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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1943
Two Victories Boost Jayhawk Reputation
Coach Allen used 16 players against the Ichabods, the first college rival Kansas has met this season. Washburn's passing was bad and it was not until ten minutes had been played that they could even score a field goal.
In winning their third victory of the season over Washburn, the Jayhawkers played a whale of a first half—quite different than in previous games—and then let down some in the final half.
Don Barrington and Sparky McSpadden led the scoring parade with 13 and 11 counters respectively. Trailing 11 to 29 at the half, Washburn came back from the intermission and played the Jayhawks evensteven for 10 minutes, each team scoring 10 points.
Kansas' stock rose over the week end as the Jayhawks returned from Topeka and Kansas City with two well-earned victories under their belt—a 46 to 24 triumph over Washburn and a 45 to 32 victory over Rockhurst.
Barrington, McSpadden Lead
Early Lead Over Rockhurst
Against Rockhurst, the Jayhawkers jumped away to an early lead and were never headed, although the youthful Rockhurst cagers put up a fierce battle. Don Barrington was the key man in the Kansas attack in the first half. He tallied four field goals and added as many free throws for twelve points. He made four more points in the last half before being removed from the game.
Dinzeo and Cassidy Fight Tonight at K.C.
A large crowd is expected to witness the boxing exhibition at the Kansas City, Mo., municipal auditorium when M. J. Dinzeo, heavyweight from the machinist's mates (15th division) and Mike Cassidy, 160-pound machinist's mate of the same division, will participate with the Kansas City picked group in meeting Oklahoma City's team tonight.
Dinzeo, weighing 180 pounds, has fought 60 bouts and was the winner of the naval championship at the Farragut, Idaho, base. Cassidy was the middleweight champion at the Farragut meet. He has scored five knockouts during his ring career.
The 10-card bout will start at 7 o'clock.
Sparky McSpadden aided Barrington in his point-getting by passing to him several times under the basket. The Jayhawk captain also contributed the ten points and Don Diehl added nine more. Diehl Displays Ability
Dr. Allen was greatly pleased and pleasantly surprised with the play of Diehl, husky guard from Smith Center, who, according to Allen, was a tower both defensively and
Big Six Directors Decide Spring Sports And Bull on Football
The Big Six athletic directors and faculty representatives spent most of Friday and Saturday at their annual winter meeting mulling over the question of whether there was any way to equalize the football situation of three schools with naval trainees and three without. They adjourned however, without announcing any decision.
There could be home and home games among the three civilian teams, Kansas State, Missouri and Nebraska, and the same setup for Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa State, the navy schools. That would be one solution, M. J. Ahearn of Kansas State said in a discussion of the problem, but it would break up the conference play and that isn't desirable.
offensively. Diehl's biggest asset is his rugged rebounding.
iowan "Bud" Palmer, who dropped in two field goals, also played a bang up game and was highly commended on his play by Coach Allen.
Tom Draney, tow-headed junior center for the Hawks, played brilliantly and swished in five baskets from the field. He provided the spark in the last half to put Rockhurst within striking distance, but the experience of the Jayhawkers was too much.
From the Sidelines By Bob Bock, Kansan Sports Editor
Although overconfidence would be disastrous, let alone hardly in order, the Kansas Jayhawks should not find the Olathe Clippers too hard a nut to crack The Sailors were hardly miracle men in their season's opener with the Ft. Leavenworth Flyers last Thursday which they lost in an overtime, 36 to 33. Goals by Tilberg and Carr and three free throws gave the Flyers victory after the teams were tied 29-all at the end of the regulation time.
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Incidentally, a return game has been scheduled with Herington AAB to be played there next Thursday. December 23. Team members will remain here for practice until after the Herington game when most will go home for Christmas. Don't think for one moment that the Jayhawks aren't "doing without" in spending their Christmas vacation playing basketball . . . Since most of the team are navy men, this vacation might be the last time that many of them could spend-any appreciable time around their fireplaces at home for a long time to come. The first game after the holidays will be with the Pittsburg State Teachers College on Jan. 3.
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The Ft. Riley Centaurus, who play the Jayhawks here Friday, started their season off with a 42 to 33 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats last Thursday . . . George Wendt, former St. Benedict's College
player, led the cavalrymen by throwing in 15 points . . . Missouri's Tigers looked good in swamping the 61st troop carrier wing of the Sedalia air base Saturday night. 49 to 29. However, Coach George Edwards will lose his big gun before conference play gets under way. Big Ed Matheny, regular from last year, has only one more game before he is graduated week after next. Matheny led the scoring with fifteen points. Holman, another Tiger, who ranked third in the scoring in the Sedalia game, will report to the army for induction next week.
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The Oklahoma Sooners took a licking from the SMU Mustangs in Dallas last Saturday night, although Allie Paine, all Big Six conference guard of last year, led the scoring for the game with nineteen points ... Iowa State's two-point victory over the Seahawks looks all the bigger and more foreboding now as the Pre-flighters ran all over Minnesota of the Big Ten last Saturday, 54 to 34.
Parents Donate Hospital Beds
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Goldstein, of Manhattan, have donated $2,000 to purchase 24 hospital beds to be used in connection with the enlargement of Kansas State's hospital facilities. The contribution is made as a tribute to their son who is now in England with the army.