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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1942
Fans in this territory are going to be treated to one of the best basketball games of this or any other season when the squad from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station come to Kansas City, Thursday, Feb. 5, to tangle with "Phog" Allen's Javhawker contingent.
Negotiations have been under way for two months to schedule this game and only yesterday was definite assurance received that it would be possible to play the skirmish. The availability of the Great Lakes team has always been known but the price for their appearance has been quite steep. However, the Naval squad will be in the midst of a western tour at that time and will stop off at Kansas City on their way home.
SAILORS BOAST A GREAT RECORD
The night before the Kansas clash, the Creighton Bluejays will form the opposition at Omaha for the star-studded squad of sailors. This game should form a good basis for comparison of the Creighton and Kansas team strength. The following Tuesday night, Feb. 10, the Bluejays come down to Lawrence for a game between the champions of the Missouri Valley conference and the Big Six.
Particularly familiar to fans in this section will be two members of the Great Lakes starting five. They are John Lobsiger and Bill Menke. Lobsiger will be remembered as the all-conference guard from Missouri during the latter's co-championship year with Oklahoma in 1939. He has been shifted to center this year. Menke is one of the Indiana University flashes who rode rough shod over a courageous little "Pony Express" band of Jayhawkers in the finals of the play-offs in Kansas City in 1940 to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association champion.
The Great Lakes squad also includes such stars as Dick Klein of Northwestern, Frank Baumholtz of Ohio University, Forrest Anderson of Stanford, Bob White of Dartmouth, Ernie Andres of Indiana, and Bob Calihan.
The Naval team has beaten every college team in Indiana and the majority of the Big Ten leaders. One of their early victories was a 52 to 46 decision over Notre Dame. Since then the sailors have sunk Purdue, Indiana, Wabash, and Butler among others.
Although K.U. has a full schedule of 18 games which is the maximum allowed by the Big Six, the Jayhawkers will be able to play this game as an added attraction because of the nature of the contest. All profits from this game, after expenses have been subtracted, will be turned over to the Navy for National Emergency causes.
MORE NOTES ON GREAT LAKES
Not only is Bill Menke on the Great Lakes team but Menke's seem to be playing basketball all over the mid-west. Al Menke, Bill's brother, is playing center on Purdue's first five this winter; Ken Menke, a cousin of the boys, is a starting forward on Doug Mills' undefeated Illinois team; and Bob Menke, brother of Bill and Al, is playing for Chanute Field of Rantoul, Ill. Bob was a member of the same Indiana team as Bill. Together the boys aided the Hoosiers in trampling the Jayhawks 60 to 42.
After noting the roster of the Great Lakes team it is quite evident that it is one of the outstanding basketball squads in the country. But this is only a beginning it seems. The report circulating now is that the Station will go all out on athletics and be especially prominent when the baseball season rolls around. Attempts are being made to lineup a number of the major league players who will be subject to the draft this winter and summer.
Bob Feller is the latest prospect for the team. He is at present stationed at Norfolk, Va., but it is likely that he might do the pitching for the sailors this summer. If this plan goes through the Naval boys will provide plenty of competition around the midwest and will probably be as good as many of the Class AA teams of the country.
A PERFECT COMBINATION
After watching the freshman team in action against the varsity Monday night it is quite evident that Mit Allen knows what he is doing when it comes to teaching the yearlings the art of basketball. It seems to be the ideal set-up with "Phog" coaching the varsity and son Mit drilling the freshman cagers.
Mit knows his father's fundamentals thoroughly and knows just what to teach the youngsters that will stand them in good stead when they move up in the coming years. The Allen system places definite emphasis on fundamentals and once a knowledge of these are gained in the first year of college ball it only remains to add finesse to make a player a full-rounded star.
Although this year's fresh squad might not appear to have the outstanding ability that last year's freshmen team had, their potentialities indicate that Kansas will be in the championship bracket for years to come. Outstanding offensive threats at present are Otto Schnellbacher, leading scorer in the state last year while playing for Sublette, and Armand Dixon, California-style shooting flash. Stan Hansen possesses a good one-handed shot and completes a high-scoring front line. Defensive aces of the team are two Wyandotte grads, Bill Brill and Kenny Thompson. Both are good ball-handlers and excel at working the ball in to their forwards.
ULRICH PASSES NAVAL RESERVE
Odds and ends: Herbie Gregg, diminutive forward of Missouri's basketball last year, has lost none of his scoring touch it seems. At present he is leading the scorers of the Naimmith League in Kansas City with 41 points. He scored 17 points in Hoch auditorium last year and will be back next semester at Missouri to plague the Jayhawkers. . . . Jack Ettinger, brother of Don "Red-Dog" Ettinger of the present Jayhawker squad, is playing for the Union Wire Rope team in the Naimmith League.
Jack Crocker, former Missouri football guard and blocking back in 1940, is making $25 a day driving a dynamite truck. It's nice work as long as it lasts. . . . Pete Layden, the all-star football and baseball player from Texas U., (continued to page seven)
Newman and Sig Alph's Undefeated For Game
5:30—Phi Gi "B" "B" vs. A.T.O, "B"; Beta "R" vs. S.A.E, "C".
7:00—Sigma Nu "B" vs. Sig Ep "B"; Rock Chalk vs. Newman III.
8:00 Phi Psi "C" vs. Sigma Chi "C"; Battenfeld "B" vs. Delta Tatu "B".
9:00 Phi Psi vs. Acacia; Kappa Sig "B" vs. A.T.O, "C".
10:00 Newman I vs. Sig Alph; Delta Chi vs. Phi Gam.
TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE
Reaves Peters, commissioner of the Big Six conference, will be
TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE
6:00—A. K, Psi "B" vs. Sig Alph "B"; Jayhawk Co-op vs. Hell Hounds.
10:00—T.K.E, "B" vs. Sig Ep "B"; Pfugville vs. Acacia.
Two undefeated teams will clash when Newman I meets Sigma Alpha Epsilon in tonight's feature intramural basketball game, scheduled for 10:00 o'clock in Robinson gymnasium.
By BILL PORTER
A. T.O.'s continued their current
Sig Alph's appeared in the play-offs last winter, and the present Newman delegation is practically the same as the one that reached the finals last year, only to be defeated in two straight games by Phi Gamma Delta, perennial champ. This season, Newmans have three consecutive victories to their credit, while the Sig Alph's have emerged victorious from their two scheduled contests. 37
The Crackerjacks took a 36 to 27 win from the Fountaineers, and Carruth Hall defeated Battenfeld 28 to 17 in last night's 6:00 o'clock games.
Carruth, leading 12 to 6 after a slow first half, picked up in the last periods to emerge from the game with Battenfeld with an 11 point lead. Again Mac Frederick was high scorer for Carruth, this time chalking up 9 tallies, while Fred Humphrey tossed in 7 points in addition to playing a good defensive game at guard. Jim Mills, Battenfeld center, also scored 9 points for his delegation.
The Fountaineers sank 7 out of 7 attempted free throws, but couldn't find the bucket often enough in action despite the work of Jim Gillispie, who put in 12 points. Frazier was high man for the Crackerjacks with 11.
The ruling stated: In view of the national defense movement and in the interest of service morale, each Big Six institution is permitted to schedule such competition as it may deem advisable and that such competition against service teams be not counted as years of participation against members of a varsity, "B", or freshman teams or against the limitation of existing schedules.
Rear Admiral John Downes, commandant of the Ninth Naval District, said the games were scheduled after the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association permitted Big Six conference teams to play service teams in contests not held on campus courts.
Jayhawks Meet Great Lakes In City on Feb. 5
Kansas will meet the Great Lakes Training Station basketball team Feb. 5 in the Municipal Auditorium at Kansas City for a benefit for the Navy relief fund, it was announced yesterday.
With stars from the Big Ten and Big Six, including William Menke of Indiana, and John Lobisger, former Missouri U. star, the Great Lakes will play Nebraska at Lincoln, January 25, Drake at Des Moines, February 2, Iowa State at Ames February 3, and Creighton at Omaha February 4.
winning streak by beating Theta Tau 37 to 28 in one of the 10:00 o'clock games. The contest was an even one at first, but the A.T.O. scoring team of Mark McLain and Joe Holt put their squirrel in the lead before the half, which ended 18 to 13. Francis Domingo, Theta Tau standby, put in 7 points in the first half, but failed to find the bucket in the last two periods. However, Theta Tau Ted Moser was high scorer for the game with a total of 15.
Pi K. A.'s, seeking revenge after their defeat at the hands of the Beta's last week, overwhelmed the D.U. five 41 to 18. D.U.'s battled all the way, but inaccurate passing, as well as a height disadvantage, contributed to their defeat. Jim Russell, D.U. guard, was the sparkplug of his team, while the work of Bill Mathews, Joe Crawford, and Bill Atwell, who got hot in the first quarter to give his squad its early lead, added to the Pi K.A. success.
Baseball Goes Wimpy
Gwinn W. Henry, University athletic director, this morning branded rumors that Kansas will have a new football line coach next year as "newpaper talk."
He said that he had read the report in newspapers but that there was no ground for it. Henry explained that while Kansas could use an additional coach, the athletic board had reduced expenditures so that Kansas had to dismiss, rather than hire, a coach.
He explained that the athletic board had denied the baseball team funds this season, but it is possible that the University team may play some of the teams of colleges located near Lawrence at the team's own expense. "We have invited the other Big Six schools to bring their baseball teams here to play at their own expense," Henry added.
Gets Best Player Trophy
Columbia, Mo., — (UP)— The junior chamber of commerce last night presented a plaque to Harry Ice. University of Missouri quarterback, for being "the outstanding Tiger player in the Missouri-Fordham Sugar Bowl game."
asked to appoint officials for the K.U. game, Coach "Phog" Allen said.
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