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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1949
St. Louis Billikens Rout NYU To Qualify For Olympic Trial
The magnificent Billikens buried New York university, 65 to 52. last night to win the National Invitation tournament championship and a ticket to the Olympic trials which begin here March 27.
Little Eddie Hickey, the 5 foot 5 inch mastermind who guides St. Louis, termed it a "perfect ball game." But there were many who believed the term "perfect" could have been applied to the team itself.
They accomplished the deed with a brilliance and finesse that left 18,491 spectators and the sadly outclassed Violets agape with bewilderment.
Coach Howard Cann of N.Y.U
summed it up aptly when he rue-
fully remarked, "you make a mistake
and they murder you."
Bills Are Hot
The Billikens couldn't do anything wrong. They hit on 25 out of 60 shots from the floor for an amazing 417 percentage. Their passing game was a hallmark of ball handling mastery. And on defense they clung to their opponents like leeches, rarely affording the Violets a decent shot at the hoop.
If any hero could be singled out from among the collection of Billiken basketteers, it was "Easy Ed" MacAuley, the 6 foot 8 inch bag of bones, who won the tournament's outstanding player trophy by unanimous acclaim of the committee.
MacAuley, was the game's high scorer with 24 points on 11 field goals and two free throws. He controlled about 75 per cent of the rebounds under both boards, fed his mates repeatedly with his slight-of-hand passes and blanketed big Adolph Schayes with four field goals.
At the eight minute mark of the second half, when St. Louis led 41 to 24, MacAuley had tossed in as many points as the whole N.Y.U team combined.
The Billikens sparred with the Violets for the first five minutes, then broke a 3 to 3 tie on a basket by Dan Miller and were never headed from there in. They led 25 to 18 at half time and by the 11th minute of the second half had opened an unsurmountable 47 to 28 bulge. Hickey inserted his substitutes thereafter to prevent the game from becoming a ridiculous rout.
In a thrilling third place consolation contest, Western Kentucky defeated DePaul of Chicago, 61 to 59, in overtime. Don Ray, the Hilltopper high scorer with 19 points, toshed in two baskets in the extra session that helped sink the Demons.
MacAulkey's chief and in the scoring job was D. C. Wilcult, who chipped in with 16 points. On defense Miller and Bob Schmidt teamed to do a great job of checking N.Y.U.'s heralded Ray Lumpm with four baskets and as many free throws before they left the game.
IM Director Calls Manager's Meeting
A meeting of intramural managers will be held in room 203 of Robinson gym at 4 p.m. tomorrow, Don Powell, intramural manager, announced today.
Entry blanks for the intramural swimming meet, April 7, 8, and 9 will be passed out and a discussion on the sweepstakes trophy will be held.
Mr. Powell also announced that organizations planning to enter the swimming meet may now sign up for practices in the University pool. It will be available from 4 p. m. to 10 p. m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Presidents To Eat Saturday
"Student Participation in Campus Politics" will be discussed at t. President's breakfast at 9 a. m. Saturday in the main Union cafeteria. The presidents' breakfasts are given by the Union Activi. committee for president of all k uses and organizations.
Aggie Record Looks Good
If comparative records mean anything, the Kansas State Wildcats should be favored to win the N. C. A. A. western regional playoffs which begin in Kansas City tomorrow.
Of the four teams—Baylor, Washington, Wyoming, and Kansas State—who will vie for the right to meet the winner of the eastern tourney, the Wildcats are rivaled only by Baylor on the won-lost count. Both of these teams has won 21 games while Baylor has lost five against four for the men from Manhattan. Washington and Wyoming have won and lost 21-10 and 18-7, respectively.
Other statistics show that the Wildcats have beaten opponents by a greater margin than any of the other three teams. The Aaggies' game average of 10.5 is two points better than the average of Washington, second best team in this department.
Lead In Free Throws
K-State also leads in the number of free throws scored each game. They have netted 15.6 a contest while Baylor has a record of 13.7 to rank second among the four teams.
Tomorrow's first round will find K-State meeting Wyoming and Baylor scrapping it out against Washington. This is the first year that the Wildcats have worked up to the N. C. A. A. regional, but is not a new experience for the Wyoming crew. In 1943 they won the N. C. A. A. national title and went ahead to defeat St. John's for the mythical national basketball crown.
The Eastern regional will begin in Madison Square Garden tonight and will see Columbia, Kentucky, Holy Cross and Michigan in competition for the title. The winners of the eastern and western titles will then meet in the Garden to determine the N. C. A. A. representative in the Olympic playoffs.
Holy Cross Is Favored
The canny Crusaders of Holy Cross, defending champions, were rated very slight favorites over Michigan while Kentucky was made a solid choice over Columbia in the semi-final round tonight.
Holy Cross, which won 23 games and lost only three during the regular season, has been rated a one point choice over the Wolverine five that captured the Big Nine title. Kaintuck's Southeastern champions were expected to win by as much as 10 points.
Kansas will play a 20-game baseball schedule this spring including four non-conference engagements with two new foes, College of Emporia and Arkansas; it was announced Wednesday by athletic director E. C. Quigley.
The Jayhawkers, playing their first season under Russ Sehon, will open with the Hornets in Emporia April 2 and 3, and follow against the Razorbacks here April 9 and 10.
20 Games For KU 'Nine'
Quigley said there was a possibility that two more contests may be slated. The schedule:
Newton Picked To Win State
Topcka, March 18—(UP)--Favorites came through initial competition as expected and brought a classy array of talent into second round games today of the Kansas High school basketball championships.
In class AA here at Topeka, unbeaten and untied Newton, winner of 23 straight and favored to annex a 10th state title, meets Pittsburg, winner of 19 games, loser of 3. In other games:
Apr. 2-3 C. of Emporia, Emporia
Apr. 9-10 Arkansas, Lawrence
Apr. 16-17 Missouri, Columbia
Apr. 23-24 Oklahoma, Lawrence
Apr. 26-27 K-State, Manhattan
May 3-4 Nebraska, Lincoln
May 7-8 Missouri, Lawrence
May 14-15 Iowa State, Ames
May 17-18 Nebraska, Lawrence
May 24-25 K-State, Lawrence
Shawnee-Mission (17-6) vs. To-
koe (12-9).
Winfield (12-6) vs. Salina (21-3).
Lawrence (17-6) vs. Ward (19-2).
These teams won opening round games by margins ranging from the last-minute, 39 to 37 victory of Pittsburg over Arkansas City, to Newton's 67 to 29 drubbing of Leavenworth.
Fishy High School Course
Shawnee-Mission swamped Coffeyville 43 to 21; Topeka dumped Pratt, 59 to 36; Winfield bested Parsons, 45 to 38; Salina beat Wichita North, 46 to 25; Lawrence defeated Wichita East 42 to 34, and Ward ousted Dodge City, 48 to 41.
In class A at Salina, second round pairings were: Augusta vs. Buhlher, Lvons vs. Abilene, Hugoton vs. Beloit, Russell vs. Hillsboro.
The only defending champion in the state tournaments, Buhler, opened its bid for a second straight victory with 33 to 33 victory over Sedan.
Bellingham. Wash.-(UP) — The local high school has offered a course in commercial fishing techniques. It is believed to be the first of its kind among the nation's high schools.
The Trojans of Beloit ticked off a 25th straight triumph by blasting Kingman 47 to 27. Hillsboro won an opening round contest with Oberlin. 50 to 31.
Led by Dale Anderson who hit for 24 counters, Abilene nosed out Caldwell, 47 to 46 in the closest game of the tourney.
Russell beat Hiawatha 40 to 38, leading all the way. Other results were: Augusta over Osawatomie 55 to 32; Lyons over Iola 47 to 39; and Hugoton over Fredonia 38 to 35.
New York (A) 8, Cincinnati 7
Washington 11, Philadelphia (N) 7
Detroit 6, St. Louis (N) 2
St. Louis (A) 13, Chicago (A) 1
Portland (PCL) 7, St. Louis (A)
Exhibition Baseball
St. L. (N) "B" 13, Phillie (N)
"B" 4.
Results of class B games were: Lindsburg 33, Dorrane 30; Sharon 34, Jetmore 32; Lyndon 35, Delphos 32; Ulysses 44, Elmore 32; Louisburg 43, Brewster 30; Moundridge 24, Hamline 20; Mulvane 48, Onaga 30; Greensburg 43, Riveton 29.
In class B at Hutchinson, today's lineup was: Sharon vs. Lindsburg; Lyndon vs. Mulvane; Louisburg vs. Moundridge; Ulysses vs. Greenberg.
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