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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943
Jayhawk Jabberwock
by Milo Farneti
MISSOURI HAS TROUBLES TOO
Missouri is financially solvent in athletics. Kansas is not, yet both schools are having coaching troubles. Vic Hurt resigned in December as assistant football coach and is being retained by the administration indefinitely (for other than football work). At Missouri the board of curators control nearly $100,000, sufficient to support athletics.
But the board debated for nearly two months on renewal of coaching contracts. Usually when Don Faurot and staff's contracts expired Dec. 31 each year, Missouri rewarded the mentors with one-year terms.
This week the curators (a group superior to M.U.'s athletic board) gave Faurot, Chauncey Simpson, John Simmons, Harry Smith, Herb Bunker and Trainer Ollie DeVictor only a two-month renewal, pending government decision on scholastic and athletic status of US universities.
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MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Kansas City has pioneered basketball's two greatest championships: NCAA and AAU. After Kansas City builds a national reputation for the tourneys, some other city bids more and gets the plums. Denver snatched the AAU meet about 10 years ago.
Yesterday the NCAA basketball committee announced that the tournament had been shifted to Madison Square Garden where 18,000 can be crammed. The New York site will make more money, yes, but perhaps it may transform the tournament into an eastern affair.
CREIGHTON IS NCAA FAVORITE
Maneuvering for Missouri Valley representative in the Western NCAA playoffs has narrowed to three quintets: Creighton, Kansas and Oklahoma. Right now, Oklahoma is definitely the third contender, although Sooner rating may upswing if Kansas stumbles. Creighton definitely ranks No. 1 now on basis of the Bluejay 28-33 victory over Kansas in December.
Holder of a 12-game winning streak and Big Six kingpins, the Jayhawks must defeat Creighton at Omaha March 4 to stay abreast. Should Kansas down the favored Bluejays, a playoff will be held if previous actions are an indication. Oklahoma A-M lost Fifth district representation to Kansas 32-28 in a playoff game at Kansas City last season.
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DUNKEL RATES KANSAS SECOND
Dick Dunkel, sports forecaster, ranks Creighton as the No. 1 cage five in the nation in his latest rankings. Illinois' Whiz Kids, just about the hottest basketball team in the nation now, don't rate the first five. Kansas is second and Wyoming, Indiana and Southern California are included.
Illinois has the shootingest forward in the Big Ten in Andy Phillips, a converted guard. Phillips has scored 92 points in four conference games for a 23 point average. He hit 11 of 41 attempts and made four free tosses as the Illini trounced Iowa Monday.
Oklahoma Romps Over Sailors, 60-33
A a scrapy Norman Naval Training School basketball quintet tired in the second half of its game Tuesday at Norman with Oklahoma, and bowed before the Sooners 33-60.
Sooner Coach Bruce Drake substituted freely while the losers had only three reserves to send into the fray. "Bud" West, small substitute forward, led Oklahoma scoring with 17 points for the evening. Gerald Tucker, ace Sooner center, was good for 14 points.
Swarthout Urges Students to Sing Anthem at Games
Donald Swarthout, Dean of the School of Fine Arts has asked the student body to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the basketball games. "The anthem is not a fanfare to be played by instrumentalists, but is intended to be sung," Dean Swarthout said. "If the student body sings, we will see beauty in the song that we don't see when the band only plays."
Where Were You When "Zero" Struck?
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Better "Stock Up"—Plenty of cold days coming.
Spring Stetson and Pedigree Hats on Display
Charlie Black, who fouled out after two minutes of the second half had passed, saw his 20.5 two-game Big Six average tumble to 16 points a game. He also tumled to second position in conference scoring. Titanic Tucker has a 17-point average.
K U Sputters In 40-20 Win Over K-State
Manhattan, Jan. 20—(Special)Stress on Jayhawk defense and a poor basket average kept the score low as Kansas defeated K - S t at e 40-20 last night for its third Big Six and twelfth straight victory.
Kansas shot 74 times from the field, hitting 16 baskets for a weak 21 per cent average. The Wildcats were even more futile, caging nine of 62 attempts for a 14 per cent average. Score at the half was 16-4.
Otto Schnellbacher led the Kansas Iron Five with 12 points. Ray Evans continued his nine-point conference average with nine points on four baskets and a free toss.
Not since Kansas' dismal performance against the Olathe Clippers at Kansas City in December have the Jayhawkers been so cold.
K-State scored on a field goal by John Bortka after nine minutes of the first half. Eldon Sechler tipped one in for the Aggies only other points in the first period.
Kansas will meet Camp Crowder at Neosho Saturday night in a repeat performance. The soldiers dropped 57-26 before the Jayhawkers in their triple-header performance at Kansas City Saturday.
Coeds Harvest Potatoes
Students of Flora Stone Mather College, Western Reserve University, distinguished themselves as farmettes in the recent potatoe harvest.
Tulane university is in its 109th session.
Tulane Begins 109th Year
KANSAS U.—40
| | G | FT | B |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Black, f. | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Schnellbacher, f. | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Kissell, f. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballard, f. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Buescher, c. | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Turner, c. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dixon, g. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Evans, g. | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Pitzpatrick, f. | 0 | 0 | ' |
| Brill, g. | 0 | 1 | ' |
Totals ... 16
KANSAS STATE—20
G FT F
Yelley, g. 0 0 0
Hollman, f. 0 0 1
Lill, f. 3 1 1
Sechler, f. 1 0 3
Kohl, f. 1 0 0
Spenser, f. 0 0 1
Dirks, c. 1 0 1
Bortka, g. 1 0 1
Mendenhall, g. 0 0 2
Schupe, g. 2 1 2
Totals 9 2 12
Cyclones Expect Defeat at Missouri
Ames, Iowa, Jan. 21—(Special)
Strange as it may seem, a fifth-place team is favored to score its first Big Six win of the year from second place Iowa State when the Cyclones invade the home of the Missouri Tigers Saturday.
Iowa State's inexperienced squad holds second place with two victories and no losses. Missouri has lost decisions to both Kansas and Nebraska, yet Big Six tradition says Missouri will win Saturday.
So great is the home-floor advantage in the conference that any team that wins away from home is called an upset victor. Last year the Cyclones, riding an eight-game winning streak, dropped a 45-41 game to the Tigers at Columbia after scoring a 34-25 victory at Ames.
How Many Does Fred Have?
Alumni office of the University of Wisconsin now has on file the records of approximately 108,000 alumni.
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Undefeated Creighton Begins Road Series At Drake Tonight
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 21—(Special) Still undefeated after meeting eight foes, ranked No. 1 in the nation by Forecaster Dick Dunkel, and leading the Missouri Valley basket ball race, Coach Eddie Hickey's Creighton cage squad leaves here Wednesday night on its toughest road trip of the season.
Before returning to Omaha Tuesday, the Bluejays will have met Drake in Des Moines tonight in a conference game. Great Lakes Saturday in a Chicago Stadium doubleheader and the Olathe Clippers Monday at Kansas City.
The rampaging Bluejays took over undisputed possession of the conference top rung here Saturday with a 32-24 victory over Oklahoma A. & M.
Great Lakes will be seeking to erase a Creighton jinx when the two teams meet Saturday in the Chicago stadium. Creighton slapped a 59-45 defeat on the sailors here last season to give the gobs their first defeat.
eighton ... 47 Olathe ... 32
“ ... 38 Kansas ... 33
“ ... 52 S. Dakota ... 36
“ ... 51 Washington ... 36
“ ... 31 Long Island ... 30
“ ... 42 Duquesne ... 40
“ ... 69 St. Louis ... 25
“ ... 32 Oklahoma ... 24
Totals
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