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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1950
Along the JAYHAWKER trail
By BOB NELSON Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
This is the greatest week in the history of Kansas State basketball.
This is the greatest week in the history of Kansas State basketball. Why? Well, the Wildcats open the 1950-51 home season playing in their new $2,000,000 fieldhouse against Utah State on Saturday night.
This structure, which will seat 13,000, will allow the entire student body and Manhattan townspeople to see all home games for the first time since pre-war days.
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And, to make things even better, Coach Jack Gardner and Thurlo E. McCrady, who recently resigned as athletic director, have arranged the most attractive home schedule ever undertaken by a Kansas State cage team.
Besides the always tough six-game home conference schedule, Kansas State will play Utah State, Wichita, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Springfield college before the conference race gets under way.
The Wildcats also play Long Island university a return game on Jan. 31. The Blackbirds edged out the K-Staters at New York last Saturday, 60 to 59, and will get the "test in the West" when they invade Manhattan.
Kansas' game with Utah State here on Wednesday should give an early comparison of the K.U. and K-State teams.
The Wildcats' starters, Ed Head and Jack Stone, forwards; Lew Hitch, center, and guards Ernie Barrett and John Gibson, plus fine reserves Jim Iverson, Dick Knostman, Perk Reitemire, Don Upson, and others make the K-Staters the team the Jayhawkers must beat to win another championship.
The two Kansas-Kansas State games this year should be among the nation's top games of the year.
Quigley To Be Guest Speaker At Officiating Association Tonight
E. C. "Ernie" Quigley, former University athletic director, will be the guest speaker at a K.U. officiating association meeting at 6:45 p.m. today in 202 Robinson gymnasium.
Tonight's meeting will be the first formal meeting of the recently formed organization. "The aim of the group is to raise the over-all standard of officiating for University intramural games, including all sports. It will allow the officials to meet together and to discuss various problems arising in officiating," said Chet Laniewski, education senior, program committee chairman.
Mr. Quigley, a former National league umpire and nationally famous sports official in football and basketball, will discuss the various phases of officiating, its mechanics, and problems that arise over rule interpretations.
Anyone interested in officiating is invited to attend the meeting, Laniewski said, and especially do we want intramural basketball coaches and players to attend if possible.
Eventually the K.U. officiating association hopes to familiarize all players in intramural sports with the rules and general set-up of the program. Such information will help eliminate disputes at the games which often arise due to the ignorance of the rules by both players and spectators.
After the officiating group is complete, no one will be allowed to officiate games without belonging to the organization. New members will be required to take a written examination over various rules and problems that confront officials.
The officiating association hopes to increase its membership to a number large enough that the intramural office will not have to hire outside officials to work games.
The K.U. officiating association is also expected to give persons interested in becoming officials in professional athletics a start in this profession by working in intramural football, basketball, and softball games.
1950-51 Basketball Season Starts To Roll
New York, Dec. 5—U(P.)—College basketball pulled the throttle out to "full speed ahead" today with a jam-packed schedule that will see nearly all the nation's top teams in action this week.
Paced by Iowa's Big Ten favorites, who registered a tight 74 to 67 triumph over DePauw, many leading teams played Monday night. Several others, including double-tourney champion City College of New York, will be seen in big games tonight.
C. C.N.Y., which won both the N.C.A.A. and National Invitation tournaments last season, will be meeting its first serious test of the new year against a Brigham Young which "atomized" supposedly tough Niagara, 84-69, last Saturday.
In the other half of a Madison Square Garden twin bill, New York U. is rated a six-point choice over Oregon State, which lost its first start to Canisius, 59-47 on Saturday.
Kentucky's Wildcats, who swamped West Texas State in their start and are ranked third in the nation, go out of the Southeastern Conference tonight to meet Washington and Lee of the Southern Conference in what figured as another routine Wildcat win.
Bradley university, which has virtually the same lineup which went to the finals of both tournaments against C.C.N.Y., is ranked second in
the nation and seeks its second victory of the season tonight against Wayne.
In other leading games tonight, Detroit tangles with Michigan State; Alabama meets Mississippi Southern; Cincinnati plays Kentucky Wesleyan; St. Louis plays Houston, which was Bradley's first victim; Western Kentucky, ranked 13th in the nation, meets Georgetown of Kentucky; San Jose State plays Stanford; and the Texas Aggies meet Siena in an intersectionsal game.
Iowa was held to a 35-35 tie at half time by DePauw, but came out "hot" after the intermission and built up a 62-52 lead in seven minutes. Chuck Darling scored 24 for Iowa and Kent Guild had 21 for DePauw.
Kansas State, edged by L.I.U. by one point Saturday, reared back
Monday night with a 68-51 victory over Ohio State, which was ranked 17th in the nation. Ed Head paced the Wildcats with 14 points.
In other leading games Monday night: Illinois, led by Clive Follmer's 17 points, trounced Marquette, 68-47; Mel Payton's 29 points led Tulane in a 74-55 romp over Birmingham Southern; Niagara bounced back with a 49-46 decision over Brooklyn college; Duquesne blasted V.P.L. 63-49; Boston College doubled American International, 80-40; Kansas trounced Creighton, 51-35; Toledo won a doubleheader, 95-38 over Adrian and 78-39 over Bluffton; T.C.U. swamped Hardin-Simmons, 53-35, and Baylor shaded Texas Wesleyan, 66-64.
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Swimming Meeting Set For Wednesday
There will be a meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday of all Varsity swimmers and all fresh numeral winners in 203 Robinson gymnasium, Coach Walter Mikols said today.
Ezzard Charles Risks His Heavyweight Title Tonia!
Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 5—(U.P.)—Outside of a goodly number of folks from Syracuse, N. Y., it was hard to find anyone today who would believe Ezzard Charles would lose his newly won heavyweight boxing title to Nick Barone in tonight's 15-round title match at Cincinnati Gardens.
Caries, a hometown boy, was rated a 5-1 favorite in most quarters. Some betting men across the river in Kentucky offered 6-1 that the "Cincinnati Cobra" would do away with the hairy-chested Barone from Syracuse. There were few wagers, however, that the fight would end in a knockout.
Oklahoma Strong First; Army To Fifth Place
New York, Dec. 5-[U.P.]T he national champion Oklahoma football team, victorious in 31 straight games, figured today to make the Sugar Bowl No. 32, judging from the final ratings of the United Press experts' rating board.
The board, comprised of 35 of the nation's top coaches, placed Oklahoma first in the land by giving it 346 of a possible 350 votes—an amazing total.
Texas was hoisted to second place in the final ratings, Tennessee placed third, California fourth, Army fifth and Michigan sixth.
Kentucky. Oklahoma's sugar bowl opponent, is seventh. Then, in order in the first 10, come Princeton, Michigan State and Ohio State.
Cotton Bowl—this is the closet of all. Texas is second nationally, a shade over Tennessee.
Thus, based on the way the teams rank, here's what you might expect in the bowl games New Year's day: Rose Bowl—Fourth-place Cali-
hornia to beat sixth-placed Michigan. Sugar Bowl—Oklahoma over Kentucky.
Orange Bowl-11th ranked Clemson a shade over Miami, which is tied for 12th.
Gator Bowl—Wyoming, also tied
for 11th, over Washington & Lee, which is ranked 18th nationally.
The coaches, of course, are not primarily in the business of picking winners. They are more interested in rating the winners. However, their superior knowledge can be illustrated by that fact that Lou Little of Columbia, a member of the board, was one of the few men who said Navy might beat Army. Navy did Saturday in one of the season's greatest upsets.
Natl 14-2 Navy victory affected the rankings this week more than any single game all season. Army was second until then. It received five first place votes last week.
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