PAGE FOUR UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1948 KU Tripped By Tigers, Drops To Tie For Third By BOB DELLINGER Daily Kansan Sports Editor The University of Missouri Tigers took advantage of an extremely cold basket-shooting by the Kansas Jayhawkers Monday night to eke out a 42 to 39 victory and move past the Jayhawkers into second place in the Big Seven conference race. The loss, third in a row for Kansas, dropped the Jayhawkers into a third place tie with the Oklahoma Sooners, who snowed Nebraska under a 79 to 57 score at Norman. Nebraska defeated Kansas here Saturday for the locals' first conference loss. The game was a rough and tumble affair from the start, but referees Cliff Ogden and Andy Skraddski kept the game well in hand, calling 59 fouls, and the only temper flares of players were raised at the officials. Three Tigers and two Kansans left the game on fouls. Teams Hit Free Throws Both teams hit an amazing number of free throws, with the Jayhawkers sinking 1 in 30 tries, and the visitors 18 in 29 attempts. Kansas was cold from the field, however, making only one line goals in 55 shots for 16 per cent, while the Tigers sank 12 out of 44 for 27 per cent. Kansas went 10 minutes in the second half before scoring a feld goal, but stayed even with the Tigers on charity tosses. Making their points one at a time, the two teams remained even all the way, with the final score providing the greatest second half margin. Missouri once pulled away to a five-point lead midway in the first period, the greatest lead of the game, but the Jayhawkers closed the gap with four fives and a goal. Eskridge Finds Range Big southpaw Jack Eskridge of Kansas, playing the single post position at forward, dunked in over half the Kansas basket total with five, and added an equal number of free throws to lead the Jayhawkers in scoring with 15 points. The brilliant defensive play of Kansan Jerry Waugh held Missouri's "Fancy Dan" Pippin to three free throws, two of them coming on fouls by another Kansas player. Waugh scored one goal and two frees for four points. Missouri's other league-leading scorer, Thornton Jenkins, hit the basket three times from the field and twice from the charity line for an eight-point total, but had to give up team scoring honors to guard Karl Pierpoint who hit an equal number of baskets and two more free throws. Otto Schnell-bacher of Kansas hit nine points. The Jayhawkers led 39 to 38 with three minutes to go, but Jerry Fowler, 6 foot 6-inch Tiger center, drove off the post for the basket which put Missouri out in front for the final time. The Tigers went into a stall, and when Kansas took up a rushing game, Jenkins drove in for a basket to ice the game. Both teams refused free throws in the final two minutes. Kansas held a 22 to 20 edge on the Tigers at halftime, but had to outscore Missouri from the charity line to get it as the Tigers hit one more field goal. The Tigers came into an inisthesis into a one-point lead, and from that time the lead see-saved within a two-point range. Baltimore, Feb. 10—(UP) — J o e Louis expressed confidence today that he would do more harm to Jersey Joe Walcott in June than he did to Leo Matricianni in a four-round exhibition bout last night. Louis Has Trouble In Exhibition Bout The heavyweight champion predicted. "Till stop Walcott." But he didn't stop Matricianni, a Baltimore Italian, who gave the somewhat blubbery champ a stiff workout at the Coliseum. Only once did Joe hurt his opponent. That was in the third round when Louis, hooked by face blows, sank a solid left hand to Matricianni's stomach. Although half jackknifed by the punch, the Baltimore belter recovered quickly and fought back. Box Scores MISSOURI (42) fg ft ffm pf tp Pippin, f 0 3 1 5 3 Jenkins, f 3 2 4 5 8 McMillen, c 0 4 4 2 4 Haynes, g 3 1 1 5 7 Pierpoint, g 3 4 0 3 10 Wachter 1 1 0 1 3 Fowler 1 1 0 2 3 Stroot 0 0 0 0 0 Bidewell 1 0 0 1 2 Smith 0 2 1 4 2 TOTALS 12 18 11 29 42 KANSAS (39) Schnellbacher, f 2 5 1 3* 9 Dewell, f 0 2 0 5 2 Waugh, c 1 2 4 3 4 Sapp, g 1 3 1 5 5 Houchin, g 0 2 1 1 2 Eskridge 5 5 2 5 13 Enns 0 0 0 2 0 Barr 0 0 0 3 0 Stramel 0 0 0 0 0 Mabry 0 0 0 0 0 England 0 2 0 2 2 Penalties 0 0 0 0 0 *—Technical foul; Schenclbacher **Officials:** Ogden and Skrandski Billikens Whip Irish 68-51 New York, Feb. 10—(UP)—Notre Dame's famed 38-game winning streak on its own basketball court lay, in ruins today, pounded to dust last night, 68 to 51, by the rampaging Billikens of St. Louis university—perhaps the best college team in the nation. The ease with which the Billikens racked up their 15th win in 16 games at the expense of the Irish amazed the court world and assured St. Louis of a final high ranking nationally. A post-season tournament invitation, with its shot at a clear-cut national championship, was a foregone conclusion. The standout performer for St. Louis was "Easy Ed" MacAuley, graceful 6 foot, 8 inch pivot man who ranks as the leading giant in the collegiate game today. The 21 points he scored and his mastery of the backbxoards were the big factor in the Irish defeat, the first they have suffered at home since bowing to Western Michigan on Dec. 4, 1943. Aggies Are Stingy The Oklahoma Aggies, the game's foremost exponent of "old fashioned" control basketball, gave a masterful exhibition by beating Creighton, 35 to 15. Creighton tried to match the Aggies in their defensive wiles and the result was a weird game featuring styles of play rarely seen any more. After 10 minutes the Aggies led, 7 to 2, and at the half they were on top, 13 to 6. During the second half scoring "speeded up" and the Aggies scored 22 points, Creighton nine. J. L. Parks of A. and M. was high scorer with 10 points. Iowa Moves Up Purdue, after trailing most of the way, rallied to beat Minnesota, 53 to 51, and take fourth place in the conference. Andy Butchko of Purdue scored 13 points himself and held the Gophers' high-scoring Jim McIntyre to the same total. In the Big Nine, Iowa climbed into a first-place tie with Wisconsin by beating Illinois, 70 to 61. Freewheeling Murray Wier dropped in 24 points for the victorious Hawkeyes while Dwight Eddleman canned 24 for Illinois. The Ohio river is nearly 1,000 miles in length, is 1,500 feet in width in several places and contains numerous islands. 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