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University Daily Kansas
Tuesday, October 30, 1951
Phog Allen Out To Reap His 35th Cage Harvest
By DON PIERCE
BY DON PIERCE KU Sports Publicity Director
You'd think a man with 21 conference championships behind him and the nation's heaviest harvest of basketball wins over a 41-year period would be content to read his clippings of past glories.
Kansas' famed basketball coach.
Kansas famed basketball coach "Fog" Allen. Dr. Forrest C., if you wish, doesn't figure that way like Connie Jack. Allen wants one more pennant, of which sophomore co-champions of 1950 new seniors, the doctor could get it.
Allen is an amazing figure right through the statistics. He will be 66 before the 1951-52 season opens. He will be coaching his 35th season at Kansas, and his 42nd overall. Down through the years since 1908 when he piloted KU to the old Missouri
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Valley title, Allen has bagged or shared 21 conference flags. His 682 victories in 882 starts is high among the nation's coaches.
Only Adolph Rupp, one of the doctor's most apt pupils, who is bossman at Kentucky; Hank Iba, the Iron Duke of Stillwater; and Harold Anderson, of Bowling Green, top Allen in the all-time percentage tables. And none yet has coached his club to 500 victories while Allen is bearing down on the 700-win mark. In 41 years he is just 18 games short of that mark.
Aside from his won-lost record Allen has cut as wide a swath as any man in basketball. Just two years ago he was voted Basketball's "Man of the Year" by his fellow coaches at the National Basketball Coaches Association meeting in New York.
The measure in which he is respected by opponents was typified last season when he was presented a plaque by Iba on behalf of Oklahoma A&M for "long and meritious service to basketball." The doctor then proceeded to complete a clean sweep by taking a 37-27 victory as well.
The Dean of America cage coaches was one of the founders of the National Basketball Coaches' Association. For many years he served as a member of the National Rules Committee. He was instrumental in founding the NCAA tournament, the first of which was held in 1938.
His efforts toward such innovations as rotation of the center jump, fan-shaped backboards, the 12-foot basket, and the two-minute rule, are nationally famous. One of his prime accomplishments was an almost single-handed effort in gaining basketball its first spot in the Olympic Games, a goal achieved in 1936 at Berlin.
He has turned out three books, "My Basketball Bible," "Better Basketball," and "Phog Allen's Sports Stories," a stream of yarns and anecdotes concerning many of the famous figures in sports.
Outstanding among Allen pupils, in addition to Rupp, have been Frosty Cox, former Colorado head man; Dutch Lonborg, now KU athletic director who coxswained Northwestern basketball forces for 23 years; and John Bunn, Springfield, Mass., College.
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"I felt sorry for him," the winner said.
By DON SARTEN
He might well have been speaking for an entire nation. Or perhaps even a world.
It was Rocky Marciano talking. He had just written the last chapter in the ring life of one of our greatest champions—Joe Louis.
The king died at 2:36 of the eighth round at Madison Square garden last Friday night.
The flailing fists of a young Italian put him out of the picture and out of the ring. On television it was tough to see him—flat on his back with one foot lying limply on the bottom strand. And the ref didn't even bother to count.
But latest stories say the blow didn't hurt the proud man physically—half as much as it did mentally.
Now they call him the "most financially bewildered man in the world." A clue as to why can be found in "he helps out many of relatives—and friends."
As we get it, Joe was planning on touring the nation in exhibition tours. Now he's sure it'll be a flopero if he tries.
We don't think so. Admittedly he's not the great fighter he was in his prime, but he can still handle himself well in a ring. And his name can draw in our town. And in many, many of "your towns."
A king makes friends easy.
Especially if current managers see to it that the word gets around. And the words would be the Brown Bomber's own, "I don't feel sorry. The best man is supposed to win. I hope everybody feels the way I do about it. My old motto is: Everything for the best."
Once a champion-always a champion.
Vols Remain Nation's Best
New York—(U.P.)—Unbeaten Tennessee retained the top ranking among the nation's college football teams today, but lost some of its lead over two hotly pursuing midwest powerhouses, Illinois and Michigan State.
In the closest balloting of the season by the United Press board of coaches, Illinois replaced Michigan State in the runnerup spot, while Wisconsin jumped into the top 10 for the first time this year.
Power-packed Tennessee, which swamped Tennessee Tech, 68-0, for its fifth victory and its 15th over the past two seasons, received 17 first place votes and a total of 297 points from the 35 leading coaches who make up the rating board.
Illinois, which trimmed Indiana, 21-0, for its fifth straight victory, moved up one notch with four first place votes and 250 points. The Spartans, 53-26 victors over Pittsburgh for their sixth straight, dropped to third with six first place ballots and 245 points.
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Bob Brandeberry and Hal Clewinger, mainstays on Coach J. V. Sikes football team, were both hurt in the Kansas State College game last Saturday and may not see action against Nebraska.
John Konek is working out at half, with Don Feller available for relief. Feller is a freshman.
Johp Simons is also seeing plenty of work in Cleavinger's slot on defense. The latter is one of the leading punt returners in the conference.
Practice, held inside last night,
"will be held on the field tonight,
providing the weather isn't too bad," Sikes said.
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