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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1942
If the Jayhawker basketball team didn't wake up in a good mood today they certainly got that way fast enough as soon as they looked at a morning paper. For on the sports pages the destiny of the 1942 cage machine at the University of Kansas was written.
--three straight games, after losing their first six.
It was nothing they did but what the other fellow did that counted last night. The Kansans had done their work to a high degree of perfection in 13 of their 15 games this season and that entitled them to a little glory on its own merit.
TO THE SUBSTITUTES THEIR JUST DUES
But the games across the Valley last night added a new chapter to Jay-hawker cage annals. Of course, this could all be premature and it isn't beyond the realm of possibility to see such a disaster fall on Mt. Oread, but with the breaks falling half way Phog Allen's cage crew should go on to win the Big Six title and enter the N.C.A.A. play-offs.
This year history could repeat itself but it isn't probable with the star-studded squad which Phog has at his disposal. With a starting five that can match any quintet in the country, Allen can rush substitutes of every nature into the fray at any point needed.
Only by dropping two of their three remaining Big Six engagements could the Jayhawks lose all chance of playing post-season games. Last year something similar to this occurred when the Jayhawks had two games left on the schedule and dropped both of them to move back into a tie with Iowa State and then lose out because the Cyclones had a better offensive-defensive ratio.
This ability to have substitutes who can carry the load in place of the regulars at times is one of the most valuable characteristics of this year's squad. The fellows like T. P. Hunter, Charlie Walker, Jack Ballard, Vance Hall, and Paul Turner help make Phog's starting five what it is today.
TUCKER IS NO SLOUCH, IT'S AGREED
Quoting from The Oklahoma Daily prior to the northern swing just completed by the Sooners, we find that both games had to "be won if the Kansas Jayhawks are not to carry off the bunting for just one more time too many."
It is a sorrowful task indeed to inform the Sooner school that it looks very much like the Jayhawks will come through with one more title but it's not one too many. It looks very much as if the Kansans will come through with their tenth title, undisputed or tied, in the 14 years of the existence of the Big Six.
Furthermore, it seems, according to The Oklahoma Daily, that all a person has to do to become a southerner and not a damnyankee is to move South across the Kansas border.
So the Sooner paper says, "Tucker, certain Yankee propaganda ministers have been loud to claim, is a Yankee himself, and a traitor. This, of course, is sheer rot. he has a true Sooner spirit and will have a chance to prove his mettle on northern battlefields for the first time this trip, although he was originally scheduled to do so some six weeks ago."
It must be admitted that Tucker proved his "mettle" while on the northern engagement. Any person that can score 17 and 25 points against Nebraska and Iowa State is a pretty fair ballplayer. What a game that will be at Norman Friday when Tucker makes his offensive stand against the Jayhawkers "big three," Ralph "Cappy" Miller, Charlie Black, and John Buescher.
The Daily Nebraskan is among the latest to jump on the Tucker bandwagon. Quoting from their Sunday issue following the Sooner victory over the Cornhuskers Saturday night, "Oklahoma's Gerald Tucker proved to Nebraskans last night at the coliseum that the carloads of publicity about him were not unwarranted. But though Held stuck on Tucker throughout the game, the Sooner ace just couldn't be stopped. His feinting, dodging and feeding on offense, and his tight defense play—especially on rebounds—was truly all-American play and definitely the deciding factor in the game."
FRIEL BELIEVES IN "UNIT SUBSTITUTION"
Odds and ends: Jack Friel, coach of the Washington State College team which won the Western collegiate championship last year, comes up with this suggestion concerning "Phog" Allen's expression of sympathy for overworked cage officials. Says Friel: "Referees who can't keep the pace should get in condition. But I don't believe we should hold the center jump rule responsible for all the ills of the game." Friel suggests "unit substitution" as a remedy for the faults of the modern game. Whenever his varsity shows signs of tiring he sends in an entirely new team. . . The Big Six is not the only conference that is having trouble with poor rule makers. . . . The Big Seven, mainly Wyoming, is complaining that the rule now in effect prohibiting teams to play in any post-season tournament other than the N.C.A.A. is unfair. . . . Wyoming, a team with a world of potentialities but beaten in three league games by too much publicity and petty jealousy, desires to show its true power in the National A.A.U. tournament at Denver next month but under the present set-up can not do so.
This same situation holds true in the Big Six where Oklahoma and Kansas were included among those teams that were suggested for competition in the basketball tournament to be held at the Garden in New York next month. Big Six rules likewise stipulate that a team may play in no games over the authorized 18 unless it is in the N.C.A.A. tournament or by special permission of the conference body (such games include those contests against Service teams such as Great Lakes). . . . This rule automatically rules out the Jayhawkers and Sooners but Phog Allen is definitely not even interested. . . . Ed Darden, the star K-State hurdler, took two hours of correspondence between semesters to enable him to compete this spring. . . . He spent his entire vacation period getting in the required number of lessons so as to be scholastically eligible.
3 Undefeated Teams Stay As End Nears
Despite its first defeat of the season by Phi Delta Theta, Newman I continued to hold its first place post in Division II intramural basketball during the past week as play-off time approaches in all divisions. Close on the heels of the faltering leader, however, is the smooth-playing Pi Kappa Alpha quintet.
Undefeated Phi Gamma Delta saw no action during the week and remained in the first place spot in Division I. Phi Kappa Psi added another victory to its season's record to move up into a challenging position.
Carruth Hall forged ahead in the red-hot Division III title scramble. Pursuing the hard-pressed leaders are the Hell Hounds and Newman II. The Crackerjacks fell behind with two losses.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon "B" squad pulled up into a tie with the Phi Delta Theta "B" team for the Division IV leadership. Phi Gamma Delta "B" continued on top in the Division V race.
The Phi Kappa Psi "C" squad holds the Division VI undisputed leadership, as the Phi Gamma Delta "C" team suffered its first defeat of the year to Phi Delta Theta. The Beta Theta Pi "C" squad continued to press the leaders.
The standings:
DIVISION I
| | w | l | pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Phi Gamma Delta | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Pi Kappa Psi | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| Sigma Chi | 6 | 2 | .750 |
| Alpha Tau Omega | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| Theta Tau | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| Delta Chi | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| Alpha Chi Sigma | 3 | 5 | .375 |
| Tau Kappa Epsilon | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| Kappa Sigma | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| Pflugerville | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| Acacia | 2 | 7 | .222 |
DIVISION II
| | w | l | pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Newman I | 6 | 1 | .857 |
| Pi Kappa Alpha | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| Beta Theta Pi | 6 | 2 | .759 |
| Sigma Phi Epsilon | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| Phil Delta Theta | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| Delta Tau Delta | 3 | 4 | .429 |
| Alpha Kappa Psi | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| Delta Upsilon | 1 | 6 | .143 |
| Sigma Nu | 1 | 6 | .143 |
| Kappa Eta Kappa | 0 | 6 | .000 |
| | w | l | pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Carruth Hall | 7 | 1 | .875 |
| Hell Hounds | 6 | 1 | .837 |
| Newman II | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| Blanks | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| Crackerjacks | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| Rock Chalk | 3 | 5 | .375 |
| John Moore | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| Jayhawk Coop | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| Union Fountaineers | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| Battenfeld | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| Newman III | 1 | 5 | .167 |
DIVISION III
DIVISION IV
w 1 pct.
Phi Delta Theta “B”> 7 1 .875
Sigma Alpha Epsilon “B” 7 1 .875
Beta Theta Pi “B” 6 2 .750
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Fiji-Phi Psi Game Tops Card Tonite
6:00 Newman III vs. Battenfeld HaII
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
6:00 Newman III vs. Battenfeld Hall.
6:00 Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
10:00 Delta Tau Delta vs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
10:00 Phi Kappa Psi vs. Pi Gamma Delta.
5:30 Newman I vs. Sigma Nu.
TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE
5:30 Newman I vs. Sigma Nu.
5:20 Newman II vs. Crackerjacks.
5:30 Newman C. H. Clarke &
7:00 Kappa Eta Kappa vs. Beta Theta Pi.
7:00 Carruth Hall vs. Rock Chalk Coop.
8:10 Brigham City vs. Wichita Falls.
8:00 Pflugerville vs. Phi Gamma Delta.
Slipper vs. Phi Gamma Oregon.
8:00 Sigma Chi vs. Alpha Tau Omega.
8:00 Union Fountainhouse vs. Hell Hounds.
McLain Pulls A.T.O. Through
9:00 Union Fountainheads vs. Hen Hounds.
9:00 Phi Delta Theta "C" vs. Sigma Chi "C".
Alpha Tau Omega snapped the Alpha Chi Sigma winning streak with a hard-earned 37 to 28 victory. Previously the Chemists had wor
In a game that promises to be one of the best tilts of the intramural season, undefeated Phi Gamma Delta tonight will tangle with the fast Phi Kappa Psi aggregation. It will be Bill Hodge against Larry McSpadden in a scoring battle. The Division I championship might prove to be the victor's prize. The game begins at 9 o'clock.
In a 6 o'clock game two fast Division II squads, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, will tangle. The two teams will take the floor rated even-
BY DON KEOWN
Newman II Looks Poor
Bill Chestnut, chubby John Moore guard, was the best man on the court as he repeatedly caught the Newman defense off-guard with his fine ball handling. Bob Beli and Don Graham were the winner's threats, while Ed Price was the Coop high-point man.
Newman II looked like anything but a play-off contender last night as it muddled through a 34 to 17 victory over John Moore Coop, to move up to a half game behind the Division III leaders, Carruth Hall.
After trailing throughout most of the first half, the Clubmen tied the score at 11-up just before the end of the first half. At the end of the third quarter the winners still held but a two point lead, and it was not till the closing minutes of the game, with John Moore using substitutes, that the game became a run-away.
Mark McLain dumped in nine baskets for the A.T.O. squad, while Harold Wright, Alpha Chi Sigma ace, accounted for 12 points.
Chester Lebsack contributed 10 points to the A.K. Psi total, while John Cleverly racked up 8 for Sigma Nu.
Alpha Kappa Psi withstood a desperate last quarter Sigma Nu attack, after they had taken over the lead in the third quarter, to chalk up a 23 to 21 win. The Sig Nu's had led 12 to 8 at half-time.
Hallberg Dumps In 15 Points
Theta Tau could not stand the terrific last half pace of Phi Kappa Psi and fell 43 to 34. At half-time the losers had trailed by but two points.
Francis Domingo, intramurals veternan, took scoring honors for the engineers by collecting seven field goals. Teammate Ted Moser hit six baskets. Long John Hallberg batted in 15 points for the winners, with John Krum contributing 12 tallies.
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