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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942
Kansas seems well on her way toward another Big Six championship this year. At least, that is the way the team looked last night when they toyed with Missouri and still won by a comfortable margin. The Jayhawkers were none too sure of themselves as they stepped on the floor in Brewer Field House and they got down to serious business immediately.
During the first half the Jayhawkers looked as good as any team Phog Allen has put on the court during the past five years. Their passing was sure and their shots steady. Especially was Johnny Buescher hot. He sank his first five long shots. Every time he would shoot the Missouri fans would groan and say, "It's in" before the ball even approached the basket.
K.U. AS GOOD AS LONG ISLAND
Joe Finley, sports editor of the Missouri Columbian, thought that the Jayhawkers appeared just as good as Tennessee or Long Island University. Those two teams played in the Mid-Winters Sports Carnival at New Orleans during the Christmas holidays. Mark Cox, sports publicity director at Missouri, was of the opinion that Buescher was the best player on the Kansas team. He certainly was last night.
Missouri's team this year seems to be one of the weakest aggravations that George Edwards has ever put on the floor. For the first six minutes of the game the Tigers failed to recover a single rebound and during the entire game the rangy Kansans controled the shots off the backboards.
Although Charlie Black only scored nine points he played just as good if not better than he did against Oklahoma. His defense was the biggest improvement in his play. He knocked down shot after shot that Missouri attempted and was the outstanding rebounder on the floor.
Ray Evans is at last starting to hit a good percentage of his shots. His defensive game last night was superb as usual and he also made two out of five field goal attempts.
MISSOURI WEAK THIS YEAR
Loren Mills, captain and defensive ace of the Bengal squad, was decidedly off in his shooting. After the first half when all but one of his long shots went astray, he refused to shoot with his usual consistency and passed the ball into Harvey most of the time.
George Evans, the other Missouri guard, took the place of Mills as the long shot artist and sank three goals in the last half. Evans shoots with a peculiar wrist action which gives very little arch to the ball in its path toward the basket.
Ed Matheny was the hottest Tiger during the first half but cooled completely in the last half when Ray Evans was guarding him. He continued to take as many shots but they were hurried and failed to find the basket.
MISSOURI DOESN'T LIKE CARROLL
Personal notes on the game: The refereeing in the game last night was the poorest seen this year. Both teams suffered from bad decisions. Black was especially fortunate as the refs were watching him closely on all plays. The Missouri crowd is probably the most rabid in the conference and they showed displeasure frequently. Parke Carroll was the recipient of most of their taunts. . . . Missouri tried the same out-of-bounds play which they pulled against Iowa State Saturday night. It didn't work though for Phog Allen had cautioned his players against it and the Tigers were completely covered. . . . Vance Hall scored 20 seconds before the end of the first half on a sleeper play under the basket after receiving a perfect pass from Ralph Miller.
The Missourians booed loud and long when Mills drove in for a set-up and Miller laid on his back. Parke Carroll ruled that Mills had taken steps while driving in and the foul did not count, Kansas taking the ball out-of-bounds. . . The game developed into a rough and tumble affair just after the start of the second half and no scoring was done for the first four minutes: . . . Black scored nine points but played only 15 minutes. If he had played most of the game as he did against Oklahoma and kept up his same average as of last night he would have tallied 24 points, which would have practically equalled his offensive mark in the Sooner game.
The Missouri crowd went wild with three minutes to go when long shots by the Tigers brought the score to 42 to 34. Their cheers were to no avail however as the Jayhawks put on the pressure to score six points while hold-
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Johnny "Thin-man" Buescher was the big gun in the attack as he sank seven field goals and one free throw. Five of his goals were long two-handed flip shots that swished the nets without touching the rim. His final two goals were scored on set-ups after intercepted passes.
Forwards Score 24 Points
The Jayhawkers displayed their best form of the season last night at Columbia when they raced to an early first-half lead over the Missouri Tigers and then coasted throughout the remainder of the game to a 48 to 34 decision.
Buescher Leads Jayhawks In Downing Tigers, 48-34
Ralph Miller and Vance Hall were close upon the heels of Black as they scored eight and seven points respectively. Each player sank three field goals in the first half but were held to free throws in the last period.
Helping Bisch were three Kansas forwards. Charlie Black, holder of a 25-point average from last week's Oklahoma game, fell off considerably in his scoring but this was partially accounted for by the number of minutes he played. Black scored two baskets in the first three and one-half minutes but with nine minutes gone he also had three fouls. He left the game at this point and didn't return until midway in the second half. He played six minutes of the second half, scoring two more baskets and a free throw before fouling out at the 14-minute mark with a total of 15 minutes playing time to his credit.
Ed Mathey and Don Harvey led the Bengal attack with nine and seven points. Matheny, former Southwest High School flash from Kansas City, Mo., scored all of his points in the first half. Three of his goals were made on one-handed southpaw jump shots from the right side of the court, nearly back to the center line.
Rav Evans Stars Defensively
Harvey was the scrappingtest ballplayer on the Tiger squad. He broke up many Jayhawker passes and led the Tiger offensive by being the first man down the court. His three goals were all scored close in to the basket during the second half.
Defensive ace of the game was the Jayhawkers' Ray Evans, sophomore guard. During the first half he held Don Harvey, Tiger forward who has been their leading scorer in the past several games, to one free throw. In the second half he
Riggs Beats Kovacs In Pro Tennis Match To Take Lead on Tour
Pittsburgh, Jan. 14.-(UP)-Bobby Riggs swept into first place in the standings of the Alexis Thompson professional tennis safari last night with a straight set victory over Frankie Kovacs.
The two former stars of amateur tennis then teamed in a doubles match against the veteran pros, Don Budge and Fred Perry, but lost in three sets, 4-6; 6-4.
In the opening singles match Budge won over Perry, 6-3; 6-3.
Riggs took Kovacs 6-2 in the first set but had to extend himself to win the second, 8-6.
The box score:
the box score.
KANSAS fg ft mft tp f
Miller, f 3 2 0 8 2
Black, f 4 1 0 9 4
Hall, f 3 1 3 7 1
Walker, f 0 0 0 0 0
Ballard, f 0 0 0 0 0
Buescher, c 7 1 0 15 2
Johnson, c 0 0 0 0 0
Evans, g 2 0 0 4 1
Sollenberger, g 1 1 1 3 0
Hunter, g 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
MISSOURI fg ft mft tp f
Harvey, f 3 1 1 7 2
Teague, f 0 0 0 0 1
Metheny, f 4 1 3 9 1
Burns, c 0 1 2 1 1
Constantz, c 3 0 1 6 1
G. Evans, g 3 0 0 6 0
Mills, g 1 1 1 3 2
Stark, g 1 0 0 2 0
Totals 15 4 5 34 8
Officials — Parke Carroll, Kansas City; Louis House, William Jewell.
Ray Evans, sophomore guard, last night held Don Harvey to one free throw in the first half and held Ed Matheny scoreless in the last half as the Jayhawkers trimmed Missouri 48 to 34.
switched over to cover Matheny and held him scorelell after the Southwest star had totaled nine points in the first period.
Black started the scoring for Kansas by putting in his favorite one-handed shot from the free-throw line. Buescher then started his scoring for the evening by sinking one of his long shots from the side. The scoring was further distributed as Ray Evans connected on a set shot
from the side. Black followed this with a tip-in and the Jayhawks led 8 to 0 with less than four minutes played.
The game changed completely at this point, however, as the Missourians tallied seven points on the goals by Matheny, one by Mills, and a charity shot by Harvey. The Jayhawks took time-out and then came back strong. Buescher and T.
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