UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949
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'Fireball' Court Tactics To Stay Despite Debates
New York, Jan. 4—(UPE) The fast break in basketball was on the pan today in court circles with a new blast by Don (Dudey) Moore of Duquesne but despite the conversation nobody is going to be able to hitch the stars to a horse and buggy.
If a coach has boys who can go faster than Friday's pay check, he's going to teach firehouse basketball. And if the lads are slower than bank business on Sunday, then the coach is going to "wonder" like Moore whether there shouldn't be less of a blaze under the baskets.
Moore, who proved his ability by advancing this year from high school to college basketball coaching, recites as a more thrilling sample a game in which he played back in woeful, hungry 1932.
"I was playing at Duquesne and we had a center who usually got the tap under the old center jump." Dudey recalled in attempting to substantiate his point. "In most games we managed to hold the other team to two or three field goals.
"At the end of the third quarter," Moore added, "they were two points ahead. So they froze the ball and in the whole fourth quarter didn't take one shot at the basket. Meanwhile, they made four foul shots, kept the ball away from us, and won by six points."
"Well, we came to New York to play City College and held a four point atal with half time—something like 16 to 12.
After reciting this "thrilling" episode of the old style basketball, which must have had the customers sleeping very soundly in the aisles. Moore went on to "wonder" whether the pendulum hadn't swung too far the other way.
Certainly today scores are astronomical compared to those of the past. But most coaches, except those without speedsters, and, more important, the fans, agree that the swift pace and rapid exchanges make for a more interesting contest.
Nothing is as deadly as those back court exhibitions of dribbling and freezing the ball.
Professional basketball has taken the tip and where they hit the hoop for hard cash it's the more points the merrier. With these tactics, the Pro Basketball Association of America reports attendance up about five per cent overall with great increases in Chicago and Boston and advances in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Basketball Scores
Dartmouth 64, Rochester 51
Yale 71, Duquesne 56
Tulane 63, Florida 51
Furman 71, Georgia 56
L.S.U. 56, Loyla (South) 52
Tennessee 70, Wake Forest 51
Vanderbilt 47, Wash. St. L. 43
Kansas State 50, Rockhurst 38
Missouri 59, Northwestern 37
Loyola (Chicago) 42, Purdue 33
Indiana 56, Marquette 47
Illinois 62, Wisconsin 50
Iowa 61, Western Reserve 54
Drake 69, Creighton 48
Texas 69, Sam Houston 38
San Francisco 57, Santa Clara 47
During the first eight months of 1947 the United States exported over 7,000 more barrels of oil and oil products daily than it imported.
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ISA, Battenfeld, EAC Win As IM Play Resumes
Two men did all the scoring for the I.S.A. team in one of the closest of the intramural games played Monday. Eloda Morrison and Charlie Nation had to bring their team from behind before they could win. Other winners in games played were Battenfeld, Alpha Phi Alpha, Deuces Wild, Oread number 1, and the Eldorado A.C.
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I. S.A. overcame a 10 to 5 deficit to set back the Sazaracs 19 to 15. Eloda Morrison, rangy I.S.A. center scored 15 of his team's points to lead the scoring. Charlie Nation scored the other 4 points for the I.S.A. team.
Sazarae's scoring was led by Roger Stohs who scored 5 points.
Battenfield unleashed a high-geared offensive to trounce the Navy 42 to 24 last night with a strike that sparked an attack and captured scoring honors with 14 points.
The slower Navy team was unable to maintain the scoring pace set by Battenfeld. The Navy scoring was led by Stan Penny and Lawrence Mische with 6 and 5 points respectively.
Playing a wide-open, fire-brand game, the Alpha Phi Alpha team rolled over the Alpha Kappa Psi's 37 to 26. Alpha Kap kept the pace with the winners in the second half, but couldn't overcome a substantial halftime lead James Hopkins led the winners with 10 points, and shared high point honors with Lee DeYoung of the Alpha Kap's who also scored 10.
Deuces Wild showed a rocky defense in the first half, and lengthened their lead in the second to defea the Quindribbles 27 to 12. The Quint were unable to tally a single field goal during the first半, and trailer 10 to 2 at halftime. Marshall Marti counted 8 pointers for the Deuces Wild; while Bill Sharpe led the Quindribbles with 5.
Charles Sturgeon was high scorer for J.O.'S F.O.'s with 9 points.
Oread Hall No. 1, team outscored J.O.'s F.O.'s 36 to 19. Paced by Bill Polack, who scored 10 points, Oread Hall maintained the lead all the way to the victory.
El Dorado A.C. edged past a stubborn Tiger team 27 to 21. The scoring was evenly distributed throughout both teams with Ray Tomberlin leading the El Dorado team with 6 and Stewart scoring 5 for the Tigers.
A Sig Ep "B" team that couldn't miss the basket downed a hard-playing Theta Tau "B" team 40 to 23 Monday night. The winners took an early lead and were never threatened as they led 23 to 9 at the half and 35 to 19 at the end of the third quarter. Mathers and Hart shared Sig Ep scoring honors with 10 points apiece, while Brune led Theta Tau with 6 points.
In a loosely played game that was dominated by penalties, the Beta "B"队 beat Delta Sigma Pi "B1" to 10. Leading 13 to 7 at the
end of the second quarter, Beta forged ahead and allowed Delta Sigma only 3 points in the second half. Halverhout was high scorer for the victors with 7 points, and Emery led the losers with 4 points.
An alert Delta Chi "B" "team grabbed a 15 to 0 first quarter advantage and were never pressed as they outclassed Phi Kappa Tau "B" 51 to 25. The winners were superior in virtually every department, controlling both the backboards and the floor game at will.
Channel of Delta Chi took high point laurels with 15 while Oliver carried the bulk of the Phi Kappä Tau offensive with 13.
Phi K. A. "B" was forced into an overtime period to nip a fighting Lambda Chi "B" team 22 to 20. A shot by Thompson of Phi K. A. was the margin of victory after the quintettes had finished the fourth quarter with the tally knotted at 20 all.
Phi K. A. overcame a first half Lambda Chi advantage by virtue of an alert man to man defense in the latter stages of the game. Bradley, Phi K. A. forward, led the games scorers with nine points. McCleman of Lambda Chi topped the losers with six markers.
Carpenters Donate Saturdays
Columbus, Ohio—(UP)—No more tents for the family of James Bruce, who died when he had completed only part of a house for his wife and two children. Seven carpenters who heard about the carpenter's death volunteered to donate their Saturdays to work on the rest of the house. The family had been living in a tent
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Army Gets Ready For Area Shoot
The R.O.T.C. rifle team was shaded in a three-way match with the University of Maine and South Dakota State college by Maine 1843 to 1704. Results of South Dakota State's firing has not been received.
Richard E. Kummer, Engineering sophomore, was high scorer for Kansas with 371. He was rated the highest in all four positions. Lloyd McClure, Jr., College junior, scored 365; Jack Hale, College senior, 335; John M. McKinley, Engineering sophomore, 331 and Theodore C. Finkmeier, Engineering junior, 311.
At present the team is preparing for the Fifth Army matches which begin Jan. 10. All the R.O.T.C. units in the Fifth Army area will compete.
Luke Sewell To Cincy Reds
New York, Jan. 4 — (UP) — Luke Sewell, the only man ever to lead the St. Louis Browns to an American League pennant, was signed today to coach the Cincinnati Reds, thereby swelling the ranks of former big league managers who now are turning to coaching jobs.
The 48-year-old Sewell, who won the pennant with the Browns in 1944, returns to baseball after a two-year absence. According to Cincinnati officials, he will be one of the highest paid coaches in the majors.
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