UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1942
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'Missouri is Potent,and I'm Scared,' Says 'Phog'
Tomorrow night the Jayhawkers continue to_defend their Big Six championship when they invade the Missouri Tiger lair at Columbia in the first conference road game of the season for them.
Under normal conditions the Jayhawkers probably would not experience any trouble but a game in Columbia is not played under normal conditions. Twice in the past three years the Tigers have trampled the Jayhawkers at Columbia and only last year, when the Bengals had a cellar-dwelling club, were the Jayhawks able to ride the Wabash home with a victorious smile.
This year the Tigers were not supposed to have a strong crew. From their record thus far it would bear out this fact. But that doesn't seem to be what Coach "Phog"
Allen bases his opinions upon. After returning from Ames, Iowa, Sunday morning "Phog" said, "I'm scared to death. Missouri is potent and don't let anyone tell you differently. Evans and Mills are two of the cleverest guards I've ever seen and this Ross Burns is a real power at center when he's going good."
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But "Phog" thought more of George Edwards' team than that. "At the first of the season I said they'd beat someone," he continued, "and I'm more sure of it than ever after watching them play. They outplayed Iowa State most of the way. Iowa State did the same thing that we did against Denver. They tried to play up to the crowd's expectation of them and failed. Whenever they played naturally they went to town."
Last night the Missourians played another close game but were edged out by Nebraska, 51 to 46. Both teams scored 20 field goals and the Cornhuskers margin of victory rested in their completion of free throws.
The loss last night made the second conference loss in a row, having lost to Iowa State 34 to 25 Saturday night. Before these two games the Tigers had won four out of seven games. Their three losses were sustained on their western road trip during the Christmas holidays. Allen Has Problem
Two of their losses were to Washington State College and the University of Washington which shows no reflection upon the playing ability of the Bengals. Those two teams are rated as the favorites to win the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference.
Kansas on the other hand has played only three games. Denver and Bethel were defeated before Christmas in non-conference games and Bruce Drake's "Tuckerless" Oklahoma Sooners were ridden under by a 54 to 32 count.
The biggest problem facing Allen at the present time is what men he should take to Missouri and of those ten, what five should he start. Last night in scrimmage the freshmen used Missouri plays and attempted to crack the varsity defense. Only occasionally were they able to penetrate the back line to score a goal.
7-all After 10 Minutes
After this short work-out, Allen selected two teams and had them scrimmage for ten minutes. At the end of that time, the score was tied at seven-all, further emphasizing the equality of ability among the
first ten players on the varsity squad.
Playing for the whites last night were Ray Evans and Marvin Sollenberger at guards, Johnny Buescher at quarter-back, and Charlie Black and Vance Hall at forwards. This is the same team that started against Oklahoma except Hall has replaced Ralph Miller. For the Reds Miller was quarterback, Charlie Walker and T. P. Hunter were guards, and Jack Ballard and Don Ettinger at forwards.
Scoring for the two teams was evenly divided with Evans and Hunter leading their teams with a field goal and a free throw each. Ballard and Walker sank goals for the Reds and Sollenberger got one long goal and Hall made two free throws for the Whites.
Gardner Likes O.U.; How About Us, Jack?
Jack Gardner, Kansas State's young basketball coach, rates the 1941-42 Oklahoma basketball team stronger than last year's edition even without Gerald Tucker, much publicized sophomore sensation recently ruled ineligible until the second semester by Big Six conference officials.
"Oklahoma has more speed than a year ago," the K-State mentor commented. "They have fine players in Paul Heap, six-foot-four center, A.D. "Ug" Roberts and Richard Reich." is the?
"Oklahoma has more speed mentor commented. "They has six-foot-four center, A.D. "Ug" Gardner said Roberts is the first man Kansas State has met all season whom George Mendenhall, fast K-State guard, has been unable to handle. "Even without Tucker, Oklahoma is capable of giving any team in the
Gardner commented.
The red-hot Sooners hit 19 out of 40 shots, or 47.5 per cent, as they defeated Kansas State, 47 to 40, at Norman. The Wildcats connected on 17 of 68 attempts for 25 per cent, and Gardner ordered inten- (continued to page eighth)
'Phog' Wants Center Jump In Basketball To Return
In his article, "Rotate the Center Jump," appearing in the February issue of "Esquire," Forrest C. Allen, Kansas basketball coach and a member of the National Basketball Rules Committee proposes to restore the center jump in basketball on a rotation basis.
"Phog" says, "It (basketball) scholastic and intercollegiate s are showing which may eats out its heart." He avers that the elimination of the center jump has quickened the game 30 to 40 per cent.
Allen points out that this acceleration of the game is injurious to the heart, causing high blood pressure and heart strain, according to doctors research. In doing away with the center jump, which gave the players a few seconds rest after each goal, he says that "Everything except the welfare of the players themselves was considered it seems."
One object in discarding the center jump, "Phog' writes, is to do away with "tall mezzanine-peeping goon centers" who dominate the game by controlling the tip on the center-jump. It is now evident, Allen believes, that the tall center does not dominate play by tip-offs but under the basket on tip-ins or recoveries.
Raising the goal from 10 to 12 feet will minimize the tall player's potency under the basket, "Phog"
claims. To restore the center jump on an equal basis, Allen proposes to let each member of the team take his turn at the center circle—to let each of the quintet jump according to a given order, "ust as the batting order is handled in baseball."
Huskers Take Conference Lead
Led by big Sid Held, all-Big Six conference center, the Nebraska Cornhuskers rang up their second conference victory last night with the Missouri Tigers on the losing end, 51 to 45. Three thousand spectators watched the Huskers take the Big Six lead as they came from behind at Lincoln after the Tigers led at the half, 21 to 17.
Huskers Take Conference Lead MFF Held paced his teammates with 16 points while forward Don Harvey led the Bengals with 13 points. Held also led the attack against the Kansas State Wildcats last week with 13 points.
It was the second conference loss for Missouri, having lost to Iowa State Saturday night, 34 to 25.
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In that game the Cyclones got off to a slow start by not scoring for the first seven minutes. They came back to tie the score at 14-all by halftime and with Al Budolfson and Carol Schneider leading the last half attack, the Tigers were unable to keep up.
The box scores:
Iowa State-34
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G FT F
BudoIfson, f 4 2 2
Harris, f 1 1 2
Hayes, f 1 0 1
Mickelson, c 1 0 2
Uknes, g 3 3 2
Schneider, g 3 0 1
Harville, g 1 0 0
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TOTALS ... 14 6 10
Missouri-25
G FT F
Harvey, f 3 4
Matheny, f 2 0 1
Finlayson, f 0 0 1
Constantz, f 1 0 3
Burns, c 0 3 0
Evans, g 0 0 2
Mills, g 2 0 3
Storm, g 2 0 3
Storm, g 0 1 0
Stark, g 1 0 1
Teague, g 0 0 1
TOTALS 0 7 15
TOTALS ... 9 7 15
Score at the half: Iowa State, 14—Missouri, 14.
Officials: Louis House, William Jewell; Lawrence Harrison, Iowa. Missouri—45
G FT F
Harvey, f 6 1 3
Matheny, f 3 0 1
Burns, c 4 0 ¥
Mills, g 2 0 2
Evans, g 3 2 3
Constantz, f 1 2 3
Teague, f 0 0 0
Storm, c 1 0 2
Stark, g 0 0 1
TOTALS 20 5 16
Nebraska----51
G FT F
Fitzgibbon, f 2 0 2
Thompson, f 3 1
Held, c 6 4 2
Goetze, g 1 1 0
Young, g 1 0 0
Gribble, f 2 0 0
Elson, f 0 0 1
Livingston, f 2 2 1
King, g 1 0 1
Heinzelman, g 2 1 2
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TOTALS ... 20 11 10
Score at the half: Missouri, 21- Nebraska, 17.
Officials: Parke Carroll, Kansas City; Dick Pulliam, Grand Island College.
Kansas takes to the road this week starting its road conference play in Columbia tomorrow night before swinging northward to meet Nebraska Saturday and Iowa State Monday night.
The Oklahoma Sooners will meet Kansas State again, this time in Manhattan Saturday. The Sooners, after receiving a smashing defeat at the hands of Kansas, caught hold of themselves and pounced upon Kansas State last week, 47-40, with Paul Heap, Ug Roberts, and Dick Reich pacing the Sooner attack.
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