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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1940
sports AS WE SEE IT By DON H. PIERCE
Cutting a few thin slices from a big sport's pie:
GWINN HENRY, the spare spoken Kansas gridiron chief, who's 30 years of coaching experience should put his opinions high in the minds of any football fan, believes that Nebraska and perhaps even Oklahoma could take the measure of Stanford's unbelievable Indians if the teams met where the climate is more conducive to football than to tennis. Henry, who returned from his second consecutive Rose Bowl trip, a few days ago, said that the Huskers far outplayed their West coast host throughout the first half, but were left flat-footed by the 82-weather earth in the second half. Henry admitted that Pete Kmetovic and Hugh Gallerneau, the Indians' two halfbacks, were the fastest he has seen this year and often dodged through or simply outran the Nebraskans with no blocking whatsoever when the swung wide from the standard T formation.
ONE OF THE biggest kicks K.U. cagers got out of their entire holiday tour was witnessing and being subjected to the showmanship refereeing of Pat Kennedy, reportedly the East's best. . His gesticulating when calling a foul surpassed that of our own popular E. C. Quigley and his voice aqualled that of Jayhawker coach "Phog" Allen. . The players said that the Madison Square Garden basketball crowd, which totalled close to 18,000 the night the Kansas met Fordham lists free throws as it's number one bore. . Consequently there are few fouls called as promoter Ned Irish must preserve a circus atmosphere after all. . Bobby Allen remarked that any bodily contact on the part of an offensive player almost always drew a foul while anything went on defense. . . Of the four games the touring Oreadmen saw, the New York U.-Minnesota battle which the former took by a 51-51 count, was unanimously rated tops, both in thrills and playing excellence.
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DID YOU know that there are at present four former Kansas high school basketball stars cavorting in the starting lineup of "Frosty" Cox's Colorado University Buffaloes, perennial Rocky Mountain champions? . . . The fact that Kansas basketballers are attending Colorado is not significant for "Frosty" is notorious for his saliies into the Ark Valley and other state high school hotbeds for some of the best of blooming college cage talent. . . The point is that "Frosty's" would-be Kansans are becoming more and better. . . The four current coverted Buffaloes
K. U. TENNIS fans and fanettes will have an opportunity to view the world's court elite in Don Budge, Bill Tilden, Mary Hardwick, and Alice Marble when the troupe appears in the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Jan. 18. . The quartet opened their 50-city professional tour last night in New York with Budge taking the measure of the 47-year-old Tilden in two sets and Marble defeating the pretty English girl. 6-4, 6-4. Tilden and Marble took a two-out-of-three set mixed doubles victory.
Sophs Replace 'Boy-Scats' at Oklahoma A Sooner Shoo-In--Allen
By CHUCK ELLIOTT
By CHUCK ELLIOX
With eleven sophomores on his 17-man cage squad at Norman, Coach Bruce Drake's prospects for retaining an interest in the Big Six conference crown should not seem too great yet Jayhawker mentor, Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen, has predicted that the Sooners are a shoou-in for the 1941 basketball title.
Results of Oklahoma's pre-conference games indicate evidence of the greenness of the squad for they have gained only one triumph in five starts. After losing to the University of Oregon in their first start of the season at Norman, the Sooners revived temporarily to topple
the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University. However, this same S.M.U. team took the measure of the Sooners in a return engagement in Dallas to start the O.U. losing streak.
Lose Two On Road
During the Christmas holidays Drake took his "Scat-less" boys to New York and Philadelphia only to return with a pair of defeats at the hands of St. John's University and Temple University.
Six of the squadmen hail from Oklahoma City with three each on the first and second teams. Sparking the offense of the Sooners thus far has been Garnett Corbin, junior from Oklahoma City. Corbin was a sophomore sensation two years ago but played independent basketball in Oklahoma City last season
as a scholastic ineligible.
Hugh Ford is the giant of the team at six feet six inches and, according to "Phog" Allen, is the "most adept big man I've ever seen." Ford is a senior who has been proving a sensation on defense as well as gaining the majority of rebounds from both backboards.
Three Sophomore Starters
The other three members of the present starting lineup are sophomores. A. D. "Ug" Roberts, forward, and Allen Paine, guard, are two six-footers from Oklahoma City. Paul Heap from Tulsa is the other starting guard and is the second tallest man on the squad at six feet four inches. At 19 Heap is also the youngest man on the first five.
The second team presents a re-
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New Trouble For Bruce Drake
VANCE HALL
JOHN BUESCHER
MARVIN SOLLENBERGER
When Sooner coach Bruce Drake sends his club against Kansas tonight he will do well to keep an eye out for new grief in the form of these three able Jayhawker sophs, who will be making their initial Big Six appearance.
McSpadden Tops Scorers
First returns in the intramural basketball scoring race for the 19.0-41 season find Larry McSpadden, Phi Gam forward, out in front with 55 points in 4 games, an average of 13.7 per game. McSpadden leads Division II. Closest rival to McSpadden is Don Graham, top man of Division III, with 52 points in 4 games, average 13.0.
Denzil Gibbens, stellar varsity backfield man, is currently claiming the spotlight by holding first place in Division I with a 10 point average. Top "B" team scorer is Benny Ewers, Sig Alph, with an average of 14.6.
The division leaders:
Division I
D. Gibbens, A.K. Psi ... 10.0
Aubuyn, Carruth Hall ... 8.5
Ulrich, Teke ... 8.0
C. Wenstand, Delta Chi ... 8.0
Hall, Delta Chi ... 7.3
Division II
McSpadden, Phi Gam ... 12.7
Healy, Phi Gam ... 9.8
Hensley, Kappa Sig ... 9.6
Stapleton, Delta Tau ... 6.7
Litttoy, Beta ... 8.6
Division III
Graham, Dodgers ... 13.0
Blair, Caballeros ... 11.6
Fournier, Newman I ... 11.0
McGrew, Caballeros ... 9.5
LaGrey, Miss. Met ... 9.0
"B" Leaders
B. Ewers, Sig Alph “B” ... 14.6
W. Wenstrand, Delta Chi “B” ... 14.3
Cornhuskers Rally To Trim K-State
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8—(UP)—Nebraska, with a 33 to 23 victory over the Kansas State College basketball team, today was temporarily the leader in the Big Six conference race.
The Huskers and Kansas State opened the conference play here last night and played on even terms through the first half, which ended with the visitors leading 13 to 12. The Huskers, however, dominated play in the second half, with Don Fitz scoring 10 points.
Standouts of the Beta victory were Bob O'Neil and Fred Littooy. The Betas forged ahead in the opening minutes and held a three-point lead throughout the remainder of the game. Halftime found the Betas in front 10 to 7. Hensley starred for the losers, gathering 4 goals and 2 free throws for high point honors.
Beta's, Newman Club Win
Beta Theta Pi achieved its third straight triumph last night in edging out the Kappa Sigs 25-19 in the feature contest of the evening. In a low scoring contest, Newman Club II defeated the Dodgers 15 to 12 while Sigma Chi "C" downed Delta Tau "C" 25 to 16.
Call the University Daily Kansan at KU-25 for scores of the Kansas - Oklahoma basketball game at Norman tonight.
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