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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1944
Jayhawks Lose To Iowa State At Ames, 29-40
The Kansas Jayhawks lost nearly all chances of regaining their Big Six crown as the Iowa State Cyclones, conference favorites, put on a big final half rally to down the Crimson and Blue, 40 to 29, at Ames Saturday night. The score was knotted at intermission at 17-all.
With "Lady Luck" still on their side, the Oklahoma Sooners won out over Missouri, 27 to 26 Saturday after staying behind most of the game. Trailing 10 to 17 at the half, the Oklahomaans played "keep away" after Pryor made the winning bucket with 5 minutes yet to play. Thus Oklahoma is still in first place with six wins and no losses and with the Cyclones also undefeated in four contests. These two teams will have if out at Norman Saturday night in a crucial battle.
Jayhaws Left in Third Place
The Jayhawk's loss left them in third place with two triumphs as against three losses. However, fourth place Missouri has also lost but three games, while winning one. Nebraska and Kansas State bring he rear with no victories in three and four starts respectively. In addition to the Norman game Saturday, the conference schedule lists two other games this week. K-State and Nebraska meet in a battle of the all-enders Tuesday night at Lincoln, while Missouri should draw up to tie with Kansas when they invade the Husker court Saturday night.
The margin of victory in the Cycleone-Jayhawk encounter seems wrapped up in the personage of Price Brookfield, much publicized Cyclone naval air cadet. Brookfield scored seven field goals and four free throws for an 18 point total to soar in the conference individual scoring race. Moffett, Kansas' scoring ace, played only a little less than half the game as his week's siesta in the hospital had left him in a weakened condition. Moffett scored only three points, his field goal being the opening counter, to lower his average considerably. However, Oklahoma's Ramsey and Paine muffed their chance to jump out ahead by scoring only five points apiece against the defensive-minded Missouri Tigers. Kansas Ahead in First Half
The first half was a battle all the way, with Kansas slipping out in front, 10 to 9, at the 8-minute mark. However, Ray Wehle, spendid ball handler and dribler hit two straight field goals in the first minute after intermission, and the Cyclones were off, never again relinquishing their lead.
George Dick started the game for Kansas and played a fighting game all the way before going out via the foul route. Lindquist, a perpetual fouler, followed suit. Scoring was well distributed among the Jayhawks with McSpadden counting 7; Turner, 6; Sherwood, 5; Barrington, 4; Moffett, 3; and Lindquist and Dick, 2. Corder and Palmer also saw action for the Kansans.
The Cyclone forwards, Roy and Ray Wehde, scored 12 points between them, each with 6. Guards Oulman and Sauer each counted a field goal and two free throws.
Jayhawks Get 11 Free Throws
The Jayhawks hit 11 for 18 free throws, and the Cyclones did as well in making good 12 of 19 chances.
The rebounding of the tall iowa State guards was a major factor in their win. Brookfield, who was hardly a Charley Black, was good on long shots, on fast breaks, and on breaking up passes, but was not the tower on defense he might have been.
Referees Were Unsatisfactory
The officiating of Referees Bud
From the Sidelines By Bob Rock Kansan Sports Editor
By Bob Bock, Kansan Sports Editor
Seven-foot Bob Kurtland of the Oklahoma Aggies hit the headlines last Friday by scoring 28 points to set an individual scoring record for the Stillwater school as he paced his mates to a 66 to 41 victory over the University of Arkansas. The almost unbelievable happened a night later, however, as the two teams—yes, the same two—played an entirely different type of ball with the Ibama again emerging victorious, this time, however, only 17 to 15 in a tight pitcher's duel.
Had The Wrong Slant
Recently Whitney Martin, A.P. sports writer, stirred up a lot of talk when he insisted that teams employing the zone defense should not even charge admission because of the lack of action which resulted when neither team would come out and make a fight of it, did not warrant the spectator's money. He cited a couple of games, one a Penn State encounter, in which both teams played the most cautious ball, neither taking any chances either on the defense or the offense. The zone defense in itself is not responsible for a low scoring game, for a team that knows how to use an offense against it can score as many points as against a man-to-man team. The low scoring games result when both teams refuse to break fast, to shoot long, to pass wildly, and to come out on defense.
The Oklahoma-Kansas game was of the low score variety and was hardly short of action and thrills. A 15 to 14 intramural game was the best of the season, yet was short on point-making (probably more from inaccuracy in shooting than anything else). The Oklahoma Aggies, long noted as being a strong defensive team, twice broke the ice this year, when they trounced Oklahoma recently, 59 to 40, and again hit the high-scoring brackets in their first game with Arkansas. When the Aggies and Sooners get together again, it is more apt to be a slow game from the scoring angle than it is to be a repetition of the first wild-
Knox and Fred Winter, although impartial, was far from satisfactory. Their interpretation of the rules on several occasions seemed vague and several decisions called against both teams seemed utterly nonsensical. They permitted the Iowa State coach to come out on the floor and talk to them during the game and were found in the Cyclone dressing room at the game's conclusion, which is contrary to conference regulations. The crowd angle was against the Jayhawks, as the Ames field house is so built that the spectators seem to be "right on top of the players," a distinct disadvantage to the visiting team. Just how much a disadvantage, however, will be proved when the two teams get together in Hoch auditorium in the season's finale, March 3.
scoring affair. It all depends on how the teams want to play; whether they forget the defense and try merely to outscore their opponents as the Rhode Island Staters are so famous for doing; or whether they choose to try to hold their rivals to the least points.
Both Types Interesting
The way we see it, both types of games are interesting, most games falling in between with the average amount of points scored by both teams. It's just the age-old question as to which one would rather watch, in baseball, a wild and woolly battle with plenty of homeruns, base hits, and errors, or a tight, "pitchers' duel" with few hits but plenty of good hurling and fielding. That is why sports is the great institution that it is, and attracts the interest that it does; it is because of the uncertainty of what will happen.
Shoemaker-Price Betrothal Announced
The engagement of Cara Shoemaker, College senior to Pfc. Ed Price, a graduate of the University in 1942 and a junior in the School of Medicine at Washington University now, has been announced by her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shoemaker of Salina.
Miss Shoemaker, who lives at Harman Co-oper, is president of the YWCA and a member of Morton Board. Price was president of the YMCA while he was at the University, a Summerfield scholar and Phi Beta Kappa. He is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Edwin F. Price of Lawrence.
A deed for 640 acres of land was presented to the University of Nebraska recently by Dwight S. Dalbey, as a memorial to his wife and father-in-law.
ADDITIONAL SOCIETY---
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urday night were Helen Pepperell, Shirley Sallee, Marian Miller, Ann Kinnison, Doris Chapman, Leatha Sanford, Jeanne Johnson, Frances Lawrence, Betty Jo O'Neal, Frances Mee, Dottie Sheldon, Margaret Geler, Elaine Wells, Barbara Brehn, Betty Learned, Mary Louise Shewry, Jeanne Overstreet, Janice Brown, Jody Moore, Jean Wheeler and Zona Gale Tibbitts, both of Topeka; Irma Johnson of Manhattan; and Peggy Dunn and Mary Dumn, both of Kansas City.
Sigma Kappa—Mrs. G. E. Todd of Kansas City, Mo., was a guest Saturday.
Chaperones were Prof. and Mrs. G. W. Bradshaw, Miss Marcia Beatty, and Miss Florence Black.
Sunday dinner guests were Dr. and Mrs, R. Q. Brewster.
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Students Jewelry Store for 39 Years
Examples of this effort are shown by Soviet students who are continuing their studies and have shown improvement in marks received, despite shortened terms, privations and actual peril.
WSSF Will Send Books to Allies
The Soviet government, realizing that the work of its universities was of the first importance to the war effort, have many students serving in the army and at the same time continuing their educations. A number of soldiers from the front will receive scientific degrees in June from the Lomonosov State University in Moscow.
The 200 books collected in the drive made by the VWCA, which were sent to the World Student Service Fund supported by American college students, will serve students in foreign countries who are striving to complete their educations, it was announced.
Along with the industrial plants, the Russian universities were moved to the interior, taking with them trainloads of books, laboratory instruments and other study materials, much of which was supplied by the World Student Service Fund.
Stutz and Stockton Talk At High School Assembly
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Richard Stutz, freshman in the School of Engineering, and Robert Stansbury Stockton, V-12, both former students at Liberty Memorial High School, spoke on air power, showed some German model planes, and talked about the Navy and its uniforms at an all-school assembly at the high school assembly Friday.
E. C. Buehler, professor of speech was in charge of the program at which nine boys, who are now in the Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve, were presented wrist pins.
Boys Learn to Dry Coconuts
Boys in the University High School food class are experimenting with coconuts. The boys are trying to shred and dry their own coconuts, because the finished product can no longer be purchased.
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Thorpe Quits as Editor To Direct Oil Co.
When Merle Thorpe resigns editor of Nation's Business last week to become a member of the board of directors of Cities Service company, he had completed 28 years of editorship since he left his position as head of the department of journalism at the University.
He came to Kansas in 1911 from the staff of the department of journalism at the University of Washington. Under his direction, the department here was organized in the present Journalism Building; before then, journalism classes had been held in various buildings--most of them in Fraser. He accepted the Nation's Business editorship in 1916.
On the journalism staff during Mr. Thorpe's five years as head were Prof. L. N. Flint, who succeeded him as head; Joseph W. Murray, now managing editor of the Lawrence Journal-World, Saul Lewis, now publisher of the Tribune at Lynden, Wash.; H. F. Harrington, later dean of the School of Journalism at Northwestern; Harry Neal; William B. Brown; and J. Wainwright Evans.
Senate to Decide on Pay Roll Tax
Washington, (INS)—Senate-House confesses neared complete accord on the new tax bill last week after agreeing to sharp increases in levies on amusement and luxury items and on several other provisions. Still to be disposed of are senate provisions freezing the old-age pension pay roll tax at the present level throughout 1944 and the changes proposed by both houses in the war-contract renegotiation act.