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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARCH 11,
By BILL CONBOY
Four members of the Colorado University basketball team which comes to Lawrence Friday to close the Jayhawk cage season played their high school ball in Kansas.
Horace Huggins, 6 feet, 3 inches,
190 pounds, and Clarence Ellis, 6
feet, 185 pounds, both make their
home in Coffeyville. Robert Rolander,
6 feet, 5 inches, 180 pounds, hails
from McPherson. Carr Besemann, 6
feet, 5 inches, 195 pounds is a
product of Newton.
Huggins, a forward, played on the Colorado Big Seven championship team in 1942 before entering the army. He returned in time to play during the latter half of the 1945-46 season and scored 22 points in 11 games.
Ellis, a guard, lettered at Colorado last year. He scored 33 points in 13 games.
Rolander, freshman center, was a member of the all-state team last year. McPherson finished second to Newton in the Kansas class AA tournament due mainly to his scoring efforts.
Besemann, another freshman center, played on the 1946 state championship team from Newton. He was a second team selection for all-Ark Valley and all-state.
Dan Partner, director of sports publicity for the Boulder institution, reports that Huggins, Besemann, and Rolander are likely to be in the starting lineup Friday night. The other two starters will probably be Leslie Metzger of South Bend, Ind., and Harold Beattie of Boulder.
Metzger is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 175 pounds. He plays guard.
Beattie is 6 feet, 2 inches in height and weighs 170 pounds. He scored 105 points in 16 games for the Buffalo bears last year from a guard spot.
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Few basketball teams ever received the pre-season build-up which the Illinois "Whiz Kids" got this year. Not only were they rated by most sports writers as a super team, but it was generally assumed that they would end up with a super record.
When the Missouri Tigers won out over the Illini in Kansas City early in the season, fans began to question the potency of the post-war "Whizzers." Further defeats on the Pacific coast and in conference play dispelled the belief that the Illinois cagers were destined to repeat their exploits of the 1942-43 season.
Wisconsin clinched the Big Nine title by defeating Purdue, T2 to 60 Saturday night. The "Whiz Kids" did manage to wind up in second place, but, for their followers, that was a big disappointment.
For a good many years, Illinois fans will be searching for reasons to explain the failure of their favorites to resume their pre-war stride. The announcement of the United Press all-Big Nine selections last week furnished one good explanation. Evidently other teams had stars, too-stars which simply shone a little brighter than the highly touted members the Illinois quintet.
The United Press first team was as follows: Forwards-Ralph Hamilton of Indiana and Paul Hoffman of Purdue. Center-Jim McIntyre of Minnesota. Guards-Herb Wilkinson of Iowa and Glen Selbo of Wisconsin.
The second quintet was made up as follows: Forwards—Bob Cook of Wisconsin and Mack Suprunowicz of Michigan. Center—Jack Underman of Ohio State. Guards—Walt Lautenbach of Wisconsin and Jack Smiley of Illinois.
Smiley has sometimes been called the greatest defensive guard in the history of the conference, but where are the names of Andy Phillip, Ken Menke, and Gene Vance? The failure of this trio to whiz as they did before the war offers the best answer to the question of what happened to Illinois.
Emporia, Kansas' Lone NAIB Entry Survives First Round Test Monday
Kansas City, Mo.—(UP)—Emporia State Teachers, Kansas' lone entry in the National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament, survived its first round test Monday night, taking a 78-54 victory over Lawrence Institute of Technology, Detroit.
Emporia's second round opponent will be decided today—the winner of the game at 4 p.m. between Canterbury college of Danville, Ind., and Western Carolina State Teachers of Cullowhee, N.C.
The Kansans were impressive in disposing of the more highly regarded Lawrence Tech team. After trailing in the early part of the game, Emporia rallied its forces and built up a small lead, 35-31, at the half. From there on, Emporia got stronger, and its ultimate margin of 24 points was among the biggest of the night.
2:45- Oglethorpe (Atlanta, Ga.)
vs. Depauw university (Greencastle,
Ind.)
4—Canterbury college (Danville Ind.) vs. Western Carolina State (Cullowhee, N.C.)
1:30 — Beloit (Wis.) College vs.
Arkansas State (Jonesboro).
Today's first round games:
5:15—Southeastern Oklahoma State (Durant) vs. Eastern Illinois State (Charleston, Ill.)
7:30 — Culver-Stockton (Canton, Mo.) vs. Eastern Washington College of Education (Cheney, Wash.)
8:45 - Northeast Missouri State Teachers (Kirksville) vs. Mississippi Delta Teachers (Cleveland).
10:00—Hamline university (St Paul, Minn.) vs. New Mexico university (Albuquerque).
11:15-Loyola of Baltimore vs. Hastings college (Hastings, Neb.).
Mankato (Minn.) Teachers 71,
Loras college, Dubugrue, Ia. 63.
Arizona State 49, Youngstown (Ohio) college 45.
University of Houston 60. Montana State college 58.
Whittier (Cal.) college 70. Northwestern Louisiana State 56.
Marshall college (Huntington, W. Va.) 113, Wisconsin (River Falls) State Teachers 80.
Emporia State (Kans.) Teachers 78, Lawrence Tech (Detroit) 54.
Dakota Wesleyan (Mitchell, S.D.
44, Southern Illinois Normal (Carbondale) 39.
Texas Wesleyan (Fort Worth) 84,
Linfield College (Mcminnville, Ore.)
50.
Sports Writer Unhurt In Car Crash Sunday
Don Pierce, K. U. director of sports publicity, was involved in an automobile accident Sunday night when two Nebraska youths in a stolen car crashed head on into his 1941 Buick sedan at the Kanwaka corner of highway 40.
His wife and 11-months-old daughter were riding with him at the time. Mrs. Pierce was slightly bruised but the Jayhawkere public relations man and child escaped injury.
The two boys, aged 14 and 15, who had driven the other car were picked up by a passing motorist and brought to the city police station where an investigation revealed that their car, a 1942 Chevrolet sedan, was stolen in Kansas City from the owner, a Virginia tourist.
Baltimore, Md.—(UP) — Joe Di-Maggio, star New York Yankee outfielder, was slated to undergo an operation in Johns Hopkins hospital today to graft skin on his left heel to speed recovery from a previous operation.
Di Maggio To Have Operation On Heel
DiMaggio's foot has not yet healed from an operation performed in New York in January for removal of a bone spur. He is not expected to be able to play baseball until several weeks after the season opens.
Buffalo Head
This is Coach Forrest R. "Frosty" Cor, all-Big Sir quard from Kansas in 1930 and 1931, who will return to M. Oread Friday night bringing his Colorado Buffalos with him.
The Buffs, who will become members of the conference on Dec. 1, have handed Kansas two overtime defeats in earlier encounters this year to pull within one game of a tie in the nine-game series which began in 1931.
Coach Cox has been the object of many rumors to the effect that he will replace Kansas Coach "Phog" Allen next year.
Franklin Marshall 32 Gettysburg 30
Nevada 57 Hawaii 50
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Bradley 57 Colorado College 56
Trenton (N.J.) Teachers 60 Rider college 58
South Dakota Wesleyan 44 Carbondale Teachers 39
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Kansas State Teachers 78 Lawrence Tech 54
Whittier College 70 Northwestern Louisiana 56
University of Houston 60 Montana State College 58
Marshall College (W. Vir.) 113
River Falls (Wis.) Teachers 80
Mankato (Min.) Teachers 71 Loras College 63
Flagstaff (Ariz.) State 49 Youngstown (O.) College 45
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