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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JANUARY 14,1947
By BOB DELLINGER
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Basketball'd dopesters are slowly going mad as upset after upset drops highly-favored teams into the depths of defeat.
Latest example of the astounding was St. Louis' victory over the Oklahoma Aggies on the A. & M. court. The victory itself provided one upset, and the score (38-20) was another in itself.
The Aggies previously had suffered only one defeat, 47-46 to L.I.U. in New York, and held victories over Texas, Kentucky, Kansas, and others.
Tonight's game at the Garden in New York will bring together the only two teams in the country who have downed the mighty Aggie squad in its 13-game total this far.
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Iowa State's recent victory over Kansas State evened up the all-time count exactly. Both the Cyclones and the Wildcats hold 28 victories in the series, which dates back to 1909.
Iowa State will make its last non-conference raid tonight when it travels to Peoria to meet the high-riding Bradley Tech Indians.
The Indians have won 11 and lost only two in their intersectional contests so far. One of the losses was a one-point defeat at the hands of Oklahoma several days ago.
The Chicago Maroons pulled a minor upset during the weekend by coming within 20 points of the Indians. Bradley won 65-45.
Boy Scouts will pass coin cups through the crowd at the Iowa State-Nebraska game Jan. 20 to climax a drive for the March of Dimes. The drive is being sponsored by the Iowa State chapter of Alpha Phi Omega.
Mexico's good will basketball team may not have such an enviable record when it arrives home after a long tour through the Midwest, but at least it will have a working knowledge of the United States.
The Mexicans have been in the United States for several weeks, and will remain for more games before returning to Mexico City.
Monday the Mexicans took on an all-veteran team at the Chilcoo Indian school in Oklahoma. The Chilcoo players are all too old for the high school squad, so they have been cut short. They and entered a near-by city league as well as taking on other strong teams in the vicinity.
Tomorrow night the Mexicans will meet Northwestern Teachers, of Alva. Okla.
Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, dropped in at the White House Monday to attend to the signing of another south-paw for the coming season.
The primary purpose of Griffith's visit was to invite President Harry Truman to attend the opening game at Washington April 14 when the Senators tangle with the New York Yanks.
Mr. Truman promised to be on hand with his left arm in good shape for the opening pitch.
Former Students' Art Is Shown
Paintings by two former students, both of whom are now directors of art departments in other colleges, are being shown during January at the University Museum of Art.
Eugene J. McFarland was graduated in 1930. Since 1942 he has been head of the department of fine arts at Ohio Wesleyan university at Delaware, O. He has done murals for Phillips university, Enid, Okla, and the Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes at San Miguel Mexico
Paul W. Mannen, '33, is represented in the exhibition of a series of watercolors made in Mexico last summer'. Mr. Mannen is director of art at the Oklahoma College for Women at Chicasha.
Jayhawkers Meet Nebraska Tonight In Attempt To Get Out Of Cellar
The Jayhawkers will attempt to hit the comeback trail in conference play tonight when they travel to Nebraska's home Coliseum in Lincoln for a crucial cage game.
A victory over the Huskers might well start Kansas on the way to its 19th Big Six championship, while a defeat at Lincoln would completely eliminate Jayhawker hones. $ \textcircled{4} $
The team will again be in the hands of Assistant Coach Howard Engleman, who has found a way to use all three of his veteran forwards at the same time.
This was accomplished by moving Otto Schnellbacher back to the quarterback post where his height can be used to advantage under both backboards.
The promotion of Claude Houchin, "B" squad guard, to the traveling scau is another of Engleman's moves since taking over the varsity helm.
The Big Six spotlight, which hasn't rested on the Jayhawkers since the first game, remains well Missouri's favorite. The State Wildcats at Manahattan
The Tigers, sporting two victories and no defeats, currently head the conference; but they expect no soft touch in the Aggies, who were knocked from the top rung last week by Iowa State.
Victories by Kansas State and Nebraska would throw the league race into a three-way tie, with Kansas deep in the cellar, but a Missouri triumph would merely put the Tigers farther out in front of the Oklahoma Sooners whom they meet Saturday.
Harold Howey of Kansas State took the scoring lead away from Claude Retherford of Nebraska last week by dumping in six points against Iowa State while Nebraska remained idle.
Charlie Black of Kansas stands fourth in the league standings after hitting 13 against Oklahoma while Tucker was on defense. Tucker is 11th, in Big Six, seepup.
The conference scoring leaders:
pos. tp aver.
Howey, Kansas State .. f 33 16.5
Courty, Oklahoma .. f 30 15.0
Retherford, Nebraska .. f 28 14.0
Black, Kansas .. f 25 12.5
Paulsen, Iowa State .. c 21 10.5
Pippin, Missouri .. f 20 10.0
Brown, Nebraska .. g 20 10.0
Myers, Iowa State .. f 17 8.5
Reich, Oklahoma .. f 17 8.5
Stramel, Kansas .. f 16 8.0
Tucker, Oklahoma .. c 15 7.5
Two W.A.A. Delegates Will Be Elected Thursday
Two delegates to the Women's Athletic association national convention to be held in Greensboro, N.C., April 18-20, will be elected at 7 p.m. Thursday in Robinson gymnasium.
Initiation will be held in the office immediately preceding the meeting for those who were unable to attend the last initiation.
The collection was willed to the library of congress 21 years ago by Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln. The collection did not be disclosed, until this year.
Washington. (UP) The world will learn sometime this summer—probably on July 26—the secrets in Abraham Lincoln's private papers.
Lincoln's Papers Will Be Revealed
Some persons predict it will contain some sensations. Those who believe a member of Lincoln's cabin will look for support of that theory.
Others believe that papers will divulge details of the youthful romance between Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.
But Lincoln scholars expect no startling disclosures. They think that the more than 135 ruby-red manuscript boxes will yield the expected contents of a president's desk—memoranda, inter-office communications, and letters received. Students agree, however, that the papers are bound to contribute much to the now incomplete records of the life of Lincoln.
Don't Give Up Yet; 1929 Was Lots Worse
The present Kansas cage record of eight victories and six defeats may look bad to recent followers of the game, but to a veteran of 1929, the outlook is glittering.
The Kansas fan of that year, the first of the Big Six, had to stand by helplessly while his team went down to defeat 15 times and was victorious only three times.
In addition to the dubious distinction of being the worst season in Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen's shining basketball history, it had the stigma of marking the only time Kansas has finished in last place in the Big Six.
While the Jayhawkers were not further humbled by sinking into sixth place, they were forced to share their fifth-place berth with the Kansas State Wildcats, due to a last-game defeat by that team.
But the record wasn't quite as bad as it sounds.
Most of the Kansas defeats of the year were by margins of less than seven points, and the worst defeats they suffered were to the champion Oklahoma Sooners and to the Creighton Bluejays, a Missouri Valley representative.
The final loss of the year, that which sank them into a last-place tie, was an overtime. 35-36 affair.
Other Kansas defeats were to powerful Notre Dame, 21-32 and 17-29, and to California. The Jayhawkers took the last game of a three-game series at Berkeley, 24-23, after dropping the openers, 21-33 and 32-30.
Kansas has had other season in which they finished outside first place, five in the last 17 years. Three times, the Jayhawkers have gone through the season winning 10 in a row, and twice they have won the title with a record as poor as seven and three.
I-M Schedule
Tonight:
10:00—Nine Old Men vs. Misfits
10:00—Kappa Alpha Psi vs. Newman club
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Archery Exhibition At Game Half-Time
The Archery club will conduct a marksmanship exhibition between halves of the K. U.-Iowa State basketball game Feb. 24.
Elimination matches will be held during the coming week, and the winners will meet in the exhibition Feb. 24.
A membership drive is being conducted by the club in preparation for the coming matches with Wichita, and the Kansas City junior college.
Rifle Competition Again
Intramural rifle competition, discontinued in October because of insufficient ammunition, will begin next week. Teams are to watch the intramural bulletin board for dates when they fire.
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