TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Nip Cyclone Engleman, Allen Pace 'Must' Win
By DON H. PIERCE
Kansan Sports Editor
A valiant band of Kansas Jayhawkers hopped squarely back into the middle of the Big Six basketball race as they rallied brilliantly to defeat a favored Iowa State club in Hoch auditorium
sports AS WE SEE IT By DON H. PIERCE
As usual just when campus skepticism was beginning to take form in the thought that "Phog" Allen's good cage teams cannot continue to pull a basketball "Lou Gehrig" by going on forever, the Jayhawkers erase all doubts with a sensational performance which not only wins an important victory but smacks of the usual Allen championship or near championship playing flavor.
The Jayhawkers started off well enough this year by grabbing a two game series from Texas in their beloved Hoch auditorium baliwick, but then fared disasterously on their holiday eastern tour, winning one while losing two. This gave Hill experts a little something startling to think about and when one looked over the heights of conference opponents then read the score of the Kansans' opening contest against Oklahoma he was ready to designate last night's tiff with Iowa State as an actual showdown even though the 10on season was searched under wow
"As We See It" believed that last night's contest would tell the tale. If the Jayhawkers had anything in the way of championship play to offer they would certainly do it then under the lash of a little of the doctor's applied psychology and the realization that losing two successive games to co-favored title seekers is not liable to land any team in the upper strata of the standings.
And the contest did tell the tale. At least enough so that we think we know what might happen before the Ides of March roll 'round to ring down the conference curtain.
In the first place the Kansan's victory put them on an even basis with Oklahoma and Iowa State as far as the "L" column is concerned. Each of the favorites has lost a game to one of the other favorites. What could be more equal or could establish more confidence that the Jayhawkers can come through once again despite superior height advantage or supposedly better scoring strength? In short we believe they are quite capable of nailing another pennant to an already overcrowded Jayhawker board.
The return to scoring form of Bobby Allen who rolled in 15 counters, gave indication that such a performance might well be a common conference game occurrence. The continued net scoring of Howard Engleman also
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last night, 44-41 before 3,000 fans.
Bruce Drake's rowdy club climbed atop the conference standings in Lincoln as they hauled down Nebraska's Cornhuskers, 40-29. O.U. has played one more contest than the Jayhawkers, however, and two more than the Iowans.
Leading the Allenmen's furious closing-minutes drive was blond Howard Engleman, the sparkling close-in shot wizard, who crammed in three successive field goals in the final three minutes. His 17 point barrage was again good enough to give him high honors for the evening and established an individual two-game conference scoring mark of 16 points per game.
Fiery, raven haired Bobby Allen, who had a pair of front teeth loosed in one of the numerous under-the-basket tangles near the game's end, followed close behind the All-American forward as he returned to early season scoring form, with a 15 point contribution.
De Koster Paces Visitors
Black-bearded Dale DeKoster, flat-shooting Cyclone guard, led the invader's attack with 11 counters, but it was six-foot six-inch Carol Schneider, a lanky junior, who gave the Jayhawkers the most trouble as he constantly controlled rebounds off the Red and Blue backboard and dumped eight tallies into the Cyclone hopper.
The grim Kansans opened by surprising the visitors as senior Norman Sanneman got the tip from the astonished Schneider and Engleman passed to Allen for a set-up before the visitors even got a taste of ball handling.
Nicholas came back for State with a pair of free toses, but the Kansans, who blew hot and cold all evening, slipped into a five point lead quickly on a brace of Allen free throws, a neat righthanded jumpturn by Engleman, and Marvin Sollenberger's free throw.
But here the Cyclones, who refused to be counted out even when the locals were sporting an eight point lead in the waning moments of the game, tore loose with a protracted rally which netted them a 24-22 advantage at half-time.
The locals led 11-6 after only six minutes of play and early victory seemed assured when Gordon Nicholas, who had already committed three fouls, was removed by Cyclone coach Louie Menze.
A Red Hot Start
Stark-eyed Al Budolfson, Cyclone forward, started things off with a long two hander and Schneider followed with a free throw and Leon Uknes a basket before Johnny Kline dropped in a one handed free throw to break the temporary Jayhawk scoring drought.
Budolfson bagged a neat recovery shot, and after Vance Hall and Engleman, counted goals, DeKoster hit a brace of two handers to pull the
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The Box Score...
KANSAS (44)
KANSAS (44) g ft tp
Engleman, f 8 1 2 17
Hall, f 3 2 1 8
Sanneman, f 0 0 2 0
Hogben, f 0 0 0 0
Walker, f 0 1 1 1
Miller, f 0 0 2 0
Allen, c 4 7 2 15
Sollenberger, g 0 2 3 2
Kline, g 0 1 4 1
Arnold, g 0 0 3 0
Total ... 15 14 20 44
IOWA STATE (41)
Budolfonso, f ... 3 1 4 7
Gordon, f ... 1 1 3 3
Nicholas, c ... 2 2 3 6
Uknes, g-f ... 2 2 2 6
DeKoster, g ... 4 3 3 11
Schneider, g ... 2 4 3 8
Baxter, c ... 0 0 0 0
Bruch, c ... 0 0 0 0
Officials: Moe Pressly, Omaha, Ed Hogue. Kansas.
Totals ... 14 13 18 41
Pi K.A's Smother Battenfeld, 64-12
By CLINT KANAGA
Pi Kappa Alpha, one of the favorites in the intramural basketball race, set the season high in team-scoring by running up a total of 64 points in downing Battenfeld Hall 64-12 last night.
Foremost point-grabbers in this Pi K. A. landslide were Engel, Nagle, and McCormick with 16, 13, and 11 counters respectively.
The evening's most exciting contest found Kappa Sigma nosing out Theta Tau 23-20. Deadlocked at 18 all with three minutes of play remaining, Hall, Kappa Sig, cracked in two short shots to put the game on ice, Domingo, Theta Tau, gathered 16 of his team's 20 tallies while Hensley paced the victors with four baskets and two free throws.
Kappa Eta Kappa came through with an impressive 29-19 win over Delta Tau Delta with the entire starting lineup contributing in the scoring. Stapleton, D.T.D. guard, was the standout for the losers.
Mills and Parker put on a last half scoring spurt to give Battenfeld "B" a well deserved victory over Pi K.A. "B" 20-18. Newman I gained its fifth win of the season by the forfeit route to remain in the leadership role in Division III.
In a ragged ball game, Sigma Nu turned back Phi Alpha Delta 39 to 30. The Sigma Nu's, led by Collins and Porter, moved to the front at halftime 18-13, and went on to triumph easily.
Women's Intramurals
Bv JEAN MILAM
Corbin Hall will play Watkins Hall and Miller Hall will meet the IWV basketball team tonight at 9 o'cock.
The aerial darts tournament is going into the fourth round and the following matches should be played as soon as possible: Shuss, WH, vs.
TORRID TWINS...
H. ENGLEMAN
These two scrapping seniors were highly instrumental in the Jayhawkers important victory over a highly touted Iowa State club last night as they carried off the one-two scoring honors of the evening with a 32 points two-man total. Engleman caged eight goals and a free throw for 17 points; Allen made good seven of eight free throw attempts and added four goals.
How They Stand . . .
| | w | l | pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | .666 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Kansas State | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Iowa State | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Bingham, CH; Whitehead, ACO, vs. Lemoine, PBP; E. Irwin, KKG, vs. Willetts, ETC; Roberts, KAT, vs. Owen, CO; Herriman, IWW, vs. Taylor, AOPI; and Wilkens, GPB, vs. S. Irwin, KKG.
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Old Rivals Collide Here Thursday
Those oldest of old rivals, Kansas and Missouri, will tangle once again Thursday night, when they square off on the Hoch auditorium hardwoods at 7:30 in the Tiger's opening conference basketball game of the year.
One hundred and two times the basketball teams of the two schools have clashed since their first meeting in 1907. The record books show 63 victories for the Jayhawks, with the Tigers winners in 39.
In strong contrast with the usual setting for these games, which or-
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