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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE KANSAS
MONDAY. PEBRUARY 12, 1851
Lovellette Paces KU In 61-52 Victory Over Nebraska
By BOB NELSON
Daily Kansan Sports Editor
Lincoln, Neb., Nebraska Coliseum, Feb. 10—(Special to the University Daily Kansan).—With "Phog" Allen's Campile Kid, Clyde Lovellette, putting on a terrific second half scoring spree that totaled 20 of K.U.'s 32 points, the Jayhawkers downed the Nebraska Cornhuskers here tonight, 61 to 52, to remain in the thick of the Big Seven championship race. Kansas held a narrow 29 to 26 margin at halftime.
The victory was Kansas' fifth against a single loss in Big Seven competition and 12th in 17 games for the season. The loss was Nebraska's fifth against a single victory in league play and gives the Cornhuskers a 6-11 season record. Nebraska used a man-forman defense tonight instead of the usual zone defense that is usually thrown at Kansas.
Lovellelli's 30 points tonight runs his K.U. career total to 943 points in 42 games to rank him as the second highest all-time scorer in the history of Kansas basketball. This is an average of 22.5 points a game for all games played at Kansas.
His 943-total betters Otto Schnellbacher's four-year record of 923 that extended over the 1943-46-47-48 seasons and drops the ex-Jay-hawker athletic great into the No. 3 spot.
Only Charlie Black has scored more points at Kansas during a player - career than Lovellette. Black, considered by many as the greatest all-around player ever to play for KU, scored 1082 points, but it took him the 1942-43-46-47 seasons to accomplish this feat.
With a year remaining and at least seven games this season, it is only a matter of time until Lovellette breaks Black's four-year mark. He needs only 140 points in
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K-State Football Post Filled By Maryland Backfield Coach
Manhattan, Kans. (U.P.)-Bill Meek, former Tennessee star and assistant backfield coach at the University of Maryland, Feb. 10 was named head football coach at Kansas State college.
Announcement of Meek's appointment to the post was made by Dr. James A. McCain, president of the college. Meek will receive $9,000 a year.
The post has been vacant since shortly before the end of the last football season, when Ralph Graham resigned after trying futilely for three years to end the school's long slump in football.
McCain said that Larry (Moon) Mullins, new Kansas State director of athletics, and the college athletic council unanimously recommended Meek to him. Approval of Meek's appointment by the board of regents was given by Lester McCoy, chairman of the board and chairman of the regents' athletic committee.
Meek, 30, coached Fort Benning, Ga., to the national service championship in 1946. He then was an infantry captain.
Following that, he joined Jim Tatum's Maryland university staff as an assistant coach.
During his under-graduate days at Tennessee, Meek quarterbacked the Volunteers to two Sugar Bowl games. His team lost to Boston College 19-13 in the 1941 game and then beat Tulsa 17-4 in the 1943 game. Meek was all-conference quarterback in 1942. He played in the College All-Star lineup in 1943 in Chicago against the Chicago Bears.
Kansas State has been in the Big Seven cellar for several years. The team beat little Baker university of Baldwin, Kans., last year for its win in 11 games, and earned a 6-6 tie in its final start against Wichita.
Meek becomes the sixth man to coach the Kansas State team since 1940. In that decade, Kansas State won 15, lost 84 and tied five. Graham in three years managed to win four, lose 26 and tie one.
From the Kansas City Star, Sunday. Feb. 11, 1951):
"I was really fortunate to get training under Jim Tatum at Mary-John Barnhill at Tennessee." Meek said, "and then to get the split-Training under Jin Tatum at Maryland.
"I consider the Kansas State head football coaching job as a great opportunity and a great challenge."
Director Mullins was highly pleased to have Meek's acceptance.
"Week has the competitive spirit of the great player he was, the intelligence good leadership demands, the kindness and friendliness demanded of those who handle college men," Mullins said.
"He can't help but reflect many of the qualities of General Neyland. His experience as head coach at Ft. Benning will be an asset as he strikes out against tough competition in the Big Seven."
Eric Tebow, Kansas State athletic council chairman, described Meek as the kind of coach we've been able to successful young coach on the way up."
In Maryland, Jim Tatum said: "Losing Meek is like losing my right arm, but you can't keep a good man down. He (Meek) has done such a fine job for me I couldn't help but wish him well.
"It will be a shock to the people of Maryland," Tatum said, "No one could hire him as an assistant coach, I have resisted several such moves."
Meek indicated he would complete his work at Maryland as soon as possible and report for duty at Kansas State around March 1.
his last seven games this year (20 point average) to accomplish this task.
Weekend College Basketball Results
So, Carolina 66, No. Carolina 65
Kentucky 75, Georgia Tech 42
Xavier (O) 72, Miami (O) 52
Washburn 63, Southwestern 44
Texas A & M 48, Baylor 36
Texas 77, Rice 51
Lovellette's scoring sree tonight was attained by scoring 12 goals out of 31 shots and six for six at the free throw line. His 30 points marked the seventh time he has scored 30 or more points and 28 times he has scored 20 or more points during his two-year hitch at Mt. Oread.
FRIDAY
40 Washington 74, Wyoming 49
Southern Cal. 65, Stanford 54
Loyola (Cal.) 55, University of
Ariz. 87, Ariz. (Tempe) St. 66 Utah State 53, Utah 35
Missouri 42, Arkansas 35
Briham Young 65, Colo A & M 40.
Texas 77, Rice 51
The summary of the game was probably best expressed by Nebraska's Coach Harry Good who said, following the game, "Well, it was just a case of too much Lovellette."
San Francisco 51 California 62, UCLA 60
The Great Scorer now has 398 points in 17 games this season for a 23.4 average and has scored 146 points in six Big Seven games for a 24.3 average a game.
But this is not a fair statement in any sense of the word. The Fabulous Frenchman was not without excellent support from his teammates. Dale "Vernie" Engel played the finest game of his career as a Jayhawker and Bob Kenney and Bill Houglund came through with fine all-around performances.
Besides scoring three field goals, Engel cleared the backboard no less than eight times and broke up several timely passes. He hawked the ball and hustled all the way.
Kansas 61, Nebraska 52
Kansas State 75, Missouri 64
Iowa 83, Ohio State 71
Minnesota 61, Indiana 54
Illinois 63, Wisconsin 52
Northwestern 60, Michigan 56
St. Louis 72, Bradley 69
Oklahoma A & M 60, Drake 45
Detroit 78, Wichita 60
No. Carolina St. 75, Duke 65
Columbia 54, Cornell 44
Arkansas 50, SMU 48 (overtime)
Kenney, K.U.'s second leadin$^{n}$ scorer for the season, added 12 points to the Jayhawkers' total with four of 11 from the field and four for four at the charity line. His terrific driving for the basket resulted in three layups and he gathered in three rebounds.
Hougland played a fine all-around game scoring nine points besides stealing seven rebounds. The Beloit jumping jack hit two long shots from far out to help take K.U. from the narrow end of a 33 to 32 edge to a 37 to 32 lead early in the second half.
Charlie Hoag, making his first conference start, played 39.33 of the game and turned in a creditable showing even though his man, Jim Buchanan, hit eight fielders out of 15 attempts for 16 points. The N.U. guard scored several long goals from far out but Hoag's two quick goals late in the first half pushed the K.U. margin to 27 to 21 with three minutes remaining.
Kansas' other starter, Bill Lienhard, couldn't find the hoop in five attempts and sat out most of the
game as his sub, Engel, had a great night.
Dec Allen used Lovellette, Hoag, and Houglain through the entire contest except for the last 27 seconds. As has been the case most of the year, only five Jayhawkers tallied tonight. Buddy Bull saw limited action for Kenney but failed to score.
Coach Allen cleaned his 12-man bench by finishing with Sonny Enns, Dean Wells, Kelley, John Keller, and Wally Beck.
Big Bob Pierce, Nebraska's leading scorer and the Big Seven's No
Clyde's Carillonneur
KANSAS (61)
FG FT-A PF TP
Lienhard, f ... 0 - 1 3 0
Kenney, f ... 4 4-4 1 12
Engel, f ... 3 0-0 2 6
Bull, f ... 0 0-0 1 0
Kelley, f ... 0 0-0 0 0
Wells, f ... 0 0-0 0 0
Lovelette, c ... 12 6-6 3 30
Keller, c ... 0 0-0 0 0
Hougland, g ... 4 1-2 4 9
Hoag, g ... 2 0-0 2 4
Enns, g ... 0 0-0 0 0
Beck, g ... 0 0-0 1 0
Totals ... 25 11-13 17 61
NEBRASKA (52)
FG FT-A PF TP
Akromis, f ... 1 6-7 3 8
Snyder, f ... 1 0-0 1 2
Ward, f ... 1 0-1 1 2
Pierce, c ... 5 3-5 4 13
Good, g ... 1 1-1 3 1
Buchanan, g ... 8 0-2 1 16
Mercier, g ... 2 0-1 2 4
Kipper, g ... 0 4-4 0 4
Ivals 19 14-21 15 52
Home time score: Kansas 29, Nebraska 26.
Totals ... 19 14-21 15 52
Officials: Jim Enright (Chicago), and Ron Gibbs (St. Thomas).
2 scorer back of Lovellette, kept Nebraska in the game the first half with nine points but could add only two fielders against Lovellette in the second half.
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Buchanan, the conference fourth scorer, paced his team during the second half with five fielders as N.U. could only muster 26 points as compared to K.U.'s 32 total.
Tenight's victory was the first Kansas has scored here since Harry Good took over the coaching duties in 1947. It also evens the K.U. vs. Good series at six all.
The victory was K.U.'s fourth straight over Nebraska. After downing Nebraska at Lawrence last year, Kansas swept three straight against the Cornhuskers this year. The Allenmen won 63 to 47 at Kansas City in the pre-season tourney, 66 to 41 at Lawrence, and 61 to 52 here tonight. Lovellette scored 28, 26, and 30 points respectively in these games for a 28 point average.
Kansas scored 25 field goals in 63 attempts for 39 per cent and Nebraska connected on 19 of 59 attempts for 32 per cent.
Getting acquainted with social work majors was the main purpose of the Social Work club meeting Thursday in the East room of the Union.
Members Get Acquainted,
Plan To Visit Alcoholics
The club planned as a group to visit the Alcoholics Anonymous chapter in Kansas City, Kan., Monday, Feb. 12. They also arranged a program for spring activities.
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