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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 19
SuccessOf Basketball SeasonDepends OnForeignCourtPlay
The success or failure of the 1949-50 edition of Coach Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen's battling Jayhawkers will depend largely upon their ability to win on foreign courts. Kansas will play only eight of their 24-game schedule in Hoch auditorium.
By the end of the season, this year's team should be able to qualify as well versed geographers. They play from Boulder, Colo., to Boston, Mass., and from Norman, Okla., to Des Moines, Iowa.
The 16-game road schedule includes a mid-December four-game eastern swing, first since the famous "Iron Five" club toured the East in 1942-43 season. The trip will provide a severe test for the Jayhawkers.
Victories over the University of Cincinnati, tenth ranking team in the nation last year, Duquesne, and Holy Cross would establish K. U. high among the favorites to cop the annual Big Seven Tournament. This tourney will be held during the Christmas holidays in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium.
The game with Springfield (Mass.) College on Dec. 23 will have a little added color in that one of Dr. Allen's pupils and former K. U. athletic great, John W. Bunn, is now athletic director and basketball coach at Springfield.
More flavor is added to the Jayhawkers' game with Springfield because the game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naimsith at Springfield in 1891 before he came to K. U. in 1898.
10. 14.1856 Coach Allen played basketball under Dr. Naismith while he was here at the University.
The Jayhawkers clash with the Creighton Bluejays on Dec. 5 at Boystown, Neb., on the edge of Omaha, will highlight the dedication ceremonies of the Father Flanagan fieldhouse.
The first home game on Saturday, Dec. 10 finds K. U. tangling with the Purdue Boilermakers, one of the Big Ten conference top teams. The game should provide the Jayhawkers their first acid test.
Added interest in the game will center around a "homecoming" between two rival players, Clyde Lovellette, outstanding six-foot nine-inch K. U. center, and Ronald Bland, one of Purdue's key cagers. These players played together in 1947 when their Terre Haute, Ind., high school team placed second in the state tournament.
Following the engagement with Purdue, the Jayhawkers are idle five days before they play the University of Cincinnati in the first game of their four game eastern jaunt.
Dr. Allen's hustling club, counting heavily on several outstanding sophomore giants, goes against Kansas State in the first round of the Big Seven tourney on Dec. 27 in a game that could determine the winner. The winner of this game will probably emerge as the favorite to cop this year's tourney crown.
The invited team this year is the University of Michigan, one of the Big Ten's strongest cage clubs.
On Jan. 6 the Jayhawkers draw the tough assignment of opening their 12-game conference schedule to Omaha Sooners in Hoch auditorium.
Following their conference lid-opener against Oklahoma, the Jayhawkers engage 11 league foes in their last 13 games. The two non-conference encounters are with the Drake Bulls.
Greatest local interest on the conference schedule will probably focus on the pair of battles with Kansas State, hottest team in the league late last season, and the cage games with last year's cowinners, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
This year's Kansas club will be capable of performing the role of "giant-killer" by knocking off favorites along the league trail. The team will be hard to beat when their offense and defense click together. The club, however, will need all-around defensive play in order to
be considered a strong title contender.
In the final home game of the season on Mar. 7, Kansas will face Kansas State, pre-season title favorite, in their third meeting of the court season.
Four days later the Jayhawkers travel to Oklahoma for their final conference game. These two late season league encounters could determine the Big Seven title holder if Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Kansas get off to a good start in league play and remain near the top down to the finish line.
The Jayhawkers' complete 24-
game basketball schedule follows:
Dec. 3 Rockhurst College, K.C.
Dec. 5 Creighton (Boystown)
Omaha
Dec. 10 PURDUE, LAWRENCE
Dec. 15 Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Dec. 17 Duquesne, Pittsburgh
Dec. 20 Holly Cross, Boston Garden
Dec. 23 Springfield College, Spring-
Sold, Mass.
Dec. 27-30 Big Seven Tournament,
Kansas City, Mo. (Kansas plays
Kansas State in first round on
Dec. 27)
*Jan.* 6 OKLAHOMA, LAWRENCE
*Jan.* 10 Nebraska, Lincoln
*Jan.* 14 Missouri, Columbia
*Jan.* 27 L-STATE, LAWRENCE
*Jan.* 30 DRAKE, LAWRENCE
*Feb.* 6 Colorado, Boulder
*Feb.* 11 NEBRASKA, LAWRENCE
*Feb.* 14 K-State, Manhattan
*Feb.* 17 MISSUOIRE, LAWRENCE
*Feb. 20 Drake, Des Moines
*Feb.* 25 COLORADO, LAWRENCE
*Mar.* 3 Iowa State, Annes
*Mar.* 7 K-STATE, LAWRENCE
*Mar.* 11 Oklahoma, Norman
His Good Deed For The Day
Quincy, Wash.—(U.P.)—A 14-year old Boy Scout, who hiked four miles for help after an automobile accident injured two companions, was found to have suffered a punctured ear and broke his neck after Leroy Abbott made his hike before it was discovere he was seriously injured.
BASKETBALL PROSPECTS ARE "LOOKING UP." Coach F. G Allen is explaining plays on the blackboard to the three tallest players on the squad. From left to right they are: Jack Carby, 6 feet 7 inches Gene Peterson, 6 feet 7 inches; and Clyde Lovelette, 6 feet 9 inches
Jayhawker Emblems Would Be Taboo Also
Pittsburgh, Pa. — (U.P.)—Motorists who hang their baby's shoes, souvenirs from Niagara Falls, and other assorted items on the windshields of their cars, are in for a lot of attention in the Pittsburgh area.
City and state traffic officials are nounced a joint drive against the of anything which will hinder driver's view.
"A windshield is no place for Punch- and - Judy show," s George A. Fairley, safety Care The order also will be applied side and rear windows.
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