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University Daily Kansan
Big Seven Tourney Title Captured By Jayhawkers With Three Victories
By CHARLEY BURCH Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawkers continued their winning ways to capture the sixth annual Big Seven pre-season tournament championship at Kansas City with victories over Colorado, 76-56; Kansas State 90-88, and Missouri. 75-65.
Lovelletti scored only five points in the first two periods as he picked up four personal fouls. He amazed the 10,500 fans by remaining in the game until the final two minutes of the overtime before picking up his final foul. He also found the range and sank 22 more points to make his evening's performance total 27 points, the last two of which put the Jayhawkers ahead to stay.
The victory put Kansas in the finals for the third time. In its previous attempts at annexing the title, KU was mudged by Southern Methodist in 1946 and by Oklahoma in 1949 by three-point margins.
Big Clyde Lovellette continued to lead the way in scoring as he ripped the nets with 31 field goals and 14 free throws for 76 points. He closed out his tourney career with 222 points, an average of 24.7 for nine games, to establish an all-time tourney record.
Bob Kenney also found the scoring range as he pumped the ball through the hoop for 55 points, followed by Bill Lienhard with 32 and Bill Houglou with 29 points.
KU's victory over a stubborn Missouri five in the finals was marred by an incident involving Lovellette and Winfred Wilfong, MU freshman star.
The Kansas team looked only average as they downed Colorado in the first round but redeemed themselves against Kansas State. Coach Phog Allen's crew turned on the speed to race to a 49-35 half time lead over the tough Wildcats.
The affair occurred with three minutes remaining in the final quarter. Lovellette and Wilfong were battling for a loose ball and Wilforg fell to the floor. Lovellette turned and his foot came down upon the stomach of Wilfong.
Dean Kelley, who scored 26 points, was a standout throughout the tournament, especially in the overtime thriller with Kansas State which sent Kansas to the meet finals. His speed, ball-handling and coolness helped to keep the Jayhawkers on an even keel.
Lovellette was ejected from the game by Referee Jim Enright, who later was quoted as saying he believed is was an accident. The 10,500 fans continued to boo long after the game was over and the trophy presentation had been attempted.
Bothe teams goth together immediately following the hard-fought game and the friendliness shown removed all signs of any poor sportsmanship on either team.
The incident was obviously overrated by the audience. It was an unintentional foul and not a deliberate attempt to foul a player as many persons falsely believed.
Iowa State, who was defeated in the first round by MU 49-42, suffered its second loss in a hairraising tussle that set a tourney scoring record. Shanford won in an overtime 103-102.
The Oklahoma Sooners proved to be the surprise team of the meet as they upset the previously undefeated Stanford club 77-71 in the first round of play.OU was quickly slowed down by the Missouri Tigers, who won in the semi-finals. 61-49.
A new foul rule was tried in the Stanford-Iowa State game which inflicted a stiffer penalty for fouling. The team fouled received one or two free throws and then was awarded the ball opposite the free throw circle in the opposing team's territory. All free throws had to be taken.
Colorado hit the win column by defeating the hapless Nebraska Cornhuskers 68-63 in the first consolation game.
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Team Scoring
W X
Kansas 3 0
Missouri 2 1
Kansas State 2 1
Stanford 2 1
Oklahoma 1 2
Colorado 1 7
Iowa State 1 7
Nebraska 0
Tournament Standings
G F'T F MFT
D. Kelley 9 8 10 2
Smith 0 3 1 2
Johnson 0 1 2 0
Lienhard 14 4 8 2
Heitholt 2 4 5 3
Alberts 0 1 2 0
Lovellette 31 14 12 8
Born 2 2 3 0
Squires 2 0 1 0
Hougland 1 2 5 11 2
Dye 0 1 1 0
A. Kelley 0 0 3 1
Kenney 21 13 11 2
Davenport 0 1 0 0
Keller 0 0 0 1
Total  — — — — —
Totals ... 92 57 70 23
From 1922 to 1927, University basketball teams coached by Phog Alen either won or tied for the conference title. He accomplished the same thing with the Jayhawker teams from 1931 to 1935; repeated the feat from 1936 to 1938; and again finished first from 1940 to 1943.
Phog Allen has been coaching basketball since 1908.
Clyde, Kenney Named All-Stars
Clyde Lovellette and Bob Kenney were named on the Big Seven conference tournament all-star team by sportswriters who covered the event.
It was the third straight year that Lovellette had been nominated to the stellar squad.
Dean Kelley, junior guard who contributed much capable ball handling and speed throughout the tourney, received honorable mention.
Other players receiving honorable mention besides Kelley were Bob Rousey and Jim Iverson of Kansas State, Art Bunte of Colorado, Jim Stange and George Hess of Iowa State and Sebron Tucker of Stanford
Sharing first team berths with Lovellette and Kenney were Jim Buchanan, potent Nebraska scorer who was named for the second year, Bill Stauffer of Missouri, and Dick Knostman of Kansas State.
Picked for places on the second team were Jim Ramstead of Stanford, Jesse Prisok and Jack Carby of Kansas State, Sherman Norton of Oklahoma and Winfred Wilfong of Missouri.
Dr. F. C. Allen came to the University as basketball coach for the first time in 1908. He returned in 1909 after spending part of a year at Baker university. He came back to the University in 1920.
Official Claims PCC Will Not Drop Rose Bowl Agreement With Big Ten
The post-mortems on the Stanford-Illinois game offered no solid explanation for the Indians' fold-up in the final quarter when the Illini scored 27 points. Coach Chuck Taylor of the losers says he has no alibis.
would make a 5-5 deadlock.
Taylor went on record when he first took the Stanford coaching job that he was opposed to post-season games. He still holds that opinion—probably more deeply ingrained now.
He said that his team was in tipot condition. His team followed the same training pattern that California used here for the last three years. That allowed Southern California members of the team to fly down ahead of the rest of the squad to spend Christmas Day with their folks. But he said that did not interfere with their training.
Los Angeles—(U.P.)—The long-suffering Pacific Coast conference has no intention of calling "quits" its Rose Bowl pact with the bruising Big Ten when the agreement expires in two years, conference commissioner Victor O. Schmidt indicated today.
In fact, there is a far greater possibility that the Big Ten would end the pact in two years, rather than the PCC.
When the renewal of the contract came up last time, it was barely approved in the Big Ten by a reported vote of 5-4. When the next pact comes up, Michigan State will be eligible to vote and it is understood the Spartan regime is opposed to post-season football games. If all the earlier opponents stood pat, that
Having lost all six games since the post-season pact was first signed between the two big conferences, including Stanford's stunning 40 to 7 loss to Illinois on Tuesday, the PCC couldn't be blamed much if it were starting to think of pulling out.
But Commissioner Schmidt said today, "As far as I know, every school in our conference likes the pact with the Big Ten and wants to continue it."
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High-Flying Minister Cops Nation's Top Amateur Award
New York—(U.P.)—Bob Richards, the pole vaulting parson from Chicago who is one of America's leading hopes for the forthcoming Olympics, today was named winner of the 1951 Sullivan trophy, the nation's most coveted amateur award.
A panel of 487 sports authorities chose the 25-year-old Richards for the trophy from a slate of nine outstanding amateur athletes.
The award is made each year by the National Amateur Athletic union to the athlete, "who by performance, example, and good influence, did most to advance the cause of good sportsmanship during the year."
Richards, an ordained minister and an instructor in religious philosophy at LaVerne (Calif.) college, cleared 15 feet in the pole vault nine times during 1951, in addition to winning the national decathlon championship in his first serious try at the gruelling test.
The stocky, curly-haired preacher, who was runnerup in the 1948 Olympics and has won the U. S. National pole vaulting championships, indoors and outdoors, every year since then, is regarded almost a sure bet for a gold medal in the 1952 Olympic games at Helsinki.
In the nationwide poll conducted by the AAU, Richards received 174 first place votes and a total of 1,283 points to win the award by a comfortable margin.
Maureen Connolly of San Diego, Calif., the 17-year-old national women's tennis champion, was second in the voting with 115 first place votes and 903 points, while Air Force sergeant Mal Whitfield, national 809-meter running champion, was third with 59 first place ballots and 754 points.
Following them in the poll came: Mrs. Patricia Keller McCormick of Los Angeles, the national women's diving champion, with 32 first place votes and 335 points; John Davis of Brooklyn, Olympic, world and national heavyweight weight-lifting champion (35 firsts and 294 points); swimmer Wayne Moore of Yale (17 firsts and 263 points); swimmer Jimmy Thomas of the University of North Carolina (26 firsts and 191 points); basketball star George Yardley of the national AAU championship Stewart Chevrolet team of San Francisco (18 firsts and 156
points), and Carol Pence of Lafayette, Ind., women's national breast-stroke swimming champion (11 firsts and 117 points).
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