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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARCH 4,1947
By BILL CONBOY
St. Louis university, basketball champion of the Missouri Valley conference, apparently plays all the angles. Dukes Duford, athletic director of the school, announced yesterday that the Billikens would accept a bid to the Madison Square Garden Invitational tournament if it was forthcoming.
If not, he said. St. Louis will engage the Oklahoma Sooners in a single play-off game to determine the fifth district's representative to the regional NCAA tournament in Kansas City. In this way, the Missouri Valley winner has two chances at post-season play.
Oklahoma undoubtedly would like to see the Billikens take the ride to New York. St. Louis has twice taken the measure of Oklahoma A and M, once by an astounding 38 to 20 score down on the Aggies' home court. The Aggies in turn came home from Norman with a victory over the Sooners, which, by comparative results, at least, does not add up in favor of the Big Six champions.
The stand taken by St. Louis is just the opposite of the attitude the Oklahoma Aggies took following the 1945-46 basketball season. The Cowboys were rated number one in the nation and could have gone to the New York tourney if they had so desired.
Henry Iba. Aggie athletic director as well as basketball coach, chose to follow the NCAA path and compete in western regional tournament at Kansas City. Manaj KU fans have suggested since that had Cowboys chosen the Madison Square Garden tourney instead, the Jayhawkers might have captured the NCA title. In 21 games last year, only the Aggies turned back the Kansas team without victory.
Iba's decision last year probably was prompted by two motives. First, Oklahoma A and M wanted to remain in favor with the NCAA. For one thing, A and M is a great inter-collegiate wrestling school and hoped to get the national contests held in Stillwater. Second, it is rumored that even then the Aggie school had aspirations toward becoming a member of the Big Six. Firm alliance with the NCAA would make a better impression than a "money trip" back to New York.
A third reason might also be conjectured. "Four-man" Iba probably did not weep any tears over the prospect of eliminating Kansas from participation in the western play-offs.
Kansas spectators were sorry Saturday night that Tom Colemback, last year's high jump star, was not in shape to give Bill Lambeth of Oklahoma a run for his money at the Big Six indoor track meet in Kansas City. They were happily surprised when Delvin Norris, Jayhawker freshman, came through with a leap of 6' 3" to tie for second. Previously, Norris had never cleared above 6'. Coach Kanehl reports that the bar was moved up an inch on the opposing pole after the 6' 3" jump and then measured. The steel tape said '6' $4\frac{1}{4}$ which may mean that Norris actually cleared '6' $3\frac{1}{4}$. This would be a new indoor high jump record for K.U., Scoffold holding the present official mark at '6' 3 1/8".
While on the subject of new records, it must be noted that John Jackson, Jayhawker quartermiler, stepped the distance in 51 seconds down at Kansas City to set a new school indoor mark for his specialty.
Device Spots Water Leaks
Boston—(UP)—The e "geophone" a newly-developed listening device that locates leaks in the city's water supply, is now standard equipment in Boston and other large cities. the geophone, which somewhat resembles the doctor's stethoscope, enables water department employees to hear through five feet of earth and pavement and to locate any leak within 30 feet.
Black Will Try To Smother Tucker For Third Time Tonight In Hoch
For the basketball records it will be Kansas versus Oklahoma in Hoch auditorium tonight, but for most spectators it will be Charley Black against Gerald Tucker.
Black, the player who put the "Hawk" in Jayhawker, has twice bested the Sooner pivot man in personal duals this season. Kansas defeated Olds.
Oklahoma, 51 to 45, in the semifinals of the Oklahoma City Invitational tournament. Black looped in 11 points while holding Tucker to 6
Later, in a Big Six conference clash at Norman, the Jayhawkers lost, 50 to 47. Once again Tucker netted only 6 points. Black scoring 13.
Though the Sooner center leads conference scoring with 129 points in nine games for a 14.33 per game average, home fans are looking for "Hawk" to slip the defensive snacks on Tucker for the third time.
Black relies on the principle that a man cannot score if he fails to get the ball. The Oklahoma point maker will likely see plenty of long arms in front of his face tonight in the vicinity of the free throw circle.
Oklahoma neatly wrapped up the Big Six championship by defeating Missouri, 42 to 36, in Columbia Thursday night. The Sooners sport an eight game conference winning streak, their only loss having come in the opener against Nebraska.
The Jayhawkers must win the game tonight as well as the contest against Missouri in Columbia Friday night in order to keep out of the second division. The present 3-won, 5-lost record must be raised to a .500 average if Kansas is to the Iowa State for third place.
The game will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Probable starting lines:
stable sta
Kansas
Black
Schnellbacher
Peek
Evans
Clark
F F C G G
Oklahoma
Reich
Courty
Tucker
Paine
Landon
Delta Chi Whips Nu Sig's 32-23
Delta Chi handed Nu Sigma Nu a 32-23 defeat to pass another test in the intramural loop last night. McCllenl led the Delta Chi team with a total of 11 points.
Probably the hottest pair on the court last night were Clark and Enseh of the 1934 Club. Clark split the net for 29 points and Enseh racked up 19 to lead their team to a 58-30 victory over the Y.M.C.A.
Other results. Der Funf defeated I.S.A. 27-25; Battenfeld won over the 1037 Club 45-33; the Wicked Seven handed the K.C. Club a 28-24 defeat; and the Navy Officers forfeited to Alpha Phi Omega.
Allen L. Merriam, '36, is now regional night editor for the United States Air Force based in California, Nevada, and Arizona. His offices are in Sacramento.
Merriam Is Radio Editor
San Antonio, Tex.—(UP)—The man with the red helmet may be a fire fighter, but that isn't all he does. In 1946, San Antonio firemen were called, between blazes, to hunt for lost money on a roof, free a woman's hand caught between two windows, clean a gutter and remove a child's baseball from the top of a building.
Merrigan formerly worked on the Topeka Daily Capital, the Winfield Daily Courier, and the Ponca City Daily News.
All In Day's Work
Engleman Picks All Big-Six team
Coach Howard Engleman announced the following men as his selections for the 9147 all Big Six basketball team today:
CHARLIE BLACK RAY EVANS
Black, Kansas, f
Pipen, Missouri, f
Tucker, Oklahoma, c
Evans, Kansas, g
Reich, Oklahoma, g
First Team
Second Team
Schnellbacher, Kansas, f
Ray Wehde, Iowa State, f
Paulson, Iowa State, c
Landon, Oklahoma, g
Dean, Kansas State, g
AD Pi Heads I-M Scoring With 503
Alpha Delta Pi leads the field with 503 points in the women's intramural team standings. Pi Beta Phi ranks second with 413 points, but is closely trailed by Kappa Kappa Gamma with 408.
Kappa Alpha Theta takes a sharper drop to 374, and is crowded by Locksley hall with 366 points and Delta Gamma sporting 364. Gamma Phi Beta has racked up 338 points, with Corbin hall's 296 points following.
I. W. moved up to 287 points at the close of the basketball loop, and is followed by Watkins hall and Chi Omega, each with 274. Alpha Omicron Pi is in the half-way slot with 273 points.
Sigma Kappa is next with 261,
Temruth has 235, and Harmon coop has 230 points. Foster hall is in
16th place with 201. Below the 200
mark are Jolliffe hall, 198; Sleepy
Hollow hall, 195; Independents, 191;
Alpha Chi Omega, 189; Miller hall,
180; Delta Delta Delta holds the
cellar with 163 points.
Kristine Moe, Norway, will give her impressions of the United States at a Scandinavian club meeting at 7:15 tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claes Rende, 1400 1-2 Louisiana.
Moe To Speak Tonight
This is a reorganization meeting of the group formerly called the Swedish club. An election of officers will be held. The meeting is open to anyone interested.
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Rifle Team Loses To Rice, Penn State
The University N.R.O.T.C. rifle team recently suffered defeats by Rice Institute and Penn State. Rice scored 902 to K. U.'s 737, and Penn State won 1668 to K.U.'s 1464.
In the Hearst trophy competition, K.U. edged out the University of Michigan in the race for 35th place, there being 36 teams entered in the contest. The University of Illinois, with three teams, swept into first, second, and third places. Her number one team posted 953. K.U. made a 704. The University of Michigan, number 36, made 694.
Now Can Fly To Honolulu
San Francisco (UP)—Naval air transport service now operates daily passenger and cargo flights between here and Honolulu. The VR-2 "Mars" planes are equipped to handle 30 passengers and 15,000 pounds of cargo and mail.
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