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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1943
Clippers to Try for Second Victory Kansas Plays Tigers Wednesday, OU Saturday
Jayhawk jabberwock
by Milo Farneti
BY BILL PORTER Guest Columnist
While the nation is absorbed in afterthoughts, laments, and "I told you so's" over the various bowl contests, the sports spotlight here on the Hill is turned toward the victorious basketball team. Our inimitable Dr. Allen has done it again.
Beginning his Eastern trip some ten days ago with an inexperienced five that had already dropped two contests and which had failed to look very good in the others, Dr. Allen arrived home last night with a squad that was a coach's dream in its last four contests.
a sparse crowd was on hand to greet the streamliner which brought the team home on the last lap of its journey, but those who were there saw the old glow of triumph once again as Phog and his boys got off the train.
"They certainly surprised me," commented Dr. Allen, speaking of the team's successes. "The boys seemed to have a new spirit, and they worked and fought together all the way. All of the old grievances are patched up. The attitude of the team as a whole is just the opposite of what it has been before.
"Due to the war, accommodations have been none too good. We have missed connections, traveled long miles in crowded conditions, and have had to stand up a great deal of the way. The boys have carried through very well, and took their opposition in stride. I was surprised, and very pleased with the outcome."
The Jayhawkers played before some 40,000 cage fans in four games, meeting and defeating St. Bonaventure, Fordham, St. Joseph, and St. Louis all in turn. Except for the Fordham contest, won 31 to 30, the victories were overwhelming. Particularly impressive is the victory over St. Joseph, the team that has already defeated the Oklahoma Aggies this season.
Dr. Allen formed an "iron five," consisting of Charlie Black, John Buescher, Otto Schnellbacher, Armand Dixon, and Ray Evans, early in the series, and played them most of the time. Another five, called the "Streaks," was on hand to relieve the first string at all times, and succeeded in outscoring St. Bonaventure and St. Louis while in the game.
"Fordham was our hardest game," Guard Ray Evans stated, when asked which contest had been the toughest. "They are plenty good, and our fundamentals didn't seem to be working at all that night. The game was close all the way, and we were lucky to be ahead at the end."
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DANCING FEET
Add to your "just wondering" department: What will Dr. Allen, who is doing his best to protect the court floor in Hoch against the shuffle of dancing feet, say when he sees the floor after Thursday evening's fracas? Confetti, wax, assorted sandwiches and a few liquid refreshments were ground into the timbers by the throng. Hope they have it all cleaned up before he drops around.
How The First Five Scored On The Road
SB FM SJ SL TP Av.
Black, f ... 9 8 20 12 49 12.2
Sch'nachr, f ... 16 8 8 19 51 12.7
Buescher, f ... 4 4 9 15 32 8.0
Evans, g ... 6 44 16 5 31 7.0
Dixon, f ... 6 2 8 8 24 6.0
Training for commissions in the quartermaster corps of the army is being offered undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan.
Gov. Payne Ratner Gives Farewell Speech Today
Topeka, Jan. 2, (INS)—Although he will not leave office until Jan. 11. Gov. Payne Ratner will deliver his swan song over a Topeka radio station tomorrow afternoon.
The governor, as previously reported by International News Service announced he will go to Wichita where he plans to open a law office.
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Warm Zelon Jackets $5
Corduroy Pants $5
Starting Lineups:
KANSAS CLIPPERS
Black F Lockard
Schnellbacher F Howey
Buescher C Wesche
Evans G Hahn
Dixon G Nebergall
Coach Jack Gardner's Olathe Clippers, 40-29 conquerors of Kansas in December, will attempt to snap the Jayhawker holiday winning streak now standing at four straight after the 60-25 walloping of St. Louis Friday.
The Clippers are the first of three Kansas opponents this week. Homer Wesche, Grady Lewis and company will meet a fast-breaking Kansas offense at 7:30 Monday night. Missouri opens the Big Six season in Hoch Wednesday then the Jayhawks travel to Norman Saturday for the major conference game of the semester.
Last time out Olathe easily defeated Kansas in a dull game at Kansas City. Since then both the Clippers and Kansas have improved. Kansas' fast break which is now piling up the biggest early-season scores in Phog Allen's 26-year regime sputtered in the Clipper game. Proof of the quick improvement is the 53, 31, 63. 60-point totals for the four road games, an average of 51.75 points a game.
KANSAS (60) G FT F TP
Black, f 6 0 12
Fitzpatrick, f 0 0 0
Schnellbacher, f 7 5 1 19
Turner, f 0 0 0
Buescher, c 7 1 3 15
Kissel, c 0 0 0 0
Dixon, g 4 0 2 8
McSpadden, g 0 0 0 0
Evans, g 2 1 0 5
Ballard, g 0 1 1 1
Totals ...26 8 7 60
ST. LOUIS (25) G FT F TP
VanDeven, f 3 0 2 6
Moore, f 0 0 0 0
Genetti, f 4 1 3 9
Wuestling, f 0 0 0 0
Nichols, c 3 0 1 6
Morrow, c 0 0 0 0
Willcut, g 1 0 3 2
Powers, g 0 0 0 0
Sortal, g 1 0 2 2
Totals 12 1 11 25
Theta Tau Meets Jolliffe As Play Resumes Monday
MONDAY
9:15—East court: Rock Chalk Co-op vs. 4-F.
West court: Jolliffe hall vs. Theta Tau.
10:15—East court: Delta Tau Delta vs. Delta Chi
West court: Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Phi Kappa Psi.
TUESDAY
8:30—East court: Theta Tau vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon (B game)
West court: Battenfeld hall vs. Phi Kappa Psi (B game)
9:30—East court: Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Delta Upsilon (B game)
West court: Phi Delta Theta vs. Delta Tau Delta (B game)
10:30—East court: Ramblers vs. Deadheads.
West Court: Templin hall vs. Hopkins hall.
Intramural basketball play will be resumed Monday night after a week of inactivity due to Christmas vacation and New Year hangovers.
Theta Tau takes the court against Jolliffe in the major game of the evening. Definitely a championship threat and impressive victor over Hopkins hall and Alpha Kappa Psi, Theta
Kappa's --Theta's Game Is Toss-up
Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta will meet in the quarter-finals of the women's intramural basketball tournament at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Neither team has been defeated in its bracket and the game ranks as a toss-up.
Peggy Davis has led the Theta's to each of their victories this season. Playing a consistently good game, Kappa's Margaret Butler has scored more than half of her team's points.
Thursday evening Corbin's well coordinated team, winner of every game by a wide margin throughout the tournament, will play the winner of the Kappa-Theta game.
Alphi Chi Omega will play Pi Beta Phi at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. At 7:30 Thursday evening Co-op and Watkins will meet. These two games were scheduled for the week before Christmas but were re-scheduled after vacation dates were changed.
Miss Ruth Hoover, women's intramural director, has asked intramural managers to report by Tuesday the name, classification and position of women wishing to play on class basketball teams. Class games will start the second semester.
The Sig Eps with Larry Stream look good for a victory over a weak Phi Psi team. Delta Chi is favored over Delta Tau Delta. Rock Chalk Co-op with Dick Pfister, high scoring all-state forward from Powhattan, should win over 4-F. Both teams are looking for their first victory.
Theta Tau had a narrow squeeze with Hopkins winning 28-27 in an overtime period when Harold Cunningham sunk a field goal. The engineers were handicapped by the absence of their high scoring center and ace rebound man, Ted Moser, who was in Watkins hospital with measles.
Jayhawker Cagers Intrigue Sarge Stoner
The largest crowd of the season is expected for the Clipper game. The machinist' mates will attend and root for their fellow service men.
Coach Phog Allen's wildshooting Jayhawkers have even set the armed services on fire—at least one member. Staff Sgt. Paul H. Stoner of the Marines stationed in North Carolina airmailed a subscription order yesterday for the Kansan so that he "could keep up with Phog's Jayhawkers." Stoner is a Kansas graduate.
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