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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
PAGE FIVB
Aggies Are Team To Beat in NCAA Western Playoffs
Kansas City, Mo., March 18—(U.P.)—It was the Oklahoma Aggies against the field as the N.C.A.A. Western playoffs get under way tonight in Municipal auditorium before an expected capacity crowd of near 10,000 persons.
The Cowpokes foreman, Hank Iba, was sending another great defensive
machine into the fray. To Ev Shelton's Wyoming team, winner in the mountains, went the task of facing the Oklahomaans.
In tonight's second game, it will be the Oregon State Beavers against Arkansas, representing the Southwest district. The winners meet tomorrow night.
All four squads shook the travel tinks out of their legs and sharpened their shooting eyes in long and serious noats in the auditorium Thursday.
The Aggies brought into the tourney a record of 21 wins against four losses and they brought, too, a powerful team built around the great 6-foot, 7-inch center, Bob Harris. The Cowpokes play the typi- Iba ball control game, with a right defense and an offense that shoots only when the odds favor hitting. Against Nebraska, for the right to play in the Westerns, the Aggies hit 46 per cent of their shots.
Shelton said he believed his present team, with a 25-8 record for the season, was the best he had coached since the N.C.A.A. winner of 1943. He has the tallest man in the playoffs in 6-foot, 10-inch Ron Livingstone, whose 10 point per game average indicates he can do right well. Key scorer of the Wyoming team is John Pilch, a playoff veteran. Wyoming's starting team, with one 5-foot, 11-inch exception, towers at 6-3 and above.
Oregon State coach Gill drilled his men hard Thursday on their fast break and long passing attack from the rebound. But his team has set patterns which they follow well when the fast break is muffled. In Cliff Crandall he has a fine forward, one of the best men on the coast.
They also have a fast-breaking offense, have height and scoring punch. The first game tonight should be a steady, careful ball control type of game, with the nightcap possibly producing the hot-shot run and fire style.
Arkansas brings the poorest record to the tourney, 14-10, but the Razorbacks, after a dismal start, have been redhot. They marched their way to victory Dav Las in order to play here and have won 10 of their last 11 starts.
Kansas High School Basketball Scores
By UNITED PRESS
Class AA at Empiria:
56 Green Bend 35
Newton Shoal Shipping Mission 35
Wyndotte 49 Emporia 35
Wichita East 49.Hutchinson 35
Class A at Salina:
Buhler 33 Beloit 29
Sacred Heart (Salina) 35 Eureka 26
Russell 33 Clay Center 32
Class B at Hutchinson:
Kipp 60 Mahaska 50
McCune 47 Pretty Prairie 46
Jashburn Rural (Topeka) 34 Downs
Clearwater 56 Natoma 32
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Petersen Leads Kansas Scorers
By ARLO BAILEY
Gene Petersen led the Kansas basketball team in the 24 game schedule in total field goals, 106; free throws, 67; most total points, 279 and highest point average a game, 11.6. Claude Houchin was second in all four departments, while Hal England, who only played in 12 of the Jayhawk's games, had the third highest average point total a game with 9.2.
England tried 106 shots from the field and made 42 good for an average of .396 of his shots to lead the Kansas team in per cent of field goals made. Guy Mabry was close behind England with an average of .363. Petersen took third place by connecting with .337 per cent of his shots from the field.
Sonny Ennis hit 25 out of 36 free throws for a .695 average to lead the Kansas regulars. Maurice Martin had an average of .627, Hal England made .614 and Claude Houchin made 46 out of 76 for an average of .605 to round out the regulars who hit 60 per cent or better of their free throws. Dave Dennis hit four out of five and Dale Engel made two out of two for the highest free throw marks. Both men played in 12 games but usually only for short periods.
| | G | FG FT | PTS AVS |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Gene Petersen | 24 | 106 67 | 37.9 |
| Gene Moehunin | 24 | 124 50 | 11.6 |
| Jerry Wiley | 24 | 66 41 | 17.3 |
| Hal England | 12 | 42 26 | 113 7.2 |
| Maurice Martin | 24 | 32 42 | 106 4.4 |
| Bail Sapp | 24 | 31 29 | 104 3.3 |
| Guy Mabry | 14 | 12 25 | 13.3 |
| Buddy Bull | 19 | 16 2 | 34.1 |
| Lyn Smith | 21 | 10 8 | 28.1 |
| Lyn Smith | 18 | 7 13 | 27.1 |
| Davie Dennis | 12 | 7 4 | 18.3 |
| Hill Champion | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9.0 |
| Charles Arnay | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9.0 |
| Lem Jones | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 |
| Dale Engel | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| George Gear | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Bob Nickrod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Al Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Design Club Picks First Officers
Mary Baker was elected president and Gaylor D. Alexander, vicepresident, at the first meeting of the Interior Design club Tuesday. Both are fine arts juniors. Marilyn Frizell, fine arts sophomore, was elected secretary.
Elizabeth Shears and Harley Webb, fine arts junior, were appointed as a committee to decide on the time and dates that meetings in the future will take place.
The purpose of the club is to foster professional interest in students majoring in interior design. Members will meet to discuss common interests and also bring in speakers associated with interior design in its practical application.
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Iowa State Wins Big Seven Award
Kansas City, Mo., March 18— (U.P.) Iowa State was the possessor today of a big gold trophy, symbol of the first annual Big Seven sportsmanship award.
The trophy was presented to the school at a dinner Thursday night by Jack Wheeler, commander of American Legion post 469 of Kansas City. Coach Clayton Southerland of Iowa State accepted the award on behalf of the college.
Before the start of the basketball season, the Legion Fost launched the sportsmanship project of presentation of the trophy to the Big Seven school whose coach, players, fans and students display the highest standards of sportsmanship during the season.
the winner will retain the trophy for one year. A poll of coaches, game officials, and sports writers and broadcasters determined the winner.
Oilers On Way To Seventh Title
Oklahoma City, March 18—U(P.) The top-seeded Phillips Oilers, now just two strides away from their seventh straight title, faced the surprising Seattle Alpine Dairy today in the semi-final round of the National A.A.U. basketball tournament.
In the other semi-windup, the second-seeded Oakland Bittners were matched with the fourth-seeded Peoria, Ill., Caterpillar Diesels
The Seattle Dairy provided the biggest upset in the tourney when it trounced third-seeded Denver Chevroletts in the quarter-final round, 57 to 44. The Dairymen got rolling slowly, tied the game at 15-15, held a 31-21 halftime margin and then pulled away.
Phillips had no trouble gaining the semi-finals, crushing the Los Angeles Police, 75 to 38. With seven-foot Bob Kurland hooping 18 points to show the way, the Oilers were ahead every minute. Gerry Tucker supported Kurland with 14 markers.
The Kansas freshman indoor track team lost only one telegraphic meet out of eight contests for a season record of 875. The Jayhawks scored a total of 514 11-30 points to 308 19-30 for their opponents.
Frosh Win Seven Meets
Four Big Seven conference freshman teams, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri competed with Kansas but all four were defeated. Colorado came the closest but fell 12 points short of the Kansas total for the meet.
Sixteen meets have been scheduled for the Kansas freshman outdoor telegraphic track team, Bill Easton, Kansas track coach, announced today.
The Michigan State freshmen, the only team to beat the Jayhawks, scored 9 3-5 more points than the Kansas freshmen, Indiana, Purdue and the University of Michigan were defeated by scores of 73 to 31, 79 1-3 to 23 2-3, and 67 1-2 to 36 1-2 respectively.
The schedule.
Week ending Saturday, April 23:
Kansas State, Drake, Iowa State,
and Colorado.
Week ending Saturday, April 30:
Michigan, Oklahoma, Nebraska,
and Ohio State.
Week ending Saturday, May 7: Missouri, Purdue, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
week ending Saturday, May 14:
Texas, Texas A. and M., Rice, and North Carolina.
Volleyball Team To Baker
The women's Varsity volleyball team will journey to Baldwin Saturday to play the Baker university squad.
This will be the players' first game since they were chosen for the varsity squad last semester.
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Ark Valley Teams Favored In State
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Newton's rangy Railroaders, Kansas top high school basketball team three years, was a hot favorite today to home a 10th state championship.
Wellington upended Shawnee-
Mission 43 to 36 to gain the semi-
finals against Newton. Shawnee-
Mission loss was the team's first
all season.
Newton stepped into the class AA spotlight at Emporia as the last of three other seeded teams were toppled from the tournament. The Railroaders sidetracked Great Bend 56 to 35.
The first telephone line used for commercial purposes ran from the home of Charles Williams, Jr., Somerville, Mass., to his Boston factory in 1877.
Giving the Ark Valley league three of the four state semifinalists, Wichita East moved into the next to last round with a 54 to 35 victory over Hutchinson. Outsider Wyandotte, a tournament terror thus far, scored its second upset in as many days to oust well-liked Emporia, 49 to 35.
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