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Scott, Reynolds Hit All-Star 'Dream Team'
Two Kansas cagers, Gordon Reynolds, forward, and Kirk Scott, guard, were named to the United Press all-Big Six basketball team which was announced yesterday. Other basketeers selected were Jim Myers, Iowa State, forward; Jack Landon, Oklahoma, center; and Bill Block, Iowa State, guard. No Jayhawkers were on the second team.
Scott, a senior engineer from Newton, lettered three years for the Railroaders under Frank Lindley. He was named all Ark Valley and allstate team member, and was a member of the 1942 state champions. He played under "Phog" Allen last year until restricted.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, MARCH 6.1945
Reynolds, a senior pre-med from Tacoma, Wash., came to K. U. from Iowa State, and North Dakota State. At the latter school he was a varsity regular in basketball, averaging 12.1 points per game. His high school basketball team finished second in the state.
Coach Allen stated only a few weeks ago that Scott and Reynolds were what made the Jayhawks tick, and the observations of the opposing coaches seems to have borne him out.
University High Takes Second In Baldwin Meet
By doubling the score over Eudora, 42-21, and beating Wellsville, 33-27, the University High school won second place in the district basketball tournament at Baldwin March 1, 2, and 3, earning a spot in the regional meet at Washington Rural, Bethel; beginning Wednesday.
The University club saw its hopes for district championship die as it lost the final to De Soto, 31-15, Saturday night. De Soto led through the first half and until the third quarter when the University High team tied the score at 24-24. Then the winners fought their way to the narrow margin of victory.
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Wellsville defeated Appanoose High school in the consolation game to become the third place team in the tournament. De Soto had beaten Appanoose, slowed by two cases of mumps on the squad, by only 1 point.
Teams which will meet on the regional tournament this week are Highland, De Soto, Linwood, Troy, Spring Hill, Louisburg, Edwardsville, and University High. Good Year for Team
The University High school team, coached by R. R. Strait, is finishing one of the best seasons in its history, Gerald L. Pearson, principal, said yesterday, winning 13 of its 16 games. Two were lost to De Soto, and one, an overtime game, went to Bonner Springs.
The players making up the 1944- 45 squad are Lowell Ashby, Richard Barlow, Stephen Ellsworth, Dick Kirchhoff, Charles Krone, Roger Olmstead, Richard O'Neill, Bill Porter, Gene Tait, David Lawson.
Newton High Wins First In Debate Conference
Debating the question, "Resolved that the voting age be reduced to 18," students from Newton high school won first place in the conference held at the University, Feb. 24 and 24.
Wyandotte high school of Kansas City placed second, and Wichita high school north won third. Other Class AA schools participating were Hutchinson, Shawnee Mission, Wellington, McPherson and Topeka.
Big Six Runners-Up
Here is the University of Kansas 1945 Basketball team, in an off the court pose. Left to right, first row: Odd Williams, Charles Froom, Francis Peterson, Kirk Scott, Charles Moffett, Bob Brown, Owen Peck, and
K.U. Shares a First In K.C. Track Meet
"There's got to be more consistency in the rulings of the Big Six track meets or the whole thing will get out of control," Ray Kanehl, Kansas track coach, insisted as he reviewed an incident in which Kratz of Nebraska fouled two runners at the Big Six indoor track meet Saturday in Kansas City.
Kratz deliberately plowed into John Jackson of Kansas and an Iowa State man who were running side by side, knocking the Cyclone runner across the tape in a sprawl and sending Jackson off stride. The foul was ignored at the time, yet in the evening Missouri was penalized for the same offense.
Dean Corder; second row: Dr. Forrest C. Allen, coach, Lou Goehring, Norman Carlson, Gordon Reynolds, Herbert Heim, Gus Daum, Everett Hill, Earl Strong, Elmer Schaake, assistant coach.
The Nebraska tactics were the same shown by the basketball team at Lincoln earlier in the year.
1899 The first basketball season at K-U opened in 1899.
Iowa State walked off with meet honors, scoring 40 points; Nebraska placed second with 33 points; while Missouri netted third place with 28 tallies. Kansas scored 12 points.
Jim Sargent tied for first in the high jump to give Kansas her only first place. Dean Patterson netted a second in the 60 yard low hurdles; Lynn Leigh placed fourth in the broad jump; and Norvall Jackson was fouth in the high hurdles. The relay team composed of John Jackson, John Stites, Leigh, and Kenneth Danneberg took second.
First Basketball in 1899
"Since 1929. I've seen five hot teams," recalled "Phog," and one was Nebraska when we met them at Lincoln this year." Allen stated that besides being hot on the basket, dropping them in from all angles, the Cornhuskers showed Kansas the roughest game he'd seen in years.
"Phog" Reviews 1945 Jayhawker Cage Records
Reviewing the 1945 basketball season this morning in his office where hangs a torn piece of John Lance's striped shirt, Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen named the Kansas State game at Manhattan as the most exciting of the year, the Oklahoma game at Norman as the toughest, and the Nebraska game at Lincoln as the roughest.
Commenting on the class of 1945 Big Six ball-handling, the Jayhawk basketball coach said. "It's not up to pre-war stuff, of course, but I
When the Jayhawkers tackled the Sooners at Norman, the Oklahoma team was at the height of its power, according to "Doc" Allen. He said that Iowa State got a break by meeting the Sooners at Oklahoma City while K.U. had to invade the southerners' home court.
"The K-State game there was the peak of the season's excitement," Coach Allen said. "They were fighting for the championship. We had to win, but they were sure that they would win." He had nothing more to say about the fight that followed the game, when Referee Lance of Pittsburgh lost his shirt.
Col. Willard R. Wolfinbarger, graduate of the University in 1924 and deputy commander of the 13th Army air force fighter command, joined the "Caterpillar club" when he was forced to bail out of his P-38 Lightning high above the waters off a Dutch New Guinea beachhead.
Col. Wolfinbarger, Alumni Joins Caterpillar Club
After working for more than an hour trying to work down his plane's landing gear, Colonel Wolfnbarger was radioed to bail out. He is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
was amazed at the way my boys turned out." Dr. Allen had picked Iowa State to win the championship, Oklahoma to take second and Missouri and Kansas to tie for fourth.
The coach said he is more interested in Red Cross, the blood bank and, Selective Service, his wartime duties, than in athletics. "We want to do the best with what we have and make a team for the boys across to read about," he added, sizing up his efforts in athletics.
Dr. Allen regretted the loss of Dean Nesmith from his staff in the middle of the season, and commended the work of the assistant coach, Elmer Schaake, saying, "He did a swell job, and his work aided in the morale and training of the team."
Lexington Acts To Clean Out Sports Gamblers
A clean-up of gambling places in Lexington, Ky., has resulted from the expose made by Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, according to word received yesterday by Dr. Allen from Horny Henrysby, sports editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader which campaigned against sports gambling.
"Some of the bookies now walking the streets with only honest work in sight are seeing daylight for the first time in years," Dr. Allen was informed.
Mayfair Is Out of Business
Byer and Berry at 119 East Main street; the Mayfair, largest of the shops which Allen named outright; and Bill Keith's at 1192 Main street along with 50 other bookie establishments in Lexington are out of business and their telephones are disconnected.
It is rumored that a police judge was half owner of one of the larger establishments.
Closing of the Mayfair also closed other types of gambling such as roulette and black jack. It was revealed that Ed Curd, gentleman farmer, owner, would have spotters at work when a customer with a big bank roll would appear, four or five house men would enter the game to fleece him. The least number employed was 20 persons.
Gamblers Still At Work
That the gamblers are leaving for other cities was revealed last week when, according to a press dispatch, one of the big Lexington gamblers was heard betting $1500 at a basketball game in Louisville and the matter was reported to the authorities.
"The gamblers still have hope for they are keeping up their mailing lists by sending out trivia in their reports," Dr. Allen said yesterday. He received some dope material from Buenos Aires given in evidence that such big time bookies as Dannenberg, of Chicago, are still in the business despite the fact that racing in this country has been stopped.
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