TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Freiberger Paces Sooners To A Last-Second Victory
By RAY SOLDAN
Kansas State's tournament-hungry Wildcats today are poised outside the Big Seven throne room preparing to make the final lunge. Jack Gardner's Cats were given a timely assist Monday by the Oklahoma Sooners who dropped second-place Kansas, 61 to 59.
Seniors Marcus Freiberger and John Rogers collaborated to topple a hard-playing Jayhawker team. Magnificent Marcus scored the points—30 in all, 22 in the second half—and Rogers won the ball game.
JOHN ROGERS
It was the latter's 40-foot, two-handed heave at the final gun which broke a 59-all tie in favor of the Sooners. Rogers' shot was in the air as the gun sounded, and the Kansans were helpless to do anything about it. It was the first basket of the game.
reserve guard who had returned to the game only 30 seconds earlier.
K-State needs two victories in its final four games to clinch at least a share of the conference flag. And with Iowa State and Nebraska still on the Cats' schedule there is little chance of them not winning two.
Pursuers Kansas and Oklahoma, each with three losses, now must base their championship hopes on the slim chance that K.U. will beat the Wildmen in Manhattan Saturday, and the Sooners repeat the trick on March 5.
Getting back to Monday's game, it was a case of just too much Freiberger. The 6-foot 11-inch center, radiate play, has suddenly blossomed into the star everyone thought he would be when he first reported to Coach Bruce Drake as a stringy sophomore.
The tail Texan has almost singlehandedly this year beaten such mighties as C.C.N.Y.—one of the games the Citians didn't intentionally throw—Oklahoma A. and M., and Kansas State. But Monday's performance topped them all. The 30-point total was high for his college career (the official scorer credited Freiberger with 28 points, but everyone else chalked up 30 for him). Big Mark sat out nearly 10 minutes of the first half because he picked up three early fouls.
It was another case of Kansas running out of gas late in the ball game after building up a big lead. But K.U. didn't give the game away, Freiberger took it away. The Jayhawkers actually played one of their finest games of the season.
With Bill Lienhard potting from the side and front, and Clyde Lovellette working for lay-ins, Kansas rolled ahead, 39 to 29, at halftime. Lienhard hit 12 points during the first 20 minutes, and 15 for the game. Lovellette got 14 of his 22-point total in the first half.
Three times in the second half the Jayhawkers built up 12-point leads. The last one was with 13-minute left. Lovellette whistled in a left-handed hook for his 20th point of the night—and the 1000th of his college career—putting K.U. in front 53 to 41.
Oklahoma slowly closed the gap and with 6:05 left in the game trailed 50 to 56. Then Freiberger took over to unreel one of the most devastating 25 seconds in the history of basketball.
Clyde Tops 1,000
OKLAHOMA (61)
FG FT-A PF TP
Norton, f 0 1-1 1
Lynn, f 0 2-3 2
Churchill, f 0 0-0 2
Owens, f 4 2-2 2
Turner, f 0 0-0 0
Freiberger, c 11 8-9 5
Grossman, g 1 1-1 1
Angel, g 1 0-0 3
Rogers, g 1 0-2 2
Pugsley, g 0 3-3 5
Terrell, g 3 2-4 8
Totals 21 19-25 21 61
KANSAS 19
FG FT-A PF TP
Kenney, f 1 4-4 3 6
Engel, f 0 0-0 0 0
Lienhard, f 6 3-4 3 15
Kelley, f 0 0-0 2 0
Lovellette, c 9 4-5 5 22
Keller, c 0 0-1 0 0
Hougland, g 2 5-5 5 0
Hoag, g 3 0-0 4 6
Enns, g 0 1-1 2 1
Totals ...21 17-20 24 59
Halftime score: Kansas 39, Oklahoma 29.
Officials: Cliff Ogden (Kansas City), and John Lloyd (Denver).
CLYDE LOVELLETTE, the greatest scorer in conference history, had to take a one-night backseat to Oklahoma's 6-foot 11-inch Marcus Freiburger, Monday, but he still played a fine game. Big Clyde tossed in 22 points before he fouled out with six minutes left in the game.
Marcus drove in for a shot and was fouled as he missed. He dropped in the first free throw. The second one rimmed off, but he grabbed the rebound and stuffed it in with Bill Hougland fouling him. He added the free throw.
Kansas controlled the ball for a few seconds, then Oklahoma got it again. Ted Owens fired from far out, and Freiberger rode high to tip it in, Lovellette fouling him—and fouling out of the game. Mark made the free toss.
In 25 seconds, Freiberger had made seven points, fouled Lovellette out of the game, and brought the Sooners from six-points back to a point ahead.
Sonny Enns again tied the score on a free toss with five minutes to go, 57 to 57. Three-minutes later, Kansas grabbed its last lead of the night when hustling Hoag stole the ball and dribbled the length of the court for a set-up.
Freiburger immediately retaliated by dunking—and I mean "dunking"—a hooker from n e a r the free throw line. It was this beeline peg with 1:45 left which set the stage for Rogers' game-winning archer.
Each team had a chance at the free throw line in the last minute. Sooner Jim Terrell missed with 45 seconds left, and John Keller of Kansas missed with 30 seconds from the finish—on "That Man" Freiberger's fifth foul.
MARCUS FREIBERGER. Oklahoma Center
Both teams were blazing at the free-throw line. Oklahoma hit 12 straight to open the game, and 19 of 25 over-all. Kansas, attempted all but two of its free-throw chances, missed its first, then hit 17 straight, before muffing its last two and finishing with 17 of 20.
From the field, Oklahoma hit 45 per cent—21 of 47, Kansas 38 per cent—21 of 55. The Sooner shooting was killing in the second half. They hit 13 of 26, five of their hits
from at least 25-feet out. Freierberg hit 9 of 16 in the last half and 11 of 22 for the game. At the free-throw line he converted 8 of 9.
Lienhard and Lovellette were the top Jayhawk shooters. Bill hit six of 14-43 per cent, and Lovellette nine of 22-41 per cent. Hougland hit two of three field goal attempts.
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New York (U.P.)—Monday Long I s l a n d u n i s t y b e s t b o l l a c o n g Clair Bee said, "My boys say they're not in any scandal. That's good enough for me."
Today Bee mumbled, "Oh my God, this is awful. Oh Lord!" The interim was tragedy. Three of Bee's star players—Sherman White, Adolph Bigos and Leroy Smith—had confessed they juggled
Monday's College Basketball Results
BIG SEVEN
Oklahoma 61, Kansas 59
Nebraska 54, Missouri 52
EAST
Villanova 93, St. Peters (N.J.) 61
Upsala 75, Providence College 71
Gannon 86, Thiel 71
SOUTH
74, Huntington Col. 59 SOUTHWEST
lutry) 25
Wichita 84, Drake 67
Wichita Tech. 81, W. Ontario 67
Dickinson Tehrs 78, Jamestown 67
Central Missouri 61, Drury 58
Kentucky 60, DePaul 57
Rufton 74, Huntington Col. 59
Maryland 54, Clemson 50 (over.)
Vanderbilt 69, Georgia Tech 67
Virginia 69, Wm. & Mary 77
Florida 66, Mississippi State 64
Stetson 62, Florida Southern 57
Duke 69, Wake Forest 64
Tulane 64, Mississippi 50
Ohio State 68, Michigan 66
Purdue 71, Minnesota 78
Illinois 71, Indiana 65
Capital 75, Kenyon 65
Xavier 72, Louisville 69
Omaha 65, Sioux Falls 56
Toledo 68, Wayne 48
Notre Dame 56, Michigan State 46
Marshall 79, John Carroll 66
Marquette 57, Creighton 55
Concordia (Minn.) 32, Minn. (Du-
MIDWEST
Texas Tech. 65, W. Texas St. 61
Tulsa 64, Detroit 49
Arkansas 40, Texas 38
Arizona 75, New Mexico A.&M. 46
WEST
Denver 61, Colorado A. & M. 54
Wyoming 58, Utah State 51
Montana State 65, Colorado St. 30
the scores of their games in return for gamblers' bribes.
Nervous, grey-haired Bee was a little stunned Monday when three City College of New York players were arrested on bribery charges. And he was furious when asked if his players might be included in the "fix" ring.
"Ive got faith in my boys," he shouted, "Implicit face. I trust 'em all the way. I went over to Sherman White and said to him, 'Are you in this?'
"He said, 'No, coach. I'm not,
"That's good enough for me."
Eddie Gard, a former Long Island university player was the "middle man" in the ring—and it was reported that his "cooperation" with the police helped crack the scandals.
"Gard comes from a bad neighborhood." Bee said. "Brownsville, Brooklyn—where they had murder, incorporated. What can I do about it?
"Once in a while you reporters come to me after a game and say 'didn't that look funny to you?'
"There is no line on character or integrity. You can't tell anything by looking at the boys.
"Not to me it didn't. Youngstown make mistakes on the floor. When I can't trust my boys I'll get out of this business."
A few hours after Bee made that vow detectors ushered the three Long Island university players into the district attorney's office.
Then came the questioning . . .
hours. . . and hours. . . and hours.
of it. Bee was at home, fitfully trying
to sleep.
Shortly after 5 a.m. a reporter telephoned him.
"Coach," the reporter said, "The three boys have confessed."
"Oh, God!" Bee screamed. "All three of them? Oh Lord!"
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