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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1951
By BOB NELSON
Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
The Kansas athletic department received a pair of costly blows over the weekend, but managed to salvage an impressive 66 to 41 win over Nebraska here Saturday night in K.U.'s conference basketball opener.
Jerry Waugh, Jayhawker cage captain and one of the league's top all-around performers, will be ineligible for competition during the second semester it was announced late Friday.
JERRY WAUGH, Jayhawker 1950-51 Basketball Captain
On the heels of this ill-fated news came word that St. Mary's college Gaels, scheduled to play an intersectional game with Kansas here November 10, 1951, have abandoned intercollegiate football competition for the duration of the national emergency. This is a tough blow to the Jayhawkers' home football schedule for next fall at this late date.
Let's take a look at Jerry's case. He enrolled here in February of 1947 after receiving an honorable discharge from the navy. At that time, Big Seven athletes were allowed four years of Varsity competition.
Waugh saw no Varsity competition of any type during the entire 1946-47 academic year, although he did practice with the K.U. basketball team in the spring of 1947. His first collegiate competition was in the fall of the 1947-48 academic year when he played basketball. He played the following 1948-49 and 1949-50 seasons and with this year's team.
Figuring on the basis of academic years, Waugh is entitled to the entire basketball season of 1950-51, or four full Varsity years of competition. But the conference ruling doesn't interpret it that way. The Big Seven counts years of competition on a calendar basis.
So, although Waugh played only in the fall of 1947, that counted as a full year since he enrolled in February, 1947 (but sat out Varsity competition saving what he thought would give him four full years instead of just three and one half, or seven semesters.
It had been thought that Waugh would be entitled to four full academic years which would have allowed him to play the entire 1950-51 basketball season this year.
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For what it is worth, here is the rule that puts the finger on Waugh taken straight from the conference's Bible. ("Blue Book." Rules and Regulations Governing Athletics and All Participation of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association—better known as the Big Seven conference):
In the section on eligibility, Sec. 4. Years of Participation, you find the following: "a. Participation, however brief, during any college year in any intercollegiate event shall cause that year to count as one of the three allotted years. (Waugh was allowed four years under conference wartime regulations which were still in force when he enrolled in the spring of 1947).
"No student shall participate in intercollegiate athletics for more than three college years (four in Waugh's case) to begin with the first term or semester of the year in which he first participates. It shall be understood that if a man enters college in the second term or semester, his college year begins with the second term or semester."
Well, there it is. Now try to figure out just what is clearly meant by the above two sentences. Maybe some of K.U.'s young lawyers over at Green hall ought to revamp the Big Seven's Bible and make it more understandable.
It is rather hard at this time to say just how badly Kansas will miss Jerry's services. As we see it, it's a severe blow to the Jayhawkers' championship hopes when they must fight such a strong rival as Kansas State for top honors.
rival as Kassus Staina of Washington. We don't think Waugh's loss will wreck K.U. title hopes. Sonny Enns, a Newton senior, and sophomore Dean Kelley are capable and most likely replacements.
As a second guesser, we'd not be too surprised to see fast improving Charlie Hoag move into a starting berth before the season ends.
Maybe he could add the needed fire that will be missed through Waugh's departure.
Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State Open With Big Seven Victories
Kansas, Kansas State, and Iowa State won Big Seven conference basketball openers Saturday night as the 1951 league race got under way. Kansas rolled past Nebraska. 66 to 41. Kansas State ended a Missouri hoodoom to win 60 to 43 at Columbia, and Iowa State upset Oklahoma at Ames, 84 to 44.
Three conference games tonight and Missouri playing Kansas here
Weekend College Basketball Results
Notre Dame 55, Butler 48
Oklahoma City 55, Emporia St. 48
Tulane 71, Mississippi State 64
Kentucky 79, Auburn 35
Louisville 73, Miami 69
Louisiana State 68, Geo. Tech 49
Texas Tech 59, New Mexico 50
Colorado A&M 48, Utah 46
Wash. State 49, Oregon State 42
Washington 73, Oregon 49
Brigham Young 53, Denver 47
Colorado College 70, Colo. State 71
Colo. Mines 60, Lowrey Field 57
Idaho State 62, Western State 46
Southern Cal. 61, California 49
UCLA 78, Stanford 73
Kansas 66, Nebraska 41
Kansas State 60, Missouri 43
Iowa State 48, Oklahoma 44
Wisconsin 61, Michigan 52
C.C.N.Y. 54, St. Joseph 42
Indiana 77, Ohio State 62
Army 54, Brown 49
Michigan St. 67, Northwestern 62
Iowa 73, Purdue 63
Cincinnati 88, West. Reserve 51
Illinois 70, Minnesota 62
Texas Christian 42, Arkansas 31
Texas 56, Rice 54
Tulane 49, Georgia Tech 45
Detroit 82, Drake 68
St. John's 63, Syracuse 53
S.M.U. 66, Baylor 37
St. Louis 52, Canisius 40
Arizona 83, Arizona State 44
Oregon State 57, Wash. State 46
North Carolina St. 77, Duke 71
Oklahoma traveling to Boulder to help Colorado open its league season, and Iowa State trying for its second conference win of the year at Lincoln against Nebraska.
Kansas State, with fine balance and speed, and Kansas, with one of the nation's leading scorers in big Clyde Lovelette, pace the Big Seven in all games played and fans are already looking forward to their clash here on Monday, Jan. 13.
After tonight's conference games, all teams are idle until Saturday night when three games will again throw six teams into action. Colorado will play Kansas here, Iowa State will invade Kansas State's new fieldhouse at Manhattan, and Missouri will travel to Norman to play the Oklahoma Sooners.
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No non-conference games are scheduled this week. In last week's only two clashes, Missouri and Nebraska scored one-sided wins over Houston and South Dakota respectively by 66 to 48 and 74 to 49 scores.
Kansas had little trouble downing Coach Harry Good's Nebraska Cornushkers here Saturday night as Lovellet scored 26 points.
Kansas State had considerably more trophy with the Missouri Tigers at Columbia before winning its game. The two clubs were tied 29-all at halftime. Missouri's defense failed in the final 20 minutes and K-State scored 31 points to ice away the game.
WREN To Broadcast KU-MU Game Today
Jack Stone paced the K-State scoring attack with 20 points while Jim Iverson and Ernie Barrett scored 13 and 12 points respectively. Bud Heineman took Missouri scoring honors with 15 points. Center
Tonight's Kansas-Missouri basketball game will be broadcast by radio station WREN from Hoch auditorium starting at 7:30 with Max Falkensteyn giving the play-by-play account.
"But this outfit is good enough that they'll go right ahead and do just as well without me. I'll bet. They're a great bunch of guys and
Jayhawker Coach "Phog" Allen, Waugh Receive Eligibility Ruling Calmly
Coach Allen said, "This is going to be a body blow to any hopes we have had concerning the defense of our co-championship in the Big Seven. It is just one of those things, and we accept it in good grace.
Coach F. C. "Phog" Allen and Jerry Waugh, K.U.'s basketball captain, received Athletic Director Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg's announcement Friday that the Wellington senior would not be eligible in the second semester with calm but disheartened comments.
"It is unfortunate that it makes it so tough on a great competitor like Jerry. He is the finest. Until we lose him I know he'll give us his best every minute of every game, like he has always done."
Waugh, who has been a starting guard since the second game of his freshman year, said, "Naturally, I'm disappointed, but I'm not bitter about it. I only hope I haven't let the boys down. The hardest part about leaving the team is that I'm captain and I feel an obligation to the rest of the team.
Allen added that the captaincy will be rotated game-by-game when Waugh leaves.
I only wish I could be with them next semester. But that's the way it goes." Waugh added, "and I can't do much about it, can I?"
Waugh is Kansas' third leading scorer with 72 points in 10 games for a 7.2 average a game.
His excellent all-around play won him a second team berth on the preseason Big Seven all-tournament team. In 1948, he also was voted to the all-tournament team.
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Kansas will play Missouri here
tonight, Colorado, and Kansas State
here and Oklahoma at Norman before
Waugh's eligibility expires at
midnight, Jan. 28, 1951.
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Bill Stauffer added another 13 to the Tigers' total.
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At Ames, Oklahoma led 29 to 28 at halftime but failed to keep pace with the Iowa State Cyclones in the final 20 minutes. Jim Stange scored 12 points to pace the Iowa State attack while Gaylord Anderson added 11 points to the winning total.
11 points to The Big Seven's tallest player, Marcus Freiberger, 6-foot 11-inch Oklahoma center, took high point honors with 15 points and his teammate Ted Owens followed with 13.
Fighting Does Not Pav
Lewiston, Mc.—(U.P.)—Rather than pay a 50-cent fine for over-time parking, Aime Vachon decided to fight the case. It ended with his paying a $10 fine and $16.18 court costs.
Big Seven Scoreboard
CONFERENCE GAMES
| | W. | L. | Pts. | Op. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| KANSAS | 1 | 0 | 66 | 41 |
| Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 60 | 43 |
| Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 48 | 44 |
| Missouri | 0 | 1 | 43 | 60 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 1 | 41 | 66 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 1 | 44 | 48 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | ... | ... |
ALL GAMES
W. L. Pts. Op.
Kansas State 10 2 800 635
KANSAS 8 2 591 486
Iowa State 6 3 513 495
Missouri 6 4 525 497
Oklahoma 6 4 528 455
Nebraska 5 7 643 68
Colorado 2 10 633 650
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
MISSOURI AT KANSAS
Iowa State at Nebraska
Oklahoma at Colorado
Saturday:
COLORADO AT KANSAS
Missouri at Oklahoma
Iowa State at Kansas State
Conference Games
KANSAS 66, NEBRASKA 41
-KState 60, Missouri 43
Iowa State 48, Oklahoma 44
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Non-conference Games
Missouri 66, Houston 48
Nebraska 74, South Dakota 49
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