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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 4,1946
By BOB DELLINGER Daily Kansan Sports Writer
Don't look now,but Kansas is in for a rough trip in this year's try for the basketball crown.
It may turn out as did the football season, with the Jayhawkers tied with the Sooners for the title.
There's no doubt about Sooner potency on the hardwoods, and the Oklahomans are held in proper respect.
One of the Sooners' chief advantages is the fact that all of the major squad members have been out for basketball since September, while other schools, including Kansas, are rushing to convert some stars from the grid teams.
Tucker and Paine aren't the entire team, as was shown by the opening games, but they will certainly come in handy, to say the very least.
Back in the Oklahoma lineup are all five members of last year's powerful squad, plus all-Americans Gerald Tucker and Allie Paine.
Coach Forrest "Pihog" Allen of the Jayhawkers said in his annual prediction, "I would give it to them right now, but I happen to be coach here at Kansas."
The two teams are favored to meet in the finals of the eight-team tourney, with the outcome a toss-up.
More about the relative strength of the two squads can be determined after the Big Six tournament at Kansas City next week.
If the two squads do meet in the tourney, it will be the first of four possible meetings between the two. Aside from two regularly scheduled games, the K.U. and O.U. powerhouses have chances of meeting in both Big Six and All-College tournament and possibly in a post-season playoff.
The Aggies have only one regular returning from last year's national champion squad. He is Blake Williams, ace defensive guard who figured little in Aggie scoring last season.
Three games are scheduled this year with Colorado and Oklahoma A & M, one on each home court, and one each in Kansas City.
The Aggies will undoubtedly put forth a good team, but they won't rate with previous champs.
Big Bob Kurland, former Aggie now with Phillips 66, is now making a name for himself in the NAAU circles. He dumped in 14 points to lead the Oilers against Kansas City a few nights ago.
Coyotes Get Tough With Kansas Farmers
McPherson. (UP)—Roving bands of coyotes are cutting down on the turkey crop in McPherson county. Equally important, the coyotes are cutting down on the farmers' sleep.
When the coyotes became bold enough to ignore warning shotgun blasts, and ordinary lights in the turkey pens, one farmer installed fluorescent lighting. Net result: the coyotes didn't have to stumble around in the dark looking for the turkeys.
Other farmers, down to their last idea in combating the coyotes, have been sleeping in the turkey pens. They report their presence in the turkey pens keeps the coyotes away—but the coyotes' howling keeps the farmers awake.
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Lincoln, Neb. (UP)—A woman driver, haled into municipal court for violating an automatic stop light, said the red light means "go" in Washington. The usual Nebraska $1 fine and costs were assessed, Washington to the contrary.
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Jayhawker Champions Rest As Sauer Looks For 'Prospects'
With only a remote possibility of accepting a bowl bid in the offing, the football players are taking a well-earned rest from a season which saw the Jayhawkers finish on the top rung of the Big Six ladder.
Coach George Sauer is on a 10-day tour of the state looking over "likely prospects" for football material. The coach and his staff are visiting high schools and giving talks before civic $ \textcircled{*} $ organizations and clubs.
Last week Sauer said that his staff had compiled "a list a mile long" of men who will be eligible to attend college next fall.
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The annual football banquet sponsored by the Lawrence chamber of commerce will be held Monday at the Hotel Eldridge.
Each year the sports committee arranges for the dinner to honor the K.U. football squad and coaching staff. Because of the team's 1946 gridiron accomplishments, this year's edition is expected to be outstanding.
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Speculation as to who might take over the key position in the KU, backfield next year is centering around Bill "Red" Hogan, the passing quarterback who was out most of this season because of a broker leg.
A halfback spot will be open with the graduation of Ray Evans, Bud French has been Ray's running mate this season and probably will see plenty of action at the spot next year. Bud probably will undergo a tonslectomy before spring in order to make it possible for the Kansas City, Mo., product to gain weight.
Hogan was kept out of the Missouri game because of the danger of re-injuring his leg. The team physician, Dr. Robert Allen, said if Hogan has been injured again, he could have been out of football for the remainder of his college career.
Hogan may be returned to the quarterback slot and there have been reports that he may be moved to halfback. In any event, his passing arm will be one of the strong points in the Kansas backfield next season.
Slip-Up On Dates Breaks Airtight Alibi
Columbus, Ohio. (UP) — Judge Joseph M. Clifford seemed impressed by the alibi which Ray Bishop, 22, of Kingsport, Tenn., tried to establish.
Bishop, charged with stabbing, drugging, and robbing a taxicab driver here, produced three witnesses who said they had been with him the night of June 5 from 8:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. the next day.
Assistant Prosecutor T. Vincent Martin suggested a reading of the indictment, which charged Bishop with committing the crime at 3 a.m. June 5.
Judge Clifford sentenced Bishop to 10 to 25 years in prison.
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Meadville, Pa. (UP)—Reminiscent of the 1936 general election, "Landon for President" campaign posters have appeared on the Alleghany college campus.
The placards aren't leftovers from the Kansas Republican's unsuccessful race against the late President Roosevelt. They are the work of supporters of Robert M. Landon, Elmira, N.Y., a candidate for president of the freshman class.
Girl Bags Biggest Deer
Portland, Me. (UP)—The biggest deer ever shot in Maine, weighing 339 pounds, was bagged near here by a girl, Margaret Whepley.
Williams May Desert Red Sox For Mexico
Mexico City. (UP)—Jorge Pasquel, wealthy president of the Mexican league, today indicated that slugger Ted Williams would desert the Boston Red Sox in 1947 and play in the Mexican circuit.
Pasquel said last night that "Williams is coming to Mexico soon" and he thought the lanky outfielder would play in the Mexican league next season. Pasquel, who has made previous unsuccessful efforts to land Williams, is prepared to offer the Red Sox player a blank check which he can fill in at his own discretion.
Managers To Meet
Intramural managers will meet at 4 p.m. today in Robinson gymnasium.
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