MONDAY. JANUARY 12, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIV
By COOPER ROLLOW Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The Kansas basketeers surprised the experts last week and successfully hurdled the first two barriers of a 12-game Big Seven obstacle course.
The Jayhawkers showed great improvement against Colorado Saturday night. Passes were accurate, plays well-timed for the most part, and shooting deadly.
Faced with the prospect of having one of his worst seasons in a decade, Phog Allen has built his group of sophomores and juniors into a fast, alert outfit. Other Big Seven coaches already have begun to worry about the Jayhawkers. And it's not such a bad idea; history has shown that it does not pay to regard a Kansas Basketball team lightly.
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association, meeting in New York, will vote shortly on a series of proposed constitutional amendments intended to make the organization a regulatory power to purify athletics in universities and colleges.
The amendments, called the "sanity code," are aimed at eliminating athletic subsidization. President Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers told the organization Saturday that major league baseball would follow a "hands off" policy toward college players who remain true amateurs.
But Rickey cautioned that the position of the N. S. A. A. would be stronger "if your own house were in order."
The Dodger president suggesting measures which would prevent professional clubs from approaching college athletes until graduation or completion of participation in any intercollegiate sport, as long as "we are dealing with bona fide college players. If you will stay out of the professional field, we will stay out of the college field."
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Jack Gardner, Kansas State basketball coach, said upon returning with his squad from their eastern tour that mid-western and Big Seven basketball definitely is tougher than the brand of ball played in the East. The Aggie mentor declared that there was "no question" but that competition in the Kansas City preseason tourney was rougher than what his squad encountered in New York and Pennsylvania.
Oto Schnellbacher gradually is rounding in shape. After a so-so game against Oklahoma, the veteran Kansas forward began to show some of the form which made him three-time All-Big Six forward, in dunking 16 points against Colorado.
His floor game improved tremendously in the second half against the Buffaloes. Starting the third quarter with four fouls, Schnellbacher played the remainder of the game without another personal called on him.
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For an ironic situation, take a look at the current Big Seven basketball standings, Kansas State, with 10 victories in 11 non conference contests, occupies the cellar position in loop standings, while Kansas and Iowa State, who have felt the sting of defeat several times already this season, are leading the Big Seven flock. The Aggies from Manhattan open league competition tonight against the Bucks from Colorado.
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Although scoring only 5 points, Claude Houchin turned in another stellar performance against the Buffaloes Saturday. The Kansas guard was a defensive mainstay, brilliantly controlling both backboards.
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Notre Dame has picked up considerably since its poor exhibition of basketball against Kansas over the holidays. The Irish trimmed DePaul 52 to 46 Saturday for their thirty-seventh consecutive home-floor victory.
20 IM Cage Contests Played Over Weekend
Forty "A" and "B" teams saw action over the weekend as intramural basketball swung into its biggest weekend of the year last week.
The Phi Delts led all the way in posting their 29 to 22 win over the Phi Gams who have now dropped three straight. Mitchell and Hall led the Delts to victory with 8 points apiece. Porter kept the Phi Gams in the game with an 8-point scoring job. ◆
Kappa Sig took their third straight as they eked past the A.V. 31 to 29. Smooth-working Phi blaa sparked the Sigs with his floor play and his 11-point score chore. Gilliam led the veterans with 10 points A. V.C. passed up a good chance to win when they missed 11 free throws Y Pours In Points
Y. M. C. A, continued their winning ways with a convincing 64 to 19 win over Kappa Eta Kappa. The Y's high score was run up by Clark with 20 points, Payne with 19, and Scheurman with 16. Hamilton scored 10 points for the losers.
Gamma Delta worked smoothly to a 24 to 19 victory over the Navy
I-M Schedule
Monday - Annex
4-Kappa Sigma vs. Lambda Chi
5-Triangle vs. Phi Gam
6-Sig Eps vs. Phi Kappa
7-Beta vs. Theta Tau
8-Kappa A. Psi vs. Phi Delt
9-Sigma Chi vs. Pi K.A.
10-Airscrews vs. Rollin' Pin Five
Monday—Robinson
A—B. K. Psi vs. T. K. E.
Delta Chi vs. Sigma Na
Phi Psi vs. Alpha Kappa Psi
Tuesday—Robinson.
8—A. C. vs. Delta Upsilon
9—Sig Alma vs. The T.
10—Delta Taa vs. Alpha Phi Alpha.
Officers. Hammer and Heinen of the winners swished 7 points each. Doerge of the Officers tallied 12 points for top honors.
Five G's led all the way as they coasted to 32 to 12 win over the 939 Club. Hebler turned in one of the weekend's better scoring jobs with 30 points for the winners. Five G's ed at the half 19 to 8.
Dine-A-Mite outlasted Wesley to take a 24 to 17 victory in their game. The scoring was evenly divided for the winners with Krie taking top honors on 6 points. Enmie tallied 9 points for the losers.
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Spooner Thayer Still Wins
Spooner Thayer kept his win streak intact with a 37 to 11 victory over the Phantoms. Gilkinson bucketed 15 points for the winners and Sanchez aided the winning cause with 11 markers. Krotsinger scored 3 points for the losers.
ElDorado A. C. turned on the juice as they took a 27 to 1 halftime lead and went on to win 58 to 14 from Tom's Boys, Rinchart counted 20 points and Benton made 12 counters for the A. C. Laughlin made 7 points for a losing cause.
Dix Club Takes Thiller
Dix Club took a thrilling 23 to 22 verdict from the Married Men with Norris hitting for 11 points. Zimmerman marked 8 points for the winner, but these marks were overshadowed by the scoring of 13 points by Tomerlin to keep the Married Men in the game.
Smith Hall took a thriller from the fast breaking Wheelin Dealers 17 to 16. Taking advantage of the free throws, Smith Hall outlasted the Dealers although Westmacott and Woodman scored 5 points each for the losers. High point man for the game was Yackle with 8 points for the winners.
Sig Alph "B" turned on the power in the second half to pull out a 26 to 24 win from the Delta Chi "B" squad. Leading at the half 19 to 13, Delta Chi could not find the hoop in the second period and saw their lead dwindle as Biggs had hitting for the Alphs. Biggs had 11 points 'o tie with Graham of the Delta Chis for top honors.
Y. M. C. A. "B" team duplicated their "A" team's scoring job with a 65 to 20 win from Oread Hall's "B" team. Brown and Ferguson led the "Y" with 16 points apiece.
Beta 'B' Shows Power
Nu Sig's "B" took a 27 to 20 win from the D. U.'s "B" team although the medics trailed 12 to 8 at the half. Carpenter led the Nu Sig's with 7 points.
Beta "B" leading at the half 26 to 2 coasted to an easy 51 to 7 victory over Lambda Chi "B". LaRue and Moore with 10 points each led the Beta's, whose zone defense completely bottled the Lambda Chi's.
The Kappa Sib "B" team posted a 28 to 18 win over the Sig Ep's second team. Leading 19 to 7 at the half, the K. Sigs were paced by Walker with 9 points.
The Army "B" turned in a 26 to 12 win over the Dix Club "B" with Getty scoring 12 points to lead the Army. DiBenedetto led the losers with 6 points.
On a last second free throw by Nichols Question Marks eked out a 25 to 24 win over Battenfeld "B" Bishop and Nichols each contributed 9 tally to the winning cause. EiR Bd: Thumper Take
The Phi Psi "B" team took a thumping 31 to 12 win from the Teke "B". Apitz starred for the winners with 12 points. The Tekes were unable to score a field goal in the second half.
Phi Psi Thumps Teke
The AVC "B" squad turned in a 38 to 33 win over the Phi Chi "B" team with Kaiser leading the way with 13 points. Pickicks led the losers with 15 points for top scoring honors.
The Epacos earned a 39 to 36 victory over the Dream Team even though big Bill Jones of the losers led the scoring with 16 points. Springue led the winners with 11 markers.
Cromwell Picked As Olympic Coach
New York, Jan. 12—(UP)-Dean Cromwell, 68-year-old veteran of the winged foot from Southern California, today took over one of the major sports assignments of the year, the job as head coach of the U. S. Olympic track and field teams.
Cromwell, who has been track and field coach at the University of Southern California since 1908, replaces another veteran, Lawson Robertson of Pennsylvania, who retired recently because of illness after directing American teams in the last three Olympics.
Emil von Elling of New York. Tom Jones of Wisconsin, and Emmett Brunson of Rice were named as Cromwell's assistants while Al Masters of Stanford will be head manager of the track team. Masters' assistants are Ed Parsons of Northeastern of Boston and Lloyd Olds of Michigan Normal.
Ward H. Haylett of Kansas State was named to handle the decathlon.
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Cowboys Bid For 3rd Title
New York, Jan. 12-(UP)-The Henry Iba system of scoring as few points as necessary was paying off for Oklahoma A. & M. today as the Aggies took dead aim at a third National Collegiate Athletic association basketball championship.
Twice this season the Ags, directed by Iba, have knocked off undefeated teams simply by stressing a choking defense while most of the other teams in the nation were going all-out on offense. Texas fell first, 32 to 31, and then Saturday night it was St. Louis, 33 to 30. Those scores are mighty strange in comparison to the 50 to 70 points required to win most basketball games these days.
The victory over St. Louis establishes the Aggies as strong choices to win back their Missouri Valley conference championship. St. Louis seized it from Ida's crew last season for the first time in four years.
But even a Missouri Valley title would be only the beginning for the Aggies, who have won 12 while losing only to Kansas State this season. They're after a third N.C.A.A. title, not satisfied with being the only team in history ever to win the crown twice.
Phog Raps Illegal 'Cat
Played In Denver Tourney
Emphasizing that he had not protested the use of Brannum, Dr. Allen said this morning that he merely had written letters to Jack Cardfer and Thurlo McCrady, Aggie basketball coach and athletic director, respectively, asking about the Wildcat star's participation in the National A. A. U. Basketball tourney in Denver last March.
Played in Denver Tourney
Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen, University basketball coach, has inquired into the athletic elegibility of Clarence Brannan, Kansas State state center.
Dr. Allen says he wants it explained how Brannum could play in the Denver tournament and still be eligible for basketball in the Big Seven this season.
The Kansas coach explained that he wrote to Gardner two weeks ago "telling him that since there had been two flagrant violations of the eligibility rule on the Kansas State football team last fall, I was wondering if the same thing was going on in basketball."
In a reply to the Jayhawker mentor, Athletic Director McCrady said that Brannum had met with all school and conference requirements when checked at the beginning of the season. He said he had not received a second letter from Dr. Allen.
'No-Question'—McCrady
"There has never been any question in our minds about Brannum's eligibility," McCrady said yesterday. "If there is any question as to his status we want to take the matter before recognized conference authority."
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