PAGE FOUR
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1947
Jayhawk
abberwock
By Matt Heuertz
"PHOG" IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NCAA
Many readers of Marx Cox's NCAA article in Esquire, which was summarized in this column Friday, no doubt noticed that Mr. Cox gives no credit whatever to our own Dr. Forrest C. Allen who actually was responsible for the 1936 Olympic elimination tournament out of which grew the NCAA tournament. Mr. Cox, former sports publicity manager at the University of Missouri, is offbase when he completely forgets the work of Dr. Allen in the history of the NCAA tournament.
Let's review briefly the history of basketball and see exactly how Dr. Allen fits into the picture.
Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith while he was training at the Springfield YMCA College, Massachusetts, to become a physical education director. In 1898 Dr. Naismith came to the University to begin his duties in the department of physical education which he continued until his resignation in June, 1937.
Forrest C. Allen attended the University from 1905 to 1908 and played basketball under Naismith. From 1909 to 1910 Allen served as head basketball coach. From 1912 to 1919 he served a successful tenure of coaching at Warrensburg Teachers College. In 1919 he returned to the University as athletic director and in the middle of the basketball season of 1920 he was handed over the job of head basketball coach—a job which he has held ever since.
Through his many years of association with Dr. Naismith, "Phog" became instilled with basketball knowledge acquired from the venerable founder of the sport.
Meanwhile, unknown to most persons, basketball was being introduced to other peoples throughout the world through the efforts of YMCA missionaries who had become acquainted with the sport at the international YMCA training school, Springfield College.
Allen and the 1932 Olympics
In 1932 at the Los Angeles Olympics, Allen worked hard to get basketball as the home country's demonstration game which was not to count in final meet points. However, football was chosen for the demonstration game. But Dr. Allen was not discouraged. While in Los Angeles he discussed the possibility of having basketball for the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo with Japanese committee, notified Dr. Allen that basketball included in the Olympic leaders who also were at the Olympics.
In the summer of 1933, while teaching at Springfield College, Dr. Allen made the acquaintance of Fritz Siewehe, an exchange student from Germany. Upon Siewehe's return to Germany, Nazi athletic directors began teaching basketball in their Youth Movement.
Meanwhile Allen was also corresponding with Dr. Renalto Jones, gen-
Legion Player Makes 59-Foot Field Goal
Denver, (INS)—Clarence Ellis, young guard on the Denver Legion quintet, has been credited with making the longest field goal in the history of the national AAU tournaments which date back to 1920.
Against the Allen Bradleys of Milwaukee, Wis., Thursday night he sank a field goal from 59 feet out.
Step Into Spring In a--and for Your Own Library
Carlbrooke Fflannel Suit.
All wool, hand tailored
in--and for Your Own Library
Brown. Banker's Gray.
Steel Gray. Blue
$35 - $40
---
BOOKS FOR GIFTS
Douglas—The Robe. $2.75
Morley—Thorofore. $2.75
Bromfield—Mrs. Parkington
Bromfield—Mrs. Parkington.
$2.75
Creighton Gets Three Players On Valley Team
Thurber—My World and Welcome To Jt. $2,50
George Price—It's Smart to Be People. $2.00
Fossick—On Being a Real Person, $2.50
People
See Here, Private Hargrove. $2
White—They Were Expendable.
$2.00
Hoover & Gibson—Problems of
Overseas $2.00
Angell—Let the People Know.
$2.50
Ferguson—Chile. $3.50
Martins — Sam T.
Ageton—The Naval Officer's Guide $3.00
Steinbeck—Bombs Away. $2.50
Grew—Report from Tokyo. $1
Aircraft Spatter. 1943 ed. $1
Shop Theory. $1.25
Creighton's championship basketball team placed three members on the Missouri Valley all-star team. Ed Beisser, Ralph Langer, and Ward Gibson were the Blue Jays who were named along with Jack Dartton of Washington and Vernon Yates of Oklahoma A and M on the all-star first team.
Guide. $3.00
Officer's Guide. $2.50
Whelen—The Flying Tigers.
$2.50
in & Stanley—American
Machinist's Handbook.
$4.00
Darton, unanimous selection for a forward position, scored 125 points in Valley competition to take high scoring honors for the second straight year.
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Indexed. $4.00
Modern Library. 229 vols. @ 95c
Beisser, unanimous selection for center, was second high scorer with 121 points. Langer all-star forward was fifth in individual scoring with 101 points. Gibson led all guards in scoring with 73 points.
Modern Library Giants. 62 vols. @ $1.45
Yates, A and M sophomore, scored
You are cordially invited to come in and browse.
THE BOOK NOOK
1021 Mass. Tel. 666
Intramural Swim To Start Tuesday
(continued to page five)
The men's intramural swim meet will get under way at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the pool of Robinson gymnasium when the preliminaries are run off.
The order of the preliminary events are as follows:
50-yard breast stroke, 100 stroke, 50-yard dash, 50-yard back stroke, and the 200-yard relay.
50-yard breast stroke, 100-yard free style, 100-yard back stroke, 50 yard dash, 50-yard
Each intramural organization may enter three men in each event with each man eligible to participate in three different events. (The relay will be considered as an event). If the organization doesn't enter as such and men wish to compete, Henry Shenk, intramural director, said yesterday that those men may enter the meet as individuals unattached.
In all the preliminary events three (continued to page five)
eral secretary of the International Basketball Federation, from Rome. Dr. Jones informed "Phog" that already 52 different nations were playing the sport of basketball.
Basketball at the Olympics
Although glider flying was chosen as the home demonstration attraction at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, Dr. Karl Diem, member of the Olympic games. Dr. Allen then began the campaign which raised $7,000 to pay Dr. and Mrs. Naismith's expenses to the Berlin games where 22 nations played basketball before the misty eyes of the game's founder.
"Phog" was the chairman of the Olympic Committee and was also the coach of the United States Olympic basketball teams.
Thus, almost single-handedly, through his international correspondence and untiring work on the Olympic Committee, Dr. Allen made basketball one of the Olympic games. The national tournament in the United States, preceding the Olympics, was the direct forerunner of the present NCAA tournaments. "Phog" Allen was the father of the NCAA basketball tournament.
the "COLLEGE JEWELER"
911 Mass. St.
Students Jewelry Store for 39 Years.
Sport Coats and Slacks
THE WARTIME
SUNDAY SUIT
SPORT COATS in Plaids, Herring Bone, Diagonals and Plain Colors.
$15 up
★ ★ ★
SLACKS
To Harmonize or Contrast With Your Coat $5.95 up ★ ★ ★
Fountain Drinks
Intermission
Wiedemann's
Sandwiches
At