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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1943
Road Jinx Faces
Coach Hargiss Schedules Trials For Cindermen
A tryout meet will be held for Jayhawk trackmen Friday, Coach Bill Hargiss announced today. Additional tryouts will be held next week.
A squad of 75 men is working out on the indoor track beneath Memorial Stadium in preparation for the Big Six indoor meet at Kansas City, Feb. 27. Included in the group is a lone letterman, Valle Schloesser.
Several squadmen from last year's team, "some likely-looking" sophomores and a large group of freshmen make up the remainder of the squad, according to Hargiss.
Hargiss today declared that if big Six officials rule freshmen eligible for the indoor meet, he will be able to send one of the strongest squads to represent Kansas in recent years.
Whiz Kids Indiana Win Again
Chicago, Feb. 8—(INS) =Indiana and Illinois continued their Big Ten undefeated season last night as the Hosiers whipped Michigan 45-33 and at Bloomington the Whiz Kids defeated Ohio State 50-44 at Columbus. It was Indiana's fifteenth straight victory. The Big Ten leaders rate No.1 and 2 in the nation.
Andy Phillip, Illini hotshot saw his 21-point conference average tumble to 19 for seven games as he tallied only eight against the Buck-eyes.
Great Lakes avenged one of its two defeats this season in trouncing Northwestern 57-36 at Great Lakes last night. The sailor record is now 24 victories in 26 starts.
Games This Week Tuesday
Games This Week
Tuesday
Kansas State vs. Olathe Clippers at Manhattan.
Wednesday
Oklahoma vs. North Norman Naval Base at Norman.
Saturday
Kansas State vs. Oklahoma at Manhattan.
Kansas vs. Nebraska at Lincoln.
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Jayhawk Jabberwock
by Milo Farnoti
Something Left Unsettled
Included among the smaller tra-degies of the Army Air Corps call is the news that Charlie Black will probably not be here to settle the Black-Tucker "best-player" controversy in the Kansas-Oklahoma game Feb. 26.
Coach Bruce Drake of Oklahoma recently declared that Titanic Tucker topped the Kansas ace while Phog Allen stoutly plugs Black. Drake might point to Tucker's last showings against Nebraska and Iowa State as proof. Allen might point to Black's 33-point scoring record, his great defensive play and his 18-point performance against Great Lakes.
Black has his ups and downs, his downs mainly because he doesn't feel like playing sometimes. Against Oklahoma at Norman he turned in a worthy game—not his best, but enough to cause Sooner defeat. The scoring read Black eight, Tucker 11 points. On defense and offensive Black elbowed Tucker aside to monopolize rebounds, providing the major factor in Kansas' upset victory. In that game the nod went to Charlie.
But now Tucker has improved along with the surging Sooner five. He and Black are tied for the Big Six scoring leadership with a 16-point average. "Tucker scores 23 against K-State, 18 against Nebraska, 15 against Iowa State," the summaries read. He certainly has been having a spree.
So, if Black and Tucker do not meet, here is final judgment: Gerald is a bit better than Charlie when Black is down but hardly merits comparison with the Kansas cager when Black is at his best. Witness the Eastern road trip, the Clipper game here, the Tiger contest, the Great Lakes game—Black's top displays.
This elaborately contrived evaluation is presented in lieu of the probable non-clash of the two. If the Air Corps waits until Feb. 28 to call Black and he performs badly against Tucker drop around after the game for a revised handicapping.
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Black may not play another game this year for Kansas as he is in the Army Air Corps, scheduled to be called during the Feb. 20-28 period. Fans all season have anticipated the battle between Black and Gerald Tucker in Hoch Feb. 26.
Black Will Not Play Against NU--Cyclones
Kansas is due to fall from the Big Six cage leadership on its northern swing if precedent influences Jayhawk games at Nebraska Saturday and Iowa State Monday. The Jayhawks have defeated Nebraska for two years straight only to get knocked off by the Cyclones at Ames the following Monday night.
Also aiding precedent will be the absence of Charlie Black, the Big Six's best offensive and defensive cager. The big junior is still in Watkins hospital with the flu and, according to Coach Phog Allen, "may be ready for the A-M game Feb. 17."
Coach Allen, who said "we may drop one," liked Sophomore Sparky McSpadden's play against Iowa State here and will start him against the Huskers and Cyclones.
Even minus Black and fighting the road jinx, Kansas is expected to win both games. Sad-faced Center John Buescher and a rebounding Ray Evans took up the slack in the second half against the Cyclones here.
Nebraska has been erratic this year, winning and losing two Big Six games. The Huskers lost to Indiana 39-40 in December, missing victory when Ralph Heinzelman botched a setup in the final seconds.
Chief scorer is Forward John Thompson with an 8.5 Big Six average. Lack of height has handicapped Nebraska this year.
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BIG SIX LEADING SCORERS
| | Games | FG | FT | Pts. | Ave. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Charlie Black, Kansas | 3 | 20 | 8 | 48 | 16.0 |
| 1. Gerald Tucker, Oklahoma | 5 | 30 | 20 | 80 | 16.0 |
| 1. Allie Paine, Oklahoma | 5 | 25 | 7 | 57 | 11.4 |
| 3. Thornton Jenkins, Missouri | 4 | 17 | 11 | 45 | 11.2 |
| 4. Ray Evans, Kansas | 4 | 18 | 6 | 42 | 10.5 |
| 5. Otto Schnellbacher, Kansas | 4 | 17 | 7 | 41 | 10.2 |
| 6. John Buescher, Kansas | 4 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 8.7 |
| 7. Ron Norman, Iowa State | 6 | 21 | 9 | 51 | 8.5 |
| 7. John Thompson, Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 8.5 |
| 8. Marlo Dirks, K-State | 5 | 15 | 9 | 39 | 7.8 |
| 9. Dean Lill, K-State | 5 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 7.4 |
| 6. Bob McCurdy, Oklahoma | 5 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 7.2 |
Fiji's Defeats Pi KA To Stay in Running
By HERB KAUFFMAN
Tonight's Games
8:30—Hellhoutns vs. 4-F
9:30—Allen Coop vs. Rock Chalk
—Blanks vs. John Moore
Phi Gamma Delta pulled away from Pi K A last night to win 35-28 and throw these two teams into a three way tie with Phi Kappa Psi who defeated Delta Upsilon 47-10. Both teams played a ragged first half, passing badly and missing the basket.
The Phi Gam's had a 13-12 halftime advantage. John Herron, low-built and rugged, stole the ball from an opponent twice his size and charged
down the court for a setup to spark a Fiji second half rally. It was reliable Larry McSpadden who led the second half scoring, connecting with all of his 13 points in the second period. Fiji Bill Palmer was largely responsible for victory as he scored 13 points, and holding Pi K A hot shot, Bill Atwell to a lone nieid goal.
Atwell, usually a high scorer was cold as a spaniel's nose leaving it to Louis McCormick to take Pi K A scoring honors with 12 points.
In the other game of the evening Phi Psi bowled over a weak (continued to page fin)
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