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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951
Dark Horses Easily Defend Crown; Meet Beta's Sunday For Hill Title
By ALAN MARSHALL Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
The Dark Horses maintained their supremacy in independen "A" basketball with a stumbling 34 to 29 victory over the Draggin' 1 in a game played last night for the league title. By successfully defending the title they won last season, the Dark Horses won the right to meet Beta Theta Pi, fraternity "A" champion, in a game for the all-University title at 7 p.m. Sunday in Robinson annex.
The win gave the Dark Horses their second straight undefeated league season. They have lost only one game in two years, that being to the Beta's in the Hill championship post-season game in 1950.
Odd Williams, Dark Horse captain and flashy forward, dumped in 13 points on five fielders and three out of five charity tosses to lead his team's scoring.
Dick Tomlinson, all Big Seven football guard in 1948 and 1949 and a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers professional football team last season, hit 10 counters on four from the field and two out of three free
KansasHighTourney Assignments Named
Topeka, Kan. (U.P.)—The lineup of teams selected to play in the Kansas Class AA and Class A regional basketball tournaments next week was listed today by E. A. Thomas of the Kansas State high school activities association.
ties association.
Class B regional teams will be those surviving the district competition now in progress.
Regional AA and A assignments:
Glass AA
Coffeyville - Coffeyville, Independence, Altamont, Chanute.
Great Bend—Great Bend, Hutchinson, McPherson, Dodge City, Garden City.
Junction City—Junction City,
Mahattan, Salina, Emporia.
Maintain
Maintanance
- Newton, El Dorado, St.
Maries of Wichita, Wichita North,
Wichita.
Marys of Wichita, Wichita,
Pittsburgh, Fort Scott, Scot-
town, Columbus.
Shawnee Mission—Shawnee Mission, Ward, Wyandotte, Argentine.
Topeka — Topeka, Ottawa, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Aitchison, Lawrence
Class A
Winfield-Wichita East, Winfield Wellington, Arkansas City, Planview of Wichita.
Beloit—Beloit, Beleville, Concordia, Minneapolis, Lincoln, Osborne, Smith Center, Phillipsburg, Alilene
Immoboro.
Cherryvale — Cherryvale, Caney,
Girard, Cherokee, Baxter Springs,
Galena, Riverton.
Smith Center, Chapman, Abilene,
Clay Center, Sacred Heart of Salina,
Herington, Council Grove, Marion,
Hillsboro.
Eureka—Eureka, Fredonia, Neodesha, Sedan, Mulvane, Augusta, Valley Center.
Garnett—Garnett. Osawatomie, Paola, Iola, Humboldt, Yates Center, Burlington.
Hinton
Hays- Hays, St. Joseph's of Hays,
Ellis, Wakeeney, Hill City, Plainville,
Russell, La Crosse
Hiawatha — Hiawatha, Holton, Marysville, Sabeth, Maur Hill of Atchison, Effingham.
Lyons—Lyons, Ellsworth, Lindsborg, Buhler, Nickerson, Larned, Hoisington, Ellinwood.
Oberlin Oberlin, Norton, Hoxie,
Oakley, Colby, Atwood, Goodland,
St. Francis.
Pratt—Pratt, Medicine Lodge, Anthony, Caldwell, Harper, Kingman, Stafford, St. John.
Topeka—Seaman, Highland Park,
Washburn Rural, Hayden, Wamego,
Osage City, Haskell.
Turner - Olathe, St. Agens, Turner, Rosedale, Bonner Springs, Immaculata, Washington.
throws. It was Tomlinson who described the Dark Horse attack as "a little unorthodox."
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Leading the Draggin' 5 scoring was center Bob Payne, whose 17 points give him scoring honors for the game. Payne coupled five fielders with a perfect night at the free throw line, seven out of seven, for his total.
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The Dark Horses built up a quick 4 to 0 lead before Payne could hit his first two charity tosses. Walt Hair added another free toss, then Payne hit a lay-in and a free throw to scoot the Draggin' 5 into a 6 to 4 lead as the quarter ended.
Williams began to hit in the next period as the Dark Horses showed only flashes of their usually torrid offense. Tomlinson added two lay-ins from his post position and the half ended at 14 to 12 for the defending champions.
The third quarter made the difference in the final score as the Dark Horses turned on the heat. Williams hit first and then Chuck O'Neal, who kept the opposition worried all night with his fast-breaking tactics, drove the length of the court to make it 18 to 14.
Then the Draggin' 5 began their scoring drought. In the last five minutes of the third stanza, the Dark Horses outscored them 13 to three. Williams, Tomlinson, and Neal led the point-making spree as the third quarter ended 31 to 17 with the champions far out in front.
The Draggin' 5 fought back valiantly in the last seven minutes and almost completely turned the tables. While the Dark Horses could muster only three counters on a drive-in by O'Neal and a free shot by Tomlinson, Payne and company were busy pouring in a total of 12 points to bring the final count to 34 to 29.
Neither team was particularly outstanding from the standpoint of ball handling. The Dark Horses, noted for their tricky passing, threw the ball away time after time, although hefty George Kennard made two nice scoring passes.
A Bit Unorthodox
Each team was awarded 12 free throws. The Draggin' 5 canned nine of them for an excellent 75 per cent while the best the Dark Horse's could do was an even 50 per cent.
DARK HORSES (34)
| | FG | FT-A | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Williams, f | 5 | 3-5 | 0 | 13 |
| Wilson, f | 0 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 |
| Tomlinson, c | 4 | 2-3 | 3 | 10 |
| Kennard, g | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 |
| O'Neal, g | 4 | 0-1 | 2 | 8 |
| Holfeler, g | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 |
DRAGGIN' 5 (29)
Totals ... 14 6-12 9 34
FG FT-A PF TP
Owings, f ... 1 0-2 2 3
Bodner, f ... 2 0-0 2 4
Larson, f ... 0 0-0 0
Payne, c ... 5 7-7 3 17
Hair, g ... 1 2-3 1 4
Cowan, g ... 1 0-0 0 2
Berkley, g ... 0 0-0 0
Totals ... 10   9-12    9-29
Defenses ... Dark. Horses. 14
Ex-Jayhawker In Line For Phillies Hurling Job
Half-time score: Dark Horses 14,
Dragon 5, 12
Drumm.
Officials: Carl Lewton and Bob Drumm.
It was the manager's way of expressing his confidence in the Phi Gamma Delta's ability to make good—a major step in Sawyer's book in making a player first believe in himself. It was the same system he used in making Puddin' Head Jones a major league third baseman.
Clearwater, Fla. (U.P.)—Eddie Sawyer, a master of baseball psychology, began giving his special treatment to pitcher Ken Johnson today, a former University student.
"Ken could do the job for us this
As soon as the lanky, wild-armed lefthander from Topeka reported to the spring training camp of the National League champion Philadelphia Philies, Sawyer nominated him as the most likely candidate for the hurling spot left vacant when Curt Simmons was called into service.
season that Curt did last year before the national guard called him up," Sawyer said. "I'm going to give him every chance to make good."
In order to repeat their triumph of last year, Sawyer believes the Phillies must came up with a replacement for Simmons and more bench strength. He feels his No. 1 job is finding a hurler who can take up the slack which is left when you lose a 17-game winner, as the Phillies did in Simmons.
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