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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, October 31, 1951
Kentucky Coach Fouled By 'Boys' On His Team
New York—(U.P.)—The bluest man in the Bluegrass today is Adolph Rupp.
The baron of basketball is a proud soul. One anecdote points this up. His team was penalized in a game for coaching from the bench. Rupp was asked about his "boner."
"Boner?" he screamed. "Hell, my coaching is worth a technical foul any day."
It was only natural that a man like that would think his "little boys" were above the double-dealing and double-crossing of the basketball scandal. Yet now some of Adolph's boys, too, stand fidgeting in the police lineup, accused of bribery.
The barbs that were thrown at Rupp himself never bothered Adolph. He could take them, even laugh them off. Just so you didn't insinuate his ladens were honest.
Once he sent the press row at the Sugar Bowl tournament into hysterics by yelling at his collegians with fury, "You're playing like a bunch of amateurs."
Later a writer asked Rupp if, perchance, his boys weren't supposed to be amateurs."
"They might be amateurs," he replied, "But they're not supposed to look like them."
Success always breeds jealousy and Rupp was the target of many cracks from other basketball coaches. Once Rupp was speaking at a dinner of his "pore little bluegrass boys," and coach Harry Carlson of Pitt mumbled, "Rupp's bluegrass runs from Maine to California."
Yet actually, most of his players came from the Kentucky area, from the hill country.
Rupp has been Kentucky basketball coach since 1930. During that period his teams have won three National Collegate Athletic association championships, one National Invitation Tournament title, and 12 Southeastern conference tournament championships.
The money his teams raked in built a $4,000,000 Memorial Coliseum
Reynolds Picked AL's Top Player
New York—(U.P.)-Superchief Allie Reynolds, the Yankee pitcher with the clutch-touch, was the United Press American League Player of the Year today, rating ahead of seven others who received votes in the balloting by 24 veteran sports writers.
Reynolds, the pitcher who went in and won the "must" games for the Yankees all season, and also was available for relief duty in between turn, wound up with 17 victories, seven of which were shutouts.
That made him the third ranking pitcher on the Yankee staff in games won, since both Vic Raschi and Ed Lopat came up with 21 wins, but Reynolds was the guy who came through in the games that had to be won. And he labored double duty despite an elbow full of bone chips.
at Lexington—and that, ironically, was supposed to end Kentucky's trips to New York. With the Coliseum it could make more money playing at home than in Madison Square garden.
But while the school was collecting money for the Coliseum some of its players were allegedly doing a little collecting of their own. Perhaps one of Rupp's joshing instructions came back to haunt him.
Whenever the talk got around toough play, he always told his boys,'Remember the bible quotation;
"It is better to give than to receive."
Somebody ignored the advice.
Sacred List Cut To 33
New York—(U.P.)-The ranks of unbeaten, untied college football teams were trimmed to 33 as the weekly reducing diet dropped 11 others from the honor roll.
The cut-down process continued to be more severe than in the 1950 season when 40 perfect record outfits still were on the list at this stage of the race.
However, nine so-called major powers, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Princeton, Cincinnati, Michigan State, Illinois, Stanford, and San Francisco still remained unbeaten and untied, whereas there were only seven on hand at this time in 1950.
Once again, the midwest had the biggest number of unscathed scalp, 13. And along with such acknowledged powerhouses as were in the "Big Nine," there were such stout little toughies as Pittsburg, Kan., teachers, Valparaiso of Indiana, Lawrence of Wisconsin, and others which would give a fine account of themselves anywhere in their own company.
Next to the midwest, the East had the most perfect record aggregations, 11, while there were still six in the South, two in the far West and one from the Southwest.
Three big outfits dropped over out the big season. It was inevitable that one should fall because Princeton played Cornell in a "meetin' of the unbeaten", but no one dreamed that Princeton would win with such gusto, 53 to 15. The others which dropped out were Baylor, which was tied by Texas A & M, 21 to 21, and Northwestern which was de-glamorized by Wisconsin, 41 to 0.
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True, it is her Homecoming. And Bobby Reynolds seems to be regaining his form. But Missouri beat 'em last week. And we're strictly a gain a team that allowed "Old Missou" plavers to shave.
Shucks, we've been saving quotes from all over about the Tiger team's vow "not to shave 'til we win a game." On the other hand by the time we will get to them—if they hadn't beaten Nebraska, they'd have been tripping over their beards.
And we wouldn't want 'em playing us up with micadiscs. But to get it back, to Nebraska.
She is due to win one. However, we don't think there are enough alumni in her state, or all 48 states, that can help much Saturday. Vocally, it's for sure they'll be triving.
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With the return to form of Galen Fiss, and Charlie Hoag, although the latter was hurt in the K-State game again—we wouldn't say things looked too bright for Nebraska this weekend. Not on its football field, anyway.
We still haven't recovered from the way our guys played Saturday against K-State. Wham. Bam. All over the field. They made that widely acclaimed Wildcat defense look like a sieve. And stopped her offensive thrusts, cold.
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From where we sat they were 'high perfect. What we wouldn't give to be able to turn the clock back. Put 'em against Colorado and Oklahoma now. There'd be no "wait till next year" sighs.
We're almost reluctant to attempt making the announcement, but according to Dutch Lonborg, a bossman over in the athletic office—pictures of the K-State-KU game played last Saturday are going to be shown tonight at 7 o'clock in Fraser.
We promised the athletic department we'd give the showing a good play so people who missed the fracas rather than tempt pneumonia, could see the action.
Fed Up With Paying Bills
Many of us will enjoy seeing the game again.
Charlestown, R. I. —(U.P.)-Linton L. Brown, town clerk of Charlestown, is fed up with paying bills and has left it up to the Town council from now on. Brown said he's had to pay for the telephone and heat in his office for 20 years.
Injury Again Sidelines Hoag But He May Play Saturday
Charlie Hoag was back on the sidelines last night. A groin injury suffered in the first game of the season, and which has caused him to miss several games this season, was aggravated in the K-State game.
It was not for certain whether or not he'll play this Saturday against Nebraska. Trainer Dean Nesmith thought "he'll probably be able to play."
Hoag appeared to have regained much of the form lost through weeks of inactivity in the K-State clash last Saturday.
Bob Brandeberry and Hal Clewinger continued to look on, but both will be ready to go for the Nebraska game.
Pursuing his "double duty" policy
for some of his players, Coach J. V. Sikes is seriously considering again using Carl Sandefur, tackle, and Bill Schaake, top-notch offensive end on defense against the Cornhuskers.
Nebraska news has Bobby Reynolds working out in both offensive and defensive platoons. The young star, who along with two other injured players—Charlie Hoag and Billy Vessels of Oklahoma, was being boomed for All-American, may reach his peak Saturday.
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