."
as State, and Jin Buchanan of Nebraska gained enough points over all candidates to make the select circle.
This is Lovellette's third time on the conference honor team, and the second time for Stauffer. The other members of the first five found this o be their first time for the "dream team."
The competition for the second five positions was so closely contested that the sports writers found it necessary to substitute instead a ten-man honor roll.
The men to make this team inthe coaching staff and told that the newspapers had found out about his ineligibility and was told it would be "for the best if I were to leave school and join the army."
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Elude Bill Hougland of Kansas; Frank Gompert and Art Bunte of Colorado; Jim Iverson, Bob Rousey, and Jesse Priskow, Kansas State; Bob Reiter and Gene Landolt, Missouri; Sherman Norton, Oklahoma; and Jim Stange of Iowa State.
Lovellette set the pace for the nation's major school players with a 27.3 average in 24 games. He holds every Big Seven conference scoring record. And with Kansas in the Western NCAA playoffs at Kansas City this weekend, he's certain to add to his 654 point total.
The all-star lineup -players were not chosen by positions -represents he greatest collection of scorers in Big Seven history.
Stauffer and Buchanan both set new scoring records for their schools. Stauffer's 368 points in 22 games topped everything on the Missouri books. He also won the career and single game standards. Buchanan had 400 points for Nebraska in 22 games, a 18.2 average.
Dick Knostman of Kansas State is the second leading scorer in the Big Seven with a 18.7 average.
Bob Kenney of Kansas is another of the leading conference scorers. He has averaged 14.0 this season, to top point men in KU school history.
New appointee for the Pershing Rifles, honorary military society. are John B. Musser, college sophomore; John Evers, college junior; James Hoeferner, engineering sophomore; Gale Curtwright, college junior, and Robert Worcester, engineering freshman.
By JACKIE JONES Kansan Sports Editor
The issue of whether our cheerleaders do a good job or not has burst into full controversy again, and as usual everyone is divided on who is at fault.
Most students feel that the problem is timeless and all the arguing isn't going to settle anything. I'm among this group, but I would like to add one parting shot concerning both the cheerleaders and the pep clubs.
In the first place, the cheerleaders are not responsible for organizing pep rallies. They attend the rallies and do their best to inspire the students, but many of us who do the loudest complaining seldom bother to attend.
When there is a basketball game or some other athletic event which we don't want to attend because we have studying to do, we just stay home.
If the cheerleaders said that they had to get to class and couldn't go to the rallies, they would be frowned upon by everyone on the campus.
The cheerleaders are expected to attend all events without exception, and they never miss unless it is physically impossible to attend.
Since the issue of school spirit came to student attention several weeks ago, the pep clubs and cheerleaders have made a sincere effort to get the students behind the basketball squad.
At the games, they do their best to lead the student body in yell which will inspire the teams, but do the students yell? They do only when KU is far ahead or the score is very close. When we are trailing in a contest and the boys really need our support, the cheerleaders usually find that the students refuse to yell, except to criticize the coach, players, or referees.
The rally for the K-State game was a big success, but few students realize that plenty of planning went into that 15 minute production.
This weekend the Jayhawkers will move into Kansas City's Municipal auditorium for the NCAA tournament, and this corner would be willing to bet that the KU cheerleaders and the pep clubs will be there to back the team in victory or defeat.
Dropo's solo blast and Williams' three-run wallop touched off a seven-run, second inning outburst that enabled the Red Sox to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 10-6, yesterday for their first victory since the opening day of the spring training season.
Bradenton, Fla. — Thunder from the bats of Ted Williams and Walt Dropo snapped the Boston Red Sox out of their seven-game losing streak.
KU Jayhawkers Select Opponent Cage Team
Jim Buchanan of Nebraska, Bill Stauffer of Missouri and Don Johnson of Oklahoma A&M were unanimous choices for the Kansas' Big Seven conference champion Jayhawkers' all-opponent team.
Chosen by squad members, the opponent first team has Stauffer and Johnson at forward, Kansas State's Dick Knostman at center, and Buchanan and Jimmy Iverson of Kansas State at guard.
On the second team picked by the Jayhawkers, Frank Gompert of Colorado and Oklahoma's Sherman Norton hold down the forward positions. Colorado's Art Bunte was placed at the center slot. And Gene Wilson and Ken Flowers of Kansas State and Southern California, respectively, were chosen to fill the guard positions.
Tempe, Ariz.—(U.P.)—Larry Siemering, head football coach at Arizona State college, knew Joseph Thomas Matesic was playing ball under his brother's name and was ineligible, the star lineman said in a statement in the Arizona Republic today.
Not until the 1951 season was over was it discovered that Matesic, who played under his brother's name of Edward Andrew Matesic, actually was Joe Matesic, a former Indiana university player.
Ineligible Player Used By Arizona
Stauffer and Buchanan both set new scoring records for their schools. Staufer's 368 points in 23 games was the highest total to enter the Missouri books. The point total also gave him records for his career and for single game scoring.
In picking their all - opponent teams, the Jayhawkers selected some of their most formidable foes, faced during the 1951-52 season.
"The statements that Siemering made to the press saying that my identity was unknown to the coaches, also that I just turned up at the training camp, are positively untrue." Matesic stated.
Buchanan tallied a near 18.2 points per game average for Nebraska in 22 games. He scored 400 points over the season.
Johnson was the only non-conference performer selected for the first team by the Jayhawkers. Johnson, Oklahoma Aggie floor general, was a unanimous choice for the squad because of his brilliant ball-handling and scoring performances against the Jayhawks twice during the past season.
Knostman contributed 300 points to Kansas State's Wildcat quintet and turned in several of the best rebounding games in the conference. Iverson was a great part of the Kansas State attack during the year.
"Coach Siemering talked things over with me and knew of my ineligibility and finally came to the conclusion that he could use me on the team during the 1951 season," Matesic added.
Shortly after the season was over, the youth said he was called before
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Track Schedule
April 4-5, Texas relays at Austin
April 10, Nebraska at Lawrence
April 19, Kansas relays
April 25, 26, Drake relays at L
April 25-26, Drake relays at Dez Moines
Moines
May 3, Kansas State at Manhattan
May 10, Missouri at Columbia
May 16-17, "Big Seven" meet at
May 24 Missouri Valley AAU at Kansas City
Meetence at Marquette university
Milwaukee
University of North Carolina
Kansas City June 7, Central Collegiate Confer-
June 7, Central Collegiate Conference Meet at Marquette university
June 13-14, National Collegiate Meet at Berkley, Calif.
June 20-21, National AAU meet at Long Beach, Calif.
June 27-28. Olympic Trials at Los Angeles, Calif.
"The school bought me a plane ticket (one way) and gave me some spending money . . . I feel I was run right out of town to save someone else's neck instead of my own."
An informed source at the college said the regents knew when they gave him the new contract that SIemering had knowledge of Matesie's ineligibility before the season started.
Most Regulations Proposed By Presidents Already Included In NCAA Athletic Code
Chicago—(U.P.)—Most of the regulations suggested by the college presidents to reform intercollegiate athletics already were on the books of the NCAA or its member conferences, a survey showed today.
Six of the 10 points in the American Council on Education program were covered by the National College Athletic association code. Several others not listed specifically by the NCAA were included in conference rulebooks, and some of the points covered by the national group were more severely restricted by the conferences.
The only bans suggested by the presidents which were not covered by rules already in effect were the cancellation of post season football games and basketball tournaments, and elimination of spring football games and out of season basketball practices.
On the post-season games the NCAA had imposed a moratorium on its members to prevent any commitment for games after next New
Year's day pending study by a committee of the evils of such contests. The ruling meant that no plans could be made for a 1953 national basketball tournament.
The NCAA and its conferences had restricted spring football practice to 20 sessions in 30 days and out of season basketball drills to 20 sessions in 24 days.
Basketball tournaments could be held to end on March 15.
The presidents restricted the football season from Sept. 1 to the first Saturday of December, basketball from Nov. 1 to March 15, and baseball from March 1 until commencement day.
Points in the presidents' program covered in the NCAA handbook called for institutional control of athletics, identical admission rules for athletes and other students, normal program toward a degree for all students, no freshman competition, no contact of prospective athletes by coaches, no tryouts and no transportation expenses for prospective athletes, and control of all aid to athletes by the institution.
The presidents recommendation that no aids should exceed tuition, fees, room, board and books, and that no award shall be contingent upon athletic competition was not in the NCAA book, but all conferences included such a rule.
The presidents suggestions that more students should compete, that competition should be against institutions with similar policies, and that the institutions should state the reasons for their athletic programs were not included in the NCAA or conference regulations.