PAGE FOUR UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS SUNDAY,FEBRUARY,16,1941 Middlewest Spotlight Will Be Focused On These Six Stalwarts FLOYD PATE SMELSEP PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
Oklahoma A. & M. wt.ht.Pos. ht.wt.
Leroy Floyd1656F6'165
Gene Smelser1656'1"F6'3"165
V. Schwertzfeger2006'5"C6'165
Bud Millikan1705'10"G6'2½"190
Harvey Pate1756'2"G5'11"175
Kansas H. Engleman T. P. Hunter Bobby Allen John Kline I. Sollenberger BOB ALLEN JOHN KLINE H. ENGLEMAN Invade Aggie Lair Tomorrow sports AS WE SEE IT By DON H. PIERCE When the University powers- that-be are parcelling out daily time stretches for various groups to talk, dance, or sing in Hoch auditorium next year, we urge that they give University basketballers a larger cut of practicing time than they have had for the past several years. At present the Jayhawkers cannot call their home floor their own. Their regular practicing hours in Hoch are from 3:30 to 5:30 on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. That is if nothing else interferes, which in many cases it does. Before this year's important Texas series, the Christmas Vespers occupied the auditorium from Wednesday of the preceding week until the next Monday, the day of the opening game. This cut the Kansans out of an important practice period on their playing court, which is vastly different from their practice floor in Robinson gymnasium. When the Mid-Western band concert comes to Mt. Oread every winter, basketball must again take a back seat. When speakers of varying importance are booked many times they must speak in Hoch, whether the Kansans are practicing to meet Missouri for the championship or their own freshmen in a benefit game. But the injustice does not end here. Just this season the Jayhawkers were forced to revise their playing schedule in two places in order that some later-planned function might take over. In short a basketball team which last year was second only to Indiana in national collegiate circles and is a perennial contender for the Big Six title is forced by its own school to take a back seat whenever someone else shouts that they must have the Hoch boards with only a week's notice. But let us look a little deeper into the situation. It is certain that the conflicting activities of different Hill groups is not desired by anyone. Perhaps the real trouble is that Kansas University needs a field house. Perhaps it needs one even worse than does its boisterous brother up the Kaw. Aside from Kansas State, Kansas (continued to page five) Ibamen Hold Two Triumphs Over O.U. Three seniors on the Jayhawkers' starting lineup will make their final attempt to win a basketball game at Stillwater when Kansas invades Soonerland tomorrow night for a game with the Oklahoma Aggies. Howard Engleman, Johnny Kline, and Bobby Allen have been on the losing side at Stillwater three times in two years and tomorrow will be their last chance to beat the Aggies on Pate, senior guard, have been hit their home court. ting lately. The Cowboys, coached by Henry Iba, are as feared in the Missouri Valley as Kansas is in the Big Six. For the past five years, A. and M. has been either champion or cochampion of the Valley. Until this season they had won 47 consecutive games on their home floor. Have Dumped O.U. Twice Although the Aggies are now resting in third place in the Valley with three wins and two losses, they own two victories over the Oklahoma Sooners, who defeated Kansas at Norman. Coach Forrest C. Allen scouted the Cowboys when they walloped the Sooners, 38 to 23, last Wednesday, and was impressed by their smoothness and power. Even without the services of their ace scorer, Lonnie Eggleston, who has a broken hand, the Aggies will present a formidable lineup. Coach Iba has plenty of replacements for his starters and during games can substitute freely without slowing down the Aggie machine. All Can Score Scoring ability is not concentrated in one player and the Cowboys take turns at being high point man. Leroy Floyd, who took over Eggleston's forward position, and Harvey Vern Schwertfeger, tall pivot man, can be counted on for six or eight points per game. Gene Smelser, forward, and Bud Millikan, guard, are fast on their feet and excellent ball handlers. J. T. Newman, 6 foot 1 inch forward, and Howard Francis, 6 foot 3 inch center, are reserves who break into the box score frequently. Charles Scheffel, Jack Taylor, and Buford Maddox complete the first ten. K.U. Builds Defense This week the Jayhawkers have been polishing up their defensive tactics for Oklahoma's famous revolving offense. Friday afternoon, Johnny Buescher, Bill Matthews, Ed Hall, Virgil Wise, and Charles Walker were imitating the Iba system while the starting lineup was ironing out its defensive problems. Dick Harp, regular guard for the last three years, assisted Allen in correcting the Kansans' footwork. The Jayhawkers, with Coach Allen and Trainer Dean Nesmith, will board a Santa Fe Pullman shortly after 9 o'clock tonight. Players making the trip are Engleman, Allen, Kline, Buescher, Walker, Ed Hall, Vance Hall, T. P. Hunter, Marvin Sollenberger, and either Jim Arnold or Norman Sanneman. Don't Go Gunning For Trouble! Motor-In is equipped to take the "kinks" out — you put 'em in and we'll take 'em out! Body work by experts. MOTOR-IN 827 Vt. The Master Service Station Ph.607 Preliminary Drills Open Tomorrow Kansas University football candidates will report at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon at Memorial stadium to begin preliminary drills preceding the regular spring practice session which will open March 3. Head coach Gwinn Henry has issued a call to all men interested in playing football, whether they have played before in college or not to check out shoes and warmup suits, in which the men will take their conditioning drills. In addition to a fine freshman crop, a crew of 16 lettermen and 16 returning squadmen are expected to be on hand. Register Now for New Directory George O. Foster, Registrar, requests that any students who have changed addresses between semesters should report their new addresses to the Registrar's office immediately, so that corrections may appear in the Directory supplement. Tailor-Fitted Suits for Early Spring $25.00 up Try Our Alterations and Repair Department SCHULZ THE TAILOR "Suiting your that's my business" Lt. Fuqua Is New R.O.T.C. Instructor Lt. Charles E. Fuqua, Coast Artillery Reserve, has arrived in Lawrence to begin his duties as instructor in the University R.O.T.C. Before coming here, Lt. Fuqua was attached to the sixty-first anti-aircraft regiment at Ft. Sheridan, Ill. Mrs. Fuqua is the former Elk Jeffords, daughter of Lt. Col. Jeffords, formerly connected with the coast artillery unit at Ft. Leavenworth. She was a student in the College last year, and is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. Zoology Club To Meet Tuesday The first meeting of the Snow Zoology club in the second semester will be held Tuesday at 5:30 in the Zoology laboratory. You look better and feel better in a Stetson Playboy. Reason...its lines are informal, flattering; its weight is almost nil.