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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARCH 17, 1947
Bv BILL CONBOY
"Frosty" Cox, Colorado basketball coach, proved something of a prophet last Friday. He told us the afternoon before the game that he had been particularly impressed by the work of Jack Eskridge, Kansas forward, out at Boulder.
Eskridge had led scoring for the Jayhawkers in that 54 to 59 loss to the Buffaloes by netting four field goals and four free throws. "Big Jack" lived up to the expectations of the Colorado cage boss again Friday night in Hoch auditorium by taking high point honors for the game on seven field goals and one free throw.
Coach Cox also told us he expected to lose the game Friday. We're glad the Jayhawkers didn't disappoint him. His predictions didn't extend to next year, however. Chances are he has his sights set on a conference title for the Buffalo-
Colorado won five and lost seven games in the Big Seven conference this season. The Buffaloes finished fourth in the league standings, lowest spot they have occupied since entering league competition in 1938.
Wyoming won the Big Seven title this year. The Cowboys will represent the seventh district in the NCAA western playoffs in Kansas City this weekend.
Utah ended up in second place in the league. The Utes have accepted a bid to play in National Invitational tournament back in Madison Square Garden.
Denver University placed third in the Big Seven, one notch higher than Colorado. Last year, Denver was the last place team in the conference with only one victory in 12 starts.
Although Wyoming won the league bunting, "Frosty" said Friday that Utah was his choice for the best team in the Rocky Mountain area. In fact, he declared the Utes were "by far the best."
Cox said that Arnold Ferrin, flashy Utah forward, was injured and did not play in the game which the Utes dropped to Wyoming. The Colorado coach felt that Ferrin's absence gave the Cowboys the game.
Wyoming will be pitted against Texas university in the NCAA western playoffs in Kansas City this weekend. The Cowboy record is 22 won and 4 lost. The Longhorns have dropped only one game in 25 played this season, that being a one point loss to the Oklahoma Aggies in the semi-finals of the Oklahoma City tournament early in the season
Utah has a season record of 16 won and 5 lost. The Utes will run into some impressive records back in the New York tournament. Kentucky has won 32 and lost 2. West Virginia has won 18 and lost 1. Duquesne has won 21 and lost 1. These three teams boost the best won-and-lost percentages of schools chosen for the eight team bracket.
"Frosty" Cox did not bring any seniors with him to Lawrence for the game Friday. He said they were too busy taking examinations back in Boulder. The fact that a team made up entirely of underclassmen played the Jayhawkers on even terms for three quarters of the contest offers indication that the Buffaloes will be hard to lasso by the time next season rolls around.
'Thanks, Thanks A Lot,
But No, Thanks—George'
Lansing, Mich.—(UP)—George Pappavlahodimitrakopoulous, owner of a small restaurant here, offers a free meal to any customer who can pronounce his name.
Most customers settle for payment of their meals and call the owner "George."
Cagers To Attend Banquet
The 1947 Jayhawker basketball team and coaches will be honored at the annual banquet of the Lawrence Cooperative club tomorrow night. Pictures taken by the club of home games will be shown following the dinner.
Jayhawkers Beat Colorado 51-39; Season Record Is 16 Wins, 11 Losses
Kansas closed its 1947 basketball season Friday night with a 51 to 39 victory over Colorado university. The triumph gave the Jayhawkers a final record of 16 won and 11 lost.
Coach Howard Engleman's cagers defeated each regularly scheduled opponent at least once during the year. The Buffaloes had taken decisions from the Jayhawkers in two other $ ^{*} $
contests, but the Kansans were not to be denied Friday night.
A basket by Jack Eskridge sent the Jayhawkers ahead 2 to 0 in the opening minute of the game. The lead was unliquidized throughout the first half.
HAROLD
ENGLAND VACK ESKRIDGE
A basket and a, free throw by Charley Black, plus five more points by Eskridge, ran the score up to 10 to 4 with nine minutes gone. This 6-point margin remained as the score mounted to 13 to 7 and again to 17 to 11.
Rodney Bell, freshman Colorado center, stretching 6 feet, 8 inches, dropped in two goals to spark a Buffalo rally which narrowed the gap to 20 to 18 at the half.
Claude Houchin, Jayhawk guard, opened the second half by sinking a free throw. A charity toss by Bell and goals by Kendall Hills and Don Evans enabled Colorato to take the lead, 23 to 21, for the only time during the contest. Otto Schnellbacher came back to score five straight points for the Jayhawkers and make the score, 26 to 23.
Five minutes later, with the count 15 to 28. Kansas put on its game cinching drive. The Jayhawkers looped in 19 points in seven minutes while the Buffalooes were counting only 6. Freshman center, Harold England, led this attack with four field goals and one free throw.
With the score 50 to 34, the regulars were taken from the game and substitutes played out the remainder of the contest. Coach Engleman used 17 men in the game.
Eskridge took high scoring honors, counting 15 points on seven field goals and one free throw. Harold Beattie, Colorado guard, was high for the Buffalooes with 10 points on three field goals and four free throws.
The 80x score:
Kansas (51)
FG | FT | F | TP
Strack, f | 1 | 2 | 4
Stramel, f | 0 | 0 | 0
Eskridge, f | 7 | 1 | 4
Schrullbacher, f | 3 | 6 | 3
Mabry, f | 0 | 0 | 0
Auten, f | 0 | 1 | 1
Fegan, f | 0 | 0 | 0
Sapp, c | 0 | 0 | 1
England, c | 5 | 1 | 4
Peek, c | 0 | 0 | 0
Evans, g | 0 | 1 | 3
Clark, c | 0 | 1 | 0
Penny, g | 1 | 0 | 0
Houchin, g | 1 | 2 | 4
Van Citters, g | 0 | 0 | 1
King, g | 0 | 1 | 1
Penner, g | 0 | 0 | 0
Totals 18 15 20 51
Colorado (39) FG FT F TP
Hills, f 2 1 1 5
Besemann, f 0 3 3 3
Metzger, f 1 1 5 3
Rolander, c 4 1 4 9
Bell, c 2 0 3 4
Beattie, g 3 4 5 10
Haring, g 0 0 1 0
Laey, g 0 0 1 0
Walseth, g 1 1 4 3
Evans, g 1 0 2 2
Totals 14 11 29 39
Halftime score: Kansas 20, Colorado 18.
Kentucky To Meet LIU In Game Tonight
Missed free throws: Kansas, Black 7, Schnellbacher 3, Eskridge 2, Peck Evans, King. Colorado: Hills 3, Benzie 2, Rolander, Metzger, Waleth
Officials: Ab Curtis and Ed. Ellis.
New York—(UP)—Defending champion Kentucky meets Long Island university and Duquesne plays Utah tonight in first-round games in the National Invitational basketball tournament, with hunch players predicting strong possibility of an "upset-of-the-year" by LIU.
Kentucky, so loaded with talent that it left Bob Brannum, 1944 All-America center, at home in favor of little freshman guard Al Cummins because it preferred Cummins's speed to Brannum's size, won 32 of 34 games during the season and was a heavy favorite to retain the crown it won last year.
But many observers expected the Wildcats' toughest game of the tournament to come in the first round against Coach Claire Bee's Long Islanders, who won 17 of 21 season games.
North Carolina State defeated St. John's of Brooklyn in a first-round game Saturday night, 61 to 55, and West Virginia eliminated Bradley of Peoria, 69 to 60.
Archery Tournament To Open New Season
An all-University archery tournament will open the season for the first post-war Archery club, Richard Collins, College freshman, club president, said today.
The three day tournament will be held in April, and will be open to all students. Contestants not having archery equipment, but with shooting experience, can make arrangements with Collins to use the club's bows and arrows.
The Archery club now has 25 members. Membership in the club is open to all students and faculty members, and their wives.
Archery club shoots will be held every Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at locations to be announced later. Club business meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. at 7 p.m.
Collins brought his own equipment for the club from an archery range which he operated overseas. Future plans for the club are to build up club membership and reputation to allow Big Six competition for men's teams, Collins said.
Sooners Are Favored In NCAA Playoff
Kansas City—(UP)—A slight edge was conceded Oklahoma university, Big Six champions, in their game tonight here with St. Louis university, Missouri Valley titlists, to decide the Midland representative in the NCAA basketball finals Friday and Saturday.
The statistics give Oklahoma a 10-point offensive margin for the season. Friday night Texas university meets Wyoming and the victors in tonight's game face Oregon State.
The winners in the playoff Saturday night travel to New York for the big event.
Thieves Return Hubcaps When They Won't Fit
Ponca City—(UP)—Thieves who stole the hubeps from a car belonging to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Farber, Lincoln, Neb., returned them when they discovered they couldn't use them. The Farbers found the caps with a note reading, "I'm sorry, brother, but they wouldn't fit."
The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano—Early
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (UP) It's two more days until St. Joseph's day, their traditional day of arrival, but the swallows already are swooping about Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Indian legend had it that the swallows always returned March 19 and flew away to secret winter quarters Oct. 23, San Juan's day. Old-timers claimed the swallows had held to the legend 168 years until Saturday when they returned five days early.
Forty nine dependents of Mexican War veterans still were on the pension rolls at the end of 1946.
K.U. Student Places In Singing Audition
Mildred Garrison, sophomore in the school of Fine Arts, recently placed among the top three contestants in a singing audition sponsored by the Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas. To compete in this final audition, held at Manhattan, she placed successfully in three previous yearly auditions. She was sponsored by the Athena club of Marion.
Phyllis Fretwell and Mary Jac Zollinger, both juniors in the school of Fine Arts, placed among the top three contestants in last year's final contest held at Emporia.
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