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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1951
1950 IM Basketball Champs Defend Titles Today
Bv ALAN MARSHALL
By ALAN MASHALE
Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Six topnotch intramural basketball teams take the court at Robinson annex this afternoon for three final games, and when the dust settles the champions will be crowned. Chances are, however, that it might turn into a "recrowning" since each of last year's titlists has earned a spot in the play-offs.
4 pm.—Beta Theta Pi "A" vs. Delta Upsilon "a"
Here is the schedule for the final round:
4 pm - Beta Theta Pi "A" vs. Delta
Upsets
5 pts.-Dark Horses "A" vs. Drag-
gin'-5 "A"
6 p.m.-Phi Delta Theta “B” vs. Beta Theta Pi “B”
Beta Theta Pi, last year's fraternity "A" and all-University champs, stand a good chance to retain their title. Although they miss the services of such veterans as Al Lowry and Hank LaRue, this year's quintet takes a back seat to no one.
Jack Winter, Joe Mendenhall, and Bill Champion, all starters on the 1950 aggregation, form the nucleus of the sharp-shooting Beta's. Two sophomores, Wally Altman and Jerry Brownlee, have very ably filled the gaps. Brownlee is a long, lanky center who specializes in re-bounds and tip-ins while the speedy Altman is best at potting long-shots.
Delta Upsilon, though not so impressive during regular season play, will nevertheless field a big, fast, and strong team quite capable of dethroning the Beta's. The D.U.s knocked off the Sig Ep's 45 to 38 and the Kappa Sig's 37 to 33 to earn their spot in the finals.
All five of the D.U. starters have been consistent scorers during the
season. Pete Konek and Jack Stone-street are the important cogs in the D.U. attack. Their rebounding power and shooting percentages have been outstanding all season.
Dick Lagree, Bill Salome, and Chuck Henson round out the Delta Upsilon attack with superb ballhandling and if they are hitting they could easily spell the difference.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Beta "A" D.U. "A"
Champion F Stoneestreet
Mendenhall Henson
Brownlee C Konek
Altman G LaGree
Winter Salome
The Dark Horses, last year's independent "A" champions, present an imposing line-up, what with three of Coach Sikes' varsity football players plus a letterman from the Jayhawk basketball squad.
Dick Tomlinson, all Big Seven guard in 1949, fills a forward slot and the potency of his rebounding goes without saying. Hefty George Kennard, another guard, and Chuck O'Neal, an end, work on the back line.
mie:
Bespectacled Odd Williams is the Dark Horse hotshot. A regular on one of Phog Allen's wartime teams,
he hits the basket with amazing regularity. Williams hit 23 points in a semi-final game against the Unnatural 5.
Press Wilson, who will be remembered as the ace long-distance passer for the T.K.E. intramural football team, starts at the center position.
'The Draggin' 5 name is misleading. They aren't draggin' by any stretch of the imagination. Consistent winners all season, they posted a convincing 38 to 25 victory over Oread hall in the semi-final round of the play-offs.
Harlan Owings hit 10 in that game while teammate Payne got one more. The other three regulars, Bernard Bodmer, Walt Hair, and Bob Cowan, can always be counted on for a few important goals. They have the knack of being at the right place at the right time.
PROBABLE STARTERS
PROBABLE STARTERS
Dark Horses "A" Dragoins 5 "A"
Williams F Droguin
Mollinson F Cowan
Wilson C Hair
Kennard G Payne
O'Neal G Bodmer
Although the Phi Delta Theta "B" team bears little personal resemblance to last year's championship aggregation, they still have what it takes. Undefeated in regular season play, the Phi Delt's have posted a 50 to 20 rout of the Phi Gam's during the play-offs.
The Beta Theta Pi "B" team had to come from behind to beat the D.U.'s 32 to 31 in their semi-final
KU Rallies To Edge Buffs, 58 To 56
Tired of being the victims of opponent's late rallies, Kansas staged one itself Monday night in Boulder to salvage a 58 to 56 Big Seven conference basketball win from the University of Colorado Buffaloes.
Tado Battista
Again it was Clyde Lovellette who led the Jayhawker scoring, this time with 28 points, 12 of them in the final crucial nine minutes. A stampeding Buffalo, Wayne Tucker, copped scoring honors for the losers with 22 points.
22 points.
Ahead at halftime, 28 to 27 but behind 47 to 34 after seven and one-half minutes of the second half was history, the Jayhawkers pierced a Buff stall and Dean Kelley's set shot put Kansas on top to stay, 50 to 49 with four minutes left.
In addition to Lovellette's essential dozen tallies, Buddy Bull, Dean Wells and Charlie Hoag potted buckets at crucial moments.
The Buffaloes, who shot as if they were racing from a forest fire, hit an amazing 46 per cent of their shots —24 of 52 attempts. The Jayhawkers also did some commendable shooting, 27 of 65 for 42 per cent.
While Kansas was winning its seventh conference game in 11 outings, the Kansas State Wildcats cinched the Big Seven championship and a berth in the N.C.A.A. playoffs with a 74 to 48 rout of Nebraska at Manhattan.
Manhattan.
Jayhawker forward Bob Kenney,
who fired home eight points Monday
night, teamed with Lovellette
to send Kansas into a 15 to 4 lead
before Colorado scored its firs
field goal midway in the first half. Tucker began connecting and the Buffs pulled up to within one point by halftime.
Hoag and Bill Lienhard also contributed eight points apiece to the
Plum Tucker-ed!
KANSAS (58)
| | FG | FT-A | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kenney, f | 4 | 0 - 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Lienhard, f | 4 | 0 - 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Kelley, f | 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Bull, f | 0 | 0 - 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lovellette, c | 12 | 4 - 7 | 5 | 28 |
| Keller, c | 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoag, g | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Engel, g | 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hougland, g | 0 | 0 - 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wells, g | 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Enns, g | 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 27 | 4 - 10 | 25 | 58 |
COLORADO (56)
FG FT-A PF TP
Gompert, f 5 1 - 1 3 11
Tucker, f 9 4 - 6 1 22
Clay, f 5 2 - 5 5 12
Lawson, f 3 1 - 2 4 7
McVey, f 0 0 - 0 5 0
Koop, c 1 0 - 0 5 2
Stewart, g 0 0 - 0 2 0
Amaya, g 0 0 - 0 0 0
Armatas, g 1 0 - 0 1 2
Frostad, g 0 0 - 0 1 0
24 8 - 14 7 56
Halftime score; Kansas 28, Colorado 27.
Officials: John Lloyd( Denver) and Harold Hull (Maryville Teachers).
K. U. attack. Kelley, Dean Wells and Enns sank a goal apiece to complete the Crimson and Blue scoring.
Coach "Phog" Allen's squad can assure itself of at least a second place tie by knocking off Iowa State here Wednesday, March 7. Kansas took a 56 to 54 decision on the Cyclone boards earlier this month.
Missouri stopped the Cyclones Monday night at Ames, 59 to 54 to mount its loop record to 6-4. Idle Oklahoma, 5-4 for the conference season, dropped into the fourth slot.
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game. They have a tall team led by Hal Cleavenger and Marv Rollo. It was Cleavenger, scoring two last minute goals, that was responsible for the Beta win against the D.U.'s
PROBABLE STARTERS
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Phi Delt "B" Beta "B"
Simons F Cleavenger
Jones F Dare
Rollo C Shepard
The Theta's, who were also in the homestretch finish last year losing in the semi-finals, were almost outdone by the 22 points scored by Corbin's Shirley Mickelson—16 in the second half, but free throws pulled them through.
punched them hard. Both the Theta's and Miller hall enter the championship game tonight with undefeated records.
Docking G M.
Strawn G Hedrick
In the final Division III standings, Delta Gamma, Corbin Hawks, and Locksley finished in a three way tie for top honors with 4-1 records. After the D.G.'s had eliminated the Corbin Hawks in a play-off, Locksley defeated the D.G.'s to gain a semi-final berth before losing to Miller.
Clear The Highways
Theta's Play Miller Hall For IM Cage Title Tonight
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Kappa Alpha Theta will meet Miller hall at 7 tonight in Robinson annex for the 1951 women's intramural Hill basketball championship.
Thetas, undefeated 5-0 winners of Division I, won their way into the title game with a 37 to 36 upset victory over the Corbin Jays Wednesday. Miller defeated Locksley 29 to 22 in the other bracket to qualify for tonight's final.
Last year's champs, the Corbin Jays, had been expected to gain the title again this year and possibly make a clean sweep as triple winners; volleyball, basketball, and softball. They had already won the volleyball championship this year and are expected to field a strong softball team this spring.
The Theta's attack is expected to be paced by Sydney Ashton who ed the team to the Corbin victory with 16 points. Betty Clinger, Miller forward, scored 19 points in leading Miller to their easy victory over Locksley and is expected to give the Theta's plenty of trouble tonight.
Women's Final IM Cage Standings
Here are the final season divisional standings for women's intramural basketball teams.
Division I
W L Pct.
Kappa Alpha Theta ... 5 0 1.000
Sigma Kappa ... 4 1 .800
Jayettes ... 3 2 .600
Monchonsia ... 2 3 .400
Alpha Omicron Pl* ... 0 4 .000
Chi Omega* ... 0 4 .000
*A O Pi, Chi O game wasn't played
A. O.Pi- Chi O. game wasn't played
Division II
W L Pct.
Delta Gamma 4 1 .800
Corbin Hawks 4 1 .800
Locksley 4 1 .800
Gamma Phi Beta 2 3 .400
Pi Beta Phi 1 4 .200
Watkins 0 5 .000
| | W L | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Corbin Jays | 5 0 | 1,000 |
| Temruth | 3 2 | .600 |
| Alpha Delta Pi | 2 3 | .400 |
| Delta Delta Delta | 2 3 | .400 |
| Kahops | 2 3 | .400 |
| Theta Phi Alpha | 1 4 | .200 |
Division III
Division IV
| | W L | Pct |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Miller | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Alpha Chi Omega | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| I. W. W. | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| Harmon Co-op | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| Alpha Phi | 5 | 0 | .500 |
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