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University Daily Kansan Monday,Dec.17,1951
Lovellette Rips Cords For 42 Points AsKansasExtendsWinStringToFive
By CHARLEY BURCH
A record-shattering 42 points by Clyde Lovellette Friday night and a free throw by Bob Kenney in the last minute of play Saturday night enabled Kansas to rack-up 74-51 and 58-57 wins over Southern Methodist at Dallas.
Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The victories were the fourth and fifth of the season for the Jayhawkers, who now have a string of eight victories extending back to last season.
Saturday night's tussle saw the Jayhawkers face their closest test of the young season. Kenney's free shot in the final minute broke a 57-57 tie and from there the Jayhawkers controlled the ball until the final 15 seconds.
SMU gained possession of the ball with 15 seconds left and took two hurried shots but both were in vain.
SMU's Jack Kastman, a former star at Shawnee-Mission High school, was the devious standout for the losers. He guarded Lovellette closely, holding him to six points in the last half. Kastman fouled out with six minutes remaining in the tilt. He led SMU's scoring with 15 points.
Lovellette blasted away for 18 points in the first two periods to bring his two-night performance total to 66 points. The red-hot spice sweep boosted his scoring average to 28.6, with 143 points in five games.
He played all but about three minutes of the game, setting out the last minute of the first half and two minutes of the fourth period.
five games.
In Friday night's battle, Lovellele broke his previous scoring record of 39 points, established in his sophomore year against Missouri, by pouring through 21 points each half.
Kansas roared to a 10-point lead before the Mustangs could chalk-up a marker. SMU began clicking, however, and pulled to within one point at 13-12 with seven minutes gone in the initial quarter.
BOB KENNEY
The Jayhawkers began connecting and were ahead 21-14 at the close of the first quarter, 40-29 at halftime and 57-36 as the last quarter commenced.
Lovellette hit a torrider 60 per cent of his 30 attempts from the field but the entire team connected on only 31 of 86 tries.
Kansas looked good under the backboards as the Jayhawkers cleared 42 rebounds to the Mustangs' 21. Lovellette swept 14 for KU.
Mustangs SMU-thered
Kansas (58)
| | FGA | FG | FTA | FT | Pts. | F |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kenney | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Lienhard | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| D. Kelley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lovellette | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 4 |
| Hougland | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Davenport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heitholt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals ... 61 25 12 8 58 14
SMU (57)
| | FGA | FG | FTA | FT | Pts. | F |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Murphy | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Kastman | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 |
| Holm | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Galey | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Freeman | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Haymes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kendall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Totals ... 58 23 15 11 57 16
Kansas (74)
| | FGA | FG | FTA | FT | Pts. | F |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kenney | 17 | 4 | 1 | FT | 9 | 4 |
| Lienhard | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| D. Kelley | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Lovellette | 30 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 2 |
| Hougland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Davenport | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dye | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heitholt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 A. Kelley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Born | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Totals ... 86 31 14 12 74 21
SUMU GS.
FGA FG FTFA FT Pls. F
Murphy 9 2 0 4 2
Kastman 12 3 2 2 8 1
Holm 9 3 4 2 8 1
Galey 7 3 5 2 8 2
Freeman 12 4 2 2 10 2
Wheeler 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haymes 2 1 1 0 2 1
Bryant 5 2 3 1 5 3
Kendall 6 2 3 2 6 2
Cropp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ... 62 20 20 11 51 17
By OSCAR FRALEY
Cards Counting On Stanky
New York—(U,P)—The St. Louis Cardinals are counting today on a little guy out of the past to revive the ancient glories of the gas house gang.
That describes him, this under-
stimated scrapper who fights and snarls
The Cards have won pennants since that two-fisted band of the '30's roared to baseball fame with ready knuckles and a chip on every shoulder. But none of them inflamed the imaginatio not the fans on the banks of the Mississippi as did the ones hoisted by the gas house gang.
They were players of the old school—and so is the little guy who takes over now. His name is Edward Raymond Stanky but to baseball people this blue-eyed, button-nosed throwback is "Muggsy" or "The Brat."
and claws like a cougar from the time the man in blue calls "play ball."
Back in 1947 when the new manager-secret basement of the Cards was helping the Dodgers to the penguin, Branch Rickey said of him:
"He can't run, he can't throw and he can't hit but I wouldn't trade him for Rogers Hornsby in his prime."
Stanky isn't and never has been quite that devoid of talent. No, he never was fast, never threw too brilliantly and wasn't a terror at the plate. But when you needed the extra base, the sure peg or the crucial base hit, he'd be the one to get it for you.
CLYDE LOVELLETTE
Wildcats Clash With St. John's
New York—(U,P)—Kentucky and St. John's of Brooklyn make Lexington, Ky., the basketball capital of the country tonight when they clash in one of the key games of the season.
St. John's, with five straight victories including an 82-62 win over Rhode Island State last Saturday night, will be making a strong bid for recognition as the country's top team. The Redmen were ranked fifth in pre-season ratings and jumped to third last week.
Kentucky, ranked first in the United Press coaches board ratings but beaten by Minnesota last week, will be seeking to regain lost prestige.
Kentucky probably will be a slight favorite, although minus the services of seven-foot pivotman Bill Spivey. Chief reason for what at first appears to be misguided faith is Kentucky's 99-game winning streak at home.
Tactically, the Wildcats' big job will be to stop Bob Zawulok, St. John's six-foot, seven-inch center, who has averaged slightly better than 22-points a game this season.
Meanwhile, the scramble to take ove Kentucky in ranking continued the week.
In addition to St. John's, fourth-ranked Washington, fifth-ranked Kansas State and sixth-ranked St. Louis scored impressive victories.
Washington routed California, 65-43, Kansas State state down Denver, 65-55, and St. Louis smashed Wichita, 71-45, to remain among the undefeated, second-ranked Illinois was idle over the weekend.
The major upset of the weekend was Indiana's 57-55 victory over Wyoming, which was ranked ninth by the coaches' board last week.
The Rice Institute Owls, who are slated to invade Hoch auditorium tomorrow night, will be the third team from the Southwest conference to play the all-victorious Jayhawkers this season.
Rice To Be 3rd Southwest Team To Face Jayhawkers
Kansas has been set back on twice in 15 meetings with Southwest conference teams. The Jayhawkers defeated Baylor 57-46 to open the 1951-52 season and registered two victories over Southern Methodist this weekend.
Coach Phog Allen's potent cagers should have little trouble downing the Owls, who wound-up in the league cellar last year and are picked as probable repeaters this year.
Rice's team, coached by Don Suman, opened its season with a disappointing 51-50 loss to Stephen F. Austin college after holding an eight-point lead late in the game.
In their second outing the Owls defeated Sam Houston State 59-57 in an overtime.
Gene Schwinger, 6-feet 6-inch sophomore, is one of the Owls' leading players and paces the scoring attack.
The outing will be next to last game for Kansas before going into the Big Seven tournament in Kansas City Dec. 26.
Saturday night Southern California is scheduled to play here.
Officials Act On Bowl Tilts
New York—(U.P.)—Much of the "Eig League" luster will be missing from the annual bowl games after Jan. 1, thanks to the weekend action taken by football conference officials, a nation-wide United Press survey disclosed today.
In annual meetings concluded over the weekend, the Southern conference and Eastern Collegiate Athletic conference both removed themselves from the future bowl picture by voting iron-clad bans on such contests.
The ban followed a similar action taken by the Big Seven a week ago. The Big Seven has produced some of the toughest bowl teams in the nation.
Sweeping legislation against bowl games will be considered when the National College Athletic association holds its annual convention next month and a few conferences are waiting for the results of that conclave before making official announcements.
Among those awaiting the NCAA's ultimate recommendation on bowl games are the Big Ten and Pacific Coast conference, who supply the Rose Bowl teams, and the Southwest conference, which annually sends its winner to the Cotton Bowl.
Here is a conference-by-conference picture on the bowl game issue and other forms of football deemphasis:
Southern conference — Banned bowl games. Dropped Clemson and Maryland from 1952 conference competition for accepting Jan. 1. bowl bids. Refused to share in Clemson and Maryland's bowl receipts and ordered all members to submit itemized reports on all athletic expenses
Eastern Collegiate Athletic conference—voted against participation in all bowl games. Voted to favor restricted television, spring football practice and unlimited substitution
Big Seven—Voted to ban all bowl games after Sept. 1, 1952. Spring practice was cut to 20 sessions and freshmen were barred from competing in varsity play.
Pacific Coast conference-No action taken on bowl question. Curtailment of suoting is recommended.
Southeastern conference — Killeen two proposals to abolish bowl games but reduced football scholarships from 90 to 30 a year. Spring practice was cut to 20 sessions. Freshmen were divided into cut later, committee members reversed themselves and ruled freshmen eligible for 1952.
Big Ten—Agreement with PCC to send a team to the Rose Bowl each year still is in effect. However, it was last approved by only a 5-4 vote
KU Dominates Big 7 Basketball
Kansas City, Mo—(L.P.)—Kansas and big Clyde Lovette dominated Big Seven basketball today a week before the annual Christmas tournament in Kansas City.
It was only a week or so ago that Kansas State was the team that caught the eye of the fan anxious to pick a sure thing. But Kansas is a better wager as long as Lovellette keeps his good health.
Oklahoma's week will include rugged Illinois at Urbana tomorrow night, Iowa at Iowa City Thursday and New York university in Madison Square Garden Saturday. Coach Bruce Drake should know after those three exactly what he has at Norman.
That leaves Nebraska and Oklahoma, the former 3-1 and the Sooners 1-2 in the young season. Nebraska's Huskers will see a lot of the country this week, meeting SMU in a pair at Dallas Wednesday and Thursday, mixing with Tampa at Tampa, Fla., Friday and then meeting Miami at Miami Saturday.
Colorado's Buffs (2-3) try next to handle a mediocre Bradley team at Peoria Thursday and Michigan Saturday at Ann Arbor, while Missouri's week catches the Tigers meeting Tulsa at Tulsa Wednesday and Arkansas at Fayetteville Thursday. Missouri is 3-1 to date.
With home games against Rice tomorrow night and Southern California Saturday, Kansas may be expected to fatten its record to 7-0 by the time it makes its tourney debut against Colorado in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium Dec. 26.
Kansas State is one of the nation's best, however, despite a loss to San Francisco on its swing West. The Wildcats have a 5-1 record to date. Tonight they meet Hammie university at Manhattan and then go to Bloomington to meet Indiana Saturday.
Iowa State's 4-0 record is quite respectable and it should read 5-0 after the Cyclones meet Drake at Des Moines Saturday. But Iowa State has not been through the wringer thus far and it remains to be seen how the Cyclones hold up under really hard wear.
It was, of course, the closest scoring race in college history, and official National Collegiate Athletic bureau statistics showed today that Matson won out on 126 points, scored on 21 touchdowns, compared to 125 for McEllenny on 17 touchdowns and 23 extra points.
W L Pct. Pts. Pts Opp
Kansas 5 0 1,000 358 254
Iowa State 4 0 1,000 227 208
Kansas State 5 1 833 402 328
Missouri 3 1 750 196 170
Nebraska 3 1 750 198 198
Colorado 2 3 400 268 282
Oklahoma 2 3 233 149 153
New York —(U.P.)- By a single point, speedster Olie Matson of San Francisco beat out Hugh McElhenny of the University of Washington for the national individual football scoring championship in 1951.
Matson, six-foot, two-inch Negro who also won the national rushing championship, scored at least one touchdown in every game as he led the Dons to their first perfect season in history. There was only one game in which he didn't score two touchdowns, and in four of them he scored three. His total of 21 is only one short of the record 22 scored by Bobby Reynolds of Nebraska and Wilford White of Arizona State, both last year.
The Standings
and Michigan State, which becomes a voting member in 1953, is on record against bowl competition. A 5-5 vote would kill the agreement.
Matson Captures National Crown