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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 6.1946
By BOB DELLINGER (Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Big Six basketball teams have a record today of seven wins and no losses against non-conference opponents.
Oklahoma and Kansas State have won two each, and Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa State have one victory apiece. The Jayhawkers open their season tomorrow and are favored to win.
Oklahoma and Kansas State will have their toughest tests to date as they clash tonight with Texas Christian and Drake respectively. Missouri takes on Westminster at Columbia.
Illinois, currently rated the top team in the nation because of its returning "Whiz Kids," will open its season tonight against Cornell (Iowa) at Champaign.
The Illini are built around "Kids" Andy Phillip, Gene Vance, Ken Menke, and Jack Smiley, backed up by Walton Kirk, Jr., several lettermen from last year, and several promising newcomers.
Northwestern, weakened by the loss of Max Morris, will open up with a month of non-conference play before going up against some league competition.
Six other Big Nine teams will go into action Saturday. one of the games being a clash between Iowa and the Big Six's representative, Kansas State.
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Station WOI of Ames will air the Iowa State home games, following in the footsteps of WREN of Lawrence which will handle the Jayhawker home contests.
Dr. F. C. Allen, clad in green shorts with top to match, paused long enough between dashes on to the basketball court where he demonstrated pivots and passes to squid members, to make a few comments about the bowl bids which K. U. declined Thursday.
"I'm tickled pink that the football team isn't going to play in a bowl game for two reasons," he said. "I think that any bid we could have accepted would not have been worthy of the prestige of our Bix Six co-champions, and a bowl game would have taken several star basketball players who are indispensable to the sound."
Over half of the basketball team is composed of football players said "Phog," pointing out Ray Evans, Paul Turner, Otto Schnellbacher, Charles Penny, and others who were lining up for passing plays.
"Certainly we'll work out during the Christmas holidays," asserted Coach Allen when asked if the squad had a vacation schedule. "We've got plenty to worry about before then, though, he added. 'The way Oklahoma A. and M. looks, we'll have to stay up nights' and practice.' The Aggie game will be played Dec. 20, in Kansas City.
Pi Lambda Theta Pledges 12 Women
Twelve new members were pledged to the Gamma chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, honorary and professional sorority for women in education, at pledge services held Thursday.
Pledges are Lavinia Margaret Bower, Catherine Carter, Mary Agnes Detwiler, Wilda Horton, Beverly Reitz, Lylas Ruhlen, Marjorie Skeen, Betty Soukup, Verlene Titus, Virginia Marie Williams, Grace Witt and Eva Lee Young.
The formal initiation service and banquet will be at 6 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Hearth.
Westminster Club Party
The Westminster Supper club will have a covered dish supper at 5:45 p.m. tomorrow in Westminster hall. Married Presbyterians are invited. Nursery facilities will be provided for children.
K.U. 'B' Downs K-State 'B' Team; England Is High-Point Man
Led by Harold England, freshman flash from Halstead, the K.U. "B" squad downed the Kansas State seconds, 40 to 32, Thursday night in Hoch auditorium.
England poured in five baskets and three frees to walk off with scoring honors. Next high was Bill Sapp, Jayhawker guard, with one goal and five frees for seven points.
Myron "Sonny" Enns and Jack Eskridge tied Clark of Kansas State with six points each.
Scoring was fairly even the first half, with K. U. holding a 21-19 margin at the intermission. The Jayhawkers began to pull away shortly after the second period had begun, and ran up an eight-point lead which they held.
This was the season opener for the Jayhawkers, and passing and team play were ragged. Kansas State controlled rebounds at both baskets, but couldn't sink enough shots to get the game under control. The Wildcats lost the game on free throws, making only four out of 20.
Kansas set plays were ineffective at first, but began to produce tallies as the game progressed. Poor passing broke up several fast-break goals.
The "B" squad will play the first game of a double-header at Emporia tomorrow night, but all of Thursday's starters and several others will be in uniform only for the "A" game.
Halftime entertainment was presented by David Cowley and Wade Duncan, members of the table tennis squad, who played an exhibition game. Cowley won, 21-11.
The box score:
KANSAS STATE "B"
FG FT PF TP
Otto, f 0 1 3
Bussart, f 2 0 2
Clark, c 3 0 6
Mann, g 0 0 2
Campbell, g 0 0 2
Thuston 2 0 4 4
Vargon 0 0 2 0
Mahoney 0 1 0 1
Quilty 2 1 1 5
Simmons 0 0 0 0
Neuman 1 0 0 2
Langton 2 0 1 4
Daily 0 0 1 0
Mitchum 2 1 3 5
Sutherland 0 0 1 0
Thornton 0 0 0 0
Totals ... 14 4 22 32
KANSAS "B"
FG FT PF TP
England, f 5 3 3 13
Bean, f 1 1 0 3
Thompson, c 0 0 1 0
Sapp, g 1 5 4 7
Eskridge, g 3 0 2 6
Lukken 0 1 0 1
Van Citters 0 0 0 0
Enus 3 0 4 6
Mabry 1 1 0 3
Clothier 0 0 0 0
Houchin 0 1 1 1
Clark 0 0 0 0
King 0 0 0 0
Winter 0 0 1 0
Totals ... 14 12 16 40
Score at half: Kansas-21, Kansas State 19.
Free throws missed: Kansas—15, Kansas State—16
Officials: Ellis and Fager
Demonstrates 'Life Mask'
For Forensic Leagueers
A demonstration of how to make a "life mask" highlighted the Forensic league meeting Thursday night. Speakers on the program following a business meeting were Elden Tefft, Fine Arts junior, who gave the demonstration, Mrs. Betty Stevens, speech instructor who acted as Tefft's model, Joan Rettig, College junior, Scott Ninginger, College freshman, and Dick McGehee, College freshman.
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Ihinger Explains Red Cross Work To Sociology Club
"The Red Cross as an organization has done and is still doing its best to help our men overseas," Forrest Ihinger, former Red Cross Field Director, declared at a meeting of the Sociology club Thursday at Foster hall.
Mr. Ihinger was Red Cross supervisor at the famous Eagle Squadron base for a year and a half. He went to France, Germany, Holland, and Belgium where he continued with Red Cross duties and aided displaced persons.
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