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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
MARCH 18,1947
By BILL CONBOY
It's not yet time for spring fever, but all-star picking fever has already set in. Mythical quintets are being chosen by basketball selectors all over the nation.
In the choice of all-conference teams, it seems to us that versatility has been overlooked. The ability to play basketball should count, but what about the man who exhibits boxing or wrestling ability on the court? Shouldn't such all around ability be rewarded?
Succeeding to a whimsical urge, we have decided to nominate our 1947 Big Six "All-Spar" team. With our tongue in our cheek, we name the following as literally the "fightin'est five" in the conference (each having at least one small scuffle to his credit in Big Six competition):
Forwards—Charley Black of Kansas and Joe Leoisel of Nebraska.
Guards—Allie Paine of Oklahoma and Bill Sapp of Kansas.
Center—Jerry Patrick of Kansas State.
"The Hawk" almost became "The Sock" after being swung on by Loisel at Lincoln and climbed on by Patrick in Hoch auditorium.
Loisel made the team on the basis of that roundhouse he aimed at Black on his home court. Patrick and Paine mixed it up when Oklahoma played the Wildcats at Manhattan. Bill Sapp became eligible for the select five when he reportedly tossed a fist in the direction of Bob Garwitz during the final contest with the Missouri Tigers.
As honorary coach of this aggressive quintet we must name Wilbur Stalcup of Missouri. He "shoved" himself into the selection by giving "Phog" Allen the nudge on the sidelines during the contest in Lawrence.
This team could certainly outscrap any other mythical choice. With Charley Black at the helm, they might well outscore a team composed of other conference players. They'd win more rounds anyway.
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The final victory over Colorau left basketball fans looking forward with pleasure to next season. The three top scorers for the Jayhawkers in the contest will all return next year.
Jack Eskridge, junior forward, took high point honors with 15 scores. Otto Schnellbacher, junior forward, followed with 12. Harold England, freshman center, came through with 11.
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"Frosty" Cox named Ferrin and Gardner of Utah and Reese of Wyoming as the three outstanding cage stars in the Rocky Mountain area when we talked with him Friday.
Ferrin sparked Utah to the N. C. A. A. championship in 1944. The Utes had originally accepted a bid to the National Invitational tournament in New York that year. After losing their opener, the Utes became a last minute entry in the western regional N.C.A. A. playoffs in Kansas City.
They replaced the Arkansas Razorbacks when the Southwest conference champions were unable to participate due to injury of two star players in an automobile accident.
Utah then marched through Missouri, Iowa State, and Dartmouth to capture the national title. In the
Net Prospects May Shove Out Last Year's Big Six Champions
Kansas will have three lettermen returning from a 1946 tennis team which was good enough to cop the Big Six title, but it's doubtful if more than one of them will carry much weight on this year's net outfit.
Coach Gordon Sabine has five newcomers in camp who may give him he best depth in the conference under the new five-match system.
The Fletchers include Erwin Busek,
Dick Richards, and Harold Miller, all
of Springfield. Mo., and Frank Gage
and Sam Mazon, both of Kansas City
Dick Richards, and Harold Miller, all of Springfield. Mo., and Frank Gage and Sam Mazon, both of Kansas City. Busiek, a short wirt lefthanded freshman, already is being called the best Jayhawker net prospect since Junior Cohen, Len Prosser, and Bill Kiley. The lean 18-year-old ranked tenth among the nation's juniors last season after gaining the quarter-finals of the national. In this area he won his division of the Heart of America meet in Kansas City and the Jayhawk open in Tonka.
Richards, like Miller a transfer from Drury college, won the Missouri collegiate athletic union singles crown last spring, whipping Miller in the finals. The pair teamed to win the league doubles title also.
Gage, a senior in mechanical engineering, is a big strong stylist who is almost a cinch to land in the first five when the Jayhawkers shove off against Oklahoma March 31 in their first match. Mazon will be used exclusively in singles.
Roy Shoaf, last year's unbeaten number one clubber who waited through both singles and doubles competition without losing a set in a completed match, will have to raise his sights to land in the first three this spring. The big bombardier from Topeka improved steadily through last season, however, and should be a top-notch contender all season.
The remaining monogram winners include Bob Barnes of Wichita, who played number three last spring and Charles Carson of Kansas City who held down the number four slot.
Sabine has handed his team the most murderous schedule in Kansas history, a 20-match affair which doesn't end until May 17.
AAU Cage Results
Denver—(UP) —Results Monday in the national AAU basketball tournament:
First Round
Warrenburg, Mo., 55 Cleveland 44
Benning, Ga., 76 College of
Ozarks
Glendale, Calif., City College 50
Idaho Southern 39
Dallas, Tex. (SMU) 80 Topeka,
Kan., AAF 37
Pepperdine College 53 Lincoln, Neb. 49
Denver University 49 Adams
State 45
Alva, Okla., Teachers 63 O'Fallon, ill., 50
Springfield, O., 66 El Paso, Tex., 59 Second Round
Oklahoma City 66 Sioux City, Ia. 36
Salem, Ore., vs. Glendale City College
Denver Nuggets 67 Baton Rouge,
... 43
Bartlesville, Okla., 103 Roanoke,
Va. , 28
San Diego, Calif., 64 Lowry Field (Denver) 51
Hawthorne, Calif., vs. Dallas, Tex.
(SMU)
Laramie, Wyo., vs. Pepperdine College
Spokane, Wash., vs. Columbus,
Ind.
Panhandle Aggies vs. San Francisco
Second Round-Pairings Today
final contest with Dartmouth, Ferrin tossed in 23 points to pace the 42 to 40 victory.
Milwaukee vs. Denver university
South N. 12th St. Trojans
Golden, Colo., vs. Las Vegas, N. M.
university Seattle vs. Alva, Okla, Teachers Cilden, Lake, Kane
Another member of that Utah team was Herb Wilkinson who was selected for the all-Big Nine first team this year as a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Wilkinson will also play in the East-West game on March 29 with Charley Black. He transferred to Iowa City the year following Utah's national title.
Tennis Schedule
March 31 Oklahoma at Norman
April 1 So. Methodist at Dallas
 April 3 Arkansas at Fayetteville
 April 5 Washington at St. Louis
 April 7 Missouri at Columbia
 April 11 Nebraska at Lawrence
 April 12 Washburn at Topeka
 April 17 Washington at Lawrence
 April 21 Ottawa at Ottawa
 April 22 Wm. Jewell at Lawrence
 April 26 Washburn at Lawrence
 April 28 K. State at Manhattan
*May 2 Iowa State at Ames
*May 3 Nebraska at Lincoln
 May 5 Ottawa at Lawrence
*May 10 Oklahoma at Lawrence
*May 12 Okla. A. & M., at Lawrence
*May 14 K. State at Lawrence
*May 16 Missouri at Lawrence
May 19 Wm. Jewell at Kansas City
*Conference match.
Bartlesville Cagers Swamp Roanoke
Denver — (UP) — Bartlesville, Okla., opened defense of its national AAU basketball championship by rolling up a 103-28 victory over Roanoke, Va., but the Oklahoma oilmen today were still a long way from their fifth consecutive title. The second - seeded Oakland, Calif., team has yet to see action, and Southern Methodist university bombshelled upon the lethargic second-round scene with dark horse potential.
The SMU Mustangs, who finished the Southwest conference campaign in a tie for second place with Arkansas, racked up an 89-37 victory over the Topeka, Kan., AAF quintet. However, the talk of the tournament was—by necessity—these 103 points scored by Bartlesville.
The Oklahomans weren't particularly hot. They just couldn't avoid scoring over the hapless and dwarfed Virginians.
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Football Spots Wide Open Sauer Says—120 Men Out
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Coach George Sauer said today every spot on the Kansas University football team is "wide open," adding that he was encouraging as many men as possible to try out.
The first outdoor practice of the spring season was held yesterday with 120 players in togs.
Sauer said he expected several
fashions from last year's squad to
be available.
A Spade Is A Spade
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The student publication at the Municipal University of Omaha uses practical methods to teach journalism to its students. The editors used as a filler this line:
"This is a filler."
Overconfidence May Hinder Kentucky
New York—(UP) — Solving the problem of overconfidence was all wily Wildcats and their second straight national invitational basket that stood today between Kentucky's ball championship.
Kentucky almost fell a victim to that old "debeli" of winning teams last night when it blew a 19-point second half lead and barely finished a 66 to 62 victory over a never-quit Long Island university team.
The Wildcats now play another hard-hitting southern team, the Red Terrors from North Carolina State, in Wednesday night's semi-final bill. In the other Wednesday game, Utah's battling "Blitz Kids" 45 to 44 victors over Duquesne of Pittsburgh last night, face West Virginia's fast-shooting Mountaineers.
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