TUESDAY, MARCH 8.1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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KU Hopes To Avoid Cellar By Defeating Iowa State
Hoping to avoid a last-place tie and retain a chance of tieing for fifth Kansas will close the season against the Iowa State Cyclones at 7:30 tonight at Hoch auditorium.
If the Jayhawkers win, they will finish with a 4-won, 8-lost record and be assured of sixth place. A Colorado defeat by Oklahoma Saturday would mean a Colorado-Kansas tie for fifth place.
Iowa State, with two wins in 11 conference games, can salvage a last place tie by beating K.U. Coach Phog Allen's club, however, is due for a victory after three straight defeats, two on the road and one to Oklahoma. The Jayhawks will be shooting for their 13th victory in 24 games. A 13-11 record would tie K.U. With Kansas State for the third best full-season record in the league. The Jayhawkers should win if they display the same hustle and spirit they showed against Oklahoma last week, and in edging the Cyclones, 62 to 57 in a thriller at Ames Feb. 5.
K. U. trailed the title-bound Sooners by 14 points early in the second half, but staged two fierce raids to pull up, 41 to 43, with nine minutes to go. O.U. took the rest of the way, but not before K.U. had given them plenty to worry about.
Led by Gene Petersen and Claude Houchin, the Jayhawkers turned in one of their top offensive games of the year in beating Iowa State at Ames for the first time in three years. Petersen hit six goals and nine free throws with his under-the-basket work, while Houchin made 10 goals, most of them from long range.
It was Jerry "The Sheriff" Waugh, however, who threw in two straight goals to lift his teammates into a tie after Iowa State had held a 56 to 52 lead with less than two minutes left. Petersen could cop the conference individual scoring title with a big night. "Pete" already ranks as K.U.'s highest scorer in conference history in road games. He fired in 96 points this year in six games away from home for a 16.0 average, bettering the 15.8 road mark set by All-American Howard Engleman in 1941.
The 6-foot 7-inch forward has made only 31 points in five home games, a reversal that almost ranks as a basketball believe-it-or-not. His total of 127 is second to Nebraska's Claude Retheder.
Guy Mabry, an accurate pushhot, Buddy Bull, hustling sophomore, and tall Maurice Martin are all possibilities for the starting forward position. Bill Sapp, playing his last game for K.U., will start at guard.
Iowa State's chances of winning in Hoch auditorium for the first time since 1945 received a jolt with the Loss last week of Capt. Bob Petersen, 5-foot 8-inch guard and leading scorer. He underwent an apendectomy that caused him to miss the Kansas State game, which the Cyclones lost, 54 to 39.
Petersen, a fine ball-handler and passer, was Iowa State's best long shot and already ranks as the highest scoring guard in Cyclone history.
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Coach Clayton Sutherland still has little Dennis Ferguson, also a top ranking ball handler and passer and Petersen's back line running mate. Charles Herbert, 6-foot 3-inch sophomore, will replace Petersen at guard.
The Jayhawkers will also have to watch rugged Don Paulsen, 6-foot 4-inch center who has been hard for K.U. to handle in the past three seasons.
Debaters Go To Missouri
Aldo Aliotti, graduate student, and Dorothy Scroggy, College senior, will take part in a debate at the University of Missouri tonight. E. C Buchler, professor of speech, will accompany them.
The subject is, "resolved, that higher education is more lower than higher." Aliotti will present the affirmative and Miss Scroggy the negative. The team will split with the Missouri team.
The debate is sponsored by Athan-
neum, a literary society.
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Werner Arrives For Grid Duties
Albert H. Werner, the University's new line coach, has reported for duty. He and his family arrived from Levtittown, N.Y. They are living at the Eldridge hotel.
Werner comes to the University from the merged New York and Brooklyn professional football teams where he was a line coach.
Spring Track Schedule Set
Kansas will meet three Big Seven opponents in dual meets and take part in seven major affairs this spring in their 1949 outdoor track schedule released today by Athletic Director E. C. Quibleley.
Dual meets are slated with Nebraska Saturday, April 16 in Lincoln, Kansas State Wednesday, May 4 in Lawrence, and Colorado, Saturday, May 7 in Lawrence. The Jayhawkers hope to land one more dual for Friday, May 13.
As usual K.U. will send squads to the Texas Relays, Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, to their own Kansas Relays Saturday, April 23 and to the Drake Relays Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 in Des Moines.
The schedule:
April 12: Texas Relays at Austin
April 16: Nebraska at Lincoln
April 23: Kansas Relays at Lawrence
 April 29.30: Drake Relays at Des
May 4: Kansas State at Lawrence
May 7: Colorado at Lawrence
May 13: Meet pending
May 20, 21: Big Seven conference meet at Lincoln
meet at Lincoln
June 3: Big Seven-Southwest dual
June 13, 14: N.C.A.A. at Los Angeles
June 24, 25. National A.A.U. at Fresno, Calif.
Fresno, Calif.
Hamline Favored In NAIB Tourney
Kansas City, Mo., March 8—(U.P.) The basketball fives of St. Thomas and Hamline university, cross-town rivals from St. Paul, Minn., drew a one-day respite in the N.A.I.B. tournament today following impressive opening round victories.
Sixteen more teams get their tournament baptism today. The afternoon games will pit Puget Sound against Northwestern Louisiana, Iowa State Teachers against River Falls State Teachers, Beloit against Waynesburg, and Western College of Education against Texas Tech.
Hamline, the tournament's early favorite, coasted past Arkansas State college, 76 to 43, and St. Thomas pounded Nebraska State Teachers, 74 to 44, Monday.
The evening schedule will bring together Regis and Erskine, Southwest Missouri and Portland university, Hawaii university and North Dakota, and Loyola (Md.) and Cedarville.
Swimming Hours Changed
The swimming hours for men in Robinson gymnasium have been changed. The new hours are from 5 to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The change was announced by the athletic office.
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Lemon, Bearden Get Pay Raises From Cleveland
Hamline, third place finisher in last year's tourney, posted the widest victory margin in the opening round play. The Pipers were led by Hal Haskins, All-Tournament choice last year, who made 22 points.
Tucson, Ariz., March 8—(U.P.)The champion Cleveland Indians today bore a closer resemblance to the one, big happy family of last October following the acceptance of terms by pitcher Bob Lemon, second baseman Joe Gordon, pitcher Gene Bearden and utility infielder Johnny Berardino.
Cleveland's only remaining hold-outs are infielder Roberto Avila and third-string catcher Hank Ruszkowski.
Gordon received an estimated $35,000 plus a bonus which could raise his earnings to $40,000. Bearden also signed a bonus contract which could net him better than $20,000. Lemon was understood to have received the 25,000 he sought. Berardino, who batted only 1.90, took a slight cut from his last year's wage
Bradenton, Fla., March 8—(U.P.) The brilliant showing of pitcher Johnny Sain of the Boston Braves was rewarded today when manager Billy Southworth nominated him too hurl the club's opening grapefruit league game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Miami, Sunday.
Lakeland, Fla. March 8—(U,P)—Five candidates all with equal chances, will compete for the second base job with the Detroit Tigers, manager Red Rolfes announced today. The five players are Neil Berry Eddie Lake, Eddie Mayo and rookies Bob Mavis and Johnny Bero.
First base also is open, Rolfe announced, with George Vico, Tony Lupien and Paul Campbell in the field.
Tampa, Fla., March 8—(U.P.)—Kenny Raffensberger, Eddie Erautt, and Walker Cress were named today to hurl for the Cincinnati Reds in their opening exhibition game this Saturday against the Boston Red Sox at Sarasota.
Ace Ewell Blackwell was taking only light exercise as he recovers from his kidney operation of Jan. 20. Blackwell won't start throwing for three weeks.
Clearwater, Fla., March 8—(U.P.)—The Philadelphia Phillies were 100 per cent signed up today as infielder Bobby Blattner, former New York Giant, inked his 1949 contract. Blattner signed for a reported $7,000.
The state of Louisiana leads all other states in the production of sugar cane, strawberries, sweet potatoes, sugar cane syrup and rice.
West Palm Beach, Fla., March 8—(U.P.) - Phil Marchildon, veteran Philadelphia Athletics pitcher who had a little difficulty seeing eye to eye with manager Connie Mack on terms, today appeared to be regaining his 1947 form.
Nebraska Will Cheer For Colorado
He showed good control while pitching batting practice Monday and said afterward that he felt none of the weakness that caused him to slip to nine victories last year.
He said he probably would use Bobby Brown at shortstop, Joe Collins at first base, Gene Woodling in center field and Larry (Yogi) Berra behind the plate. Tommy Byrne and Don Johnson probably will do the pitching.
St. Petersburg, Fla., March 8—(U.P.) Manager Casey Stengel today was ready to use plenty of rookies in the New York Yankees first exhibition game against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday.
Burbank, Calif., March 8—(U.P.) The St. Louis Browns will engage in their first intra-squad game of the season today, with a surprise starter, Jack Graham, at first base.
With a new lease on hope and the Big Seven throne-room, Nebraska was back in the drivers seat today in the wild scramble for a piece of the 1949 Big Seven basketball crown.
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Graham, the home run champion of the Pacific Coast league in 1948, was slated for outfield duty in the Brownie mid-winter plans. Andy Anderson, a reserve player last year, will play second base for one of the teams.
The Cornhuskers staved off a hustling Missouri university quintet at Columbia Monday night, 52 to 48, to end their conference season with a 9-3 record.
The win left Nebraska on top of the conference again. Oklahoma, however, was only a game away from a tie, and was scheduled to meet lowly Colorado on the Norman court Saturday. Should the Sooners lose that one, they would wind up in second place tie with Kansas State. A win would tie them for the crown with Nebraska.
Missouri, season over, was firmly entrenched in fourth place. And Colorado, win or lose Saturday, will be in fifth.
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