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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Sunday, March 16, 1941
Finals Series Opens Tomorrow Fiji's Defend Crown Against Newmans Texas Ags Introduce New Number System Favorites Bes
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
PHI GAM Pos. NEWMAN
Larry McSpadden F Joe Fournier
Roscoe Hambric F Ed Vandaveer
Chain Healy C Harry Luebe
Harold Long G Marvin Vandaveer
Wally Hinshaw G Tony Coffin
Time: 7:30; Place: Robinson gym.
With the intramural cage season drawing to a close, Phi Gamma Delta and Newman I have emerged as finalists in the championship playoff series which will take place Monday, Tuesday, and possibly Wednesday nights.
The winner will be determined by a two out of three game series. Monday night's game will start at 7:30. At the same time,
sports AS WE SEE IT By DON H. PIERCE
AMONG THOSE whom Dick Harp, John Kline, and Howard Engleman may face with the College of Commerce club in the National A.A.U. tourney opening today in Denver will be Hank Luisetti, former Stanford scoring marvel, whom the tournament fathers hope will attract a few extra customers through the turnstiles . . . It was rumored earlier in the week that Luisetti, a member of the San Francisco Olympic club, would see no service in the event, but since then Hank has reassured everyone concerned that he will not call it quits until after tournament time . . . The Olympics along with the veteran Denver Legions and the defending champion Phillips 66 are favored over a 51 team field.
ARK VALLEYITES, justly proud of an unbroken production of splendid basketball material, will have another chance to whoop during the internamural basketball finals when no less than six former Valley stars collide for the ultimate in Hili cage glory . . . The defending champion Phi Gam's list Roscoe Hambric, former Hutchinson high star; Chain Healy, Wichita North; Larry McSpadden, former All-State forward from EI Dorado, and Harold Long, who performed for EI Dorado's Juco's, in their lineup . . . The Newman's Vandaveer brothers, Mary and Eddie, both were considered top-notch court performers at Wellington a few years back.
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Phi Delta Theta "C" will clash with Beta Theta Pi "C" for the "C" team title.
The Newman's boast a season record of 12 straight wins and no defeats to the Phi Gam's 11 victories and one defeat. The Newman's, in comparison with similar teams as opponents, have a more impressive record in two of three instances. The Newman's won from Sigma Chi 23 to 22 and the Hellhounds 36 to 14. The Phi Gam's suffered their single loss to the Sigma Chi's 25 to 24 and downed the Hellhounds 37 to 28. Only in respect to the Beta's, do the Phi Gam's stand better. The Fijis walloped the Beta's 54 to 26 while the Newman's won from this same Beta outfit 30 to 19.
An Impressive Picture
The Phi Gam's, winners of last year's cage title, have triumphed in 24 of their 26 games over a two-year period. In last year's finals, the
Phi Delt “C” Po. Beta “C”
Prager F Olander
Phelps F Schwinn
Barkman C Morton
Jenson G Steffens
Snowden G Chubb
Fijis turned back the Alpha Kappa Fisi team in two straight games by scores of 30-29 and 36-32. Four of the five starters for the Phi Gam's of '40, are back this year.
At forwards, will be Larry McSpadden and Roscoe Hambric, first and second team all-star selections respectively last year. Both Hambric and McSpadden are small, each measuring about 5' 9". McSpadden was high scorer in division II with an average of 12.9 while Hambric, after a slow start, finished the season with several fine performances. In Chain Healy at center, the Fiji's have probably the best intramural basketer, and co-captain of the first all-star a year go. Harold Long, star of the title games last year, and Wally Hinsaw round out the defending champions. Healy and Hin-
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Coach Norton is a member of the advisory committee of coaches headed by Dick Harlow, Harvard head coach, and is in favor of simplifying the numbering so that the game may be more understandable for the fans. He also pointed out that the changes recommended will go a long way in eliminating the trick numbering followed by some coaches in an effort to confuse the opposition.
College Station, Texas, March 15—(Special)Texas Aggie football players will be numbered hereafter according to the recommendations of the advisory committee of coaches, rules committee, National Collegiate Athletic Association, which recommendations of the advisory committee of coaches, rules 20. of the new rules. Head*
Coach Homer Norton announced here this week.
In the line the centers will be numbered from 50 to 59; guards from 60 to 69; tackles from 70 to 79 and ends from 80 to 89 with all the even numbers on the right side of the center and the odd digits on the left side of the line.
The change will also do away with the terms halfback and quarterback which long since have become misnomers under the wingback box, "T" and other backfield formations.
"I have always been opposed to those trick jersies and hard-to-decipher numbers and am glad to be among the first to take the lead in rectifying that questionable practice." Norton said.
Avoids Confusion.
Henceforth all Texas Aggie home football programs will list the backs as wingback, blocking back, fullback and tailback. By way of clarification, those positions in 1940 were held down in order by: Derace Moser, Jim Thomason, John Kimbrough and Marion Pugh who were listed on the programs as left halfback, right halfback, fullback and quarterback.
A Number to Each Position
The new numbering system will tell John Fan just what position any player holds down on the offense lineup simply by remembering that any boy wearing a number from 10 to 19 is a wingback; if from 20 to 29 he is a blocking back; from 30 to 39 he is a fullback; and from 40 to 49 he is a tailback.
He pointed out that the Texas Aggie numbers always have been plain (continued to page five)
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Oread Cagers Win Conference Title
The basketball team of the Oread Training School ended a successful season by winning their first championship in the Wakarusa Valley league. Their league record shows four wins and one loss, while a total season record shows 13 wins as against only 5 losses. The team won every home game.
The first team was composed of Carl Barlow, captain; Earl Drebing, Jimmy Cooper, Bob Sheffield, Arvid Grover, and Bob King, all seniors. Three of these, Barlow, Sheffield and Drebbing, were selected as first team members of the league All-Star team.
The coaching of the team was done by practice teachers, under the supervision of E. B. DeGroot, assistant professor of physical education. Ralph Dugain, John Burge, Ramie Beims, all education seniors, did the coaching.
On the basketball squad was Charles Ise, son of John Ise, professor or economics; Bob Malott, son of Chancellor D. W. Malott; Earl Drebing, son of Mrs. Lea Drebing, secretary, geological survey; and Jimmy O'Brien, son of F. P. O'Brien professor of education.
Favorites Bes Hounds,Beta's In Semifinals
Friday night's semi-final contests in the intramural playoff found the two pre-game favorites, Newman I and Phi Gamm Delta coming through as expected. Newman I defeate Beta Theta Pi 30 to 19, while he defending champions turne back the Hellhounds 37 to 28.
In the evening's opener, the Newman's were never in any trouble after the first half. They moved to 6 to 5 first quarter lead on goals by E. Vandaveer and Joe Fournier. Tone Coffin, Newman's fine guard, camp through with three successive one-handed jump shots in the second quarter to give his teammates a comfortable 16 to 9 halftime score. Marc Vandaveer, Fournier, and Harry Luebe all registered points before the Betas hit the hoop the second half, to mount the margin to 23 t 9.
A Drab Ending
Bill Geiger, high scoring Beta dropped in two successive under basket shots followed by teammate Harlan Altman's free toss, matched only by a short shot by Fournier to bring the score to 25 to 14 at the third quarter. Only outstanding feature of the fourth quarter were two beautiful shots executed by Bot O'Neil, Beta guard, the game ending 30 to 19 with the Betas on the short end of the score.
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