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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1943
All Big Six Cage Quintet Selected
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Jayhawk jabberwock
RIDDLE OF THE SOONERS
Seldom in recent years has a team so completely dominated conference competition throughout the season as this year's Jayhawk quintet. Only Oklahoma could at any time during the season muster talent at all comparable to that which Phog Allen had at hand.
The case of the Sooners is a somewhat mystifying one, since the men from Norman seemed to have everybody but Louisetti at the start of the season. Dissension, however, probably played a large part in the failure of Drake's charges to produce. Tension was noticeable on the Sooner bench during the recent game here.
Prima donnas of the Tucker, Roberts type may have proven extremely costly to the Sooner cause, although according to all outside reports the Great Gerald is extremely popular with his mates. Something, however, was undeniably wrong internally with the talented Oklahomans, and as a result they finished with not the expected one, but three losses in conference competition.
MORE HONORS FOR EVANS
Tucker and the Jayhawk's Ray Evans were the only unanimous choices on the Iowa State's all-opponent conference squad. Other first string members were Allie Paine, Thornton Jenkins, and John Buescher.
Charlie Black, Kansas forward, naturally received no consideration as he was absent from the Kansas lineup both times when the Jayhawks faced the Cyclones.
Only two other conference men besides the selected five received two or more votes. They were Oklahoma's Bob McCurdy and Phog Allen's sophomore sensation, Otto Schnellbacher. Schnelly can be expected, if he again takes up varsity competition following the war, to make a name for himself as one of the greatest Kansas cagers of all time.
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JUST JABBER
Tucker will report to an army indoctrination camp this summer as a junior in advanced ROTC field artillery . . His recent 38-point spree was the second best scoring feat ever hung up by a Sooner player . . Gwinn Henry is really whipping the track men into shape with some of that good, hard work that he was accused of using too sparingly with the football squad . . . Coach Allen praises Charlie Black as the best rebounder to wear a Jayhawk uniform since the days of the famous first Charles Black of the 20's . . . Our nomination for most valuable man in intramural basketball during the past year—the Fiji veteran Larry McSpadden who does everything well.
Red Cross Drive Falls Short of Goal
Dr. Allen, University chairman, expressed the belief that late contributions would raise the total.
The Red Cross membership and war fund campaign ended officially last night with the University total reaching only half of the expected amount. Ruth Kelley, chairman of the student collection group, reported. Nearly $600 was collected from the students last week by members of Dr. F. C. Allen's community recreation class and Jay Janes.
Friday afternoon members of the class collected $62 from the sailors. Later the girls learned that the sailors had already contributed once in their own platoons. The faculty and employees gave over $900, which raises the University total to nearly $1500.
Oscars
Garson,Cagney
Receive Award
BUY U.S. WAR BONDS
Two new names were added to the roster of film greats Friday: Greer Garson and James Cagney.
At the 15th annual Academy Award dinner, they received their coveted gold "Oscars," Miss Garson for her portrayal of the title role in "Mrs. Miniver" and Cagney for his precise characterization of the late George M. Cohen in "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
"Mrs. Miniver" was named the outstanding picture of the year and won nine substantial awards.
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3 Kansans Win Places On Squad
By DON KEOWN Sports Editor
Kansas, easily dominant in Big Six competition this year, also dominated the Kansas's 1943 all-conference basketball squad, winning three of the five available positions. The other two first string posts went to Oklahoma Sooners.
Jayhawkers selected were John Buescher, ace ball-handler; Charles Black, the team's high-scorer and top rebounder; and Ray Evans, one of the greatest defensive guards ever to perform in the Big Six. Gerald "Titanic" Tucker and Allie Paine of Oklahoma rounded out the first string.
Black, despite being out most of the season with illness, stole the opening acts of the conference show with his scoring exploits, climaxed by a 33 point display against Missouri. Far greater than his scoring ability, however, was his talent for rebounding at which the tall junior excelled anything seen in the Big Six area in recent years. His tallness also made the agile Black a definite defensive asset.
Key To Attack
Buescher, formerly an all-state cager at Beardstown, Ill., where basketball is second to nothing, has in three years of competition with the Jayhawks earned a reputation as one of the smoothest, coolest quarterbacks ever to direct an Allenattack. When Black was absent from the Jayhawk lineup, Buescher stepped up to take up the scoring slack, hitting the basket consistently from weird angles which left the opposition frequently bewildered. There were many who considered Buescher, above all other Jay Hawkers, to be the key to the effective Kansas attack.
Evans was a tireless workhorse type of guard, who nightly drew the assignment to dog the enemy's scoring ace, and who unfailingly turned in a job that was nothing short of brilliant. The hardest passer in Big Six circles, Evans could also drive in for setups when the occasion demanded it, and frequently controlled the rebounds against far
1943 KANSAN ALL CONFERENCE TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Black, Kans.
Tucker, Okla.
Buescher, Kans.
Evans, Kans.
Paine, Okla.
taller opposition. Coach Allen was throughout the year enthusiastic in his praise of Evans' characteristic fighting spirit.
No conference team could leave off Oklahoma's Tucker. The tall Sooner turned in an amazing performance when he pushed in 38 points recently against Nebraska to climax a season of sensational court exploits. He was the key to a Sooner squad which alone threatened Jayhawk supremacy, and was especially dangerous under the basket where he rebounded superbly, and frequently counted on tipins.
Bill To Reduce Voting Age
McCurdy Outdone
Of all the guards in the Big Six conference, Allie Paine alone could be placed in the same class with Evans. Paine, one of the smaller men on the Oklahoma team, turned in consistently fine performances. He was also one of the conference's top scorers, being a deadshot from far out. Paine this year overshadowed his famous teammate, Bob McCurdy, both as a defensive and an offensive man.
Second team nods went to two sensational sophomores — Otto Schnellbacher of Kansas and Thornton Jenkins of Missouri; to Marlo Dirks, lanky pivot man of the Kansas State squad; to Bob McCurd of the Sooners; and to guard Bob Heinzelman of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Jefferson City, Mo., (INS)—The legal voting age in Missouri would be reduced from 21 years to 18 under a bill before the house of representatives yesterday. The measure was introduced by Rep. Fred Norden (R) of Butler county.
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Crafton Offers Prize For the Best Name Given All-Girl Play
Immediately following the reading, tryouts will be held.
Prof. Allen Crafton, of the department of speech and drama, has offered a prize of $10 to anyone who can suggest a suitable name for his new play. The play, which will be given the latter part of March using an all-girl cast, will be read in Green theater at 3:30 Monday, March 8.
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