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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1943
Cagers Near Down Huskers 52-33 Need One More Win
Phog Allen's high-stepping Jayhawks Tuesday night moved up to within a single game of the Big Six championship as they ran roughshod over a stubborn Nebraska five 52 to 33. Only the Friday night game with the slumping Oklahoma Sooners stands in the way of a clearcut Kansas cage title.
With ace Charley Black again absent from the lineup, as the University Athletic Board ruled the army air corps man in on the advice of Blokk's
University Athletic Board rule eligible on the advice of Black's commanding officer, Otto Schnellbacher, sparkling sophomore, turned in one of his finest performances of the year to collect 20 points and lead the game's scoring activities. In addition to his point-making. Schnellbacher turned in a fine offensive rebounding job.
Jayhawks Pull Away
Only during the first few minutes of play did the Huskers show signs of stopping the Jayhawk machine, the underdogs holding a 12 to 8 lead at one point in the first half. As John Buescher and Schnell-bacher began to find the basket, however, the home team pulled away to a 26 to 16 halftime lead. The Jayhawks then proceeded to further widen the margin in the second half.
Thompson Stars
Aiding Schnellbacher with the rebounding chores for the Kansans was big Ray Evans, the game's defensive standout. Thompson Stars
Sparking the Husker's early scoring activities was clever John Thompson, who repeatedly fooled the Kansas defense to sift in for setups. Guards Evans and Armand Dixon, however, soon solved the Thompson problem, and from then on the Huskers were never in the game despite the efforts of the visitors' two standout guards, Max Young and Ralph Heinzelman who repeatedly broke up Jayhawk offensive thrusts in a vain effort to halt Schnellbacher and his mates.
Coach Allen substituted freely in the latter minutes of the game, and as a result the game turned into a virtual free-for-all as Jayhawk reserves battled the tired Nebraskans. Bowesone for the game follows.
Boxscore for the game follows:
KANSAS----52
G FT F TP
Baker, f 1 0 1 2
McSpadden, f 1 0 1 2
Kissell, f 1 4 4 6
Schnellbacher, f 7 6 1 20
Fitzpatrick, f 0 0 0 0
Turner, f 0 0 0 0
Forsythe, f 1 0 2 2
Buescher, c 3 4 2 10
Ballard, g 0 0 0 0
Evans, g 5 0 3 10
Blair, g 0 0 1 0
Dixon, g 0 0 1 0
Brill, g 0 0 1 0
- - - - -
NEBRASKA-33
G FT F TP
Fitzgibbon, f . 0 0 3 0
Thompson, f . 4 2 3 10
Elson, f . 2 0 2 4
Young, c . 2 0 3 4
Bottorff, c . 0 3 1 3
Cassidy, g . 1 0 0 2
Brown, g . 0 1 2 1
Marquis, g . 1 0 2 2
Heinzelman, g . 2 3 1 7
Totals . 12 9 17 33
Totals ... 12 9 17 33
BUY U.S. WAR BONDS
Baseball Practice To Begin Monday
The University Athletic board in a dinner meeting held Tuesday evening in the Memorial Union building voted to continue baseball as a spring sport this year "if the men are available."
The diamond sport will operate on a limited basis, it was said, with a schedule to be arranged that will necessitate only "a minimum of travel." Service teams and schools in this immediate vicinity will be played.
Possible opponents being considered include Kansas State, Missouri, Baker, Rockhurst, University Naval Machinists Mates school, and the Leavenworth Reception Center teams. Dr. Forrest C. Allen will probably take over the baseball coaching duties upon the completion of the basketball season.
Baseball uniforms are to be checked out March 1 for the first practice, it was announced. Freshmen will be eligible for the varsity team.
Track will also be continued on a limited schedule, it was announced. Probable meets this spring are the conference indoor and outdoor meets at Kansas City, and the dual meet with Kansas State. The team will not go to the Texas Relays this year.
The Kansas Relays have been suspended for this year. However, the interscholastic meet has been moved up to Saturday, April 17.
Joins SPARS
Roberta Breitweiser, former student, Ft. Attkinson, Wis., has been sworn into the SPARS and expects to receive her orders about March 1.
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Big Six Title
Jayhawk Jabberwock
BY MATT HEUERTZ, GUEST COLUMNIST
AU's 52-33 victory over Nebraska Tuesday night was the nineteenth oasketball victory of the current season for Kansas.
Spectators were surprised to find Armand Dixon, supposedly unable to play because of two badly-injured knees, played practically the whole game—but then we should be used to Png's propaganda by now. Dixon left yesterday morning for California to visit with his mother before reporting to Fort Leavenworth.
When Allen sent a new team in against Nebraska five minutes before the final gun, the game turned into what looked like Mexican basketball—the only difference being the presence of referees.
The prize tumble was in the last half when, after a Cornhusker lost his booting, a referee came down on top of him—looked like a foul on the referee.
Schnellbacher pulled the most spectacular play of the evening when he drove down the court and robbed a Nebraska boy of a set up by jumping up and knocking the ball out of the court.
The worst boner was pulled when Ray Evans, standing alone down in the corner, hollered for the ball but his team mates didn't notice him—neither did the Nebraska boys.
WATCH ALEXANDER
Missouri, with the best sprinters and hurdlers in the Big Six, looks like a cinch to upset Nebraska's long reign as champion of Big Six indoor track meets when that meet is held Saturday in the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City. Ace threat of the Missouri team will be Maurice Alexander who has not been beaten in dual competition this season in the high jump, broad jump, and the 60 yard high hurdles.
KANSAS RATES HIGH
In a recent survey by the National Collegiate bureau for the OPI radioed to Yank fighters over the world, Kansas was ranked as the fourth best defensive college team in the country. Creighton was ranked 6th and Oklahoma was ranked 10th. Penn State, in 2nd place, was the only eastern team in the first ten—looks like the Western teams play a more scientific game.
College Has Student from Cuba
College Has Student from Cuba
Oscar Rodriguez of Havana, Cuba,
is the newest exchange student at
Southern Methodist University.
Vassar Gives Up Rings
Vassar college sophomores voted this year to give up class rings and buy war bonds instead.
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13 Men Will Compete In Indoor Meet
Gwinn Henry, track coach, today released a list of 11 men who will compete in the Big Six Indoor meet at Kansas City Saturday afternoon and evening.
Preliminaries for the annual meet will be held in the afternoon at spacious Municipal Auditorium beginning at 2 o'clock. Finals will be held in the evening, beginning at 8 o'clock.
Last year the Jayhawk trackmen went scoreless in the indoor meet. This year's squad however has been considerably strengthened by the addition of several promising sophomores. Only one letterman from last year's team is on the roster. Frosh Not Eligible
Big Six freshmen will not be elk (continued to page five)
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