THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Skyline Six Title Picture Still Not Settled
Denver, Feb. 17—U.P.) The Skyline Six basketball conference was living up to its reputation as a fast moving cut-throat court loop today.
It is doubtful if there ever has been a season where the teams were so evenly matched—a season where the lead is so subject to change overnight and where every team has to be reckoned with.
The 20-game conference season passed the half-way mark last week and four of the six clubs still were in the running for the championship, Wyoming took over the favorite's role Monday night. The Cowboys now have 10 wins and three losses as to Utah's eight wins and five losses. Denver is in third place ahead of Brigham Young.
Through the game Boryla and Joe Nelson, Brigham Young's hot forward, had poured the ball through the hoop. Boryla spun off the post to amaze some 5,000 fans with the accuracy of his hook shot and Nelson lofted the ball up from just about any place to score.
Probably the most thrilling moment of the season came in the Denver-Brigham Young game when Denver's Vince Boryla set a new conference scoring record of 39 points.
At half-time Boryla had 17 points. Even then it didn't appear that anything out of the ordinary was going to happen. After all, the conference scoring record was 37 points, set by Nelson against Denver the year before. That record seemed safe enough.
But Big Vince wasn't to be denied.
As the second half opened the former Notre Dame star kept hitting the basket with almost impossible shots. Then, with only one minute left, it happened.
Borya scored his 37th point to tie the record. Brigham Young took over the ball, and knowing it didn't have a chance to win the game, began stalling to keep Borya from getting any more points.
But the pioneers made a break and got the ball out of bounds. The clock showed less than a minute to play when Denver swooped down the floor. Big Vince got the ball and when he drove into the basket he was fouled, ironically enough, by Nelson.
Boryla stepped to the lane and with two calm throws eclipsed Nelson's old record by two points. Nelson got 21 points himself, but his efforts were lost in the brilliance of the Denver ace.
There's still plenty of time left in confrence play for lots of things to happen. This week's schedule features a two-game series between Utah and Brigham Young. Both clubs need wins to stay within reach of the loop lead.
New York, Feb. 17—(U.P.)-The Holy Cross college Crusaders from Worcester, Mass., continued on the road to the N.C.A.A.'s Eastern eliminations at New York by dumping Columbia Wednesday night, 55 to 49.
Holy Cross Stays In NCAA Running
Kentucky mesmerized Mississippi, 85 to 31, for its 21st victory in 22 games.
Leo Barnhorst's 13 points helped carry Notre Dame to a 59 to 42 victory over Marquette at South Bend.
Hamline, the only undefecated team in the nation two weeks ago, fell before the classy Phillips Oilers, 52 to 38.
Texas remained in the Southwest conference race by defeating Texas A. & M., 56 to 43.
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25 Women's Teams To Vie For Intramural Prizes
The women's intramural sports division includes 25 teams entered from organized houses which are competing for titles in a wide variety of games.
The first winter season was composed of basketball and table tennis. There were 300 women entered in basketball and 100 in table tennis.
Thetas defeated Delta Gamma and I.W.W. handed a loss to Kappa. The finals and title will be determined Tuesday, Feb. 22 at the playoff.
From the 105 women entered in the tennis tournament, Mary Helen Shepard, education senior, took the title. There were 320 women playing in the intramural volleyball division and 75 in badminton.
The second winter season will include the table tennis doubles and swimming competitions, while the spring season will feature tennis doubles and softball.
The number of women entering intramurals has been cut down slightly this year because of closed dormitories which would have ordinarily sent teams such as Sleepy Hollow and Sterling hall.
Because of late classes and lack of space for both men and women in Robinson gym, the games are played at night from 7 to 10 in Robinson gymnasium annex.
El Universal Says Louis Is Divorced
Mexico City, Feb. 17—(U.F.)—An univerified report in the newspaper El Universal said today that heavyweight champion Joe Louis had obtained a divorce from Marva Trotter Louis "last week" in Morelos state.
The report, from Zacatepec, said the decree was granted by a court in Jojutla.
This report said the decree provided for Louis to pay $100 weekly in support of his son, Joei, Jri, who would remain in the custody of his mother but could spend summers with his father.
The report said Marva renounced her community property rights under the decree.
IRC Opens Semester With Dinner Meeting
The International Relations club held its first meeting of the semester at a dinner Monday at the Union.
Pete Climbs Into Seventh
The guest speaker was Kim Giffin, assistant professor of speech. The subject of his speech was "The Possibilities of a World Federation Under the U N."
Gene Petersen, K.U.'s 6-foot, 7-inch forward, has moved into seventh place among the leading Big Seven basketball scorers.
Big Gene Petersen, Jayhawker forward, moved into seventh place among the Big Seven's leading scorers with his 20-point barrage against Missouri at Columbia Tuesday.
Claude Houchin, K.U. guard, stayed in sixth place a point ahead of Petersen as he scored 13 points against the Tigers to raise his average to 10.5.
Nebraska's Claude Retherford threw in 20 points against Oklahoma at Norman Monday to get a tighter grip on first place with his 15.2 average for six games. Teammate Milt Whitehead scored only five points against the Sooners and dropped into third place, just behind Colorado's Bob Rolander.
Retherford could become the sixth highest scorer in conference history if he continues at his present pace. Only Gerald Tucker, Oklahoma (1943), Charley Black, K.U. (1946), Ralph Miller, K.U. (1942), Howard Engleman, K.U. (1941), and Frank Groves, K.State (1937), compiled higher averages in a full season than Retherford's present mark.
The top ten conference scorers,
based upon average score per game;
Retherford, g. N...6 91 15.2
Rolander, c. C...7 83 11.9
Whitehead, c. N...7 61 11.8
Glasgow, f. O...7 76 10.9
B. Petersen, g. IS...8 85 10.6
Houchin, g. K...8 84 10.5
G. Petersen, f. K...8 83 10.4
Pippin, f. Mo...4 39 9.7
Harman, f. K.S...7 67 9.6
Ley, g. C...7 63 9.0
Mangrum Favored In Houston Open
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Houston, Feb. 17.—(U.F.)The first of a field of 150 eager golfers teed off today on the initial round of the $10,000 Houston open tournament.
Dapper Lloyd Mangrum, who has been lazing about the Rio Grande valley the past two weeks, found himself in the No. 1 spot among favorites picked by the experts to take top money prizes.
The $2,000 first prize would push Mangrum ahead of debonair Jimmy Demaret in the money winning sweepstakes.
Demaret, a Houston golfer who plays out of Ojai, Cal., was deemed the fairway obstacle that Mangrum must surmount if he is to come in his new card over the 6,710-yard, par 72 Pine Forest Country Club course.
Among them was Dave Douglas who jumped from comparative obscurity into sports page headlines last Sunday as surprise winner of the $10,000 Texas open at San Antonio.
Most of the nation's giants of the fairways, including such veterans as Slammin' Sammy Snead and 92 other big-timers were ready to give the sprawling course a workout.
Conspicuously absent was bantem Ben Hogan, last year's leading money winner who was injured seriously in a highway accident near Van Horn, Tex., 15 days ago.
Hogan, wrapped in a cocoon of plaster, was to leave an El Paso hospital today for Fort Worth, Tex., his home town.
High scorers at the Jawhawk Archery Club practice shoot Wednesday afternoon were Bill Miller, engineering junior, with 360 points; Alice Myers, education senior, with 300 points; Wayne Erkenbeck, college junior, with 289 points; and Harold Shigley, fine arts junior, with 275 points.
Miller Leads Archers
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