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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1948
Upsets Scramble Big 7 Race
By PAUL ZEH
By PAUL ZEH Assistant Sports Editor
Big Seven basketball celebrated "Upset Night" Saturday as the current cage race turned into a topsy-turvy free-for-all as it neared the halfway mark.
The undefended league-leaders, Kansas and Kansas State were both victimized by the "upset" fever, and the cellar-dwelling Colorado Buffers
picked up their initial win in the Big Seven over the strong Iowa State Cyclones. After the weekend action Nebraska, in sixth place, was only two games from the top of the heap.
The Jayhawkers had a chance to move into the number one spot as Missouri turned in its second successive giant-killing stint, hanging the second defeat of the season on the Wildcats, 48 to 16, but the charges of Phog Allen ran into trouble as a fast-breaking crew of Nebraska Cornhuskers raced to a 61 to 57 victory.
Huskers Are Hot
The high-scoring mele in Hoch found the visitors from Lincoln in
Schnellbacher Waugh
their best form of the conference season as they opened up their big guns in the second half to build up a lead on the fighting Jayhawkers, then stave off a late Kansas rally.
The Jayhawkers were in command at the intermission, 24 to 20, after a close first half in which the two quintets were never separated by more than four points. A free toss and setup by Jack Eskridge in the final minute of the half hiked the Kansas lead to a four-point margin after Dick Schleiger, Nebraska center, had entered the game to match the locals goal for goal in the closing minutes of the stanza.
This lead didn't last long as the Cornhuskers went to work early in the second half. Schleiger and Bob Cerv racked up nine counters before Otto Schnellbacher dumped in a free throw, and then Neal Mosser and Claude Rethferd helped the Nebraska cause with goals which stretched the Husker lead to nine points.
Schnellbacher Sparks Rally
At this point the deadly shootin' eye of Schnellbacher brought the Kansans back into the game. The Jayhawker ace accounted for the next seven Kansas points, but Nebraska's hustlers managed to cling to their slim margin.
The Cormhuskers held a 47 to 1 advantage with seven minutes left when Phog Allen's rookies buckled down and tied up the score. Johnny Dewell, who played most of the contest in his first appearance this season, opened up the rally with a free toss, and schnelbacher followed it. Schnelbacher pushed one in, and Gib Stramel knotted the score with a setup which Schnelbacher opened up with some fancy ball-handling.
From that point to the final gun the visitors really warmed up to the task of spoiling the evening for the home fans. They bagged 14 markers in the last five minutes of the game, with Schleiger again showing the way with four goals from the field. Hankerson pitched his fifty Rutherford clinched the verdict with a setup in the last 40 seconds. Waugh Hits 12
Otto Schnellbacher again paced the Crimson and Blue with 19 talies, some flashy rebounding, and steady floor play. Equally brilliant was Jerry Waugh, the glue-fingered quarterback, who hit for 12 points and held the Nebraska ace, Claude Retherford, to four and one. The floor work of Dewell, Eskridge, and Stranel was also an encouraging phase of the losing battle.
Schleiger was the big noise in the Nebraska lineup, connecting for 14 points. Whitehead, the giant Husker starter at center, hit 10 markers.
Tigers Invade Hoch Tonight
Still smarting from the Cornhusker rebellion that ended in their first conference loss, the Jayhawkers will face the giant-killing Missouri Tigers tonight at Hoch auditorium in a battle for second place in the Big Seven conference.
A half game is all that separates each of the three pace-setters in the league after Saturday night's court wars. Kansas State still leads the loop with a half-game margin over the Jayhawkers, and Allen's men hold a half-game advantage over the Tigers. A Kansas win tonight would move Kansas into a tie for the top, or a Missouri victory would hoist Sparky Stalcup's cagers into second place.
Kansas gets the pre-game nod over the Tigers for two good reasons. First, the locals skinned out of the Tiger den at Columbia three weeks ago with a 58 to 46 win. Second, the Jayhawkers are usually a more potent gang on the home court.
Tiger boosters will discount both factors, pointing to the upsurging Tiger tactics of the last few games as well as the showing of Kansas two days ago on that same home court. During the past two seasons neither of these teams has been able to whip the other before the home folks.
Kansas fans and defensmen alike will be eyeing Dangerous Dan Pippin, Missouri's all-conference forward who tallied 24 of his team's 48 points against Kansas State. Fippin made 12 against the Jayhawkers at Columbia, in which Thornton Jenkins paced the men of Stalcup and Bill Sapp his 18 counters for Phog Allen's cause.
In the other Big Seven game tonight Nebraska will tangle with the Oklahoma Sooners at Norman. The Cornhuskers have pulled up to within half a game of the Sooners and a tie for fourth place.
This weekend all the conference batteries will be trained for action. Kansas takes on Iowa State Friday night at Ames in the first meeting of the year between these two surprise teams of the league. Saturday night Nebraska meets Missouri on the Tiger court, and Oklahoma travels to Manhattan for an important meeting with Kansas State's pace setters.
Box Score BRASKA (61)
fg ft ftm pf tp
Retherford, f 4 1 3 3 9
Cox, f 3 1 0 2 7
Whitehead, c 2 6 2 1 10
Mosser, g 3 0 1 3 6
Cerv, g 3 1 0 5 7
Brown 1 0 0 2 2
Lawry 0 0 3 2 0
Shields 1 1 1 1 3
Schleiger 7 0 0 3 14
Srb 0 0 0 0 0
Cech 1 1 1 2 3
KANSAS (57)
Eskridge, f 4 1 1 0 9
Schnellbacher, f 6 7 4 4 19
Waugh, c 5 2 1 1 12
Houchin, g 2 2 0 3 6
Sapp, g 1 1 3 2 3
Dewell 1 1 0 2 3
Stranel 2 0 0 1 4
Enns 0 0 0 4 0
Barr 0 1 0 2 1
Martin 0 0 0 1 0
Mabry 0 0 0 0 0
6,500 At K-State Set All-Time High
Manhattan,- (UP)—Kansas State college has an all-time high enrollment of 6,500 students for this spring semester, the registrar announced today. This is an increase of nearly 500 over the corresponding spring total a year ago, and late enrollees are-expected to bring the total to 6,700, the registrar said.
Big 7 Standings
| LEAGUE | W. L. Pct. | T.P. Op.F |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kans, State | 4 1 .800 | 286 230 |
| KANSAS | 3 1 .750 | 211 189 |
| Missouri | 3 2 .600 | 254 154 |
| Oklahoma | 2 2 .500 | 192 162 |
| Iowa State | 3 3 .500 | 260 287 |
| Nebraska | 3 3 .400 | 267 297 |
| Colorado | 1 6 .143 | 300 346 |
| ALL GAMES |
| Kans, State | 15 2 .882 | 959 745 |
| Iowa State | 10 6 .625 | 743 744 |
| Missouri | 10 6 .588 | 730 812 |
| Oklahoma | 7 6 .538 | 684 614 |
| KANSAS | 8 7 .533 | 674 766 |
| Nebraska | 8 9 .471 | 933 619 |
| Colorado | 4 10 .286 | 691 689 |
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