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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940
sports AS WE SEE IT By DON H. PIERCE
H. M. Mason, Guest Conductor Best basketball player Kansas faced last year was a boy from a school that is virtually unknown to the general public He was Gene Clark, tall center on the New Mexico School of Mines quintet... This young giant, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall, was as agile as a toe dancer. The Jayhawks clashed with the Miners in the Sunflower tournament at Topeka during Christmas vacation last year and nearly met disaster.
Clark and a smooth forward named Crooks gave Kansas a fit in the first half of that game, with the result that New Mexico led 23-18 at half-time. . . . Consensus is that the Miners might have won the game if Clark and Crooks had not fouled out early in the second half.
Clark was as near to an "unguardable" player as this writer has ever seen ... He could feint beautifully and then, with his guard off balance, drive for the basket as though released by a steel spring . . . Only thing for a guard to do then was to grab Clark or to let him go in for a setup. . . . Harp and Kline, who alternated at trying to guard Clark, chose to grab him, but found this hardly paid. . . The big Miner center converted 7 free throws in the first half, along with racking up 3 field goals for a total of 12 points.
Only flaw in Clark's play was his overeagerness to defense. . . . When Clark fouled out early in the second half, the Miners' cause was lost. . . . The big boy hailed from the state of Indiana originally and just how he got away from universities in that state is hard to understand. . . . Clark averaged better than 20 points a game in the tournament at Topeka and playing with a ball club like Kansas, Indiana, or Southern California might well have been scoring 25 to 30 points a game.
Compiling an impressive record in early season play is Iowa State's all-veteran team. . . The Cyclones surprised by knocking off Minnesota and then followed that with a win over Bradley Tech's highly rated team. . . Apparently the biggest factor in the team's improved showing over last year is Darren Schneider, 6 foot 6 inch junior guard. . . The bi gboy has been going strong.
Oklahoma is counting on some crack sophomores in its bid for the Big Six cage title . . . Rex Heap and Allie Paine have been starting at guard and "Ug" Roberts won a forward berth with his brilliant scoring in the S.M.
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They Wear Specs
MARVIN
SOLLENBERGER
CHARLES WALKER
Marvin Sollenberger, sophomore guard, and Charlie Walker, junior forward, the first players in recent Kansas basketball history to wear specially built playing glasses.
Aggies Face Kentucky Friday
Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 19 — The University of Kentucky, Southeastern conference champion and one of the nation's basketball leaders, will invade Nichols gymnasium here at 7:30 tomorrow night to meet Kansas State college of the Big Six.
Coach Adolph Rupp lost only two key men of his "Pride of Dixie" squad last season and believes this year's aggregation is of the same caliber as the 1939-40 outfit which won 16 out of 21 games. Since Rupp became coach ten years ago, Kentucky cage teams have won 163 games while losing 36. They have copped their league title five times in the eight years of the circuit's existence.
Leader of the Kentucky quintet is Capt. Lee Huber, six-foot senior guard and candidate for all-America honors. He and Keith Farnsley, forward, are the only seniors on the team.
Kentucky defeated K-State 53 to 26 at Lexington a year ago, although Coach Rupp won't agree that his team was that much better than the opponents. "It was one of our very best games," he said. "We would have made it tough for anybody that night."
Kansas State, although seriously handicapped by a lack of reserve strength, has shown steady improvement and is undefeated in three games. Jack Horacek, a junior sharpshooter from Topeka, is setting the individual scoring pace with a record of 32 points in the three contests.
When the next issue of the Saturday Evening Post hits the news stands Tuesday K.U. will be included in its pages when it carries a story on head basketball coach, Dr. F. C. Allen.
Allen and K.U. Basketball Featured in Next Post
The story was written by Howard Turtle, former University journalism student now employed by the Kansas City Star. This story relates the basketball coaching career of a man who has spotlighted K.U. at the top of the national basketball picture.
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Intramural Stars of the Week
BIG SIX INTRAMURAL
Jim Zimmerman, Delta Chi—Made the shot of the week, batting in a tip-in to upset a highly favored Teke team. Also the standout rebounder on the floor.
Warren Lowen, Battenfeld, — Sparked his teammates to victory over Theta Tau with four goals and four free throws.
Bill Hyer, Sigma Chi—Broke a 20-all tie in the Kappa Eta Kappa game with two one-handed shots in the closing minutes. His four points gave his team 24-20 win.
Walt Sheridan, Sig Alph—Played a prominent part against the Phi Delts and A.K.Psi's. Starred on defense and hit the clinching goal!
OWEN CARL - C. C. CARL - AND ALL THE BOYS
against the A.K.Psi team in an overtime.
Lee Huddleston, A.K.Psi-Exhibited some of the finest ball handling seen this year against the Sig Alphs
Joe Fournier, Newman Club—Breaks into the Stars of the Week for the second time due to his fine play against the Ohio Mountain Boys.
Larry McSpadney, Phi Gam—Like Fournier, Larry makes this column again by his splendid teamwork and passing in addition to ringing up 14 points against the Delta Taus.
At the start of this season, Michigan, Southern California and Minnesota all had won 2 national championships. But with another undefeated season to their record, the Gophers gained their third national championship in seven years and the right to have the trophy presented to them permanently by the "Four Horsemen."
The trophy was donated to the sport of football in 1930 by the famous "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame—Elmer Layden, Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, and Don Miller—and was to be presented to the team with the best 10-year record in collegiate football.
Rockne Trophy To Gophers
—Thank You for your many favors granted us, and extend to you the festive season's greetings. "Wishing you a pleasant vacation and trusting the old guy with white whiskers will hit a jackpot for you Christmas morning — with just what you wanted."
Those Golden Gophers of Minnesota, not content with gaining the "Little Brown Jug" from Michigan for another year, are now going to receive permanent possession of the Knute Rockne Memorial trophy at ceremonies tentatively scheduled for Feb. 8.
Kenneth Dunn, Teke—Despite the loss to the Delta Chi's, the Teke's had a one-man whirlwind in Dunn who topped the scoring and fighting spirit of the losers.
Dr. E. E. Ecker, professor of Immunology at Western Reserve University, will speak on "Recent Progress in Immunity" at a dinner meeting of the Kansas City Academy of Medicine at 6:30 tomorrow evening in the Fred Harvey Pine room of the Union Station in Kansas City.
Ecker To Discuss Immunity Progress
Huskers Leave For Arizona
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18—(UP)—The Nebraska Cornhuskers pulled up stakes today and departed for Phoenix, Ariz., where they will get in shape for their football meeting with Stanford's Indians in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. In a final practice session the first team effectively checked Stanford formations as executed by the reserve squad but the second and third strings ran into serious trouble.
Women's Intramurals
BEAT FORDHAM!! !
By JEAN MILAM
Tonight at 8:45 the Kappas will defend their present record of no basketball defeats this year when they meet the Sigma Kappas. At the same time Watkins Hall and the Pi Phis will battle it out bringing the finals closer in the organized house division.
Two games will be played at 9:30. The ETC's, undefeated independent team will meet the INDs and the ADPis will play the Thetas.
Results of yesterday afternoon ping pong matches show that Watkins Hall defeated the Pi Phis, 2-1, and the Alpha Chis defeated the Gamma Phis, 2-1. you get the best!
"Banner of Old KU Over Air Tomorrow
Bernadine Green, education junior, is compiling a book for the physical education department library, which includes costumes that are worn in all countries. Each costume is illustrated in color accompanied with a description of the way it can be made. The department is often asked to give folk dances for outside occasions and this book will be an advantage when costumes are needed.
Lest we forget, this is to remind students that "The Banner of Old K.U.," written last spring by Fred Waring and first played over the air on May 3, will be replayed over the network tomorrow evening on Waring's Chesterfield program, heard over radio station WDAF at 6 o'clock. This news was received last week in a telegram from the orchestra leader.
The song was written last spring as a result of a petition by University students. It was featured on the Hill last night by the University band in its annual winter concert
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