THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
PAGE FIVH
By PAUL ZEH Assistant Sports Editor
At this juncture the Big Seven basketball race is puzzling as a page of hieroglyphics. At least five teams hint they might be strong enough to come up with the flag. Only Colorado and Nebraska can be counted out of the scramble for the top rung.
The surprising Jayhawkers, meanwhile, can prove their staying power with a triumph over Missouri at Columbia Saturday. After these three games are history, two of the five title contenders will probably have been eliminated, and some convenient scores will be available.
Kansas State and Oklahoma appear to have the all-around class to survive 12 conference tilt MOST NEARLY unscatched. Kansas and Iowa State are the outfits that have so confused the issue, and either might prove to have enough staying power to take the crown. A few sources are still heralding Missour as a definite threat.
Members of the United States wrestling team will be the winners and runners-up in each class at the Ames met. The Olympic committee will also choose the team coach and manager at that time.
This fog over the Big Seven should lift within a few days to reveal clearly the outlines of the conference favorite. Iowa State will play both Oklahoma and Jack Gardens' Wildcats this weekend on the latters' courts,
Iowa State, a school that takes its wrestling teams seriously, will play host to 300 collegiate matten from every section of the country this spring. The occasion is the final Olympic wrestling tryouts.
Hugo Otopatik, the Cyclone coach, has one of the strongest squads in the nation, and gets considerable publicity for the Amets college. The sport requires very little expenditure, and often attracts several hundred paying fans to important meets.
The obvious question arises, "Why is there no wrestling team on Mt. Oread?"
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Bobby Locke, the first great foreign golfer to invade American courses since the sport became a big business, has completed his first year in this country. The invasion has been a success.
Locke had to compete against the best golfers in the world, money players who were seasoned after years of tournament play. Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demarest, Sam Snead, and a dozen others have consistently shattered course records in competing for fame and the fat purse.
The South African won six of 23 major tournaments last year, and was second in total money winnings with about $23,000. Locke deserves mention as one of the great sports figures of the year for such a performance.
Rams Hit Century Mark
New York, Jan. 15.—(UP)—Rhode Island State's Running Rams were closing in on a post-season National Basketball Tournament bid today at considerably better than a point-a-minute pace.
National Sports Shorts
The undefeated Rams boosted their string to seven games last night by defeating Brooklyn college, 104 to 80, at Kingston, R.I. The Rams,
as usual, did nothing but run and shoot and in the first 10 minutes they scored 34 points. Brooklyn, also a fast-break team, got 21 points during that time but continued to fall behind the tireless Rhode Islanders.
Dick Hole of Rhode Island led the individual scoring with 23 points and Mort Kleiner of Brooklyn was runnerup with 19.
Pros Agree On Draft
New York, Jan. 15—(UP)—Stubbornly insistent that it can continue to outspend and outearn any and all rivals, the National Football league today will dust off an internal proposal that it set up a common draft of talent with the All America conference.
The suggestion was made by young Alexis Thompson, owner of the Eastern Championship Philadelphia Eagles, who promptly went to Switzerland with the Olmpic Bobsledders rather than face responsibility of cardiac collapses among the nine other owners.
Such action would be recognition of the rival AAC which, until now and some time later, the NFL refuses to acknowledge exists.
Unable to refute Thompson's suggestion, however, the league did the next best thing and announced:
"Thompson wishes it distinctly understood that his proposal contemplated no collaboration except in the common draft."
McCafferty Wins On TKO In Second
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 15—(UP)—Pat Mc Cafferty bombarded the veteran Detroit Negro's face with a steady stream of short rights and lefts at will and completely closed Major's left eye in the second session. The victor scaled in at 174 against major.
The victor scaled i..
173 for Major.
Mc Cafferty, Topeka light heavyweight prospect, scored a two-round technical knockout over Frankie Major of Detroit here last night.
Richmond, Cal., Jan. 15—(UP)
The world's top golfers teed off to day in quest of money in the Third PGA Tournament of 1948—the $10-$000 Richmond Open Golf tourney.
Top Golfers To Tee In Richmond Open
The man to beat was Jimmy Demaret, leading money-winner of 1947-but the field included all the
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Frosh Win Cage Prelim
In a preliminary to the Kansas-Drake game, Howard Engleman's freshman cagers romped over Sigma Alpha Epsilon defending intramural champs, 35 to 20. Buska, S.A.E. forward, carried away scoring honors, with 8 roints. Champion and Smith got 6 tallies apiece to lead freshman scoring.
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Battenfeld Hall shattered the Law School's 3-game winning streak in handing out a 32-24 drubbing in the lone intramural league game. Starring in the Battenfield attack was Bertuzzi, who scored 17 points. Bock, Law School ace, netted 16.
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