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TUESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1945
Jayhawkers Must Defeat Aggies To Regain First in Big Six Race
The Kansas Jayhawks will be striving for their fourth conference victory and a tie for first place when they take on the Kansas State Wildcats tonight in a renewal of their traditional rivalry that began back in 1907. The game will start at 7:30 p.m. in Hoch auditorium.
The two state schools have played 101 times with the Jayhawks winning 70 to the Aggies 31. Since the Big Six was formed back in 1929, Kansas has won 40 while losing only five. The Wildcats have won only two conference games from the Jayhawks, fewer than any other team in the Big Six.
After their impressive 50-35 victory over the Iowa State Cyclones, the men of Dr. F. C. Allen are ahead of the K-Staters only in games won, each team having lost one. One of the Wildeats victories, however, was a 1-point defeat of the Oklahoma Sooners, current league leaders who defeated the Jayhawks 44-43 at Norman.
K-State Offensive Strong
If the Kansas cagemen are to win tonight they will have to stop the whirlwind offense that has piled up points for the Aggies. The Manhattan school has an average of 52 points per game, the best in the conference, but their defensive average is 54, which may prove the difference as the Jayhawks are capable of putting on an offensive show also. When the two teams met in Kansas City in a pre-season game, Kansas rolled up 63 points against the K-State team.
In practice last night, "Phog" put his charges through a brief offensive scrimmage working out several faults that appeared in the Iowa State game. Coach Allen was pleased with the defensive improvement in the team's play over the Oklahoma game. Heim's brilliant rebounding and continuous blocking of opponents' shots and Scott's close guarding of Myers, star Cyclone forward, were the high spots of the Kansas defense.
Games Always Close Between Them
Telling of other Kansas-Kansas State games in the past few years, Coach Allen reminded the team that the closest games always seemed to be played in Lawrence, and that the Aggies were coming up here with "blood in their eyes," "You're going to have to be in a great fighting mood to lick those Wildcats as they have one of their most promising teams in years and are out to get you." Allen declared.
Thoughts of many on the campus go back to last fall when the K-State football team beat the Jayhawks 18-14 at Manhattan when a touchdown in the last minute of play was called back. Moffett, Reynolds,
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league—which is a means of naval education to the general public—and upon the Middle Western people. Admires Navy League
"One-third of the population of our country is here," he said. "One-third of the men in our navy come from the Middle West, and more than one-third of the supplies used on the fighting fronts is produced here. The Navy league, which offers to civilisans the opportunity and duty to see that this country never again shall be unprepared, is stronger here than it is on the coasts which are in sight of salt water."
He said that when he first returned from duty in the South Pacific a year ago to be assigned to Great Lakes, he was disappointed to leave the front, but since then has realized that preparations have to begin at home to see that our navy is not junked after the war.
Langford, and Rouse all played that day and will be seeking revenge on the basketball court tonight.
K.U. Lineup Unchanged
Coach Allen is expected to start the line-up that has begun most of the games. However, Coach Fritz Knorr of Kansas State has the policy of playing many men in every game and has about ten men who might get the starting call, but it is probable that he will use the same five that started the Nebraska game in which the Aggies rolled up 70 points to set a new Big Six scoring record.
Sixty members of the Purple Peppers, women's pep organization of Kansas State, will be here for tonight's contest. Enthusiasm on the K.U. campus is also running high for the game, with the pep rally that was held at 12:15 this noon as proof of that fact. A large crowd is expected to fill Hoch auditorium for the game.
Probable Startoing Line-ups
Kansas Kansas State
Moffett F Weatherby
Reynolds F Atkins
Corder C Kincheloe
Heim G Payton
Scott G Schultz
Officials-Ted O'Sullivan and Eddie Hogue.
Dr. Allen has selected Charles Moffett to be game captain tonight. Moffett has a score to settle with the Wildcats after losing this year's football game to the Aggies by 18 to 14. Moffett ran 82 yards on the last play of the game for what looked like the winning touchdown, only to have it called back because of a dubious penalty. Allen has picked Moffett as the logical man to lead the revengeful Jayhawkers tonight.
Jim Sargent, PT-8, and Dean Bagley, PT-6, will box tonight between halves of the basketball game. The match will be the intramural championship middleweight bout, and will be refered by Chief G. W. Gathings, navy athletic officer.
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at things which happen under their noses all the time. The weakness is that there are no teeth for enforcement in the college athletic program. College president have failed to hire a high commissioner to protect college athletics," declared Dr. Allen.
The same gamblers who ran the horse racing racket have switched to basketball, even more so since the closing of the race tracks. Horse racing could not exist but for gambling. "Race track gamblers promote gambling only on bang-tail nags, but basketball gamblers are making pawns out of American youth," Dr. Allen elaborated.
"These are only the little fellows," said Dr. Allen. "When the whole story is unfolded it will make the Black Sox scandal of 1923 look like a penny pick-pocket's affair." Three times as much money is bet on basketball games in the Garden as on baseball games, thanks to the efforts of the late Judge Landis and New York City's Mayor LaGuardia.
Only the Little Fellows
If college athletics can secure a commissioner which the public has confidence in to eliminate the gambling rats, the situation can be cleared up for good, asserted Dr. Allen.
Dr. Allen gave the Saturday Evening Post's editorial of Dec. 23 credit for bringing pressure on the racket and breaking it open.
The University of California recently gave a program in honor of its foreign students.
Sportorials
By JIM MORDY
Tonight's game with our Aggie friends from up the Kaw brings to mind many thrilling battles in Hoch, Robinson, and Nichols gym in Manhattan. Only twice since the Big Six conference was formed in 1929 have the Aggies defeated the Jayhawkers in conference games.
Twice in non-conference games they managed to squeeze past Phog Allen's men, once in 1935 in a clinic game in which field goals counted three points and once in 1933 by a 15 to 11 score.
K-State won in 1927 and 1929
In Big Six play, however, Kansas lost to Kansas State in 1929 and in 1927, both by margins of one point, one an overtime. The Wildcats won 36 to 35 in 1929 and took a 33 to 32 overtime thriller in 1937. Thus the record stands—Kansas 32 victories and Kansas State 2 victories in strictly conference play.
To these conquests the Jayhawkers have added eight victories and three losses in extra games since 1929. In the long series dating back to the first game in 1907, Kansas has won 70 to the Wildcat's 31. The game tonight will be the 102nd meeting of the two state rivals on the cage courts.
All has not been easy sledding for the Jayhawkers, nevertheless. In the five games at Lawrence between 1938 and 1942, they won two games by two points, one by one point, and two games in overtime periods. Never since 1931 have the Wildcats finished in the first division, yet even against the best teams in Kansas history the rivalry has been close.
Close Games Between '38 and '42
The 1943 undefeated conference champions won 40 to 20 at Lawrence and 47 to 30 at Manhattan without much trouble, but against last year's cellar Wildcat five, Kansas could run up only 36 to 30 and 32 to 24 margins.
High-Scoring Expected Tonight
In the Lawrence game Dr. Allen's five was ahead only 32 to 30 but when stalling tactics were adopted men broke loose for setups to leave
the final count at 36 to 30 which sounds a little safer than the actual game.
game.
The 60 Purple Pepsters coming down from Manhattan should only lend more excitement to the game. In last night's practice Dr. Allen worked on offensive plays. This year's Aggie team has the best average in the conference. 54.0 points per game, and the worst defense, 52.0 points per game. According to Phog, "We'll beat 'em at their own game." Indications are that the game will be a high-scoring battle with anything liable to happen.
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vides for a director and a board, both appointed by the governor, to administer a field force of veteran's advisors. The bill carries no financial benefits.
The bill will go into effect as soon as Governor Schoeppel can sign it and the printing can be done.
The slogan, "If he's old enough to fight," is beginning to take effect in a state where persons under 21 are not citizens and have not reached the age of majority. Senator Woodman Montgomery introduced the bill yesterday to permit members of the armed services under 21 the right to vote in all elections.
The Woodman bill provides that all persons enrolled in the armed services in World War II should be declared of legal age for voting purposes and for the transaction of business. These rights would also apply to women in the armed forces.
The ned for this bill was brought to the public's attention after the navy's appeal to boys of 17, 18, and 19 years of age, and also the drafting of 18-year old boys. The bill is not to apply to civilians of this age.
Stockton to be in Kansas City
Dean F. T. Stockton will be in Kansas City tomorrow and Thursday serving as a member of the Regional War Labor board.
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Beta, Sigma Nu Win Semi-finals
In the first round of the semi-finals, the Beta's defeated the league-leading Phi Delt's, 29-20, and Sigma Nu nosed out Kappa Alpha Psi for the second place spot, in the men's intramural basketball tournament in Robinson gymnasium last night.
The Beta's outgunned the Phi Delt five throughout the game, but the score was always close. Diehl and Mowery led the scoring for the victors with 10 and 8 points respectively
the game was right under the last few minutes when Sigma Nu turned on the setting screen to manage minig. Darsie was high score with 28 points.
Aylward led the Phi Delt defense, and Mills was the unfortunate one fouling out in the last moments of the game. The Sigma Nu's continued the winning streak which tied up the second place running in the A league and went ahead to break the tie by defeating the K. A. Psi team.
The second round of the semi-
nals will be played Wednesday with
the Residence halls, B league win-
ners, matched against Sigma Nu.
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