TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1950 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS PAGE FIVB KU Is After Fifth Win Tonight Against Springfield PROBABLE STARTERS SPRINGFIELD (2-2) Pos. (4-1) KANSAS 5-10 James Hart F Bill Lienhard 6- 5 6- 1 Bill Countaway F Bob Kenney 6- 2 6- 3 Alan Schutts C Clyde Lovellette 6- 9 6- 2 John Burke (Capt.) C Bill Hougland 6- 4 6- 4 Philip Ness (Capt.) Jerry Waugh 5-11 Officials: Harold Hull (Marvville Teachers.) and Frank Place: Hoch auditorium. Time: 7:30 tonight. Officials; Harold Hull (Maryville Teachers), and Frank Wolf (Kansas State). After being completely humiliated by a 68 to 39 loss to Kentucky Saturday night, Kansas swings beck into action against Springfield (Mass.) college at 7:30 tonight in Houch auditorium with high hopes of winning its fifth game in six starts. Tonight's game will be the first appearance of the Jayhawkers since returning from a tough 10-day eastern swing that ended with a 2-1 record. After easily downing St. Joseph's college, 60 to 41, Kansas scored a hard earned 52 to 51 victory over St. John's for its fourth straight win. Then the "bottom fell out" as the Jayhawkers were thoroughly beaten by the nation's No.1 club, Kentucky, 68 to 39, for their first setback of the year. the K.U.-Springfield clash also winds up activity for Coach F. C. Allen's team until they open the fifth annual Big Seven pre-season basketball tournament at Kansas City on Dec. 27 playing Iowa tate. Kansas marked up easy home victories over Creighton and Utah earlier this year to stretch its presses win winning streak to 10 games. The Springfield Maroons are coached by John W. Bunn, a former player at Kansas under "Phog" Allen, who graduated in 1921 after having won 10 Varsity letters in football, basketball, and baseball. In the two schools' first meeting last year at Springfield, Kansas defeated the Bunn coached club, S3 to 43, and will be highly favored tonight to mark up its second straight over the touring easterners. Springfield has split even in four games to date. They opened with a 68 to 55 win over New Britian Teachers college; lost to the University of Connecticut, 44 to 46; and were beaten by Niagara university Saturday night 36 to 46 in the opener of a six-game western tour. the Maroons defeated Creighton university at Omaha last night, 60 to 53, to even their season record at two wins and two defeats. Following tonight's game, Springfield will play Kansas State at Manhattan on Thursday, Washington university at St. Louis on Saturday, and conclude its tour by playing at Beloit college on Dec. 27. Kansas enters the game with a lineup averaging 6 - feet 4 - inches as compared to the visitors' slightly under 6-feet 2-inches. This height disadvantage will cut down the Coach Bunn's team includes eight returning lettermen off last year's club that finished with a 15-12 record. Several members of last year’s roster were killed in the game; give the Maroons their best season since Bunn took over in 1947. BIG SEVEN Kansas State 77, Wisconsin 58 Missouri 54, Arkansas 32 BIG SEVEN Monday's College Basketball Results EAST Syracuse 77, Niagara 70 Villanova 92, Mt. St. Mary's 61 Duquesne 67, South Carolina 64 Seton Hall 72, Loyola (blt) 54 "We haven't played one satisfying game yet this season. The Creighton game was terrible, and the Utah State game little better. And you blew a 13-point lead against St. John's. (The Jayhawkers barely nosed past the Redmen, 52 to 51, in the final 15 seconds.) MIDWEST Colorado State 52, Akron 49 Iowa 63, Notre Dame 60 San Diego 57, Drake 51 Washington (st) 68, Centenary 55 Bowling Green 79, Texas Tech 60 Kent State 88, Adrian 49 MacAlester 69, North Dakota 60 Springfield (Ill) 60, Creighton 53 DePaul 79, St. Mary's (Minn.) 72 Detroit 84, Hillsdale 43 Allen showed he meant every word of his searing delivery and drove his club through its stiffest practice session of the season. "You are simply not putting out enough." Allen lashed his club. "This team never has come up to expectations in five games, nor is it playing as good as it did last year at the end of the season despite the fact that the regulars are a year older. SOUTH West Virginia 69, Wake Forest 63 Maryland 52, Washington & Lee 43 Vanderbilt 81, Florida 64 Maroons' rebounding power against big Clyde Lovellette and company. Texas A&M 40, Sam Houston State 36 ___ SOUTHWEST Springfield's hopes of upsetting the Jayhawkers hinge heavily upon the offensive work of its captain, WEST Montana State 63, Pacific Lutheran 62 WREN To Broadcast Springfield Game The Kansas-Springfield college basketball game here tonight will be broadcast over radio station WREN starting at 7:30. Max Falkenstien will give the play-by-play account of the Jayhawkers' third non - conference home game. John Burke. He led his team's scoring last year for the second straight year with 282 points in 25 games. Burke received honorable mention on Collier's New England all-American team. He is a good foul shot and an accurate set shot with a high percentage. Juniors James Hart and Bill Coach Bunn intends to start two sophomores, Alan Schutts, a 6-foot 3-inch center and 4-foot 4-inch Philip Ness at guard to round out the starting five for the Maroons. Countaway will start at the forward spots. As holdover lettermen from last year, they scored 79 and 93 points respectively. Coach Allen will start the same five that has started all five K.U. games to date although he was extremely unhappy with their individual play in the Kentucky game. During Monday's practice session, "Phog" let his players have it with both barrels. "Your performance against Kentucky was the poorest single game I've ever seen a Kansas team play," he said as he scorched his club in a pre-practice chalk-talk. Read the Daily Kansan Daily Along the JAYHAWKER trail By BOB NELSON Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor Tonight's game between Springfield college and Kansas again matches Coach F. C. "Phog" Allen against one of his former players, John W. Bunn, in the "teacher vs. pupil" department. Bunn, who graduated from Kansas in 1921, played for Coach Allen only one year but remained as an assistant coach to the "good Doc" for 10 years. Last Saturday's trouncing that the Jayhawkers received at the hands of Kentucky put the pupil one up on Allen for the year as Coach Adolph Rupp, who played for Allen at K.U. in 1921-22-23, taught his teacher a most unwelcome lesson. JOHN W. BUNN Basketball Coach Springfield College Coach Bunn is one of the nation's top authorities concerning free throw shooting and has made an extensive research in this phase of basketball. He has studied foul shooting from an engineering angle and comes up with ironclad proof that it is most efficient to shoot the charity tosses with the underhand two-hand style. While playing at K.U., there was no rule that the player fouled had to take the shot himself. Bunn developed a deadly eye in foul shooting and so ranked among the high scorers because in his years of play he made all the foul shots with an extraordinary record. While also holding down Springfield's athletic directorship, Coach Bunn has compiled a 58-47 won and lost cage record since moving to the eastern school in 1946. Best of Luck Coach Bunn, but just don't pull a Rupp on us tonight. After leaving Kansas, Bunn became head coach of basketball at Stanford university where his eight years of coaching produced three Pacific Coast championships. During the last war, he spent considerable time in Europe as an athletic consultant for the War Department. In 1949 and also in September 1950, Coach Bunn spent several weeks in Europe (Germany) on a special mission for the Army Special Services, conducting officiating and coaching clinics. Coach Bunn is also a past president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and is permanent chairman of the N.A.B.C. committee on the Hall of Fame for basketball. While at Stanford, Bunn developed many stars in the court game, the most famous probably being Hank Luisetti, a member of every All-American team in 1938. He has also written several books which include: "Basketball Methods," "The Art of Basketball Officiating," and "The Art of Sports Officiating." So tonight, Kansas welcomes home a former Jayhawker that has contributed heavily to basketball through the years like his great coach, Dr. Allen. Mr. Bunn, like his teacher "Phog" Allen, has contributed to the game of basketball through the years by studying the game from every angle.