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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1947
Jayhawkers Win First Round
KU Upsets Dope With 49 To 39 Victory Over Buffs
The University of Kansas Jayhawkers surprised the critics last night by troubling the favored Colorado Buffalooes, 49 to 39, in their opening court battle of the preseason Big Seven basketball tournament in Kansas City Municipal auditorium.
Phog Allen's Jayhawkers jumped into a seven-point lead over Colorado in the first seven minutes of play and were in front 25-29 at half-time.
Early in the second stanza Colorado snapped back in a charge that cut the Kansas margin to two points at 28-26 in only five minutes.
Then, however, Bill Sapp, Jack Eskridge, Jerry Waugh, and Claude Hauchin rolled the Jayhawkers into a 10-point lead and that was the final margin.
Allen's young quintet controlled the backboards most of the game, keeping the Buffs on the defensive most of the time. Houchin, lanky guard, and forward Eskridge led the recoverers under the basket.
Pacing the Jayhawker offensive was Eskridge, who southpawn in four from the field and sank three free throws for 11 points. Waugh, Allen's new quarterback, scored 10. Hills and Metzger paced the Colorado attack, sharing game scoring honors with 12 each.
England, f |fg |ft |pf
Penny, f |3 |0 |3
Martin, f |0 |0 |0
Gillin, f |1 |2 |2
Eskridge, f |4 |3 |1
Stramel, f |0 |0 |0
Waugh, c |4 |2 |2
Mabry, c |1 |0 |0
Houchin, g |3 |2 |3
Emns, g |0 |0 |0
Sapp, g |2 |4 |0
Barr, g |0 |0 |0
The box score, as furnished by the Journal-World: KANSAS (49)
| | fg | ft | pf |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Metzger, f | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Rolander, f | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ley, f | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Case, f | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hills, f | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Besemann, c | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Beattie, c | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bell, c | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Walseth, g | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fuller, g | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sweeney, g | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLORADO (39)
16 7 20
Cage Scores
Wash. State 58, Manhattan 54
Texas 61, C.C.N.Y. 59
Kansas State 55, Oklahoma 48
Nebraska 46, Missouri 44
Mich. State 43, Michigan 38
Georgia 62, Chattanooga 34
W.Va. 68, N.C. Car, State 64
Okla. A. & M. 44, Iowa State 33
Boston Col. 66, American Int. 51
Iudiana 59, Loyola (Ill.) 40
Texas Tech 53, N.M. Aggies 40
Boelit 65, Marshall 60
Kan. Wes. 103, Marshall (Mo.) 48
Bradley 50 San. Francisco 43
Creighton 52, Rice 43
So. Texas 70, Hardin 31
Tulane 44, Wyoming 31
Ottawa 64, W. (Kans.) State 54
Baker 56, College of Emporia 53
Kansas 49, Colorado 39
Hardin Simmons 58, N. Mexico 57
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Francis Quits K-State Job
Topeka—(UP)—The resignation of Sam Francis as head football coach at Kansas State college was accepted today by the state board of regents at a meeting here.
Kansas State college lost its 26th straight football game on Nov. 29 to Florida university. Francis was in charge of football at the college only since last spring. It was his first collegiate coaching experience, after a great record as a player.
In submitting his resignation, Francis said:
"I have become convinced that my assistants and I cannot do a job of Big Seven callier under the existing financial status."
During the fall the student paper at Manhattan in a bitting attack on the school's alumni, charged that 10,000 alumni were contacted last summer for financial assistance and that the net answer was worth three cents per letter.
Aggies Favored To Cop Trophy In KC Tourney
The undefeated Aggies eliminated a stubborn Iowa State team in one of the most impressive exhibitions in the opening round. The score was 44 to 33.
Kansas City.—(UP) Oklahoma A. & M., only outsider in the Big Seven Basketball Tournament here, appeared to be in the driver's seat as the second round got underway today.
Nebraska provided the other upset of the day, toppling highly regarded Missouri, 46 to 44, in the closest contest.
Upsets marked the openers with Kansas State knocking off Oklahoma, last year's conference champion, 55 to 48, and Kansas defeating a favored Colorado team, 49 to 39.
Iowa State gave Oklahoma A. & M. some unpleasant moments when the Iowaans pulled to within three points of the Oklahomans deep in the final quarter. But Oklahoma A. & M. showed plenty of power as A. L. Bennett, J. L. Parks and Lou Amayn went to work, rapping the basket. Bennett collected 14 points.
'Twinkle-Toes' Bud French Will Cause Tech To Worry
Jayhawkers may well be proud of their 1947 co-championship team and the conspicuous presence of All-American Rifflin' Ray Evans, but let it be known that another load of dynamite is fighting his way to a stellar position.
Bud's athletic potentialities appeared early in his grade school days when he participated and led in every sport offered. Bud says, "Next to eating, my favorite sports are football, baseball, basketball, track, and swimming." He was a three-year letterman and winner of a trophy for being the outstanding athlete of Kansas City.
Bud "twinkle toes" French, hustling half back from Kansas City, Mo. caught the eye of many fans this season with his superb tackling and
broken field running, and he went through the season without losing a yard.
His sophomore year in high school won him all-city honorable mention as left half, followed by a successful junior and senior year in which he
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Bud's enrollment at the University was soon interrupted by the Navy. A close hit put him in the hospital with numerous wounds, but discharge from the service left him in perfect condition except for a few scars and a slight eye defect. Again Bud returned to the University and since his record as an athlete has improved steadily.
Married in 1945, Bud has decided that sports and marriage mix quite well, "provided that gridiron blocks and tackles are left on the doormat."
twice attained all-city honorable mention as fullback. To round out a lucrative senior year Bud moved on to capture the city high and low hurdle records.
Brandt To Cover Game
Bert Brandt, Acme news photographer who recently returned from a round the world assignment, will cover the Orange bowl game New Year's day for Acme and NEA news service. Brandt was graduated from the University in 1939.
By PAUL ZEH Assistant Sports Editor
Odds n' ends on the Orange Bowl game: The 1948 game at Miami will be the 13th annual Orange Bowl classic. It will actually be the 11th in Burdick Stadium, the Orange Bowl, which was constructed in 1937 and enlarged since. . This will be Tech's seventh bowl appearance, and their third in Miami. . The Ramblin' Wreck has won four and lost two on New Year's Day, and have broken even against two Orange Bowl opponents. . They defeated Missouri, 21 to 7, in 1940, but lost to Tulsa, 26 to 12, in 1945.
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Tech has its best team since 1928, when it finished an undefeated season by shading California, 8 to 7, in the Rose Bowl, thanks to a history-making run by wrong-way Roy Riegel's. . . Last year Bobby Dodd's crew stopped Herman Wedemeyer and St. Mary's in the Oil Bowl, 41 to 19.
The average age of the entire Georgia Tech team is slightly more than 23. The Jayhawkers average just a little more than 25 years old. For the first time since Sauer came to Mt. Orcad, his team will start off with a weight advantage. The Kansas line will be a pound light, however, averaging 192 pounds per man, while Tech's will scale 193 per. . This figure includes 195-pound Dick Tomlinson as the starting right tackle. If 188-pound Hugh Johnson starts, the Kansans will again be the lighter team.
Among the backfield stars of past Orange Bowl games are: Frank Sinkwich of Georgia, Mike Holovak of Boston College, Camp Wilson of Tulsa, Paul Christman of Missouri, and Steve Van Buren of L. S. U.
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