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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947
Teachers Are First Test For Young KU Cage Squad
The Kansas Jayhawker basketball team will open its 1947-48 season tomorrow night when the Mt. Oread squad takes the floor in Emporia to battle a strong Emporia State Teachers team. The "B" teams will meet in a preliminary game.
The Teachers have three games be out to upset the Jayhawkers. This possibility is very real, for the Kansas squad is composed chiefly of rookies and will be getting its baptism as a unit. The Hornets went to the semi-finals of the N.A.I.B. tournament last season, losing to the champion Marshall college Thundering Herd in a bitter clash.
he Teachers have three games under their belts this season, and will
The Hornets have not fared well so far this season, but are certain to be "up" when the Jayhawkers arrive. Wednesday night Drake handed them their second defeat by a 53 to 41 count. The Teachers had already slaughtered Rockhurst and lost a close, five-point margin ball game to Wichita.
To Draw Record Crowd
The Kansas games will be an excellent drawing card. Already the Emporia auditorium is completely sold out, and with special bleachers provided to raise the capacity to 3,500, the game will draw the largest crowd in Emporia history.
Kansas will be minus the entire starting lineup of the 1948 and 1947 spuds, with three host by graduation, and two others engaged in football in preparation for the Orange bowl classic. Among the missing will be three-time 'all-American Charlie "The Hawk" Black, who will be most conspicuous by his absence under the backboard. Also lost are Owen Peck and Wendell Clark, regulars on the back line.
Schuellbacher May Return
Otto Schnellbacher, only regular who will return to the squad this year, reported for basketball practice during a full in grid drills, but it is doubtful if he will make the Emporia trip. All-American Ray Evans will be lost to the squad because of the end of his college eligibility at the end of January, and he has not planned to play basketball at Kansas this year.
Best Kansas prospects show a finely-balanced team with only one or two veterans remaining. Half a dozen prospects are battling for the forward posts with southpaw Harold England and Gib Stramel as likely starters. Maurice Martin, lefty Jack Eskridge, Charlie Penny, and Schnellbacher, if he makes the trip, will see action. Cool-headed Guy Mabry is a possible starter at center, with alternate choices of fiery Jerry Waugh and Max Kissell.
Guard Positions Settled
Jayhawker guard positions are fairly well settled for the time with Bill Sapp, former Duke regular, and lanky Claude Houchin as probable starters, but Myron "Sonny" Enns and Gene Barr are sure to take the court during the contest Bill Litchfield, Wilbur Reeser, and big Max Smiley make up the Emporia front line, and all are potential high scorers. Merle Litchfield and Hal McVey handle the Emporia guard duty.
New York—(UP)—New York, showing a sudden return to top form, thumped Arkansas Thursday night, 85 to 62, and the Oklahoma Aggies gave an impressive defensive exhibition to beat Long Island U. 52 to 37, in a basketball doubleheader, at Madison Square garden
NYU, Cowboys Win In Garden
N. Y. U. was slow to get rolling, holding a 34-30 edge at the half, but got hot in the first seven minutes of the second period and coasted to victory. Adolph Schayes. Violet center, led his mates with 25 points, but top scoring honors went to George Kok, Arkansas' 6 foot, 10 inch beanie, who tallied 26 points.
L. I. U. gave the Aggies a close tussle for the first 11 minutes of the second game and held a 15-14 lead at that point. But the Aggies throtled the L. I. U. attack thereafter by using a deliberate, slow-down style and the Blackbirds never got close again.
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Lujack To Turn Pro With Chicago Team
New York—(UP)—It was up to the Chicago Rockets and the Chicago Bears to start laying it on the line today for the nation's No. 1 collegiate football player, because Johnny Lujack says he's going to the higher bidder.
Luijack received the Heisman Memorial trophy, annually awarded to the outstanding player of the year, at a downtown athletic club dinner here last night. And during the course of the festivities, he said he definitely would play pro ball next season with either the Bears of the National Football league or the Rockets of the All-America conference.
Kansas City, Mo.—(UP)—Faculty fathers of the Big Seven and the Missouri Valley leagues opened two-jay meetings here today.
Big Seven Faculty To Hold Meeting
For the Big Seven-with Colorado now an active member—it was a routine December session, according to advance reports.
For the Missouri Valley, it was another story. The Valley has a good basketball league, with Creighton rounding out a six-team circuit. In football, it had dropped to a very low rating and has been reported interested in expanding with the addition of such schools as Detroit, Marquette and Denver. Denver, however, has indicated it would remain in the Mountain conference.
There were some rumors that Oklahoma A. & M., long interested in membership in the Big Seven, might drop out of the Valley conference. There have been no indications, however, that the big Seven group was ready to act on the Aggies' bid of a year ago for membership in that circuit.
Jayhawkers Start Practice;
Prepare For Orange Bowl
E. C. Quigley, W. W. Davis, George Sauer, and Bill Easton will represent K. U. at the meeting.
Coach George Sauer ran his Jayhawker squad of 50 through a one-hour drill on icey stadium turf Thursday. Working out in sweat clothes the team went through a light signal drill, had a kicking and passing session, and panted through a long period of calisthenics. It was the first practice for the Orange Bowl.
Dr. Jewett Writes Article
Dr. J. M. Jewett, of the State Geological Survey, is the author of an article, "Review of Recent Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas," appearing in the current issue of The Mines Magazine.
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