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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1948
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Wildcats Carry Colors Into NCAA Playoffs
Kansas State's battered Wildcats carried the colors of the Big Seven gloriously last night as they out-steadied Oklahoma A. and M., 43 to 34, before a record basketball throng in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium
With the important triumph Jack Gardner's hustlers lined up with Wyoming, Baylor, and Washington in the Western N. C. A. A. playoffs,
Wyoming, Baylor, and Washington is which begin Friday in Kansas City. Washington's Huskies grabbed off the Pacific Coast honors last night when they topped California, 59 to 49, at Berkeley.
Kansas State's success over Hank Iba's Aggies was a triumph for hustle and aggressiveness over deliberate, often dull basketball. A Wildcat with his ribs hammered loose and another who sizzled from the field swept the Missouri Valley champs off the floor.
The Wildcats built up a 27 to 17 halftime edge as Hal Howey turned in expert floor work and Howard Shannon bombarded the bucket with deadly accuracy. The brilliant Kansas State guard hit all six of his goals before the intermission, almost half of the Wildcat total.
The bristling Kansas State attack cooled in the second half but it didn't matter. The court artists from Manhattan, with Rick Harman shining above the rest, demonstrated their own "deep freeze" to the Still-water crew.
They hustled rebounds and loose balls with such consistency that they were able to control the ball for most of the last 15 minutes. The Cowpokes never narrowed the difference to less than five points.
A. L. Bennett and Vernon Yates led the futile Aggie fight to keep within shouting distance of the classy Wildcats. But the Cowboy tactics resulted in frequent fouls which K-State converted most of the time. Bob Harris, Cowboy center, fouled out with about five minutes left.
Box Score
KANSAS STATE (43)
fg ft ftm pf tp
Harman 1 3 2 2 5
Weatherby 0 0 0 0 0
Howey 2 1 0 2 5
Krone 0 0 0 0 0
Mahoney 0 0 0 0 0
Clark 3 5 1 2 11
Brannum 0 4 2 4 4
Dean 0 0 0 0 0
Langton 1 1 0 1 3
Shannon 6 3 0 3 15
Thornton 0 0 0 0 0
Thurston 0 0 0 0 0
total 12 17 5 1 41
OKLAHOMA A. & M. (24)
Bennett 4 1 0 3 9
Yates 3 3 1 2 9
Amaya 1 0 1 4 2
Harris 1 4 2 5 6
Shelton 0 0 0 2 0
Bradley 3 0 0 2 6
Parks 0 2 0 1 2
Williams 0 0 0 1 0
Potts 0 0 1 0 0
12 10 5 30 74
Frat Teams Enter Second IM Round
The ATO's, Sig Alpha's, Pi K A's, and Beta's breezed to their second straight volleyball wins last night
Paced by lanky Jack Eskridge the A100 dumped the Sigma Nus 15 to 1 and 15 to 3. It was the second loss in a row for the underdog Sigma Nu's.
Phi Kappa Psi gave the unbeaten Sig Alph's an early scare by winning the opening contest 15 to 10 but the Sig Alph's rolled back to win 15 to 2 and 15 to 5. It was the first reverse for the Phi Psi's.
A smooth-clicking Pi K A team polished off Delta Sigma Pi 15 to 10 and 15 to 8.
15 to 7 and 15 to 5. It was the loser's second straight defeat.
Lambda Chi fell before the Beta's After battling to a 1 to 1 deadlock the Kappa Sigs took the deciding third contest from the Delta Chi's 15 to 10. The Kappa Sigs won the first 15 to 13 but the Delta Chi's smothered them 15 to 1 in the second.
Alpha Kappa Sigma won their first match of the season as it polished off Phi Kappa Sigma 16 to 4 and 16 to 5.
Talbert, Hart Lead Field
At Indoor Tennis Tourney
Doris Hart of Miami, Fla., topped a group of five seeded players and three unranked competitors in the quarter-finals.
New York, March -6. (UP)—Seven seeded players, headed by Billy Talbert of New York, and one unranked player, Nathan Goldstein of Brooklyn, clashed today in the quarter-final round of the men's singles of the National Indoor Tennis championships.
No More 'Brannums'
Allen Suggests Early Check
"This is a horse and buggy conference," said Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen today in referring to Big Seven rules which allows ineligible athletes to play until someone protests. In a statement Monday, Dr. Allen said that someone should start early this year to check the eligibility of Kansas State basketball players.
"There is no question that some of the K-State men who have been listed as being eligible for next year are not eligible," the K.U. coach said today. He did not say whom he thought should look into the eligibility question at the Aggie school. When asked if he would take the responsibility for checking into the matter, Dr. Allen said he wouldn't promise to keep out of it.
By BOB DELLINGER Daily Kansan Sports Editor
In reply to numerous queries as to our 1948 major league predictions, we present the following crystal ball standings. The World Series this year will be played in Boston in Braves field—and in the Yankee Stadium of New York.
The American league is an easy one to pick. The Yankees, with strength at every position, just can't miss, as they demonstrated to Joe McCarthy's Boston Red Sox Sunday.
With the Sox leading by two in the 10th, the Yankee big guns boomed as Henrich tripled in the tying runs, Lindell walked, and Joe DiMaggio hit one into Tampa Bay for a 5 to 2 victory.
Following the Yanks to the wire will be, in order, the Red Sox, the Philadelphia A's, the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, and the St. Louis Browns.
The National league race should be something to watch this year. We see the Braves and Cards in a battle right down to the wire, with Boston edging in. Possibly it is a bad trick to pick the dark horse to win, but we're playing a hunch that those five 20-game winners of the Braves will pull through.
Good pitching could help any of these teams raise their final standing, especially the hard-hitting New York Giants. If the Giants could come up with another 20-game man to go with Larry Jansen, they would be right in the thick of the fight.
The Cards should finish up a two-team race with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phils, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs on the downward side.
Jules V. Sikes, the new football coach, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the K-club tonight at 7:30 in 206 Frank Strong. Coach Sikes will give an informal talk on football.
Well, there they are, loyal fans and you can't tell whether I'm right or wrong until September.
Sikes Will Speak At K-Club Meeting
According to Otto Schnellbacher, K-club president, a short business meeting will also be held. The business meeting will include a discussion of the K.U. Relays banquet which the K-club plans to sponsor for all high school athletes who participate in the Relays.
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Crisler Quits As Grid Coach
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 16—(UP)—Herbert O. (Fritz) Crisler exploded a bombshell in the football world today by resigning as head coach of the University of Michigan, where he coached the Wolverines to an undefeated season and the Rose Bowl championship last year.
Crisler, graying. 48 year-old wizard of the gridiron, said in the future he would devote his energies to directing Michigan's sports destinies as athletic director.
The Michigan athletic board of control accepted the resignation in a special meeting late last night and appointed Benny Oosterbaan, backfield coach, to succeed him.
The surprise move flabbergasted the university, Ann Arbor and the sports world, although the astute Crisler revealed that he had been "thinking about it for some time."
Last season Crisler came up with a new concept in football, a split strategy of separate teams for offense and defense. With all-American Bob Chappuis, Bump Elliott, Jack Weisenburger and Howard Yerges he welded a superb offensive unit with dazzling speed and skill. Then he turned around and built a solid defensive unit to play when he other team had the ball.
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