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TUESDAY MARCH 9
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Kansas Drops To Cellar As Colorado Wins 77-60
By BOB DELLINGER
University Daily Kansan Sports Editor
Boulder, Colo.—Special to the Dailyn Kansan)—The University of Colorado Buffaloes pulled out of the Big Seven cellar Monday night, leaving the hapless Kansas Jayhawkers in that unenvied spot as the Buffs roared to a 77 to 60 victory. About 7,500 persons watched Kansas lose its 10th in a row.
For the second time in two games and the third time this season, a new total scoring record was set against the Jayhawkers. The previous high was 70, set Saturday night at Lincoln, surpassing a mark of 67 set by the Emporia Teachers in the season's opener.
The Jayhawkers must win their lone remaining game, with Iowa State at Lawrence Saturday, to pull into a tie for sixth place with the Buffers.
As has been the case this season, it was a weak, and sometimes nonexistent, defense which caused the
Big 7 Standings
W L Pct Pts Opp
Kansas State 9 3 7.50 659 574
Missouri 7 5 5.83 583 571
Oklahoma 7 5 5.83 688 591
Iowa State 6 5 5.45 520 535
Nebraska 5 7 4.17 674 734
Colorado 4 8 3.33 577 613
Kansas 8 2 7.23 573 689
Kansas downfall. The Jayhawkers, fast-breaking from the starting whistle, kept pace with the favored Buffs throughout the first half and well into the second, until the white-clad Buffs found an opening and blasted the game wide open.
Kendall Hills, Colorado forward, slammed 30 points through the basket to take the scoring honors unchallenged. Big Jack Eskridge, Kansas forward fell nine points shy of his Saturday night performance but led the Jayhawkers with 21.
Otto Schnellbacher, Kansas candidate for all-conference honors, hit 15 points before fouling out with nine minutes left. Bob Rolander, Colorado center, hit 17.
After Schnellbacher opened the scoring with a high-arching shot from way out, Colorado counted three quick ones and pulled into the lead. With both teams racing madly from basket to basket. The score mounted swiftly. But the Buffs maintained their slim lead for 17 minutes. Then Schnellbacher and Jerry Waugh hit baskets to close the gap.
A hook by Rolander and a pair of free throws by Rolander and Carr Besemann, put the Buffs back out in front at halftime. 36 to 34.
Kansas remained close for seven minutes, but Hills slipped away for two sleeper setups, and followed them with a jump shot and a free throw, and the Buffs were away. Neither team abandoned the fast break, and the Buffs began to pile up the lead.
Kansas lost many opportunities because of lost rebounds under the offensive basket. As the Buffs generally held the visitors to one shot at a time.
The conference record for the Jayhawkers now stands at three won and eight lost, while the Buffs have one more victory. The Jayhawkers have won eight and lost 15 during the season.
The Jayhawkers have clinched at least a tie for last place in the conference, the lowest a Kansas team ever has finished.
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Pryor Sparks Sooner Upset
Norman, Okla., March 9 - (UP)—Kenny Pryor, long-range field goal artist, was acclaimed on the University of Oklahoma campus today as the hero-of-the-moment following last night's 56 to 52 upset win over Kansas State.
Pryor assured the Sooners a second-place tie with Missouri in the final Big Seven standings by connecting with 10 field goals for a 20-point night. The Sooners fed Pryor the ball and his mid-court accuracy completely upset the Wildcats.
Oklahoma started slow and trailed 10 to 4 near the end of the first ten minutes of the game. Then Pryor, forward Paul Court and guard Paul Merchant began giving the conference champs fits. Before it was all over, County scored 15 points and Merchant 11.
In the final two minutes Kansas State whittled the Sonner's lead to 51 to 49. Then Oklahoma went into its freeze-out game and let the clock do the rest.
Sideline observers compared last night's Sooner quintet with the famed "Boy Scats" of the late 1930s who fast-broke their opponents to death. Until the last two minutes, it was a wide open game.
This was Oklahoma's last contest of the season, and gave the Sooners a record of 13 wins and 9 losses in an up - and - down campaign. Kansas State still faces the Oklahoma Aggies March 15 in the first district N. C. A. A. playoff at Kansas City.
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The Mortar Board regional convention will be held after the election of new members in the spring. Announcement of members is made at honors convocation, which is tentatively scheduled for April 20.
Chapters of Mortar Board from Kansas and surrounding states will attend the convention.
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Dodgers Deny Luring OU Stars
New York, March 9—(UP)—The Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-American football conference today denied "tampering" with three University of Oklahoma players while league commissioner Jonas H. Ingram stated that he was in "no position" to judge whether or not they did.
The Dodgers admitted talking with Oklahoma linemen Buddy Burrus and John Rapace, but not to tackle Homer Paine.
"I said 'hello' to Paine, asked him if he had any eligibility left, and left when he said he did. Burrus said he could graduate by attending summer sessions, so I talked pro terms with him." Steve Hokue, Brooklyn end coach, said.
Ingram, in reply to a letter sent him by football coach Bud Wilkinson, wrote the mentor that he was not in a position to judge the individual cases because he did not know which players were involved.
The Dodgers said they also had talked with Rapacz, who is the property of the Chicago Rockets "with permission of Chicago coach Ed McKeever."
"We shall not approve the contract of any player who has not graduated or whose class has not graduated, or who intends to return to use remaining eligibility." Ingram added. He said Rapacz signed a pro contract in 1947 after accepting a bonus, but that the player then decided to remain at Oklahoma for another season. The center repeated that decision again this year.
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All Favorites Win In NAIB
Kansas City, Mo., March 9—(UP)—Marshall college of Huntington, W. Va., passed its first hurdle today in its fight to become the first team to take two championships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball tournament.
Marshall began its title defense last night in handy fashion, defeating Peru, Neb., State teachers, 72 to 53. The Easterners showed much of the ball-hawking and fast-break which gave them the crown last year.
Another team to move through its first round game was Southern Illinois university of Carbondale, winner of the 1946 title. Two of S.I.U.'s 1946 stars, Jack Stinson and Oliver Shoaff, were important factors in the team's 54 to 50 win over Southern Oregon.
Favorites came through in the first night's games, although Brigham Young was forced into an overtime before it could sink Delta State Teachers of Mississippi, 66 to 61.
Norm Hankins of Lawrence Tech, Detroit, picked up 25 points as his team ran away from Appalachian Teachers of Boone, Mo., 76 to 48.
Behind him was John Orr who scored 24 points to lead Beloit, Wis. College to an 84 to 60 win over the East Central State Techers of Ada, Okla.
Arizona State of Tempe squeezed by Kirksville Teachers in a see-saw battle, winning 68 to 66 in a game that was tied ten times.
The University of Louisville capitalized on accuracy at the free throw line to defeat South Dakota State, 63 to 60. New Britain (Conn.) Teachers came back in the second half to overtake Montana university and ride on to a 63 to 52 victory.
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