UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, MARCH 26, 1945
Star III, Topeka Loses to Salina in State Tourney
With their star center running a temperature of 102 and still playing sketball, the Topeka Trojans topped the state high school baseball AA championship to the Satta Maroons, 45-43, at Emporia Saturday night. Halstead scored a reat in the class B division by deating Pretty Prairie, 44 to 30, while the Anthony Pirates sank the errer hopes to take the class Aown.
in the feature attraction of the ming, the Maroons slipped into an 12-3 lead, but the Topeka five whittled at the lead, cutting to 36-32 going into the last quarter. The score was then tied by Apizic's toss with thirty seconds remain—but Lippolt then was awarded free throws and made both of good. Maurice Martin, star Troop 6 ft. 4 in. center, was suffering influenza, but made the trip show. The tall cager scored 13 shots before leaving the game on in the final quarter, sinking the initial City five's hopes.
stead Again Winner
Halstead had more trouble winning out over Pretty Prairie than it had predicted. The Pretty Praise went into an early lead, behead 24-23 at half-time. But in third quarter the Prairie guard had been guarding Halstead's scorer, England, went out via the route, and was joined shortly by of his teammates who had been most of the Pretty Prairie ing. From then on it was all ahead, giving the Ark Valley five bird title in four years.
we tall lads from Anthony were too much for the Turner five, the Western Kansas team lead from the starting whistle. Many observer predicted that the class allist could defeat the best the bracket had to offer, and others id have liked to see a play-off be en the different class champions.
AMPUS SOCIETY - - he held Saturday for Sara Jayne
itt, Joan Woodward, Joan Arma-
 Janet Sue Hobart, Carolyn
dbell, Ann Neumocer, Nelle
comb, and Mary Breed, Kansas
Mo.; Eleanor Pac and Sue
ison, Kansas City, Kan.; Betty
ward, Katherine Brooks, Mary
ser, Barbara Varner, and Nancy;
 Wichita; Marilyn Erway,
chinson; Louise Schwartz, Neo-
Mo.; Courtney Gowlill, San
Cisco, Calif.; Andrienne Hiscox,
Mateo, Calif; Imgene Billings,
oma, Wash.; Jane Gillespie, Sioux
Iowa; Joan Gardner, Winfield;
Joan Reese, Mary Longnecker
na Landrith, and Francis Chubb
rence.
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'weekend guests were Mrs. Frank rel, Kansas City, Mo; Mrs. Alam reh and Mrs. Williard Brooks, chita; Mrs. Paul Billings, Tacoma, sh.; Mrs. John Weatherwax, Mrs.ry Winn, Mrs. J. D. Scott, Mrs.1 newcomer, Mrs. Charles Brady, s Barbara Breed, and Miss Bell yer Claycomb, Kansas City, Mo; Miss Carolyn Carson, Wichita.elen Moore was a dinner guest idday.
VARSITY
The Oklahoma Aggies, winners of the N.C.A.A. western playoff in Kansas City Saturday night, will clash with New York University tomorrow night in the second meet of the National N.C.A.A. at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Oklahoma Aggies To Clash With N.Y.U. In N.C.A.A.Meet
De Paul, Chicago, will meet Bowling Green, Ohio, tonight in the opening game of the tourney.
Aggies Have Victory
The Aggies, with a record of 25 victories and only four losses, outclassed the University of Arkansas Razorbacks to the tune of 68-41 Saturday night. Arkansas, primed for a shut down defense against big Bob Kurland, the Aggie 7-foot center, found him feeding the ball to other hotshots on the Oklahoma team.
TONITE and TUESDAY Andrews Sisters in "Moonlight and Cactus" and "Thorough Breds"
Mikan Shoots 53 Points
Led by George Mikan, who shot an amazing 53 points in defeating Rhode Island State March 21, the De Paul Faul Demons are favored to capture the title that slipped from them last year when St. John's upset them in the championship game.
The winner of the Oklahoma A. and M.-N.Y.U. tilt will be matched against the winner of the De Paul-Bowling Green game for the mythical national title Thursday night in the Garden.
St. John's fell before Bowling Green in the semi-finals this year. The Ohio team's chances were shoved up a notch when it was learned that a leg injury forced Mikan out of practice Friday. Sparked by Don Otten, and Wendol Gray, Bowling Green came up strong through the preliminaries, and could possibly unseat the Blue Demons if Mikan is not up to par.
N.X.U. Beats Ohio State
N. Y.U. turned in a startling performance, beating Ohio State in an overtime period, 76-65, to take the eastern N.C.A.A. title. The Buckeyes were riding with a 10-point lead two minutes before the gun when N.Y.U. began to pour them
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Sportorials
Adding Machine Basketball
Our hat goes off to Maurice Martin, tall Topeka Trojan cager who played such a valiant game in the finals of the state class AA basketball tournament in Emporia Satur-
By EARL BARNEY
One of the few exceptions to this rule is Oklahoma A. & M. The Aggies do have a very fine defense, as has been shown time and again in some of their games this season. The "Goalie" ruling actually did more to cause this high scoring slurge than almost any other thing, as is shown in the case of the Aggies, Bob "Foothills" Kurland, 7 ft. Cowboy star, did mostly defensive work last year and the year before last, but now he is the main cog in the offensive wheel.
Martin Earns Our Respect
Such basketball teams, it is true, throw any semblance of a defense to the winds and attempt to score as many points as they possibly can in the 40 minutes of playing time. The teams bring the ball down the court as rapidly as possible and drive in for one shot after another. In so many attempts to score, they develop fine offensive stars, as, for example, Mr. Mikan.
through to tie the score. Three quick baskets in the last two minutes of the extra period carried the Violets out in front.
George Mikan's amazing feat of scoring 53 points in the National Invitation basketball tournament against Rhode Island State last week is causing comment all over the nation. Most of it is to the effect that perhaps basketball has turned into a sort of force, and has lost all of its former skill and teamwork. One source even hinted that perhaps the game was on the way out, having lost most of its sense of competition.
Aggies a Fine Team
No Defense
GRANADA
TODAY, Ends Wednesday
2 FEATURES
Tournament Actually Unimportant
day night. Martin, a former Lawrence boy, was ill with infleunza all day Saturday, yet he insisted on making the trip to Emporia with the team. After Topeka had slipped behind badly in the first quarter of the ball game, "Moo" asked to be sent in, and, with a temperature of about 102, he sparked his team to a rally that all but won the ball game. Fans all remarked that if Martin had been in the game the whole time (he went out of the game on fouls in the fourth quarter), the Trojans would have wonds down.
THURSDAY — Thru Saturday
GEO. SANDERS LINDA/DARNELL
"HANGOVER SQUARE"
The tournament this year more than ever accents the fact that such a title means very little as to the quality of a basketball team. Such fine ball clubs as Newton, Wellington, Junction City, Hutchinson, and Wichita North all went out somewhere along the route, all of them by very close scores. Topeka and Salina are fine teams, we admit, but the other aggregations all showed much more power at one time or another. Salina, from our point of view, however, is the most consistently good ball team in the state, while the Topeka outfit is probably the hottest in the state when they really get going.
Anthony Is Tops
Anthony is Teepi.
Anthony, though, is better than most, if not any class AA teams the state can offer. The Turner lads were no pushovers, yet the Pirates won hands down. Observers commented that the boys could have
RODDY McDOWALL
PRESTON FOSTER RITA JOHNSON
Allen to Be Speaker Tomorrow at K.C.E.A.
Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen will spea on "The College Basketball Gambling Expose," before the Kansas City Electric Association at a luncheon in the Aztec room of the Hotel President tomorrow.
Graduates Visit Here
taken either class AA team the way they were playing ball.
Ens. and Mrs. Paul L. White, graduates of the University of Kansas in 1940 and '41, have been visiting Mrs. Albert O. Kiesow, a member of the Watkins Memorial hospital staff and a sister of Mrs. White. Ens. White, a navy pilot, has been transferred from Lake City, Fla., to the Hutchinson Naval Air Station.
Dr. Allen will be a guest at the "Casey" Stengel Welcome Home Dinner tomorrow night, also at the President. Stengel is the former manager of the Kansas City Blues who is being welcomed back to that post by the gathering of his old friends, neighbors, school and team-mates.
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