YAGE FOUR
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941.
Held, Rottner, Granville Aces On All-Opponent Teams ****** ******
K. U. Places Seven On All Big Six Squad
Engleman, Allen Get First String Berths On United Press Pick
1941 UNITED PRESS BIG SIX CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TEAM
First Team
Player School Pos. Class Home
Howard Engleman Kansas F SR Aarkansas City
Albert Buddolfson Iowa State F JR Rolfe, Iowa
Gordon Nicholas Iowa State C SR Lawton, Iowa
Robert Allen Kansas G SR Lawrence, Kansas
Don Fitz Nebraska G SR Lincoln, Nebr.
Second Team
A. D. Roberts Oklahoma F Soph. Oklahoma City
Chris Langvard K. State F SR Alta Vista, Kans.
Hugh Ford Oklahoma C SR Billings, Okla.
Carol Schneider Iowa State G JR Rock Island, Ill.
Sidney Held Nebraska G SR Lincoln, Nebr.
Honorable Mention
Forwards—Herb Gregg, Missouri; Jack Horacek, Kansas State; T. P. Hunter, Vance Hall and John Buescker, Kansas; Garnett Corbin, Oklahoma.
Centers—Al Randall, Nebraska; Dan Howe, Kansas State.
Guards—John Kline and Marvin Sollenberger, Kansas; Larry Beaumont, Kansas State; Allie Paine, Oklahoma; Fred Gordon and Dale De Koster; Iowa State; Norris Holstrom, Kansas State; Martin Nash and Loren Mills, Missouri.
Kansas City, Mo., March 7—(UP)—Kansas and Iowa State, the top ranking teams of the 1940-41 basketball race, today took four out of the five positions on the All-Big-Six conference team selected by the United Press. Each team placed two men on the honor quintet and Nebraska, which finished in third place in the standings, rated the other berth.
The two Jayhawker nominations were for Howard Engleman, who broke the conference individual scoring record for one season and for Robert Allen, son of Coach Forrest C. Allen. Both were selected unanimously by the six conference coaches and the sports writers who participated in the picking of the team.
Fitz. Held Selection Tough
The Iowa State players, Albert Budolfson and Gordon Nicholas, failed to rate all of the votes principally because their team contained so many outstanding players that it was difficult to single out the two which seemed most valuable. Even Coach Louis Menze of the Iowa State quintet, admitted that he had pondered at length all season to determine which of his varsity regulars were the most consistent, in determining his starting lineups.
Selection of the fifth player, likewise was almost a toss-up proposition since Nebraska's two rangy guards, Don Fitz and Sidney Held were almost "identical twins" in everything that they did. They are of the same weight and height, each is a deadly long shot artist, each has brilliant competitive spirit and they rank with the best defensive players of the nation. Fitz got the call because he was a little superior in handcuffing high-scoring opponents.
No M.U. Place
The second team players are both taller and heavier, but lacked the consistency which marked the work of the first five. Two Oklahoma players and one each from Nebraska, Iowa State and Kansas State rated spots on the second team. Only last place Missouri
failed to place a man on either quintet.
A. D. Roberts, the nervous but high scoring sophomore on the Oklahoma team and Chris Langvardt, Kansas State's spirited pressure player, were the second team forwards. Hugh Ford, the giant Oklahoma veteran, was named second team center. Held drew one of the guard berths, with the other going to Carol Schneider, Iowa State's 6-foot, 6-inch "towerhouse."
Dewey "Snorter" Luster believes that a strong pass defense can be a team's best offense.
Fiji's Trounce Battenfeld To Cop Division Crown
By CLINT KANAGA
Phi Gamma Delta, last year's intramural basketball champions, added another title to their many laurels by downing Battenfeld Hall 54 to 17 to cinch the Division II crown. The Fiji season record is nine wins against one loss.
Pacing the Fijis in their important victory were their scoring twins, Larry McSpadden and Chain Healy. McSpadden gathered 23 points to Healy's 13, to take the Division II individual scoring championship. McSpadden and Healy boast of 12.9 and 11.9 averages over the 10-game schedule.
Revenging their recent loss at the hands on the Phi Psi's the Tekes closed their season with an overwhelming 68 to 24 win over Sigma Nu. Hubert Ulrich and Chuck Dalrymple topped the point-getting with 19 points apiece while teammate Kenny Dunn rang up 15 markers. Top man for the Sigma Nu five was Ray Niblo with five goals and one free toss.
Phi Delt "B" closed the season in first place tie with Sigma Chi "B" in Division V by downing Battenfeld "B" 57 to 14. The Phi Delt's and Sigma Chi's each have won seven games and lost one. Stars in the Phi Delt triumph were John Jenkins and Jim Waugh. Jenkins gathered 23 points for high point honors.
The box score:
THE HOCS LEAGUE
PHI GAMS (54) FG FT I
Hinshaw, f 2 0 1
Olson, f 1 0 1
McSpadden, f 8 5 0
Healy, c 6 1 1
Hambric, g 4 0 1
Long, g 3 0 1
Totals ... 24 6 7
**BATTENFELD (17)** **FG** **FT** **F**
Matassarin, f ... 2 3 0
Trekoll, f ... 1 0 3
Wright, f ... 0 0 4
White, c ... 2 2 2
Dalton, c ... 0 0 0
Gilmore, g ... 1 0 1
Jayhawkers Name Big Six, Non-Loop Troublemakers
Kansas basketballers named ten mne, five conference, five non-conference, in selecting a pair of All-Opponents teams for the 1940-'41 season in an informal poll preceding yesterday's practice session.
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The Jayhawkers chose three men from Iowa State on their Big Six team, one from Kansas State, and one from Nebraska.
Big Six All-Opponent Team
F Gordon Nicholas, Iowa State
F Al Budolfson, Iowa State
C Sid Held, Nebraska
G Larry Beaumont, Kan. State
G Dale DeKoster, Iowa State
Non-Conference All-Opponent Team
Team
F Mickey Rottner, Loyola
F Bill Snyder, Temple
C Chester Granville, Texas
G Dick Fitzgerald. Fordham
G Mel Vice, Wichita
K.U. May Lose R. Miller to Draft
Miller, whose local number is 530,
had checked out a uniform for
spring football practice earlier this
week. He had been kept out of all
sports competition this year to allow
his twice-operated knee to heal
completely.
Both basketball and football hopes for next year suffered a blow yesterday when it was learned that Ralph Miller had received a draft questionnaire from Chanute.
Howey Recommended For Tennis Coach
Richard S. Howey, associate professor of economics, was recommended as tennis coach yesterday by the athletic finance committee and Gwinn, Henry athletic director, subject to the approval of the athletic board.
It was also announced that W. H. Shannon, associate professor of economics, will serve as golf coach again this season.
These Cowboys Invade Hoch Tuesday----
FRANCIS
PATE
In addition to Lomie Eggleston, high scoring forward who returned to the lineup two weeks ago, Oklahoma Aggie coach Henry Iba will depend much on these six Cowboy huskies when A. and
FLOYD
MILLIKAN
M. invades Hoch auditorium Tuesday to mix with Kansas in the season's closing contest.
The Ags, although slated to finish their first season since 1935 out of a Missouri Valley championship or co-championship behind Creighton, already hold one triumph over the Jayhawkers this year and will be gunning for another, which would kill any N.C.-A.A. playoff aspirations the Red and Blue might have.
SCHWERTFEGER
SMELSEP
Loyola of Chicago, Texas, Fordham, Temple, and Wichita each placed one man on the non-loop selection.
Only unanimous Big Six selection was Sid Held, one half of Nebraska's towering guard combination. He shoved in 24 points against the Kansans in Lincoln last Saturday.
No Doubt Held
Chester Granville, Texas big durable forward and Mickey Rottner, Loyola hotshot, rated every vote for positions on the non-loop five.
Accompanying Held on the conference club were Gordon Nicholas, Al Budolfson and Dale DeKoster, all of Iowa State and Kansas Aggies' back line husky, Larry Beaumont. Nicholas and Budolfson, who paced the Cyclones to a 41-29 victory over Kansas Monday, were only two off the unanimous choice beat.
Vice Rates A Berth
Filling out the non-conference elite were Bill Snyder, Temple forward, Fordham's Dick Fitzgerald, a guard, and Mel Vice, Wichita's six-foot, four-inch backline bulwark.
Other conference players who claimed consideration were Herb Gregg, Missouri, Hugh Ford and Allie Paine, Oklahoma, Don Fitz, Nebraska, and Jack Horacek and Chris Langvardt, Kansas State.
The University----
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