UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
SUNDAY. JANUARY 18, 1942.
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Fiji's Roll Along As ATO's Tumble
TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE
5:30—Blanks vs. Newman II; D.T.D. “C” vs. Kappa Sig “C”
7:00—Carruth vs. Newman III; Theta Tau vs. Acacia
8:00—Beta “B” vs. Phi Psi “B”; Beta vs. Delta Tau Delta
9:00—Sigma Chi “B” vs. Kappa Sig “B”; Rock Chalk vs. Crackerjack
10:00—Phi Delt vs. D.U.; D.T.D. “C” vs. Acacia “B”
By BILL PORTER
Alpha Tau Omega, although able to put up strong resistance for a while, proved no match for Phi Gamma Delta and went down to a 53 to 31 defeat in Saturday's feature intramural basketball contest.
The game was an even one during the first half, as Dick Webb and Don Williams each put in six points for A.T.O., and Larry McSpadden tossed in nine for Phi Gam. Score at the half was 19 to 14. Phi Gam.
The Fiji veterans went to town in the last two periods, however, as McSpadden made 11 more to bring his game total to 20 points.
with Chain Healy and Roscoe Hambric sinking four field goals apiece during the same time, giving their team a 22-point lead at the final bell.
Beta's Take Close Game
Beta Theta Pi won a 25 to 22 decision over Phi Delta Theta before one of the largest crowds that has assembled yet this season to witness an intramural contest. The game was a closely-fought one, with the lead changing hands many times. Thirty-two fouls were called by officials Bill Hodge and Buck Thomas.
Trailing 11 to 12 at the half, the Beta's turned on the pressure in the third period to regain the lead. Both teams used nine men in an attempt to place the best scoring and defensive formation out on the floor. Beta's managed to pile up the biggest lead of the game in the last few minutes, which the Phi Delt's were trying desperately to close up as the game ended 25 to 22.
Beta standout was Ransom Bennett, who eluded his guard often enough to score 9 points in this tight defensive contest. Phi Delt stars were Dewitt Potter, steady and dependable standby, and Mel Lindeman, who sparked the rally in the closing minute of the contest.
Crackerjacks Stage Late Rally
The Crackerjacks defeated John Moore Co-op 33 to 28 in another close game. Score at the half was tied 12-all, and the winners led by 21 to 20 at the end of the third period. But the Crackerjacks, who used only five men throughout the contest, had the scoring power when it was needed, and came out on the long end of a 33 to 28 score.
Jim Roderick again starred for John Moore, and piled up a total of 17 points. Glenn Mize led his Crackerjack teammates with 15 tallies.
Teke beat Alpha Chi Sigma 53 to 25, and S.A.E. defeated A.K.Psi 41 to 14, in two of Friday's high-scoring contests.
Alpha Chi Sigma's put up a stern resistance in the first half, but were outplayed in the last in which Jack Bryan, last week's all-star Teke, made 21 points. Bob Wright, Alpha Chi Sigma forward, led his delegation with 12 tallies.
Lynn Williams, Sig Alph scoring ace, found the bucket for 19 points as his team won over A. K. Psi; and Frank Gage, in addition to turning in a good defensive game at guard, put in 11. Don Pomeroy was the A. K. Psi standout.
Sig Eps Win Easy
Sig Ep's also won a big-margin game when he beat Sigma Nu $ 50 to 17. After blanking their opponents
16 to 0 in the first quarter, Sig Ep's went ahead to lead 29 to 6 at the half. All six Sig Ep's that appeared on the floor scored 6 points or better as the five-man Sigma Nu squad tried desperately to stave off the scoring thrusts. Otto Teichgraeber led the Sig Ep scoring with 11 points.
Sigma Chi pulled away in the last quarter to win 33 to 21 over the Kappa Sig's in what had been a very close game for the first three periods of play. Score at the half was 14 to 14, and scoring continued to be neck and neck until the last few minutes of play, in which Van Hartman, Bill Hyer, and Jaek Beck tossed in field goals to give their team a 12-point lead at the final bell.
Andrisevic Leads Delta Chi's
The Hell Hounds, outscoring Battenfeld after an opening which looked like an even game was in store, took a win from their opponents 29 to 21. With the score tied at 5-all early in the second quarter, the Hell Hounds began to pile them in and led 15 to 7 at the half. Battenfeld began to come back in the last half, but couldn't recover, and finished eight points behind. The combination of Cordell, White, and Unruh was responsible for most of the Hell Hound scoring, while Ben Matassarin sparked the Battenfield resistance.
Delta Chi, sparked by Ed Andrissevic, who chalked up 13 points, came out on the long end of a 32 to 23 score in a battle with T.K.E. The Delta Chi's were never seriously challenged for the lead, and were out in front 17 to 10 at the half. Jack Bryan, scrappy Teke, led the opposition to Delta Chi scoring, and put in 15 points to be high man for the contest.
Kappa Eta Kappa forfeited to Delta Tau Delta in the other "A" team game scheduled for the weekend.
Sigma Chi "B" lost 19 to 20 to Carruth "B" in Friday's closest "B" team contest. Carruth had a substantial lead at the half and at the end of the third quarter, but Sigma Chi's began to catch up in the fourth period, and almost closed the gap. Standout of the game was Sigma Chi Bud Adams, who played "A" team ball, and put in 10 of his team's 19 points.
Bud Adams Good in Defeat
Pi K. A. "B" won from Kappa Sig "B" in a similar game played Saturday morning, Kappa Sig's led 11 to 4 at the half, and looked as though they could hold it for the game. But Warren Hodges, Pi K. A. varsity football man, got hot in the last half and sparked his team to an 18 to 17 victory.
McIntire Makes 22 Points
Delta Tau Delta "B" overwhelmed (continued on page seven)
Kansas State Hits Lawrence Saturday Battle Royal Is Forecast
Records and past performances will mean nothing when those two arch-rivals, Kansas and Kansas State, have it out on the basketball court at Hoch auditorium Saturday night.
The fact that Kansas rests at the op of the Big Six basketball roost or the present and Kansas State it the foot will have no bearing on he situation Saturday.
Generally Close Games
Holman is showing the way on scoring for the Aggies this year. He
Last year when Kansas was favored over the Aggies the Jayhawks spurted ahead in an overtime period to win 50-45. In that squeeze, Kansas had to come from behind in the last 30 seconds to tie it up 41 all. Two seasons back it took a free throw in the last 30 seconds to give the Jayhawks a 34-33 margin.
Horacek and Holman have been teamed at forward. Horacek led the Staters' scoring last year with a 7.9 average for the season. This is his third year under Gardner, who uses him as floor general because of his coolness.
After opening the season with some impressive non-conference wins, Kansas State has fallen before Oklahoma and Nebraska. Before the season had gotten under way, Jack Gardner, Aggie basket-ball mentor, had awarded "Phog" Allen and his Jayhawks the Big Six basketball crown.
Kansas State has five returning lettermen and eight sophomores for this year's team. So far this season coach Gardner has been using four lettermen — Jack Horacek, Danny Howe, Larry Beaumont, and George Mendenhall—and one sophomore, Bruce Holman, in the starting line-up.
DAN HOWE Kansas State Center
JACK HORACEK Kansas State Forward
At the guard positions are Beaumont and Mendenhall. Beaumont is large, handles the ball well, a distance shot artist, and is considered by Gardner as an all-Big Six possibility. This is Mendenhall's second year on the varsity. He is fast and is the defensive mainstay of the team.
is small—weighing 150 pounds and standing 5 feet 10 inches—aggressive, fast, and a good defensive man. Howe, who can play center or forward, is the team's best rebound man.
Two sophomores—Frank Kirk and
Fred Kohl—have been seeing action at the forward posts. Dean Lill has been substituting at center; he is a letterman. Three sophomores—John St. John, Kenneth Messner, and John Bortka—and a junior, Marion Miller have been pushing the lettermen for the guard spots.
Coach Jack Gardner, who learned his basketball at the University of Southern California, has a team this year lacking any real height. It averages about 6 feet and depends on fast floor play and long shots to score.
Center on the Indiana team which downed K.U. to win the N.C.A.A. championship that year was Bill Menke, now a standout on the Great Lakes team. The lanky Menke is a powerhouse on rebounds.
Another member of the Navy aggregation who has tangled with the Jayhawks before is tall John Lobsiger, all-Big Six guard when he was playing at Missouri.
Great Lakes Has Outstanding Talent
One of the greatest collections of basketball stars in the history of the cage game, the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team, will clash with the University of Kansas Jayhawks at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Feb. 5.
Smashing through to victories over such big name teams as Notre Dame, Purdue, Indiana and Northwestern, the Great Lakes quintet has stamped itself as a smooth working organization, rather than merely a group of stars.
Two Familiar Stars To Play
In the Jayhawks, Great Lakes will be meeting a worthy foe. Dr. F.C. Allen, the "Knute Rockne of Basketball," has a team this year which already is acclaimed as one of the finest quintets in the school's history.
Big Six champions nine times in the last eleven years, the Jayhawks always figure prominently in the national basketball picture. In 1940 Kansas finished second in the national collegiate tournament.
Reserves and Height For Allen
Reserves and Height The other stars who make up this great basketball squad include men from such basketball capitals as Stanford, Dartmouth and Northwestern. The lesser known schools are represented by a pair of men from Ohio University and Detroit U., Frank Baumholtz and Bob Callihan, who can hold their own in any company.
Against this array of talent, Kansas will put a squad which is made up of seven lettermen and six fine sophomores. Doctor Allen finds himself this season with reserves upon whom he can depend.
Height, which the Jayhawks have lacked in other years, is present on the 1942 squad. Up from the freshman team came Jack Ballard and Charlie Black, 6 feet 6 and 6 feet 4 inches tall, respectively. They joined forces with T.P.Hunter, senior guard who nudges slightly past the 6 foot 3 inch mark, to provide a formidable group of rebounds.
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