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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1041.
sports AS WE SEE IT By DON H. PIERCE
LIKABLE EDDIE HALL the wild horse from the western Kansas plains, is bidding fair in this, his final year of competition, to hang up a record of all around athletic greatness before his career is ended. . The burly grid fullback started off with a neat job of backfielding for Gwinn Henry's Jayhawkers last fall and came out with more minutes of play to his total than any other squad member as an additional proof of ability...
He abandoned a star role in intramural basketball circles the second semester to play varsity ball and immediately entrenched himself among the top ten Jayhawk cagers, turning in better-than-average performances on occasion . . . Hall is now a prominent member of "Phog" Allen's baseball squad where he will be a certain starter at any position but pitcher . . . Three-sport performers in the Big Six are few and far between, hence if the smiling Sublette powerhouse turns in a good season on the diamond, we'll be doffing our hat even more.
BEST ALL-AROUND man in conference circles at present is undoubtedly Kansas State's Chris Langvardt, who has held down regular jobs on the Ags' football, basketball, and baseball teams for two years . . . Two sport satellites would include Oklahoma's Orv Mathews, football and track; Nebraska's Vic Schleich and Wayne Blue, football and track; K-State's Jack Horacek, basketball and baseball; K.U.'s Don Pollom, football and track . . .
These have proved their worth Are there others?
MANY K.U. basketball fans will get their first glimpse at glass backboards when they attend the N.C.A.A. western half playoffs in Kansas City this Friday and Saturday night . . . Also they'll see one of the premier exponents of fast breaking basketball in the country when they view Creighton's tireless, helter-skelter Bluejays . . . Incidently Bob and Mit Allen, who saw Creighton's 57-48 destruction of Iowa State Tuesday night, expressed the opinion that their "Dad" could have done a mite more in slowing the Jays' fast break than did the Cyclones.
DOFFED HATS are in order once again for "Phog" Allen, basketball coach and head of the physical education department, for his move toward creating more respectable handball facilities for eager Hill enthusiasts . . . Allen has promised immediate repair of the four existing courts and is urging student agitation toward the state legislature for appropriation enough to construct a few new all-weather courts . . . Without doubt handball is the most universally played sport on the Hill even though the present facilities could hardly be classed as decent . . . It is a sport that anyone can play, men or women, the equipment costs next to nothing, it is a splendid relaxer sandwiched in an afternoon of study, and with ad-
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NCCATourney Opens At K.C. Tomorrow
The National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball championships are nearing a climax this week with the field cut to eight teams and the finalists scheduled to be picked Saturday night.
In Kansas City, the western half of the playoffs will get under way tomorrow night with Arkansas playing Wyoming at 8 o'clock and Creighton tangling with Washington State at 9. The winners will meet Saturday night to determine the champion of the western half of the United States, while the losers will engage in a consolation match.
Meanwhile, a similar tournament will be taking place in Madison, Wis., to choose the eastern representative. Wisconsin, Dartmouth, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina are the four entries, with Wisconsin's Badgers favored to come on top. The eastern winner will be pitted against the western title holder for the national crown a week from Saturday in Kansas City.
Arkansas Favored
Of the four teams playing at Kansas City this week, Arkansas is regarded as the favorite. The Razorbacks, champions of the Southwest conference, boast one of the tallest squads in the country, and have one of the nation's top scorers in Johnny Adams.
Creighton's stock rose considerably by virtue of the Bluejay's showing against Iowa State Monday night. The Jays go in for the fire department brand of basketball and combine accurate shooting with their speed.
Cougars Break Fast
Washington State, champion of the Pacific Coast conference, earned its way to the tournament by defeating Stanford twice in the west coast playoffs. The Cougars use the same style of fast-breaking offense that Creighton employs.
Wyoming, Big Seven king, is an unknown quantity in midwestern circles, but had little trouble in winning in Rocky Mountain territory.
FINAL GAME
Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon will play tonight for the championship of Division I in the men's intramural basketball league at 9 o'clock in Robinson gym.
Kappas Outsplash Rivals
The Kappa's swam away with top honors last night in the girl's intramural swimming meet with high score of 60 points. The Alpha Chi's ranked second with 24 points, the Pi Phi's third with 18 points, and the TNT's fourth with four points.
The Kappa's swept the diving with Lura Smith, Shirley Irwin, Dollie Newlon, and Betsy Dodge placing in that order.
Relay—Kappa's first; Pi Phi's, second; Alpha Chi's third.
Other results were:
Breaststroke for form—Ruth Beeler, Alpha Chi, first; Betty Lawrence, T.N.T., second; Virginia Elliott, Kappa, third; Margaret Whitehead, Alpha Chi, fourth.
Free-style-Eva Magill, Kappa first; Billie McIntire, Kappa, second; Shirley Irwin, Kappa, third; Betty Hancock, Pi Phi, fourth.
Backstroke—Betty Allen Alpha Chi, first; Lura Smith, Kappa, second; Betty Hancock, Pi Phi, third; Jo Ann Perry, Kappa, fourth.
Crawl stroke for form-Margaret Whitehead, Alpha Chi, first; Eva Magill, Kappa, second; Sue Haskins, Pi Phi, third; Jane Veatch, Pi Phi, fourth.
Sidestroke—Lura Smith, Kappa, first; Jean Hinshaw, Pi Phi, second; Betty Jean Hess, Kappa, third; Billie McIntire, Kappa, fourth.
Lura Smith and Eva Magill coped individual honors with 15 points each. The second half of the meet will be held in Robinson gym pool at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Teams participating will be the Theta's Gamma Phi's, Alpha Delta Pi's, I.W.W.'s, Chi Omega's, Corbin hall, and Watkins hall.
Commerce Team Loses to Oilers
Former Kansas basketball stars were on both winning and losing teams yesterday as the Phillip's Oiers of Bartlesville, Okla., smashed Kansas City's College of Commerce team, 49-24, in a third round game of the National A.A.U. basketball tournament in Denver.
Fred Pralle accounted for six Phillips points from a guard position, while Howard Engleman chalked up 12 for the Commerce crew. Dick Harp started at guard for the Businessmen and John Kline also saw service in the game, but between them they sank only four points.
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Begin State High School Tourneys
Play in the first round of the Kansas high school basketball tournaments at Emporia, Salina, and Hutchinson last night saw most of the favored teams come through winners. son came from behind to defeat
Leading the parade in the AA division at Emporia were five Ark Valley and Kansas City. Ward of Kansas City defeated Arkansas City 28-26, in a game that found the winners leading 15 to 7 at the half.
Wyandotte won from Chanute in a late rally by the score of 28-20. Thompson and Thomas of the victors scored 17 of their team's points.
Mowery and Short of Salina scored 2 and 11 points respectively to lead their team in a 30-28 victory over Parsons, but it was Keithline's last-minute goal that broke a 28 point deadlock and won the game. Dale Hall of the losers kept his team in the game by scoring 14 points.
Hutchinson won the first game for the Ark Valley contingent by defeating Manhattan 36-26. Mitchell paced the winners with 18 counters.
Newton, the Ark Valley champion, won with ease from Junction City, McCloud, with 15 points, taking offensive honors.
In what was perhaps the most exciting game of the evening, PhMer-
son came from behind to defeat Pittsburg 30-29.
El Dorado scored another victory for Ark Valley in upsetting Shawnee Mission 34-28. McSpadden tallied 11 points.
Wallace of Topeka chalked up 12 points to lead his team in a 36-30 victory over the Coffeyville Tornadoes. Topeka trailed 13-19 at the half, but a third quarter rally allowed them to coast to victory.
Results in the other divisions:
Class A at Salina
St. Joseph's, Hays, 50, Arma, 23.
Norton 29, Osage City 26
Olathe 26, Marion 21
Medicine Lodge 43, Immaculate,
Seaman (Topeka) 21, Mound- ridgion, 19.
Ring 18
Lyons 51, Neodesha 17
Sacred Heart (Salina 39, Scott
City 38 (overtime)
Class B at Hutchinson Leonardville 39, Mankato 35 Powhattan 52, Fontana 20 Harveyville 21; Haven 18
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