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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 14.
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Fiji's, Newman's Are Favored
Face Hellhounds, Betas In Playoff Semifinals Tonight
By CLINT KANAGA
The defending champion Phi Gam's, an unbeaten Newman I outfit, and two underdogs, Beta Theta Pi and the Hellhounds, will meet in tonight's semi-final contests to determine the finalists of the intramural playoffs.
The Beta's will clash with M Gams tangle with the Hell- hounds at 8:30. Pre-game favorites are Newman I and Phi Gamma Delta.
lists of the intramural playoffs.
The Beta's will clash with Newman I at 7:30 while the Phi
The Beta-Newman I game rates as an easy contest for the Newmans on paper. Fortunately, for the Beta's, basketball games are won on the courts and not on figures. Newman I is undefeated with 11 victories while the Beta's have 10 wins and 2 losses to their credit. The Newman's have rolled up 423 points against their opponents 116. The Beta record is 348 points to their opposition's 287.
Vandaveer. Fournier Are Aces
Another interesting comparison are the respective battles with Sigma Chi. Newman I downed Sigma Chi 23 to 22 in a quarterfinal playoff contest. During the regular season, the Beta's nosed out this same Sigma Chi team 21 to 19.
In Ed Vandavever, 13.5, and Joe Fournier, 13.7, Newman I has in-strumural's two top scorers. Best Beta point-getter is Bill Geiger, who has a playoff average of 11.0 and a season average of 8.5. In Marv Vandavever, hero of the Sigma Chi game; Tony Coffin, defensive ace and all-star for the past two years; and Harry Luebbe, a fine rebounder; the Newman's have three more stars of impressive ability. Against such an array of stars the Beta's will present their scrappy lineup consisting of Geiger, Fred Littooy, Harl Altman, Dont Pierce, and Bob O'Neil with John Fletcher and Jim Surface on hand to help. Hounds Are Dangerous
two days ago, a prediction on the outcome of the Phi Gam-Hellhound game would have rated the Phi Gam's victors in a walk. However, after watching the Hellhounds wallop a good Newman II team by 15 points, 37 to 22, it looks as if the Phi Gam's will have to be at their best to win.
Yet one must remember that the Hellhounds have never faced anything quite to compare with a Fiji tornado traveling at top speed, which is as good a way as any to describe Healy, McSpadden, and company in action. Ye intramural writer will stick with the Phi Gam's until "Phog" Allen takes to coaching the Beta's, Newmans, or Hellhounds. Carl Unruh and George Fleeson are the marked men on the Hellhound five, having gathered 29 of their team's 37 points in the Newman II contest.
Watkins Hospital Loses One Interne; Gains Another
Dr. Alfred Dietrich from the University of Kansas hospitals in Kansas City, Kan., is now working as an interne at Watkins Memorial hospital.
TONIGHT'S LINEUPS
Betas Newmans
Geiger, F E. Vandaveer
Littooy F Fournier
Altman C Luebier
Pierce G Coffin
O'Neil G M. Vandaveer
Phi Gams Hellhounds
McSpadden F Unruh
Hambric F Schloesser
Long C Shane
Healy G Fleeson
Hinsaw G White
"B" TEAM ALL-STARS
First team
First team
F—Jim Brown, Phi Psi
F—Art Robinson, Beta
C—Bill Reed, Sigma Chi
G—Bob Thomas, Phi Psi
G—Jack Wilson, Sigma Chi
(cont.)
(capt.)
Second team
F—Forrest Wilson, Phi Delt
C—Larry Smith, Sigma Chi
C—John Jenkins, Phi Delt
D—Gick Pierce, Beta
G—Bob Gilliland, Phi Psi
B—Bob Gilliland, Phi Psi (capt.)
The first game of the 1941 baseball season to be broadcast will be heard over WREN at 3:30 this afternoon, as the Kansas City Blues play the Cleveland Indians at Lake Wales, Fla.
Kansas City Blues On Air This Afternoon
H. ENGLEMAN
JOHN KLINE
Trying their hand with the nation's semi-pro basketball best next week will be Howard Engleman and John Kline, star members of this year's Jayhawk cage five, who signed today with Kansas City's College of Commerce for the National A.A.U. tourney opening Monday in Denver.
Kline, 'Rope' To AAU Tourneu
Denver-bound tomorrow will be Howard Engleman and John Kline, stars of the 1941 Jayhawk basketball team. The two will compete at Denver with the College of Commerce team of Kansas City in the National A.A.U. tournament.
Engleman and Kline will play alongside a teammate of their's on the 1940 Kansas team, Dick Harp. Dick has been playing all season with the College of Commerce team, which is coached by "Chuck" Ransom, a Jayhawk cager in the early thirties.
The College of Commerce squad will go to Denver in cars, leaving tomorrow morning. A practice game is scheduled for the team at Russel, tomorrow night.
First competition for College of Commerce in the tournament will depend on their luck in the draw. If the team does not draw a bye, it will get its first action Sunday afternoon.
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Sig Chi's Nip Psi's To Win
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In a thriller which saw the score change hands a half a dozen times, Phi Kappa Psi "B" relinquished a two-year hold on the "B" team championship by falling before Sigma Chi "B" 26 to 25 in last night's lone playoff contest. Incidentally, it was the Phi Psi "B" second loss over a three-year period.
Stars in the Sigma Chi's impressive victory were Jack Wilson and Jim Moore. Wilson gathered four goals in the second half while Moore shot the winning goal in the final two minutes.
Jim Brown and "Buckshot" Thomas sparked the losers. Brown scored consistently throughout the game and Thomas swished three long spectacular shots which would have made Howard Engleman jealous.
The Phi Psi's moved into an 8 to 5
first quarter lead, increased it to to 7, only to have Moore and Sn cut it to 12 to 11 at halftime.
The Phi Psi's went to work, with four minutes to play the so stood: Phi Psi 25, Sigma Chi Larry Nelson, Sigma Chi ace bounder, then sank a long shot Jim Moore followed with his ga winning setup.
Box score:
SIGMA CHI "B" (26)
| | g | ft |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Moore, f | 3 | 0 |
| Herschman, f | 1 | 1 |
| Smith, f-g | 1 | 0 |
| Reed, c | 1 | 1 |
| Wilson, g | 5 | 0 |
| Nelson, g | 1 | 0 |
Totals
PHI PSI "B" (25)
Brown, f ... 4 2
Peters, f ... 1 1
Russell, f ... 0 1
Gilliland, c ... 1 1
Thomas, g ... 3 1
Cadden, g ... 0 1
Totals 9 7
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