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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942
Jayhawkers Need Improving--Allen
By BILL PORTER
"We will be lucky to win any basketball games back East," Coach F. C. Allen declared today, "unless we improve quite a bit in our fundamentals."
The Jayhawks will leave Lawrence Dec. 22 for four road games, against St. Bonaventure son Square Garden, St. Josep at Buffalo, Fordham in Madison Square Garden, St. Joseph's at Philadelphia and St. Louis University at St. Louis. Next home game will be with the Olathe Clippers Jan. 4.
Creighton, perennial Missouri Valley champ, showed superior teamwork and experience in defeating the Jayhawks 38-33 in Hoch auditorium Tuesday evening. This marks the third home-court defeat for the Kansans since 1938, and the fifth victory for Creighton in the eight-game series with the University. Creighton Much Better
Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen said that his five lost to a much better ball club. The Jayhawkers' lack of experience was evident, he pointed out, and they failed to use the "proper fundamentals at the right time." Creighton was smart enough to capitalize on these mistakes.
The contest provided some thrills for the 1,900 fans who attended. The Bluejays drew first blood as Langer scored a field goal in the opening seconds of play.
John Buescher and Bob Fitzpatrick got two and one points respectively on fouls, and Charlie Black tossed in a setup to give Kansas a 5-2 lead. Then the game settled down with both teams scoring evenly from set plays, and the half ended in a 17-17 draw.
Pull Away in Second Half
The Creighton squad showed the Jayhawkers their heels in the second period to chalk up an early eight-point lead, and Kansas did not even the score again. The Bluejays were six points ahead with five minutes left to play, when Buescher and Jack Ballard sank a field goal apiece to spark a Kansas rally that brought the spectators to their feet.
The loss of Bill Brill, sophomore guard who is out with a knee injury, was felt keenly, Dr. Allen said.
But the inexperienced Kansas squad was unable to follow up, and soon lost the ball along with any further scoring possibility.
Box Score:
Kansas G FT MFT F P
Black, f 2 1 1 2 5
Fitzpatrick, f 0 1 0 0 1
Schnellbacher, f 3 3 3 0 9
Dixon, c 0 1 0 4 1
Kissell, c 0 0 0 0 0
Buescher, g 2 5 0 0 9
Ballard, g 2 1 2 0 5
Turner, g 0 0 0 0 0
Evans, g 1 1 0 1 3
Totals ... 10 13 6 7 33
Creighton G FT MFT F P
Langer, f ... 8 1 1 2 17
Loisel, f ... 0 0 0 4 0
Salen, f ... 1 3 0 0 5
Beisser, c ... 3 2 0 2 8
Lally, g ... 0 0 0 0 0
Knowles, g ... 2 0 1 2 4
Gibson, g ... 2 0 0 3 4
Totals ... 16 6 2 13 38
Jayhawk Jabberwock
by Milo Farneti
No Action On Hurt
Nearly two weeks have passed since Vic Hurt, assistant football coach, resigned on his own initiative because of low athletic finances. In quitting Hurt felt that "the coaching staff must be reduced in an effort to balance the athletic budget."
When a coach resigns, it is customary to accept his withdrawal. The Athletic board, admitting the need for slashes, has not acted on Hurt's request. It does not know where the cash to pay Hurt's $6,000 salary will come from next year, the board yet hesitates to accept his walking papers.
With football almost certainly tabbed as a war casualty, there will be no income to pay even Athletic Director's Gwinn Henry's $7,000 salary. The Athletic board has a Hurt-promoted opportunity to cut $6,000 from 1943 expenditures that has not been aced—yet.
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More Hard Work Needed
In losing to a good Creighton five Tuesday Kansas dropped its first home game since the end of the 1940-41 season. The Jayhawkers also lost much of their pre-season prestige, as Kansas' famed teamwork and fast break flopped Tuesday. No baskets were scored on the fast break. Jayhawk teams of other years fire wagoned to numerous two-pointers.
The four-game Eastern road trip this month may teach the JayLawks the value of teamwork and coordination. During the second half especially, Kansas appeared leaderless, and awkward.
The return of Brill probably as a replacement for Armand Dixon at guard, will steady the Jayhawks on the Eastern swing. High scoring Otto Schnellbacher who fumbled all over the court will get much-needed experience.
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BY.PAUL BROWNLEE
In a rough and tumble brawl, strong Pi Kappa Alpha deted Sigma Nu 52-33 lastnight feated SigmaNu 52 to 33 last night for its second victory against no defeats in the intramural basketball race.
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Joe Crawford, Pi KA, led game scoring with 19 points. Bill Atwell and Bill Mathews were the other big guns in the Pi K A attack with 12 and 10 points and did the major portion of the rebounding.
PiKA Shows Cage Strength
Battenfeld came back from an overtime defeat at the hands of Templin last week and defeated Nu Sigma Nu 44-18. Ray Thayer led Battenfeld's crushing attack with 18 points.
Giving him able assistance were Charles Crandall with 13 points and Eldon Luchring with fine passing. Strong Blanks Win Again
The Blanks led by Don Graham defeated Rock Chalk Co-op 16-12. With Graham dropping in set-ups the Blanks ran up a 11-3 lead at the half. Rock Chalk with Dick Hartzell and John Reber in the drivers' seat same back in the second half and nearly overtook the cold aggregation of Blanks, weakened by the absence of Junius Fenny and Bob Bell.
Hartzell with 5 points and Ray Reed with 4 points led Rock Chalk in scoring. Frank Stannard and Herb Borgmann were the other main cogs in the Blanks' machine. Sigma Chi Wins
Sigma Chi defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon 17-14 in a defensive battle. Larry "Junior" Smith and Bill Stowits with six and four points led Sigma Chi scoring. Bud French turned in an excellent floor game for Sigma Chi. Walt Sheridan and
TONIGHT
9:15—east court: Jolliffe hall vs. Alpha Chi Sigma
west court: Delta Tau Delta vs. Alpha Tau Omega
10:15—east court: Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Phi Gamma Delta
west court: Ramblers vs. Allen Semi-co-op
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7:30—cast court: Templin hall vs. Alpha Kappa Psi
west court: Delta Chi vs. Phi Delta Theta
8:30—cast court: Phi Kappa Psi vs. Kappa Sigma
west court: Hellhounds vs. 4-F
9:30—cast court: Hopkins hall vs. Theta Tau
Lynn Williams were the big guns in the Sig Alph's attack with six and four points.
In Tuesday games Theta Tau defeated A. K. Psi 25-18 and the Phi Delt's whipped ATO 36-29.
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