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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE KANSAS
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1951
Former KU Athlete Coaches Wichita East To State Cage Title
One of Jayhawkers' all-time athletic greats, Ralph Miller—foot-ball and basketball star in the 1939-40-42 seasons, coached his Wichita East high school Blue Aces to the 1951 Kansas state Class AA basketball title Saturday night at Emporia by soundly trouncing Newton's Railroaders, 62 to 48.
Another former K.U. athlete, Dave Shirk, coached his Abilene high school team to the runner-up spot by dropping a 44 to 53 decision to Norton in the Class A cage finals at Salina.
In the Class B tourney at Hutchinson, Carbondale edged past Sedgwick 46 to 45 to win the 1951 championship in the small school cage classic.
CLASS "AA" TOURNEY
Wichita East, in winning its first state prep title since 1925, left little doubt in the minds of 4,200 cage fans that overflowed Emporia's Civic auditorium that it was the state's best Class AA school this year. The 14-point 62 to 48 victory margin over Newton wasn't even a indicative difference in superiority between the two Ark Valley powers.
After splitting a pair of games with Newton's Railoaders to tie for the league championship with a 10-2 mark this year, Miller's Aces turned on the heat and played their best game of the year. Wichita led 57 to 33 with eight minutes left before it chose to play it safe and stall out the final quarter.
The Blue Aces jumped to a 20 to 13 margin in the first quarter and the game was never close from then on. Using its terrific speed to full advantage, East operated effectively with its usual high-court press and built its halftime lead to a 35-25 margin.
Although considered a team victory, Wichita East drew heavily upon the services of two of the state's finest prep stars, 6-foot-3 inch Cleltton and tiny Charlie Gill, 5-foot 5-inch speed merchant.
These two players—only seniors on Miller's club—paced the Wichita scoring with 16 and 17 points respectively. Gill, as quick as a flash, scored 10 of his points during the first eight minutes by stealing the ball on almost unbelievable ball-
Class AA Facts
FINALS
Wichita East 62, Newton 48
**Third Place**
Parsons 49, Winfield 43
**Semi-Final Results**
Wichita East 82, Parsons 52
Newton 36, Winfield 31
**ALL-TOUR TEAM**
(Maximum 100 points)
**East Team**
(First Team)
Second Team
Ken Schlup, Newton ... (34)
Gene Smith, Newton ... (29)
Jerry Newman, Winfield ... (24)
Dan Parmenter, Winfield ... (23)
Glenn Cooper, Parsons ... (22)
Cleo Littleton, Wichita East ... (100)
Larry Davenport, Newton ... (76)
Don Franklin, Parsons ... (62)
Charlie Gill, Wichita East ... (50)
Rod Grubb, Wichita East ... (55)
LEADING "AA" SCORERS
(Top 10 scores, based on average for all players in at least 2 games).
| | G. | Pt. | Av. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Littleton, Wichita E. | 4 | 73 | 18.3 |
| Davenport, Newton | 4 | 62 | 15.5 |
| Anderson, McFhrasn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 |
| Franklin, Parsons | 4 | 59 | 14.8 |
| McGhee, Ottawa | 2 | 27 | 13.5 |
| Fuller, Argentine | 2 | 26 | 13.0 |
| Newman, Winfield | 4 | 51 | 12.8 |
| Grubb, Wichita E. | 4 | 50 | 12.5 |
 Smith, Newton | 4 | 50 | 12.5 |
 Cassel, Salina | 2 | 23 | 11.5 |
hawking tactics growing out of East's full-court press.
KU's Mile Relay Team Finishes Second In Chicago Daily News Track Carnival
Bill Easton's K.U. mile relay team finished second to Drake university's quartet in the annual Chicago Daily News track carnival held in the Chicago stadium Saturday night.
The Drake Bulldogs winning time was 3:22.6 with Kansas finishing seven yards off the winners pace. The Jayhawkers won the right to represent the Big Seven conference in the Winy City meet by placing first in the recent conference indoor
Patriotic Cow Gives Birth
KU SEASON HIGH LEADERS
Big Seven Standings
(Final Results)
CONFERENCE GAMES
Lund, Nev. (U.P.)—Morris Oxborrow, farmer, has a patriotic cow. She has markings on her left side which form a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln. On Lincoln's birthday she gave birth to a calf.
ALL GAMES
W. L. Pct.
Kansas State 11 1 .918
KANSAS 8 4 .667
Missouri 8 4 .667
Oklahoma 6 6 .500
Nebraska 4 6 .333
Iowa State 3 9 .250
Colorado 2 10 .167
| | W. | L. | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas State | 21 | 3 | .875 |
| KANSAS | 16 | 8 | .667 |
| Missouri | 16 | 8 | .667 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | 10 | .583 |
| Iowa State | 9 | 12 | .429 |
| Nebraska | 9 | 14 | .391 |
| Colorado | 4 | 20 | .167 |
Player P.S. Year
1—Clyde Lovellette 548 1951
2—Clyde Lovellette 545 1950
3—Charlie Black 326 1946
4—Charlie Black 305 1947
5—Otto Schnellbacher 301 1947
6-Ralph Miller 294 1942
7-Howard Engelman 290 1941
8-Otto Schnellbacher 284 1943
9-Gene Petersen 279 1949
10-George Rody 264 1922
11-Ray Ebling 258 1936
12-Claude Houchin 248 1926
The title went to Drake only because Illinois anchor man, Roger Swank, holding a 10-yard lead, took a bad spill on the second turn of his first lap and was unable to continue. Illinois recently won the Big Ten crown with a 3:21.3 time.
meet with a creditible time of 3:242.2.
Running for the K.U. relay team were Capt. Emil Schutzel, Rollie Cain, Don Smith, and anchorman Jim Hershberger.
Oklahoma A & M, the Missouri Valley champion, placed third in the relay. This quartet finished third in the Sugar Bowl meet January 1 with time of 3:17.6.
Class B Facts
FINALS
Carbondale 46. Sedgwick 45
Third Place
Formoso 51, Stockton 38
Semi-Final Results
Carbondale 57, Stockton 42
Sedgwick 51, Stockton 46
LEADING "B" SCORERS
Marvin Andrews, For. 4 19 23.8
Tom Robinson, Carbon. 4 85 20.5
John Wootzig, Carbon. 4 57 14.3
Jack Kater, Sedgwick. 4 48 12.0
Cliff Kater, Sedgwick. 4 48 12.0
Don Miller, Stockton. 4 48 11.0
Littleton, the state's leading AA scorer this year with a near 23-point average in 29 games, had trouble hitting the basket and could ring the bell on only seven of 21 attempts. He did, however, gather more than his share of rebounds off both boards.
Newton, 10 times state champions,
used a balanced attack but it just
wasn't enough against East which
scored 27 goals in 60 field goal
attempts for 45 per cent and added
eight of 17 free throws.
Newton's loss was its fourth in 26 games. Wichita East finished its season with a 26-3 record winning its last 22 straight games.
In the consolation game, Parsons came from behind to defeat Winfield and take third place with a 49 to 43 victory.
Parsons trailed 29 to 35 going into the final quarter after the Ark Valley five led 20 to 19 at halftime.
Don Franklin, the tourney's third leading scorer with 59 points, paced the winners attack with 17 points. Teammates Jim Strathe and Glenn Cooper added 16 and 12 points respectively.
Winfield's scoring was mainly provided by a two-man attack, Dick Stone with 16 and Jerry Newman's 13 points.
CLASS "A" TOURNEY
Norton, paced by forward Walter Wolf's 27 points, defeated Coach Shirk's Abilene high school club 53 to 44 to capture the Class A cage title before 3,000 fans Saturday night in Salina's Memorial hall.
Wolf, a 6-foot 6-inch senior, hit 10 of 20 field goal attempts and seven of 10 charity tosses for the highest single-game total during the four-day tourney. His 27-point output proved to be more than enough to gather in the 1951 crown for Norton and allowed the winners to return home with a 23-1 season record.
Wilkin's nine-point total was enough to edge out Wolf for the tourney's four-game scoring honors by a 76 to 75 margin.
An expected scoring duel between Wolf and Abilene's star center, Howard Wilkins, failed to develop. The loser's ace could tally only two goals and five free throws for nine points.
Norton led 28 to 18 at halftime and had little trouble holding its lead during the final 16 minutes.
Hugoton defeated Russell 51 to 37 in the consolation game leading 11 to 9,29 to 18,and 45 to 25 at the quarter and half-way marks respectively.
Gary Ausdun and Don Crane shared the offensive burden for the winners scoring 15 and 14 points.
CLASS "B" TOURNEY
CLASS 'B' TOURNEY
Carbondale used a well balanced scoring attack to edge past Sedgwick 46 to 45 to win the Class B title at Hutchinson Saturday night.
The game was close all the way with the score tied frequently throughout the contest. The winners held a 31 to 25 halftime lead.
The game was won in the final
The game was won in the final five minutes after the teams had
Class A Facts
FINALS
Norton 53, Abilene 44
Third Place
Hugleton 51, Russell 37
Semi-Final Results
Norton 33, Russell 32
Abilene 54, Hugoton 45
ALL TOURNEY TEAM
First Team
ALL TOURNEY TEAM First Team
Don Mitchell, Russell Howard Wilkins, Abilene Walter Wolf, Norton Warren Bullock, Norton Dick Kramer, Hugoton
Second Team
Gary Ausbun, Hugoton
Tip Tucker, Hugoton
Dale Hart, Abilene
Darrel Deines, Russell
John McFarland, Osborne
G Pts. Avg.
Howard Wilkins, Abilene 4 76 19.0
Walter Wolf, Norton ... 4 75 18.8
Don Mitchell, Russell ... 4 59 14.8
Gary Ausbun, Hugoton ... 4 52 13.0
Warren Bullock, Norton ... 4 46 11.5
Tip Tucker, Hugeton ... 4 46 11.5
Darrel Deines, Russell ... 4 41 10.3
Dick Kramer, Hugoton ... 4 35 8.8
Dale Hart, Abilene ... 4 29 7.3
LEADING "A" SCORERS
(based on 2 games)
(based on 2 games)
John McFarland, Osborne 2 42 21.0
Ray King, Nickerson ... 2 31 15.5
battled to a 43-all deadlock at that point.
six players-three on each team
—scores between 10 and 14 points
each. Carbondale's unheralded winners were paced by Tom Robinson,
John Wozetig, and Virgil McPherson with 12, 12, and 10 points respectively.
Formoso had little trouble taking third place honors by rolling past Stockton 51 to 38. Big Marvin Andrews paced the winners' scoring with 27 points to run his 4-game total to 95, an average of 23.8 points a game.
Sedgwick's leaders were the Kater brothers, Cliff and Jack, with 14 points each. Davidson scored 10 points for the losers.
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