SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Kansas Picked to Win Tenth Title in l4 Years
By CHUCK ELLIOTT Kansan Sport's Editor
Their tenth championship in the fourteenth year of the Big Six conference will be the record the University of Kansas Jayhawkers will mark up this year.
That may sound a trifle optimistic with all of the pit-falls that are looming before the Kansans but let it stand for the present.
The rest of the league appears to be a pretty closely bunched crew. Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Iowa State are all going to be fighting for the title.
Jack Gardner at Kansas State has five veterans back from which to build. Jack Horacek, Danny Howe, and Larry Beaumont form the bulwark of the returning group. Bruce Holman at forward should prove to be one of the outstanding forwards of the league.
Oklahoma also has quite a veteran team back. The outstanding men will undoubtedly be A. D. "Ug" Roberts and Paul Heap, returning lettermen, and Gerald Tucker, the sophomore flash from Winfield. If Bruce Drake can find two more good starters from the four other vets or a half-dozen sophomores he'll have a dangerous outfit.
But the second place spot will probably wind up in the hands of last year's co-champs, the Iowa State Cyclones. Back from last
year's first five are Al Budolfson, all-Big Six forward, and Carol Schneider, towering guard. Another returning star is Bob Harris, who laid out last year after a brilliant sophomore career.
Budolfson averaged 9.5 points a game last year to rank fifth in the conference. Schneider ranked ninth by scoring 7.5 points a game. In Harris' sophomore year he averaged 12.5 points.
Nebraska looked strong in her opening game but doesn't rate better than fifth in the Big Six. Sid Held is the ace of the team. He is the top scorer of the league last year to return, making 9.7 points to rank fourth.
Tigers Doomed to Cellar
John Thompson and John Fitzgibbon were regular forwards last
year and are back. Both are under six feet, however, so shouldn't cause too much trouble.
In the cellar will probably be Missouri but a surprise could easily be forthcoming here if they can keep their heads above water until Bowie Gregg returns second semester. The strongest point about the Tigers will be their defense where Captain Loren Mills and George Evans hold forth.
Evans to Star
But back to the Jayhawkers. The greatest array of talent ever as-
seemed by "Phog" Allen will parade on the floor in Hoch auditorium this year. Five lettermen are returning from last year's cochampionship crew. To supplement this group, two lettermen of 1940 are back.
Besides these seven lettermen, "Phog" has available the entire first team of last year's freshman five which was rated as the greatest fresch squad ever gathered on Mt. Oread. Topping this list is Ray Evans, the nearest approach to Fred Pralle in four years.
At present, Evans and Ralph Miller are the only two players certain of starting positions. With John Buescher to help this duo the three should lead the Jayhawkers high.
Trouble Lies Ahead
But in the entire squand there is trouble—and plenty of it.
First of all, the defense is inadequate at present. With "Phog's" constant drilling, however, that should be cured before long. The
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offense is high-powered when it functions but that isn't all of the time. There seems to be too much dissension among the entire team for a national championship club. And yet, with the ability of the players, there isn't a team in the country them if the Jay-
When Clarke Hargiss enrolled in the University this fall he completed a father-son combination on the Jayhawk track squad. His father is Kansas' track coach, W. H. "Bill" Hargiss.
Another Father-Son Combine With Hargiss Clan in Track
Last year it was, "Give the ball to Junior," on the basketball court with Bob Allen, son of the quintet's coach, Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, leading the attack. This year with Hargiss' son on the frosh track squad it will be * "Give the baton to Junior."
First Competition for Son
Clarke, who is 17, is getting his first taste of the cinder path his year, as he didn't participate in track at Lincoln Memorial High School. He stands 6 feet 3 inches, and his dad considers him good material for the high and low
Six or eight events—dashes, dis-
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Today three individual events are considered a heavy load for a track man, but Coach Hargiss, who ran on the Emporia State Teachers team 'way back in 1905. '06, '07, and '08, admitted, he competed in "just about everything." Six or eight events—dashes, dis-
hurdles, and perhaps the 440 yard dash.
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shawkers were playing the teamwork and hitting the basket.
Two Injuries Already
tances, weights, hurdles, and jumps—were all in an afternoon's competition for Bill; his specialty was hurdles. Hargiss recalled competing against Kansas and Kansas State who were in those days members of the Kansas Conference.
Clarke and his father both agree that track will only be his avocation as he goes about the task of making engineering his vocation through a college education. He also plays trombone in the University band.
Furthermore, injuries and grades might cause no little disturbance to the squad. Several members of the team are on the borderline in their classes. That is, they are as far as Allen is concerned. He demands that his players have a "C" average to play in any game. This will necessitate a few last-minute quizzes before games but perhaps the breaks will be with the players.
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As for injuries, that is a definite worry. Marvin Sollenberger was the first to be injured when he wrenched his knee. No sooner had he returned for practice and was starting to scrimmage than Bob Johnson sprained his ankle. Johnson was released from the hospital yesterday but will probably not be able to play until after Christmas. That still leaves "Cappie" Miller's knee to worry about but as yet it has not given any indication of bothering him.
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The Final Round-up
None of these troubles are so great that they can't be corrected. With this in mind, the Jayhawkers appear to be the favorite to win the title, undisputed, with as much as a two-game margin.
The tightest fight will be for the next three places with Iowa State leading the way, followed by Kansas State. Oklahoma figures to rank no higher than fourth, even with Gerald Tucker leading the charge.
Nebraska and Missouri will battle it out for the cellar with the Huskers conceded a slight edge to slip into fifth.
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