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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JANUARY 22,1947
By BOB DELLINGER
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
People who have been wondering when the Jayhawkers are going to snap their losing streak are now wondering "if."
Kansas lost its fifth straight game by a bare margin. The five points may not seem so bare, but when you remember that one point in the first 40 minutes would have made the difference, the total difference is simmered down to zero.
Kansas couldn't hit the basket on the move against Colorado as is evidenced by the seven-goal deficit from the field, but at the charity line, the difference is phenomenal. Jayhawkers who received those free tosses from the painted line dumped in 24 out of 29 for a high enough percentage to keep them in the game.
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Note: Rumors that Coach Howard Engleman is resigning to go to Florida for his health have been denied.
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Paul Turner's advancement to the "B" coaching spot is a good reward for a hard-working ballplayer.
Paul hasn't seen much action this year, but he's still been out all the way and didn't drop off the squad as some others who didn't get the starting nod decided to do.
The "B" squad has been undefeated in the only four games it has played to date, and although no more are scheduled now, it goes on being a school for ball-players unused to the Allen system.
Turner will have an important job if he still holds the post when next year rolls around, but the "B" squar is the best basic training school in basketball to be found on the campus.
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Kansas can pull its way into the first division in the Big Six by the end of the first half, "merely" by winning its next two games, both at home.
Both will be stiff contests, with the Iowa State Cyclones looking stronger, but with the Wildcats sure to lay for the interstate rivals.
Iowa State comes first, on Friday night, and the Jayhawkers can get off to a good start by knocking off the second-place club.
Kansas State is another brawling ball-club or Oklahoma will testify. The ones to watch for are Rothrock and Patrick as far as fisticuffs are concerned, but it will be Hal Howey who will be on the spark for baskets.
It might be Claude Houchin who gets the starting nod against the Wildcats, because of his height and new-found ability at the guard post.
Coach Engleman pulled Houchin off the "B" squad with him when the blond mentor went up to the Varsity, and he has been improving ever since.
Houchin and Owen Peck dumped in eight points each, Monday night, against Colorado to fall second behind another freshman find, Jack Eskridge.
Coach Joe Lapchick of the St John's of Brooklyn club loves children. At least he hopes that his six-foot, nine-inch center, Harry Boykoff, "has 12 children and they all come to play for me."
Jayhawkers Hope To Repeat Early Victory Over Cyclones
the only test Kansas has had of Coach Louie Menze's fast-improving sound.
Kansas' next attempt to pull out of the Big Six cellar will be against the Iowa State Cyclones at Lawrence Friday night.
Despite a 19-point victory by the Jayhawkers earlier in the season, the Cyclones rest four places higher in the conference standings. The early Jayhawker victory, a non-conference game in the Big Six tournament, was the only test Kansas has had of $ \textcircled{>} $ ___
After losing eight of the first 10 games, the Cyclones came to like and whipped heavily favored Kansas State at Ames, starting the Wildeats on the downward trail.
The Cyclones now stand in a second-place tie with the Oklahoma Sooners, trailing Missouri, and leading Nebraska, Kansas State, and Kansas.
Since that time, the Cyclones have dropped a close one to strong Bradley Tech and then whipped Nebraska at Ames in a conference game.
The Tigers, undefeated in four games, are one and a half games ahead of the two second-place clubs, and can't be knocked out of the top slot before Feb. 1 when the Sooners or Cyclones could possibly pull into a tie.
Missouri will face its stiffest test of the season Saturday night at Norman, when the Oklahoma Sooners will try to knock the Tigers down within reach of the rest of the league.
Leading scorer for the Jayhawkers in all games to date is Otto Schnellbacher, forward and center, who has 190 points to his credit, and is the only one who has hit 20 points in a single game this year. He has crossed the double-10 mark three times, scoring 20 against Stanford and Colorado and 22 against Nebraska.
Charlie Black ranks second in team scoring with 179, and Ray Evans and Wendell Clark are third and fourth respectively.
Team scoring:
Player, position FG FT TP
Schnellbacher, f-c 63 64 190
Black, f 59 61 179
Evans, c-g 36 15 87
Clark, g 26 21 73
Peck, c 11 16 38
Eskridge, g-f 21 13 55
Stramel, f 17 10 44
St. Mary's college 37, San Jose State 35.
College Basketball
Holy Cross 58, Manhattan 49.
N.Y.U. 76, Colgate 58.
Kentucky 84, Georgia 45.
Sampson 60, Hobart 36.
Ohio Wesleyan 64, Ohio 47.
Charleston 50, C
Charleston 52, Georgia (Savannah division) 49.
St. Mary's (Minn.) 63. Winona State Teachers 48.
Lasalle 74. Millersville 32.
State Teachers 48.
Swarthmore 51, Delaware 43.
Centenary college 48, Barksdale AAB 47.
Illinois Wesleyan 65, Elmhurst 37,
Lasalle JV 58, Drexel 30.
Colby 41, Bowdney 36.
Western Kentucky State 61, St.
John's 54.
Rhode Island State 59, Bucknell 52.
Bradley U. 76, U. of Havana 42.
Lawrence 46, Ripon 41.
St. Ambrose 50, Cornell college 44,
John Carroll 51, Western Reserve 52
THE BUS
Hamline U. 51, Augsburg 39.
MacAleister 43, St. Thomas 39.
Huron college 46, South Dakota school of Mines 39.
Wofford 40, Clemson 31.
Springfield college 52, American International college 50.
Mt. Union 58, Thiel 43.
Emmporia Teachers 59, Washburn 40.
Howard college 45, Mercer U. 42.
Oregon 66, Idaho 46.
Western Washington College of Education 55, Seattle college 50.
'Truman Makes Laws'
Providence, R.I. (UP) — Joseph Tencza of West Warwick was denied citizenship by Federal Judge John P. Hartigan when he appeared in U.S. district court.
"Who makes the laws of the United States?" the judge asked.
"Truman," Tencza replied.
"Who makes the laws of Rhode Island?"
"Truman." Teneza said, adding:
"Truman does everything. Roosevelt did, now Truman.
(Adv.)
"Everyone Has Big Bills These Days"
University High Loses To Tonganoxie, 31-20
University High suffered its fourth consecutive cage defeat Tuesday night at the Eagles battled to hold league-leading Tonganoxie High to a 31-20 margin at Tonganoxie.
The Eagles outplayed the home squad during the first period, and held a 4-2 lead at the quarter, but the heavily favored Chieftains came back to take an 11-8 lead at the half and spurt in the third period to ice the game.
Dick Cochran led the scoring for University High with 10 points. The next U.H.S. game will be against undefeated Perry high here Friday.
Women's IM Schedule
Tenight's schedule of women's in-trimural cage games include:
7:00—Alpha Omicron Pi vs. I. W.
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7:00—Pi Beta Phi vs. Watkins.
8:00—Foster vs. Locksley.
8:00—Alpha Chi Omega vs. Kappa Alpha Theta.
Boy Kisses Too Rough
She said Eugene Price—a stranger
Indianapolis. (UP) — Dorothy Shively told the judge she didn't mind the kiss, but she was mad because the boys were too rough.
She said Eugene Price a stranger stopped her on the street and stole a kiss from 'her while his pal held her hair.
Price said he mistook the girl for a friend. He faced assault and battery charges.
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