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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Jan. 3, 1952
Jayhawkers Rated First In Nation By AP Poll
The Kansas Jayhawkers, undefeated in 10 games this season, have been rated the nation's top basketball team this week by a poll conducted by, the Associated Press.
The Kansas team received a tota of 751 points in the balloting done by 107 sports writers and broadcasters from over the nation to midpass with 688 points. Kansas received 31 first place votes and the Duni got 23.
Kansas was rated fourth in last week's AP poll but exchanged position with the Kentucky Wildcats who slipped from the top rung to fourth place with a 6-2 record.
Coach Phog Allen feels that the selection is a great honor for the team but hopes that the rating won't act as a jinx on the somewhat erratic Jav Hawkers.
Oklahoma, KU's next opponent, is always full of surprises and takes pride in its ability to pull upsets.
The Jayhawkers' last three wins came in the Big Seven pre-season tournament at Kansas City which they won.
Against the Kansas State Wildcats who were rated ninth in this week's AP poll, the KU quintet played great ball, especially during the first half when they built up a 49-35 halftime score.
Other teams to receive first place votes were Kentucky and Indiana with six each, New York university, undefeated in 12 outings, with five, Kansas State four, St. Louis and St. Bonaventure three and Seton Hall, Murray State and West Virginia two each.
Kentucky led the first week's poll.
Services for W. O. Hamilton, 75-year-old former director of athletics and basketball coach at the University, who died Dec. 30, were held Wednesday at the Funk chapel and at the graveside in Liberty. Mo.
Former Coach Was Buried Wednesday
Mr. Hamilton died at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital after an illness of about three weeks.
As one of the first basketball coaches, he took the University team to win four championships and tied for the national title. He led the conference in his 10-year stay.
He came to the University in 1900 as basketball and track coach and became director of athletics in 1910. He then moved to New York where he resigned to go into private business.
In 1902 he was married to Miss Annie Corbin, of Liberty, who survives him.
From 1902 to 1909 he was in charge of physical training at the old Central High School in Kansas City, Mo. He came to the University in 1909.
Mr. Hamilton was a member of Phi Delta Gamma fraternity.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Hamilton of Lawrence, a daughter, three sons, and a brother.
lost out to St. John's of Brooklyn the second, only to regain the top place last week.
Team standings with points figure on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis (first place votes in parenthesis):
Points
Points
1. Kansas (31) 751
2. Illinois (23) 739
3. Washington (20) 688
4. Kentucky (6) 594
5. Indiana (6) 588
6. New York U. (5) 545
7. St. Louis (3) 459
8. St. John's 391
9. Kansas State (4) 381
10. St. Bonaventure (3) 186
Tongue-Twisters Selected For 'All-American' Honors
SHERMAN NORTON, 6-foot, 4-inch senior, was Oklahoma's leading scorer in the Big Seven tourney with 65 points and is one of Bruce Drake's leading players.
By JOE TAYLOR
On Jan. 1 the curtain came down on the 1951 college football season. Therefore, in keeping with the great American custom, I would like to present my nominations for the names to be recorded in football history. $ \textcircled{4} $
Just to make my team different from the run-of-the-mill squads selected by others, I'm going to dedicate mine to the hundreds of sports writers, telegraph men and linotype operators who had to prepare the stories, transmit the lineups and set them in type.
In this age of football specialization, I have chosen to kick the points-after-touchdown Nix of Arkansas and Mars of Virginia Tech. Passing chores will be handed to Szaina, Penn State's star passer.
Lined up in my starting backfield are Yewcic and Mioduszewski of William and Mary, Swartzendruber of Iowa and Manglialiardi of Notre Dame. Matched up with these tongue-twisters are a line composed of Mavropoulos of Boston university, Grabko of Houston, Van Haverbeke of Oklahoma A&M, Boerio and Gdinovic of Illinois and Jaffurs and Shannafelt of Penn.
Bills Narrowly Avert Upset
Then I also include Assiff of Penn,
pronounced with the rising intonation of a stenographer during
the lunch hour squawking, "Assiff
I would go out with that jerk . . ."
At any time in the game when the goes gets tough I can send in Guess of Army who certainly would be a puzzler at half. Michigan State can give the team strength with its line combination of Kush and Kuh, while Bobo and Piano of the same eleven cannot be overlooked.
Looking around the huddle of my dream team are more nightmares for copyreaders. We have Purina and Zupicich of Virginia Tech, Preziosi of South Carolina, Giezwic and Podlucky of Buffalo, Rechicar of Tennessee, and Kerkorian and Hugasian of Stanford.
In the 34 years Phog Allen has been basketball coach of the Jay-hawkers, his teams-prior to this year have won 502 games and lost 186 for a .729 percentage.
New York—(U.P.)—The swift St. Louis Billikens, who rudely upset Kentucky in the Sugar Bowl tournament, came within an eyelash of getting a dose of the same bitter medicine from unheralded Houston.
Ray Stiner was high scorer for the Bills with 15 points, but the surprising Cougars produced two heroes in Jack Bell, who sank a free throw with 40 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, and Royce
St. Louis, ranked the nation's No. 6 team, rose brilliantly to the occasion, however, and poured 11 points through the basket in the overtime period to score a 64 to 57 win, their eighth victory in 10 starts.
While St. Louis narrowly averted an upset, two other highly-ranked teams were not so fortunate. North Carolina State, ranked No. 10, was stopped by tall, rugged Fordham, 62 to 59, while Notre Dame, ranked No. 15, was soundly beaten by Michigan State, 66-52.
Kentucky will make its first attempt to bounce back from the St. Louis loss tonight when it faces Mississippi at Owensboro, Ky. This game was originally scheduled for last night, but was postponed when Mississippi's plane was grounded by bad weather at Memphis, Tenn.
Ray, who scored 23 points.
Dr. F. C. Allen has been basketball coach at the University since 1920.
Cuumo, Bleir, Kohanowich and Totura of Hofstra are sure-fire material for my team along with Agganis, Nunziato, Interbarbalo and Plomeritis of Boston. Teamed with them are Mavraides, Szymawski, Varriscione and Bardash of Notre Dame
Assiff is one of the most promising boys I have seen since the days of Ojai, Minnesota, pronounced the way a traffic cop writing out a ticket responds to your story with "Oh yeah?"
Attaya of Army, Glagola of Pitt, Yazejan of Harvard, Carnanozo and Kessaris of Brown, Mauir, Barbagallo and Szerapowicz of Boston U., Papantones of Dartmouth, and Yanochik, J. Morog and M. Morog, Palka, and Nestvogl of Colgate must not be left out although they might lose a few syllables in the shuffle.
Cornell is rich with candidates for my squad: Taspis, Micklavina, Scazzero (admirable adapted for scat-back purposes), and Bool, evidently a fugitive from an unfinished Yale football song. Syracuse also has a wealth of talent with Browchuck, Zombathy, Yapo, and Jaso, all ends, and E. Dombrowski, R. Dombrowski and Karilivac in the back field.
Listed as honorable mentions on my squad are Eaia of Tulane, E. and J. Kozdeba, Kaluzynski, Paurowski and Yalch of Fordham, and Tutko and Triantafilou of Temple.
Others which are bound to bring terror to radio announcers are Colteryahn and Ladygo of Maryland, Zanfagna of Michigan, Binswanger of Wesleyan, Chengiss Mamajek of Citadel, Yackanicz of Bucknell and Vranjes and Kalaka of NYU.
Daddario, Duda, Sherengos and Firkser of Rutgers, and Pivitroto and good old McGillicuddy of Princeton complete my roster.
Other standouts from my squad are Daffer of Tennessee who held them daffy at guard, Wuzzardo of Temple who was a wizard in the open field, and Kachuturoff of Northwestern, the well known composer, who wrote so many good scores during the past season.
Now if any of you want to argue with me on my choices you're first going to have to learn how to pronounce them. I can't.
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Jayhawkers Prepare To Meet OU In Opener
Coach "Phog" Allen is continuing to stress fundamentals as the Kansas Jayhawkers, currently rated the nation's top team, prepare to open their 1951-52 Big Seven conference season against the Oklahoma Sooners at Hoch auditorium Saturday night.
The Jayhawkers, winners of the pre-season Big Seven tournament in Kansas City, are currently sporting a 10-game winning streak compared to a record of two wins and seven losses for the inexperienced Sooners.
Charlie Hoag, ailing speedster, rejoined the squad Monday after going to his home in Oak Park, Ill., during part of the vacation. The condition of his injured groin muscle is believed to be improved, allowing him to regain much of the speed which he demonstrated last season.
Final decision as to whether Hoag will be able to return to action Saturday night rests with Dr. M. E Gross, team physician, who will examine him today.
Coach Allen, though happy with his team's conquest of the Big Seven tourney crown, wasn't entirely satisfied with their play. He is stressing the fundamentals and drilling his charges on ball handling, the thing which cost them a big lead over the Kansas State Wildcats in the second game of the tourney.
The Jayhawkers, however, demonstrated considerable ball control when they maintained possession of the ball during the closing minutes of the thrilling overtime tussle to
Cage Scores
Lafayette 58, Scranton 57
Yale 96, Puerto Rico 46
Duke 62, Pennsylvania 52
LSU 77, Loyola (LA) 60
Tennessee 59, East Tennessee
52
Fordham 62, No. Car. State 59 (overtime)
(overtime)
Youngstown 83, Akron 75
Bowling Green 76, Dartmouth 68
Detroit 63, Marquette 61
Kent State 72, John Carroll 69
College of Emporia 58, Rockhurst 57
Hamline 67, Drake 46
St. Louis 64, Houston 57 (overtime)
TCU 58, So. Methodist 43
Oregon 55, San Francisco 49
St. Mary's (Cal) 54, Santa Clara
53.
nudge past Jack Gardner's crew 90-88.
In addition to working the squad on every phase of the game, Coach Allen is trying to get the players to chatter more while playing. He points out that it's not just a matter of keeping keyed up and harassing the opponent but a yell at the right time might get the ball to an open player or make a strategy switch a point getter.
The Jayhawkers will be facing a team which is inexperienced but has considerable speed and potentiality. Coach Bruce Drake has only one returning starter from last year's fourth place club. He has seven other lettermen on his squad which is dominated by freshmen and sophomores.
Dr. F. C. Allen coached basketball teams at Baker university in 190 and Warrenburg Teachers college in 1913 and 1915 that were undefeated.
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