MONDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Four Big Seven Cage Teams Move Into National Limelight
By BOB NELSON
Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Missouri, playing the role of giant killer, and three other Big Seven basketball teams—Kansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas State—moved into the national limelight with impressive victories during the past week.
Iowa State, Colorado, and Nebraska found things a bit tougher and strengthened their pre-season ratings which listed them to finish in second division berths.
Last week's 16 pre-conference games sent Big Seven teams to foreign courts scattered all the way from Seattle, Wash., to New York City, with Missouri and Kansas State upholding the league's prestige in excellent style.
Upset by Washington university (St. Louis) 42 to 45, Missouri pulled the biggest upset of the year Saturday night in New York's Madison Square Garden by snapping City College of New York's 12-game winning streak with an impressive 54 to 37 win.
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Missouri, playing a slow deliberate possessive style game, built up a 31 to 14 halftime lead by outscoring C.C.N.Y. 17 to 0 over one stretch in the first 20 minutes.
Bud Heineman scored 19 points and Bill Stauffer 15 to pace the Missouri attack. So good was the Tigers' defense that no Beaver scored more than three field goals.
Missouri's victory was even more impressive for the Big Seven in national recognition when you realize that C.C.N.Y. won both the 1950 N.C.A.A. and National Invitational Tournament championships. The Beavers, who have five of last year's top six scorers back this year and were selected as the nation's No. 1 team in pre-season rankings.
After dropping a 59 to 60 opener to Long Island university in Madison Square Garden, Kansas State roared back with decisive wins over Ohio State, 68 to 51, and Purdue, 73 to 64. The team's new fieldhouse Saturday night by outlasting and outmanning a good Utah State club, 66 to 56.
In the Wildcats' three victories, Dick Knostman, 6-foot 5-inch sophomore center, lead the scoring with 55 points, followed by Ernie Bar-
Bowers To Run In Bowl Classic
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Pat Bowers, who won the Sugar bowl 880-yard run last year, has accepted an invitation to return this year in the mile run in the track division of the New Orleans classic.
Bowers has completed his collegiate eligibility, but is taking a postgraduate course in the School of Art and is studying to be an art instructor.
In running the fastest half-mile ever seen in the South last year, Bowers set a record of 1:53.0. He followed by smashing his own Big Seven Indoor mark of 1:54.8, and barely missed Glenn Cunningham's ancient conference outdoor record of 1:52.2 by only a tenth of a second in the preliminaries last May in Lincoln.
A foot injury cut Bowers' effectiveness late in the season, but he came back to place fourth in the National A.A.U. 800 meters.
During his two-year career here, he smashed no less than 17 meet records in the half-mile.
Bowers' best time is 4:16 in the mile.
rett's 29, Jim Iverson and Ed Head added 24 and 23 points respectively to round out K-State's balanced attack.
Paced by Big Clyde Lovellette's 79 points, Kansas easily scored one-sided victories over Creighton, Utah State, and St. Joseph's college.
Kansas defeated Creighton in the
Big Seven Summary
WEEKEND CAGE RESULTS*
Friday's Games
Nebraska 49, Washington (Seattle) 54.
Colorado 51, Colorado A and M 41 Saturday's Games
Missouri 54, City College of New
Chicago 37
Utah State 56, Kansas State 66 Colorado A. and M. 48, Colorado 42
Nebraska 53, Washington (Seattle)
71
Iowa State 47, Drake 65
*Second team listed is home team
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Games
Minnesota at Oklahoma
Monday's Games
Minnesota at Oklahoma
Nebraska at California (4)
ace, San Francisco)
Missouri at Ohio State
Utah State at Iowa State
Tuesday's Games
KANSAS at ST. JOHN'S (Mad-
owy) or NEW YORK
Wichita, Kansas, State
Nebraska at Santa Clara (Cow Palace, San Francisco)
Thursday's Games Wyoming at Colorado
Thursday's Games
Wyoming at Colorado
Texas Christian U. at Missouri
Friday Game
Colorado at Wyoming Saturday's Games
KANSAS at KENTUCKY Indiana U. at Kansas State
Weekend College Basketball Results
Oklahoma A. and M. 55, Arkansas 53
St. Benedicts 45, Rockhurst 43
Ottawa 71, Missouri Central 70
Case 74, John Carroll 57
Illinois 74, Oregon State 51
Grinnell 69, Coe 64
Chicago Loyola 54, Wisconsin 51
Boston College 79, Rhode Island
State 78 (international)
Princeton 76, Bucknell 64
Fordham 72, New York A.C. 64
Alabama 75, Florence (Ala.) 57
Virginia 57, Randolph Macon 42
South Carolina 57, Newberry 38
Baylor 67, North Texas 59
Wyoming 69, Montana State 50
U.C.L.A. 77, Oregon 55
Idaho 47, Montana 43
College of Pacific 45, Nevada 42
California 76, San Francisco State
Navy 72, Franklin and Marshall 54
North Carolina 72, Davidson 69
Presbyterian 78, Clemson 76
Mississippi 65, Auburn 61
Georgia Tech 87, Furman 50
Tennessee 61, U. of Chattanooga
54 Syracuse 61, Penn State 59 Columbia 91, New York A.C. 42 William and Mary 71, Wake For-
national 38
Duquesne 73, Texas A. and M. 36
Notre Dame 72, Anderson 48
Houston Pep Boys 53
Minnesota 65, Loyola (II) 51
Indiana 72, Oregon State 45
Kentucky 70, Purdue 52
Marshall 70, Brigham Young 57
Georgia 64, Mercer 51
DePaul 80, Bradley 69
Cincinnati 70, Western Kentuck
est 49
Ohio U. 61, Kent State 46
Ohio State 76, Marquette 55
Penn 52, Yale 47
Louisiana State 77, Florida 59
Holy Cross 83, American Inter
Western Michigan 58, Iowa 47
Duke 77, Virginia 57
Northwestern 70, Butler 60
Canius 64, S.M.U. 55
Tulsa 48, Arkansas 46
Rice 70, Tulane 66.
BIG SEVEN STANDINGS (Non-conference)
W L Pct.
KANSAS 3 0 1.000
Oklahoma 2 0 1.000
Kansas State 3 1 750
Iowa State 2 1 667
Missouri 1 1 500
Colorado 1 3 250
Nebraska 1 3 250
opener, 51 to 35, Utah State, 56 to 38, and St. Joseph's by a 60 to 41 margin. Lovelle scored 25, 22, and 32 points respectively in these victories.
Coach F. C. Allen's Jayhawkers have limited their opponents to an average of 38 points a game while averaging 55.7 themselves. This is the league's widest offensive-defensive margin. Although all of last year's regulars are gone, Coach Bruce Drake's Oklahoma Sooners have won two straight in as many games to date.
The O.U. scoring power lies largely with a giant Texan, Marcus Freiberger, 6-foot 11-inch center, who is a good hook-shot artist and tip-in specialist.
After opening at Norman with a 47 to 39 win over Southern Methodist, Drake's club made it two in a row over a Southwest conference team by downing Texas, 49 to 35. Oklahoma's defense has been strong
in limiting these two teams to an average of 37 points a game.
Less impressive in Big Seven play were Nebraska, Iowa State, and Colorado. The Cornhuskers, after losing to Minnesota and downing Maryville State Teachers, found tougher opposition playing Washington at Seattle and lost Friday and Saturday night games.
After losing two games in the Utah pre-season tourney, the Colorado Buffaloes split 51 to 41 and 42 to 48 games with the Colorado Aggies.
Iowa State broke even in two games as they defeated impsoSn college 77 to 44 and lost to Drake 47 to 65.
Big Seven teams won 11 and lost five last week. For the entire season, conference clubs have won 13 and lost nine.
This week's pre-conference schedule is again filled with clashes between Big Seven schools and major collegiate cage powers.
Highlighting the schedule are Kansas' games with St. John's university in New York's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night and K.U.'s clash with Kentucky at Lexington on Saturday.
Kentucky, with an 86 game home winning streak, should extend it to 88 in a row this week with victories over Xavier and Florida before Coach Allen's Jayhawkers take a crack at stopping the Blue Grass boys.
Games tonight match Minnesota (2-0) and Oklahoma at Norman, Missouri at Ohio State, Utah State at Iowa State, and Nebraska will tangle with California in San Francisco.
Two games Tuesday find Wichita invading Kansas State's new fieldhouse and Nebraska playing Santa Clara in San Francisco to complete a four-game west coast tour.
On Thursday night, Texas Christian university helps Missouri get its home season underway at Columbia while Wyoming plays Colorado at Boulder. The Buffs return the game the following night at Laramie.
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