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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1949
By MARV ROWLANDS
C. E. McBride in his Sporting Comment column in Tuesday's Kansas City Star quotes a letter which is of interest to the basketball fans at KU.
Mr. McBride's correspondent says "the games I've seen at Lawrence were the most shameful I've seen as far as crowd exhibitions were concerned."
"I understand a similar situation is true in practically all college towns. But the crowd in Hoch gymnasium was disgusting in its treatment of K.U.'s opponents and the officials. The crowd had the old college fight all right although it looked as though half of them wanted to fight with brass knucks and ball bats."
Unfortunately the man who wrote those comments wasn't too far off. Now that the basketball season is over a little thinking will prove to anyone who went to the games that what is needed is more boosting for the home team, and not so much against the opponents and the officials.
It has come to the point that whenever a foul is called the crowd immediately protests. Surely it must be realized that occasionally even a Jayhawk player fouls. And, on the other hand, whenever an opponent fouls there is immediate cheering. This cannot be called good sportsmanship by anyone.
Perhaps the best example of the need for a fieldhouse with a larger seating capacity was the group of Washington university rooters at the game Feb. 19 in Hoch auditorium. A small, but voiciferous group of fans for the opponents not only tends to equalize the noise and pressure, but puts the home crowd on its good behavior.
All this is not to suggest that the referees are always right. There has been some pretty weird officiating on the court in Hoch this past season. But at least the fans should wait until the man with striped shirt has signalled his reason for calling the foul until they charge him with criminal negligence.
Basketball Coach Revises Positions
Provo, Utah—(U.P.)—Floyd Millet, the highly successful basketball coach of Brigham Young university, has joined a growing Mountain States conference campaign to eliminate the traditional position designations of center, forward and guard.
On defense, Millet said he consolidated even farther—all five of his players are called simply "guards."
"Actually I cut them out on my teams years go." Millet said. "On offense, I have only two positions—inside men and outsidemen."
Millet said what a coach calls a man on his team depends on the style of defense or offense used.
Under the B.Y.U. system of inside and outside men, the players are just what the names imply. Some of them work in close to the basket on offense, pivoting or diving in for lay-ups. The others stay outside to pass in or take long set shots.
"They all shoot if they get a chance," Millet added emphatically. "And they move quickly from outside to inside if it seems more efficient."
The old three-position designations harks back to the old days when centers jumped for the bail after each goal. When the jump was eliminated within the past decade, the need for the names was gone, according to Millet.
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Pat Bowers set a new record of 1:55.8 in the 880-yard run at the Big Seven indoor track meet Feb. 26. By winning the race he won the Bill Lyda trophy which he is holding. The Lyda trophy is in honor of the Oklahoma runner who held the record until this year.
100 Teams In Volleyball
One hundred teams and over 800 men are competing in intramural volleyball this year. This season's play began Monday evening. The number represents a large increase over the past two years. In 47 there were only 26 teams entered. In 1948 there were just 61, Don Powell, intramural director, said.
Last year the Delta Chi's won top honors in the "A" division with a red hot team. The Beta's took the "B" league title. This year a "C" division has been added to both the fraternity and the independent leagues to accommodate the increase in entries. An example of the increase are the Phi Psi's who have entered seven teams, using all but 10 men in their house. The Beta's aren't far behind with six teams in competition.
"Most of the games this year will be played Mondays through Thursdays to leave the weekends open for practices. Awards will be presented to all winners at the end of the season which will be finished this month.
Red Sox Have 2 Lineup Changes
Sarasota, Fla., March 10—(U.P.) Manager Joe McCarthy figures on making only two changes in his Boston Red Sox lineup this season; he is planting big rookie Walt Dropo on first base and sending Billy Goodman back to his natural spot in right field.
McCarthy, beaming with optimism as he did in the days when his New York Yankees were the scourge of the majors, said today his team looked much better now than it did at this time a year ago when he came back out of retirement to direct the Back Bay Bostonians.
"Who the hell else is any better than Ted Williams or Dom DiMaggio in the outfield," he asked. "And Goodman had a great year at first base last season which wasn't his regular spot. He might do even better in the outfield."
Always a notable stand-patter because he usually had great stars at every position with the Yankees, McCarthy is convinced he is as well off now as when he used to be called a "push button pilot."
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To Keep Lyda Trophy,Bowers Must Win Two More Races
Pat Bowers won temporary possession of the Lyda trophy when he won the 880-yard run in the Big Seven track meet February 26. He will have permanent possession of the trophy if he wins the 880-yard run in two more annual Big Seven meets.
The Bill Lyda Memorial trophy of the Oklahoma board of regents, in memory of Lyda, a great Oklahoma runner, who was killed in World War II. The trophy will go to the first 880-yard runner who wins the event three times in the annual Big Seven meet. Lyda set the 880-yard annual meet mark at 1:56.5 in 1942. It stood until this year when Bowers, the Kansas runner, set a new record of 1:55.8.
Bowers said he would keep the trophy a week or two and then turn it over to Ernest C. Quigley, director of athletics of the University. The Kansas indoor track team will take the trophy with them when they go to the conference meet next year.
Although he isn't sure yet, Bowers said he might continue in track competition after he is graduated.
When he was a senior at Lane Technological High school in Chicago in 1944, Bowers won the City of Chicago championship in the 880-yard run. He entered Drake university competing on the freshman track quad before he enrolled in the
Bradenton, Fla., March 10 (UOP) Billy Southworth needed only one week to select the pitching staff he will carry into the 1949 National league pennant race for his champion. Boston Braves.
Braves Pick Mound Staff
Seven days after he opened the spring training camp of the Braves, he named three veterans, a second year man and a $75,000 bonus rookie as his starting hurlers.
"It will be Johnny Sain, Warren Spahn, Bill Voiselle, Vern Bickford and Johnny Antiofelli to open the season," the skipper of the Braves disclosed. "And back of them for relief, and for starting shots if any of those five falter, will be Nelson Potter, Clyde Shoun, Charley (Red) Barrett and Bob Hogue.
"That's nine of the 10 pitches I'll carry this year. Robert Hall, Ray Martin and Glenn Elliott will have to battle it out for the 10th spot."
Sain and Spahn, of course, will be the big man. Sain won 24 games last season and beat Bobby Feller 1 to 0 in the first game of the world series, while Spahn came up with 15 victories.
Voiselle, who blows hot and cold, won 13 while Bickford, in his first major league season, came through with 10 triumphs.
"Antonelli is going to get his chance this year." Southworth said. "He will be one of my five starting pitchers to open the season and I have a lot of confidence in him. Should he or any of the others falter there is always Barrett, who was the best pitcher on my club during the last third of last year."
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School of Fine Arts at Kansas. He was not eligible for the varsity track team his first, year because of his competition at Drake; however he was allowed to run in freshman competition.
Bowers was in the army two years and served in Europe during 1945 and the first half of 1946.
Basketball Scores BY UNITED PRESS
Kansas High school tournament scores:
By UNITED PRESS
At Hays (Class A):
Have 65 Hill City 57
Hays 65, Hill City 57
Russell 55, Stockton 15
A. Pault (Gloss A)
At Pratt (Class A).
Pratt 43, Caldwell 34
Fraft 34, Caldwell 34
Medicine Lodge 44, St. John 29
At Beloit (Class A)
Concordia
Hillsbillipsburg 34
Lincoln 37
DeLoit 85, Lincoln 84
At Lyons (Class A):
At Lyons (Class 11.)
Buhler 52, Stafford 35
Hoisington 43, Sterling 39.
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