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*INIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1948
Wildcats Dump Cyclones; Oklahoma Trips Cowboys
The Kansas State Wildeats gained momentum in their chase toward the school's first conference basketball flag last night when they virtually eliminated a third consecutive challenger to their lead by dumping Iowa State, 54 to 48, on the Cyclone court. At the same time Oklahoma, their lone remaining challenger pulled a stunning upset at Norman by tripping the powerful Oklahoma Aggies, 37
The Wildcats of Jack Gardner now sit in the driver's seat in the Big Seven after having brushed off Kansas, Missouri, and the Cyclones in successive league games at a time when each of these teams still had their eyes on the lead. Now only Oklahoma remains in a threatening position to Wildcat supremacy. The 'Cats and Sooners meet in their last game of the season on March 8 at Norman.
Tied At Half
Iowa State was no push-over for the K-Staters. The Cyclones had a tied score at half-time, 28 to 28, and took a second-half lead which they held for 12 minutes, before the Purple moved ahead.
Dud Brannum's seven field goals paced the Kansas State attack, although he was helped help by Rick Harmon and Howard Shannon. Harmon tailed 11 and Shannon 10. The Cyclone offensive was largely built around Ray Wehde, whose 15 points took high honors for the contest.
Oklahoma's Sooners answered the Wildcat victory with their own display of power when they out-finesse Hank Iba's Iggies Cowboys, 37 to 28, the biggest margin of victory over the Stillwater quintet this season, and the Aggie's third setback in 26 games.
Bennett Is Shackled
A. L. Bennett, A. and M.'s All-American forward, drew a goose-egg for the night as Sooner guard Paul Merchant turned in one of the season's smoothest defensive jobs. Merchant also shared in the scoring with seven points as Bill Waters and Ken Pryor divided scoring honors with nine counters each.
Oklahoma A. and M., boasting the second best free-throwing percentage in the nation, missed 10 of their 18 attempts from the charity line, while the Sooners missed only eight of 21 attempts. Bradley and J. L. Parks did most of the scoring for the Cowpokes.
To Watch Hockey Bets
Detroit, Feb. 24-(UP)—Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey league, was expected here today to launch a sweeping investigation into a possible betting scandal involving players from the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers.
Placed at Campbell's use was evidence collected by Police Commissioner Harry S. Toy, which Toy said indicated a possible tie-up between some N. H. L. players and a Detroit gambler arrested Friday as a parole violator.
No further action in the matter was expected from Toy, who said that his evidence would not sustain criminal conviction in Detroit. The commissioner said, however, that he would turn over all the information at his disposal to league authorities.
Toy made public his information reluctantly at the insistence of hockey officials after it had been revealed in newspaper stories. He said it was discovered accidentally during an investigation into the actions of James Tamer, a 36-year-old bank robber.
The commissioner revealed that Tamer, whom he described as a gambling operator, had been arrested Friday as a parole violator and returned to the Jackson, Mich., state penitentiary.
"Our information is that a hockey player, purporting to be a Boston Bruins player, had called Tamer telling him "we have a couple of players out of the game in Chicago and it is doubtful if we will win," Toy said. "On the basis of this call, our information was that a second call was made by Tamer to a Ranger player in New York advocating a bet."
Guy “Spider” Mabry. lanky Jayhawker forward-center, has been used by Coach Phog Allen in trouble-shooting roles this season. Mabry's last-minute goal against Oklahoma here sent the game into overtime, and he is a scoring threat whenever he is in the lineup.
Holy Cross Takes 17th
New York, Feb. 25—(UP) Already named to defend their N.C.-A.A. basketball championship next month at Madison Square garden, the Holy Cross Crusaders today looked stronger with each succeeding game as they ran their latest victory streak to 13 straight.
Holy Cross led all the way as it accounted for its 17th victory against three losses. Loyola used its superior height to move within four points of the crusaders midway through the second half, but forward Bob Cousy, suffering from a mild cold, jumped off the Holy Cross bench and inside of six minutes put the champions back into the van with 12 fast points.
Selected Tuesday as the tournament's New England representative for the second straight year, the Worcester, Mass., collegians showed their elation by thumping strong Loyola University of Chicago 62 to 46, at the Boston arena.
A capacity crowd of 7,045 also watched Pennsylvania down hapless Harvard. 64 to 54, in the second game of a doubleheader. Penn, still battling to reach Columbia at the top of the Ivy league, sailed past the Crimson after opening a 40 to 27 lead early in the second half.
Trailing 27 to 16 at the half, the visiting Spartans knotted the count at 31-31 eight minutes after the intermission, then held off a valiant Irish rally in the final seconds. Notre Dame's Paul Gordon topped the scoring with 16 points.
Adolph Rupp's classy Kentucky Wildcats, beaten by Temple in a recent game at Philadelphia, gained sweet revenge on their home court as they plastered the owls, 58 to 38.
Notre Dame, winner of 38 straight home games until St. Louis university defeated them two weeks ago, lost another thriller on the South Bend hardwood Tuesday night to Michigan State, 54 to 50.
River Falls Center Scores 72 Points
Winona, Minn., Feb. 25—(UP)—Nate De Long, sophomore center on the basketball team of the River Falls, Wis., Teachers college, scored 72 points against the Winona State teachers last night. The 6-foot 6-inch center broke his own scoring record of 56 points, set last season at the Knights of Columbus Kansas City Invitational tournament. River Falls won the game 96 to 48. De Long scored 33 points in the first half with 11 field goals and 11 free throws, and picked up 39 in the second half with 14 baskets and 11 more charity tosses. He has averaged 29.25 points this season and has scored 385 points.
Applications are now being accepted for positions on the 1948-49 Y.W.C.A. cabinet, Mrs. Christine Alford, secretary, announced today. Any girl active in WY may obtain an application blank at Henley house.
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Norman, Okla., Feb. 24-(UP)—Football Coach Bud Wilkinson of the University of Oklahoma denied today that he had hired Walter Driskill, former gridiron aid here, as an assistant coach to replace Dutch Fehring.
Wilkinson Denies Signing Assistant
Fehring resigned last week to become assistant at U. C. L. A.
"We are considering a number of applicants, including Driskell," Wilkinson said.
Driskill is now assistant to Jim Tatum at the University of Maryland. He accompanied Tatum when the latter left O. U. a year ago. He denied reports late last week that he had applied for the O. U. post.
"These reports that the job has already been filled are premature," Wilkinson said.
WAA To Sponsor Dance
The Women's Athletic association is sponsoring a square dance at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Robinson gymnasium. Members and their guests should wear blue jeans and plaid shirts.
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