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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
MARCH 12,1947
By BILL CONBOY
Only one Oklahoma A. and M player was selected on the all-Missouri first and second teams chosen by the Associated Press. A. L. Bennett, Cowboy forward, was put at one of the first team spots.
Other choices for the first team were: Gene Ollrich of Drake at the other forward; Dan Miller of St Louis and Ward Gibson of Creighton at the guards; and Ed Macaulay of St. Louis at center.
On the second team were: Harold Beal of Wichita and Bob Schmidt of St. Louis at forwards; Donald Knowles of Creighton and Bill Evans of Drake at guards; and John Pritchard of Drake at center.
The fact that only one man is mentioned from the Oklahoma A. and M. team which turned back Kentucky and handed the Jayhawkers three defeats in four games is a tribute to the coaching of Hank Iba. He did not have many outstanding individual stars, but he welded his material into a smooth working unit which gave every team a battle.
While on the subject of coaching, it's about time that recognition was given to Howard Engleman of the Jayhawkers. The youthful law student stepped into the toughest job in the conference when he took over the reins at K.U.
The Kansas team had not been playing up to the expectations of the fans. Early season losses had sent the side-line experts scurrying in search of reasons for the Jayhawker slump. Few coaches would have been willing to step into the Kansas picture with the cards so stacked against them.
In addition, Engleman faced the inevitable prospect of being compared along the line with his former teacher and Jayhawker cage great, Phog Allen. Again no coach would have relished the prospect of being put on such a spot.
Howard Engleman has done a job that he can well be proud of. That has been proved in the last three Jayhawker games. The Oklahoma Aggies, the Big Six champion, Oklahoma Sooners, and the Missouri Tigers have been successively defeated
The youthful Kansas coach did not hesitate to put into operation ideas of his own when he took over for the ailing Dr. Allen. Engleman thought one trouble with the Kansas squad was that men of the same maturity and temperament were not playing together.
He separated the players into two units. On the first unit he put the players returning from last year's championship squad.
This unit was comprised of Charley Black, Otto Schnellbacher, Owen Peck, Ray Evans, Wendell Clark, and Gib Stramel. Freshman Harold England was inserted in this outfit from time to time.
On the second unit, Engleman worked the following men together: Claude Houchin, Charley Penny, Jack Eskridge, John Dewell, Bill Sapp, and England.
In several games, he substituted by teams, sending five men at a time
Daily Kansan Picks Black, Evans, Schnellbacher On All-Star Team
Charlie Black of Kansas and Gerald Tucker of Oklahoma are unanimous choices for the Daily Kansan's 1947 all-Big Six basketball squad.
Evans of Kansas also represents the Jayhawkers on the first five, with Otto Schnellbacher tying Ray Wehde for the second forward post. Dick Reich of Oklahoma is the fifth man on the first team.
Selections were made by the Daily Kansan sports staff.
FIRST TEAM
f-Charles Black, Kansas
f-Ray Rehee, Iowa State and Otto Schnellbacher, Kansas (ie)
f-Gerald Tucker, Oklahoma
g-Ray Evans, Kansas
g-Dick Reich, Oklahoma
SECOND TEAM
f—Dan Pippin, Missouri
f—Paul Courty, Oklahoma
c—Don Paulsen, Iowa State
g—Keith Thomas, Kansas State
g—Thornton Jenkins, Missouri
HONORABLE MENTION
Jack Landon, Oklahoma guard; John Rudoplh, Missouri center; Wendell Clark, Kansas guard; Claude Rethford, Nebraska forward; Joe Brown, Nebraska guard; Hal Howey, Kansas State forward.
Navy Rifle Team Outscores Missouri U.
The navy rifle team outscored the University of Missouri and seven other teams, as well as 13 teams that didn't report their scores, in the recent Hearst trophy competition. Fifty-three college N. R. O. T. C. rifle teams participated.
At the beginning of this year, none of the members of the navy rifle team had previous experience with small arms. Captain R. V. Anderson is range officer, and Sgt. A. J. Allen is team coach.
"The men are doing a good job." Sergeant Allen said Tuesday. "Corrections are being made and the scores show it. I think that before long we're going to have some pretty hot scores for you."
Members of the first team are: Robert Westmacott, College junior; Jack Gove, College freshman; Billy Bryant, pharmacy freshman; Lawrence Mische, engineering freshman; and Theodore Tober, pharmacy freshman.
Second team members include:
Cleo Bloedtgat and Leo Wildgen, College freshmen; Wayne Burnett, engineering freshman; T. F. Bailey and Franilk Panpint, College juniors.
onto the floor. This worked quite successfully, the two units exhibiting better teamwork than had been seen all season.
In the first Kansas State game, this team substitution system reached its peak efficiency. The team composed of the younger men actually played more sensationally against the men from Manhattan while in the contest than did the more experienced starting squad.
EAST-WEST ALL-STAR BASKETBALL GAME NOMINATION BALLOT UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
After that, Engleman gradually began to combine the personnel of both units till a smooth functioning quintet can now be formed with any five men on the floor.
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Address entries to: Sports Department, East-West Game, New York Herald Tribune, 230 West 41st street, New York, N.Y.
Woodruff Will Speak At Phi Sigma Dinner
"Man the Soldier versus Man the Peacemaker" will be the subject of a speech by Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff at the annual initiation banquet of Phi Sigma 6:45 tonight in the Kansas room of the Union.
Burton Hodgden, president, announced that initiation ceremonies for 18 persons will be held at 6 p.m. in the Pine room. Initiatives are:
Martin Arvey, Rollin Baker, Evelyn Cooper, Robert Elbel, Frank Emerson, Janet Esing, Robert Finley, Earl Fowler, Robert Gunter, Charles Lieberman, George Lowery, Jr., S. Patricia Moyer, Dorothy Taft, Robert Terrill, Edward Todd, Fred Truxal, Tom Watkins, and Austin Williams.
Phi Sigma, national honorary biological science society, is composed of students and instructors engaged in research in that field.
The average American family decreased from 5.6 persons in 1850 to 3.8 persons in 1940.
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