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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY. JANUARY 10, 1944
Kansas Loses Big Six Opener To M.U., 35-28
Missouri's rebounding edge was just too much and the Tigers defeated Kansas at Columbia last Saturday night, 35 to 28, in the Big Six opener for both teams.
It was considered a surprise victory that the underdog Tigers would topple the defending champion Jayhawks. However, there was no reason for such an opinion. Kansas recently defeated M.U. at Kansas City by the same margin, 34 to 28, trailing 7 to 18 at the half.
Columbia Court Different
It has always been difficult for opposing teams to accustom themselves to the court at Columbia which is set out from the bleachers and is slightly raised. Last year's undefeated champion Jayhawks had to go an overtime before defeating the Missourians on the Tiger boards.
The Tigers, who had set the pace through most of the first half, shook out of a 14 to 14 intermission deadlock, and after a hectic nip-and-tuck ten minutes to start the second stanza, went on to win by a fairly comfortable margin.
Charles Moffett led the scoring or the game, making seven points in each half for a 14-point total. Moffett hit four of five free tosses and counted five field goals, four of which were from out. Kansas' other 4 points were scored by Corder with four, McSpadden five, Barington two, Lindquist two, and Stucker one. Palmer, who started at guard, Diehl, Malott, and Sherwood also saw service.
2oor on Rebounding
The Jayhawks, who Dr. Allen recently termed as "the poorest rebounding team he ever coached," could not control the boards and consequently did not have possession of the ball nearly as much as the Tigers. Kansas, scoring the lowest total points in Big Six play in recent seasons, also shot comparatively few times.
Dr. Allen stated that Moffett and McSpadden were the only Kansans that seemed to have much fight, and especially the latter. Barrington, who was bothered by a cold last week, didn't begin to approach his IC form and Lindquist again fouled out of the game.
Tissouri Captain High Scorer
For Missouri, Paul Collins, Tiger captain and guard, was high scorer with ten points. Dan Pippen, 17-year-old, was KU's greatest nemesis as he continually pulled the ball down off the board. Arbeitman scored five, C. Minx seven, Pippin seven, Heinzohn three, and B. Minx three, to add to Collin's total.
Lead Change Often
Collins and Moffett traded free throws to start the second half, and then, after five minutes of play, Kansas went ahead for the first
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Despite the fact Dr. F, C. Allen stated that he wouldn't be surprised if the Jayhawks were defeated Saturday night, the A.P. lists the Missouri victory such an upset that their performance even overshadows Oklahoma's route of Kansas State, 61 to 28, at Norman and Iowa State's handy 56 to 34 triumph over Nebraska at Lincoln. Big Six followers are reported to be recovering from the shock of this great "upset" which terminated the Jayhawks' string of consecutive conference triumphs at 12.
Dr. Allen had stated that his cagers had been playing hot and cold all season because of lack of experienced players and that Missouri was especially tough on their home court. He also had brought up the fact that the Tigers outfought Kansas in the first half at Kansas City. So he certainly prepared himself for the "shock."
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Allen's remarks with which we didn't agree were those to the effect that 'not many people will take a wartime championship seriously, stating that at Kansas athletics are incidental to the war effort." No one will disagree that sports aren't incidental to the war effort, but we still don't see why the championship team will "not be given" its just and due credit the same as teams any year. Of course if Iowa State wins the title, Coach Menzel will be credited, but not as much as in normal times for he has such an advantage over his conference rivals with three lettermen back and all-American Price Brookfield thrown in to boot. Allen, who states
time with Sparkle McSpadden's free throw. Clifford Minx quickly put the Tigers in front with a field goal then, and in the next fifty seconds the lead changed hands four times, with the Tigers finally emerging with a 21 to 20 lead on Clifford Minx's fast break for two points. From there the Tigers went on to win. Moffett's three baskets and one by McSpadden fell short of the furious scoring burst which Collins and Pippin uncorked for the Tigers. The Bengals scored a stalling game to the last, putting the pressure on the Kanssens until the final gun.
Ping-Pong Starts Today in Union
The Union activities committee ping-pong tournament will begin today, Jane Woestemeyer, chairman of the intramurals committee, announced. Only singles will be played, and participants will be notified by telephone the first of the week who their opponents are.
Couples are then to sign, with the hostess in the Union building, the time of the game. Following the match, they will report the score and the winner to her. The winner will be high-scorer in two out of three games.
All games must be played off by Thursday.
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that a substitute in ordinary years could be a star this year, is aware of a situation quite different from normal times. Usually he can count on a whole flock of freshmen, drilled in his fundamentals, joining the varsity squad, but this year everybody had to start from scratch. True, Allen had only one veteran, Sparky McSpadden, back, but what about Oklahoma, with only one letterman, Allie Paine. Oklahoma did import a couple of good boys from Indiana and drew a hot shot, Ramsey, in the V-12 from Oregon State. Kansas can counter with such men as Barrington, Lindquist, and Moffett. Missouri lost their one veteran, Ed Matheny, to the army during the holidays and Nebraska has only one man, Berry, that they can call a veteran. Surely Coach Edwards of Missouri is being given credit for outfoxing the cagey Allen as both teams have about equal material, the home court being about the only difference. So we don't see why any Big Six team and coach — save Menze's Iowa Staters—will not be taken seriously if they emerge champions. In fact, because of the war, there was less prosylating this year in the Big Six than anytime in the last several years.
Kansas will journey to Olathe tomorrow night to take on the Naval Station Clippers. They will resume conference play here Saturday when they entertain the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
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Men's Intramurals To Begin Tonight
Men's intramural basketball will get underway tonight with two games scheduled in Robinson gymnasium, Charles Fink, student intramural manager, has announced.
Games on tap include Phi Psi vs. D.T.D. at 9 o'clock and S.A.E. vs. Sigma Nu. at 10 o'clock.
The 14 teams have been divided into two leagues of seven each, League A and League B. In the former group are Phi Psi, Blanks, Sigma Chi, Phi Gam, D.T.D., Triangle, and T.K.E. League B boasts S.A.E., Battenfeld, D.U., Phi Delt, Sigma Nu, Carruth, and Beta.
Single round robin play is expected to come to an end Feb. 15, with playoffs coming the following week between the two top teams in each league.
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KUAST's Beat K-State Army
The reporter of the Oklahoma-
Kansas State game Saturday night
must have been a devotee of Walt
Whitman, a fanatic for description,
a bird lover, or something. Here's
what we mean (concerning the basket shooting of Pryor, sensational Sooner frost): "He hit five field goals, three of them long set shots that dropped out of the sky and into the basket like a duck settling into her nest in a marsh."
The Kansas AST unit basketeers can now claim some sort of title by virtue of their 48 to 28 victory over the AST's from Kansas State in Hoch auditorium Saturday night. The soldiers from Manhattan had been calling themselves "the best soldier team in Kansas" with three victories over the Fort Riley Centuars.
Leading the way for K-State was Vaughn with 13 points and Wierda with eight.
The men from Lindley hall as usual had their use forward, Ted Bean, leading the way. Bean was closely guarded and was fouled frequently. Consequently he dropped in 10 free throws, which must be some sort of a record. Bean also counted seven field goals to give him a 24 point total.Evans scored seven, Collins six, Rumple three, and Van Citters two for Kansas.
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