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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JANUARY 13, 1947
By BOB DELLINGER (Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
One near-by sportswriter has stated that Charlie Black, Gerald Tucker, and others, have come to the end of their strings of usefulness, and that it is time for new blood.
It seems strange that so slowed a player as Tucker can pile up points like he has been doing all season, and that such an antique as Black is the only one so far that has been able to stop him.
Black, who has supposedly lost his usefulness, has held a total of opponents, usually the best men on the other squads, to an average of less than six points per game.
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Note well that Kansas players don't consider themselves out of the league race yet.
Although the Jayhawkers are now in last place, they are only two full games out of first, and two weeks of play may wipe out the margin partially or entirely.
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Donald "Dino" Martin, former Georgetown star, set a new individual scoring record for the Basketball Association of America as he dumped in 40 points in his team's recent 91-67 victory in the pro loop.
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The U.S. Hockey league presented the Charles Gardiner emotional trophy to Omaha goalie Harvey Jessen who was judged the best in the league last year.
Bobby Feller, pitching king of the Cleveland Indians, is going native, Texas style.
Feller is in Grand Prairie, Tex,
looking over a 350-acre farm on
which he plans to build a ranch-
style "dream home."
He told shop-talkers that his contract terms were already agreed, although he hasn't signed yet. Which leaves still open to conjecture the possibility that he may break Babe Ruth's all-time record salary of $80,-000.
Valley Standings
Team W L
St. Louis 3 0
Drake 1 0
Creighton 1 0
Oklahoma A. & M. 1 1
Tulsa 1 1
Wichita 0 2
Washington U. 0 3
Games this week: Tonight, Creighton at Drake. Tuesday, St. Louis vs. Long Island, at New York; Southwestern (Kansas) at Wichita; Tulsa vs. Phillips U. at Enid, Okla. Wednesday, St. Louis vs. Georgetown, at Washington, D.C. Friday, Creighton at St. Louis; Oklahoma A. & M. at Wichita; Drake at Washington U. Saturday, Drake at St. Louis; Creighton at Washington.
College Basketball
St. Louis 38, Oklahoma A. & M. 20
Princeton 40, Dartmouth 30
Krockhurst 48, Emporia Teachers 38
Washburn 43, College of Emporia
Creighton '44, Wichita '38
Texas A. & M. 48, Texas Christian
41
Michigan State 52, Detroit 44
DePaul 48, Loyola of the South 38
Virginia 62, Virginia Military 47.
Bradley Tech 65, Chicago 45
Arkansas 52, Rich 51
Texas 45, Baylor 38
Iowa State 51, Kansas State 40
South Carolina 55, Georgia 50
San Francisco 45, St. Mary's
(Calif) 37
Stanford 38, U.C.L.A. 33
YM-YW Will Meet
The YMCA-YWCA Membership meeting will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas room of the Union. Wesley Elliott and Octavia Walker, vice-presidents, will present the program. The report of the delegates to the Urbana conference will be heard.
Far West Shows Best Basketball; But East Has Most Undefeated Fives
New York. (UP)—Although the East boasted most of the undefeated major college basketball teams today, the Far West demanded recognition for quality rather than quantity, with Washington, undefeated in 10 games, as its leader.
Among the Huskies' 10 triumphs were two over Minnesota, two over Ohio State and a pair over Idaho, the defending northern division champ in the Pacific Coast conference $ \circ $
Washington plays Idaho again to tomorrow night and Wednesday night.
Seton Hall of New Jersey was the only team bettering Washington's record numerically among the larger schools, with 13 in a row. Duquesne has won 10. Other undefeated eastern major powers were Rhode Island State, with eight victories; West Virginia with seven; Army with two and Lafayette.
In the Midwest, Marshall, Capital and Lawrence Tech were undefeated, and the latter had won 10 straight. Alabama was the chief perfect-record team in the South.
Because of the differences of schedules, which sometimes allow a team to run up a good-looking record against second-rate opponents, some once-beaten or twice-beaten teams still were ranked above perfect-record outfits.
New York university, beaten only by Boston, ranked with West Virginia in the East, and was expected to add to its record against North Carolina tomorrow night. West Virginia won over Canisius Saturday, 63 to 43.
It was possible that one undefeated team would be sure to drop Wednesday night, for there were efforts to match Duquesne and West Virginia that night. Both have open dates due to cancellations. Duquesne won easily over St. Francis last Saturday, 54 to 23.
The picture in other sections;
The Midwest: Wisconsin, although defeated twice, was emerging as a power after whipping Illinois, Iowa and Indiana; Purdue also was moving upward on the basis of its 60 to 56 conquest of Notre Dame Saturday night, a defeat which cost the Irish some prestige. Iowa, loser only once, was another power.
The South-Kentucky, winner of 13 and loser to Oklahoma A. & M., rated above undefeated Alabama and still appeared to be the best bet for eventual national honors. Their recent opposition has been weak, and they romped against Dayton Saturday, 70 to 29.
The Midlands—The Oklahoma Aggies, playing spotty basketball, appeared to be in for a tussle from Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The Aggies took a surprising 38 to 20 shellacking from St. Louis U. on Friday night.
The Far West—Washington was in the lead, but California, Oregon State, Oregon, Southern Cal and UCLA all were formidable. California defeated Southern Cal Saturation and Oregon. Oregon State upset Oregon, 73 to 69, in an overtime. UCLA split a weekend pair with Stanford.
Few of the top teams seemed to be in danger this week. Tonight's best games were Illinois-Ohio State, Michigan-Northwestern, Kentucky-Vanderbilt, Purdue-Indiana and Minnesota-Iowa.
Five undefeated teams play on Wednesday — Army vs. Williams, Rhode Island State vs. Brown, Seton Hall vs. Providence, Eastern Kentucky vs. Morehead and Washington vs. Idaho again.
Tomorrow night Notre Dame plays Michigan State and Washington meets Idaho.
University High Loses To Basehor, 23-25
The University High Eagles dropped a close, 23-25 decision to the Basehor cage squad in a game played Friday afternoon at Lawrence.
Gene Riling, ace Eagle forward, took scoring honors with four goals and four frees for a 12-point total. Moses and Eklund, Basehor center and forward, accounted for ten and nine respectively.
The game was close all the way, with the lead changing hands 13 times, and the score being tied 11 times.
University High jumped into an early 4-3 lead, and held to it through the last four minutes of the first quarter. Basehor tied the score and went ahead early in the second period, but the Eagles came back and the score was tied at 7-7. Basehor pulled away to 10-7, but the halftime score stood at 10-9.
The score see-sawed all during the third period, with the Eagles holding a slim, 16-15 edge at the end of the stanza.
The two squads matched goal for goal during the last period, but Basehor pulled ahead by three points late in the game.
A free throw by Riling and a jumping push shot by Richard O'Neill tied the score with two minutes remaining.
Moses, big Basehor center sank a pivot shot with a minute and a half left in the ball game, and then recovered a rebound from the U.H.S. backboard.
Basehor now stands in a first-place tie in the Tri-County League standings, while the Eagles are in the conference cellar. U.H.S. has won one game and lost six.
Basehor froze the ball as the Eagles fouled several times in the last minute trying to get the ball.
The U.H.S. "B" squad downed Basehor "B" in the opener, 19 to 10. Geroge Denny led the scoring for the victors with 12.
Big Six Standings
Team W L
Missouri 2 0
Kansas State 1 1
Oklahoma 1 1
Iowa State 1 1
Nebraska 1 1
Kansas 0 2
Games this week: Tonight, Iowa State at Bradley Tech; Tuesday night, Missouri at Kansas State; Kansas at Nebraska; Saturday night, Nebraska at Missouri, Oklahoma at Kansas State.
Finds Basket Eye
Gib Stramel, a high scorer for K.U. in 1946, who has had trouble finding the range this season, found his basket eye Friday night. He hit seven baskets and a pair of free throws for 16 points, high score for the night.
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