University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 12, 195
No Warmup Games For Jayhawk Cagers
The Kansas Jayhawkers returned today from their victorious trip to Boulder where they defeated the Buffs 72 to 55 to win the conference championship.
Coach F. C. "Phog" Allen said that the team was looking forward to getting just enough rest and practice to be in "top" shape for the NCAA play-off games in Kansas City.
Coach Allen feels that any warm-up games before the playoffs would be detrimental to the team.
It had been suggested that Kansas play the winner of the NAIB tournament which will be finished Saturday the NAIB national champion and NAIB winner will meet in Kansas City March 29 in the Olympic playoff.
In the opening round to be played March 21 in Kansas City, the Jay- Jesse team will meet Texas Christian and the L. State squad will meet New Mexico A&M & M.
The Kansas victory over Colorado Saturday completed the field for the Western NCAA.
The Western NCAA final will be played in Seattle. March 25.
This same night in Corvallis, Ore,
UCLA will clash with Santa Clara
and Wyoming will play Oklahoma
City.
The two Kansas City winners will meet in a semi-final and the two Corvallis winners will meet in the other, both March 22.
Only three of the eight teams for the Eastern regionals already are picked. They are Kentucky, North Carolina State, and Illinois.
Sport Trophy To Be Given
The Big Seven sportsmanship basketball trophy for 1952 will be awarded at a dinner March 20, at the Hotel Continental. Kansas City, Mo.
Big Seven directors of athletics, sportswriters, broadcasters and other outstanding basketball perfor- ments will be present at the banquet.
1. Conduct of spectators at home games.
Four principal points are taken into consideration in determining the winner:
2. Effort made by student governments or other responsible agencies to bring about improvement in sportsmanship.
3. Conduct of coaches.
4. Conduct of players
A gold trophy is annually presented in Kansas City at the banquet which precedes the NCAA playoffs.
Phoenix, Ariz. — (U.P.) — Manager Leo Durocher expressed indifference today over the New York Giants' first rainout of the spring but admitted "a couple of days of rain could change my attitude."
Durocher was eager to go back to work after his National League champions dropped their first three games to the Cleveland Indians.
Favored Pipers Into Third Day Of Tourney Play
Kansas City — (U.P) — Hamline University and the seven teams seeded behind it moved into the third day's play Wednesday in a lineup to delight players in the 14th annual NAIB basketball tournament.
It still appeared to be Hamline's defending champion Pied Pipers of St. Paul, Minn., against the field. The Pipers were matched against Montana State at 6 p.m. They trimmed Tampa in the first round 90 to 65.
Huron fell but not without a fight. Gene Smith scored 35 points for the losers, high for the 1952 tourney.
But good as they are, the Pipers saw the show stolen from them briefly, at least, when second-seeded Eastern Illinois ran up 113 record-tying points in Tuesday's feature, a 113 to 78 victory over Huron, S.D. State.
The Eastern Illinois total tied the record set in 1947 by Marshall college, tourney winner that year, against River Falls, Wis.
Hamline, Murray State, Millinik university, Portland, and Southwest Missouri are among the seeded eight who won first round games Monday.
Tuesdav Eastern Illinois, Lawrence Tech and Southwest Texas State joined them as seeded winners.
Southwest Texas of San Marcos only unbeaten team in the field, won its 27th game in a row by beating Arkansas Poly 97 to 53.
Washburn's Ichabods of Topcae, Kan, tied a loser's NAIB record in scoring 80 points while bowing to Lawrence Tech, 97 to 80.
New Mexico A&M looked good in an 86 to 70 win over Mississippi Southern. The New Mexico Aggies from Las Cruces are in the NCAA Western playoffs and will meet St. Louis here in the March 21-22 sessions. Then NAIB and NCAA winners will meet here March 29 for the Olympic berth.
Second Day Scores
Second Day Scores
Memphis State 60, Baltimore 39
W Texas 86, Liberty, Wa. 99
Moronto 84, P. Mason 80
N. Mox 88, Mississippi S. 70
Utah State 85, Clarion 68
Eastern Illinois 113, Huron 78
Lawrence Tech 97, Washburn 80
Southwest Texas 97, Ark. Poly 53.
By JOHN HERRINGTON Kansan Sports Writer
Clyde Lovellette, considered by many as the greatest player in Kansas University basketball history, was batting a near-perfect .800 per cent today after being picked to four All-American first teams.
Lovelette was chosen to the Associated and United Press first teams as well as to Collier's and International News Service.
Hardly worth mention is the height proposition. Clyde's stature isn't going to tear down any height averages.
It's ironic that Sports Editor Cohane should bring out his ".. shoot time. G-men" angle at this time. He surely didn't leave Lovellette off his first team for that reason—especially since the Terre Haute senior leads the nation's scorer's in points-per-game average and Monday night set a new Big Seven conference scoring mark with a 41-point performance against Colorado.
But what concerns many Jayhawk followers—this corner included more than the number of All-American clubs to which Lovelle was chosen is the one team on which he was slighted, Look magazine's top five.
When Clyde was pushed to the second five on Sports Editor Tim Cohane's Look All-American, Mr. Cohane wrote in his accompanying article: "This 1551-52 team has to be exceptional, if Clyde Lovellette, 6-foot-9 Kansas ace, couldn't make it. Clyde may rate a better shooter than any of the other big men. But several of them topped him in speed and follow-up drive."
Look's panel of experts. The palm, was searching also for reinforcement,iveness, speed, stamina, defensive solidity and astute playmaking.
But, as one fountain pen manufacturer states, "Compare. Comparison proves . . .". So let's compare.
In his lead paragraph, Mr. Cohane says, "The All-America basketball team of 1951-52 averages 6 feet $ \frac{6}{2} $ inches in height and can shoot like G-men. On marksmanship and range alone, however, they would not have won a majority vote from
Yankees Might Win American League Title If Pitching Staff Is Able To Come Through
But the finer points probably are on what Mr. Cohane is rating his performers. "Rebound aggressive-ness, speed, stamina, defensive solidity and astute playmaking," have a lot to do with the making of a good basketball player. We grant withhold the doubt. But you see where "our man" is lacking in any great extent on any of these points.
Clyde's "rebound aggressiveness" is beyond question in our estimation. After watching him clear the boards time and time again against some of the top teams in the midwest and
But Lopat is 34, as is Reynolds, and Rasche is 33, all reaching the "down hill" age in baseball. Then, too, Roschi underwent a knee operation during the off season while Reynolds ignored the bone chips which crackle, and threaten, in his money arm.
New York —(U,P)—The New York Yankee are favored today to win their fourth straight American League pennant and a young man who almost ate his way out of baseball could help them reach that goal on what he admits is "my last chance."
The Yankees could use pitching help. On paper their staff looks good. But it is a mound corps to which much could happen. The three "Big" pitchers are Eddie Lopat, Vic Raschi and Allie Reynolds. In line behind them are Bob Kuzava and Tom Morgan.
That's Frank (Spec) Shea, a star of the fifties of 1947 and a four-time flop. *Sig*
Lesser things than that have altered pitching motions and upset the machinery of triumph. And there is no surety that Lopat can match his 1951 performance, his first year as a 20-game winner.
Which brings us back to the case of Shea, the freshman wonder of 1947 who since then has been standing in the shadow of his own overstuffed silhouette. For in his first exhibition start, the Connector's stint looked like his old self. His fast ball may not have the old smoke but his slider displayed the control of his novice year.
So while the Yankees are the American League choice, it could be a delicate selection unless pitching help is forthcoming. For Reynolds was an overworked member of the team last season.
That was when Shea looked like one of baseball's coming greats. For in 1947 he won 14 against five
He had all the earmarks of greatness that season. His first start was a three-hitter against Boston. Later he beat the burly Bosox by twice fanning Ted Williams, once with the bases loaded and again with two on. He also fanned, in a row, Rudy York, Bobby Doerr and Dom Dimaggio, a feat for any pitcher.
Yet the next season he was only so-so as his frame assumed a rolypoly appearance. He wound up with a 9-10 mark after twisting a neck muscle and the next year strained his arm, ultimately being sent back to Newark.
losses for a league-leading percentage of .737 and went on to rack up a pair of World Series triumphs over the Dodgers.
Since then he has been a porky denizen of the bull pen. Typical was his mark of last season, 5 and 5, and an oversized 4.31 earned run average.
GEORGE MRKONIC
JERRY ROBERTSON
Spring Football Drills Halted By Muddy Field
Jayhawk spring football practice was delayed yesterday for the second straight day by a muddy practice field.
in the nation, we have no doubts of his ability along this line.
Speed and stamina? He's just as much a 40-minute man as any member of Mr. Cohane's first team. And though his speed is nothing of the 10-second type found in trackmen, it still gets his 230-pound bulk from one end of the court to the other in plenty of time to make him the nation's top point-producer and also one of the best defensive players in the game.
As a playmaker, Lovellette's tops. Fans will remember for a long time his blind pass to Charlie Hoag against Kansas State when the Wildcats came to Lawrence, Friday. And that's merely one example of Clyde's playmaking ability.
Sain Debut Ires Stengel
Sain, the veteran right-hander obtained from the Boston Braves last year, yielded six hits and three runs in three innings against the Boston Red Sox yesterday although the Yankees won, 7-6. Ted Williams' double and Pitcher Willard Nixon's triple were the big blows off Sain.
St. Petersburg, Fla., -(U.R.)-Manager Casey Stengel's satisfaction with three New York Yankee victories in four exhibition games was tempered today by Johnny Sain's disappointing debut.
Stengel is counting on the veteran curve-baller as a middle-inning relief pitcher and occasional starter.
occasionally starter.
The Yankees play the Detroit
Tigers today.
Miami, Fla. — (U.P.) — Manager Charley Dressen told the Brooklyn Dodgers to forget about Bobby Thomson and those nasty Giants—“because you're the best team in the National League and should win this year.”
The occasion was Dressen's formal keynote address to his players.
"The thing that happened last year could have happened to any Dressen said. "We were just unlucky. The thing that can be blamed, three of four pitching pitchers here in camp can take up the slack for Don Newcombe."
Newcombe, a 20-game winner in 1951, now is in the Army.
The Dodgers play the Philadelphia Phillies tonight..
San Diego, Calif. — (U.P.) — The Cleveland Indians, unbeaten in spring exhibition games, open a two-week tour of the Pacific Coast tonight against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Indians beat the National League Champion New York Giants and permitted the Giants only six run and 22 hits in their three triumphs.
Bob Feller, a 22-game winner last season, is expected to make his spring debut within a day or two. He is the only member of Cleveland's big pitcher four—which also includes Bob Lemon, Early Wynn and Mike Garcia—who has not seen action this spring.
Head Coach J. V. Sikes said this morning that the drills wouldn't officially open until the field is dry. Several men were out on their own yesterday taking calesthenics, but official drills will wait for a dry field.
Going into his fifth season as top man on the KU grid coaching staff, Sikes will have to start fast and end faster yet to round his varsity hopefuls into some kind of shape within the limited 20 spring practice sessions.
"We're going to be working on fundamentals all the time," Sikes said, "but we'll go into scrimage the first day we can get on the practice field."
The Jayhawkers meet four rough non-conference foes. The Southwestern conference champion Texas Christian Horned Frogs, Southern Methodist, Santa Clara and Oklahoma A&M make up the list of non-league games. All are home games but the Southern Methodist fray which will be played in Dallas.
The scheduling of these four teams, plus an always-rough Big Seven slate makes the 1952 football schedule one of the toughest in Kansas football history.
The Jayhawker head coach pointed out that even though this year's team may be stronger than last, the hard schedule may have them finishing lower than the 8-2 record they posted last year.
That will, in all probability, be the major emphasis point during the 20 sessions.
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