THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
A Great Footballer Hoag, KU's Jack-of-all-Trades Now A Cage Starter
By DON PIERCE K. U. Sports Publicity Director
Another Kansas "jack-of-all-trades" athlete is being forged in an athletic mill that has produced the likes of Ray Evans, Otto Schnellbacher, Forrest "Frosty" Cox, and Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg.
He is Charlie Hoag, the 6-foot $2\frac{1}{2}$-inch 185-pound phenom out of Oak Park, III, who will answer his first starting basketball assignment Saturday night in Chicago when the Jayhawkers play Northwestern university in the first game of a doubleheader at Chicago stadium.
The Jayhawkers' starting sophomore flash will move up to take over for the departed Jerry Waugh, who closed out his K.U. career against Oklahoma at Norman Saturday night.
Hong hasn't earned the spot by default. He is one of only seven Jayhawkers who have seen service in all of K.U.'s first 14 games. He achieved this despite reporting after the football season and spotting some of his rivals a month and a half of court conditioning.
Now A Cage Starter
Charlie had to fight five other contenders for the post and won it largely through his play in the last three games. His scoring average isn't even a basket a game, but his
ID Cards Must Be Stamped For Games
Students must have their I.D. cards stamped "paid" on the back when presenting them along with their tickets to get into the Kansas home basketball games during the second semester, Earl Falkenstien, K.U. athletic business manager, announced today.
Students will not be allowed to use I.D. cards and student tickets to get into the games if they are not enrolled in school the second semester.
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rebounding and hustling floor play definitely are helping Kansas in its run for the Big Seven crown.
Hoag climbed over the hump as a Varsity hand here January 13, when he sparked a last half rally that knocked out hard battling Colorado, 54 to 48. Trailing 21 to 29 at halftime, the heavily favored Jayhawkers were giving a lethargic performance against the Buffaloes. Allen finally sent Hoag on a roundup mission at the outset of the second half.
Hawking five free balls, intercepting as many passes and banging home two goals. Charlie was the anchorman of the Kansans' irrepresible drive down the stretch.
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All this means the rangy Oak Parker may be the latest in a long line of Jayhawker two-sport acces. He hasn't yet reached the status of an Evans (All-American in football and basketball) or Schnellbacher (four-time all-conference forward, two time all-league end), of course, but he could get there. Obtaining regular berths in both sports as a sophomore certainly is a good start.
Hoag opened his quest for such ranking last autumn when he started every game at left halfback for Coach J. V. Sikes' club. All he did was gain 940 net yards rushing, 12th high on the N.C.A.A. tables, score nine touchdowns, and a pass for a tenth. He was a second team all-Big Eleven choice in a season when the conference was loaded with great backs.
"I'm really surprised to be playing so much basketball." Charlie will
... A Great Footballer
tell you. "I just sort of played it for fun in high school. Now I find myself really playing for keeps. But, I certainly didn't expect to be up there with the starters."
That's what the man said. But, in the eyes of the coaches he was underrating himself.
"How are you going to keep a boy with that much athletic ability off your team?" Allen asks. "He is a natural if I ever saw one. With continued improvement you are going to hear a lot about him."
"I wanted him plenly for Northwestern," Lonborg admits. The latter had been Northwestern basketball coach for 23 years before taking over the athletic director's reins here last July.
The truth of the matter is that Hoag was an All-State and all-conference prep choice in basketball as well as football at Oak Park, notching such honors in the latter sport his senior season. He finished that year with an 11.0 scoring average.
"The change from football into basketball is tough." Hoag admits.
"You wouldn't think so but you get mighty tired on that basketball court even though you may be in shape for football. I just hope I can help the club."
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K-State Outclasses Long Island, 85-65 For Added National and Big 7 Prestige
After holding a slim one-point 38 to 37 margin at halftime, Kansas State put on a terrific secondhalf scoring exhibition to outclass the nation's No. 3 team, Long Island university, 85 to 65, Wednesday night at Manhattan before 13,400 fans, the largest crowd ever to see a basketball game in Kansas.
The victory for Coach Gardner's underrated club gives Kansas State a 14-2 season record and adds more national prestige to their present No. 7 spot in the Associated Press ratings (Kansas State is listed No. 5 in the United Press ratings).
As usual, Kansas State scored a "team victory" while Long Island's Blackbirds could only produce points by way of All-American Sherman White, 6-foot 8-inch pivotman who scored 37 points, Harold Uplinger, 13; Ray Felix, 11, and Leroy Smith with four points. These four starters scored all of LIU.'s points. White scored 24 points in the first half.
Prize Offered For Best KU-NW Score
One carton of Chesterfield cigarettes will be awarded to the person submitting the closest score of the K.U.-Northwestern university basketball game to be played at Chicago Saturday night.
Submit guesses along with your name and phone number in the newsroom of the University Daily Kansas before noon Friday.
Lew Hitch, who played his greatest game, was the top Wildcat scorer with eight goals and four free throws for 20 points. Ernie Barrett followed with 14 points—12 in the first half, and Jack Stone and Bob Rousey allied 13 points each. John Gibson followed with 10 points to round out the usual wide K-State spread of point production.
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