MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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All Unbeaten Cage Teams Hail From Atlantic Shore
New York, Jan. 19—(UP)—The East, which has long respectfully acknowledged the Mid-West as the nation's basketball bosom, suddenly discovered today that all of the undefeated teams are right in its own back yard.
Only six major unbeaten teams the select list last week, and not one was from the Mid-Western stronghold. Instead, Columbia, New York U., Rhode Island State, LaSalle, Duquesne and Fordham kept the perfect records exclusively in the East.
Only six major unbeaten teams remained after three tumbled from
Gone from the list were Georgia, North Carolina and Iowa. North Carolina was a direct victim of eastern power, having lost to N.Y.U. and Temple in consecutive g am e s. Georgia was beaten in home territory by Auburn and Alabama, and Iowa lost its first game of the season to Wisconsin in the scrambled Big Nine conference race.
The fact that the East had all of the unbeaten teams corraled didn't mean a sectional monopoly on the best outfits. St. Louis and Oklahoma A. & M. in the Midlands, Texas in the Southwest, Kentucky in the Southeast, Bradley in the Midwest and Iowa in the Big Nine all had lost one game in tough schedules. St. Louis was rated the best team to appear in Madison Square Garden this season, the eastern giants notwithstanding.
Of the unbeaten teams, Rhode Island State faces the most serious threat this week. The point-a-pant lads face Holy Cross, the defending N.C.A.A. champions, Tuesday. Holy Cross already has lost tricolor, but still rates as a power in New England. Rhode Island also plays Brown Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Saturday.
N. Y.U.'s lone tilt is with Colgate Saturday while LaSalle meets Temple remembering that it was the Owls who knocked off Kentucky earlier this season. Fordham plays New York Maritime Wednesday and St. Peter's Friday, while Columbia and Duquesne are off.
St. Louis' consecutive conquests of Long Island and Notre Dame last week made the Billikens almost a cinch for the Invitational tournament. The team figures on little trouble against St. Ambrose Saturday. Oklahoma A. & M., St. Loo's rivals in the Midlands has lost one this season, winning 13. A. & M. Plays Kansas Wednesday.
The Southern conference looks like a North Carolina State show after North Carolina U.'s eastern demise. N.C. State has lost two in 16 tries and plays High Point Saturday.
Kentucky's record of 14 and 1 rules supreme in the Southeast. Tonight it faces Georgia Tech, tomorrow Georgia and Saturday, Cincinnati.
Big Nine race has developed into a booming free-for-all. Wisconsin beat Iowa and promptly lost to Michigan and Illinois lost to Minnesota, scrambling the standings but good. Tonight Iowa faces Minnesota, Illinois meets Indiana and Wisconsin plays Purdue in an effort to straighten things out a mite.
The Rocky Mountain race was still a toss-up. Brigham Young had the best record in the Skyline Six (formerly the Big Seven); but that two-and-one mark was not yet good enough to haul out the N.C.A.A. invitations.
The Pacific Coast was as glorious a free-for-all as the Big Nine, but on the basis of last week's performances, California and Washington seemed the teams to beat with U.C.L.A. and Oregon State still contenders.
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Seven "A" team contests and the 16 "B" team games played over the weekend concluded play in intramural basketball until after the semester.
IM's End For Semester
Aces-Hi ran up the highest "A" team score as they downed the 2120 Club 60 to 10. The red hot Aces couldn't miss as Clark counted 14 points, Parsons 13, and Connor 12. Grindell was high for the losers with 4.
Gamma Delta Wins
Gamma Delta rolled smoothly to a 27 to 13 win from the Sigma Kappa Phi quintet. Leading at the half 18 to 8, the Lutherans were never headed. Kahler swished 9 points for the winners as Cogswell tallied 6 for the S. K. Phi's.
Deuces Wild did not have to play their trump card to take an easy 26 to 19 decision from the Kappa Psi's. The victors were leading at half time 14 to 7, and moved on from there to gather in the win. Martin got 9 points to lead the winners and take top scoring honors.
In a low scoring contest the Fiends and Demons out lasted Smith Hall to win 18 to 15. Smith Hall, trailing 3 to 11 at the half, rallied in the final period but never, closed the gap. Burdurea was top scorer with 7 tallies, all netted for the losers in the last half.
Nubbins Rolls On
The powerful Nubbins overpowered the ELDorado A.C., 44 to 29, to take an important win in their division. Ellerts, Nubbins ace, led the scorers with 16 markers, but O'Neal had 15 for the winners to follow closely. Rinehart bucketed 12 for the A.C.
The Navy Officers, paced by the shooting of Roberts, won from the Kappa Eta Kappa, 39 to 14. Roberts dropped in 19 points to lead the officers to their decisive victory. Hamilton kept the K.E.K.'s in the game with his 14 points.
The Five G's led all the way in taking their 29 to 18 verdict from the luckless Phantoms. The score at the half was 21 to 6, and the winners withstood the last half rally of the Phantoms to garner their win. Edwards of the Phantoms was the games high scorer with 8 points
Top Aggies In Water
Ernest Friesen copped two events to lead the Jayhawker swimmers to a 48 to 32 victory over the Kansas State tankers, in a dual meet at Manhattan Saturday.
Friesen took first in the 220 and 440 free style events to pace the Kansas tankmen. The Jayhawkers took six of nine first places. Leitt won the 60 and 100-yard dashes, the only Kansas State victories, except for a forfeit in the 300-yard medley relay when a Kansas man made an illegal turn.
The results in order of finish:
40-foot yard medley relay-Kansas
State; 38-foot medley relay-Kansas
220-yard free style—Friesen (K
Nichols (K.S.); Gillips (K.S.)
? 2:33
60 free style—Leit (K.S); Burke (K.U.); Banks (K.U.); 30.4.
100 free style -Leitt (K.S); Burke (K.U.); Banks (K.U.); 30.4.
Diving—Westerman (K.U); Mc-
Clav (K.S.); O'Neill (K.U).
while Hepler had 7 for the winners.
'B' Team Scores
200 breast stroke—Jervis (K.U.).
The results of the "B" team games are: Betas 32, Sigma Chi 13; Army 19, Law School 13; Phi Gam 22, Delta Tau 17; Beta Kappa 35, Attenfeld 33; Truedsaite Tigers 49; Dream Team 30; Phi Delt 46, Delta Upsilon 13; Hotshots 28; Question Marks 25.
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