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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940.
Phi Gam's vs. A.K. Psi's
First Play-Off Tilt Begins at 8 Tonight
By Clint Kanaga, c'42
Tonight at 8 o'clock Phi Gamma Delta will meet Alpha Kappa Psi in the first of a two out of three game series to determine the intramural basketball championship of 1940.
The Phi Gam's remain favorites to capture the title, but the A.K. Psi's may give them a real surprise. Basis for establishing the Phi Gam's as favorites is comparative scores. The A.K. Psi's suffered their only loss of the season at the hands of the Buccaneers, 29-11, during the regular schedule. Last night in one of the semi-final contests, the Phi Gam's defeated the Buccaneers decisively 37 to 25.
Simonizing SportS BY JAY SIMON
The starting lineup for the Phi Gam's, finalists in the intramural cage tourney, includes five former Ark Valley players . . . Wichita fans had the idea the brand of basketball played by Southwestern, Pittsburg, and some of the other leaders in the Central conference was just about tops 'til they saw that fine exhibition of Fig Six basketball Monday and Tuesday nights . . . Tom Stevens, winner of the Kansas relays high jump three years ago with a leap of 6 feet 5-8 inches, is one of the unattached entrants in the Missouri Valley A.A.U. indoor track carnival next Monday night in Municipal auditorium at Kansas City
Johnny Corrigan, former Jayhawker, has seen his Powhatan cagers chalk up 30 victories out of 32 tries this year and is now in the class "B" tourney at Hutchinson . . . Oklahoma Aggies lost in the semifinals at New York last night, but have to stay around until Friday to play for third place . . . Bill Hargiss was interviewed over WDAF last night by C. E. McBride and Fred Winegarth in regard to the Invitational track meet.
Wayne and Blaine Rideout are still running for North Texas Teachers and tacked up 20 points in the Border relays last weekend. . . The football squad got back to their spring workouts today after a brief layoff on account of cold weather . . . There is still plenty of room for men wanting to come out and show 'em what they can do. . . By taking first in swimming, second in wrestling, third in track, and tying for fourth in basketball, Iowa State compiled the best record for winter sports in the Big Six.
All but two of the eight spots in the East and West brackets of the N.C.A.A. are filled . . . On this side of the river Colorado, Rice and Southern California are definitely in and the other berth goes to the winner of Kansas vs. Oklahoma A. and M. . . In the East Springfield, Mass., College, Indiana, and Western Kentucky Teachers already have their tickets to the tourney and the fourth one may be Duquesne, winner over A. and M. last night in the Garden.
Ace man in the Phi Gam's impressive win was Larry McSpadden. McSpadden gathered eight points in the first quarter, paving the way for an easy triumph. In the third quarter, the Bucs came within six points of the Fiji's, trailing 22 to 8.
Free throws in the closing minutes of the game gave the A.K. Psi's a hard earned, 24 to 21 victory over the Delta Chi's. Ed Hall, Delta Chi, wasn't enough although he turned in a brilliant performance. The
Tenight's Starting Lineup
PHI GAM'S A. K. PSI
Hambric F Johnson
McSpadden F Thompson
Morris C Funk
Healy G Cadwalaler
Long G Huddleston
game was a real thriller, being deadlocked at 15-all in the third quarter. Huddleston, A.K. Psi guard, gathered the A.K. Psi's last three points which proved to be the margin of victory.
Phi Kappa Psi "B" will clash with Kappa SIGa "B" for the "B" team title at 8 o'clock tonight. Phi Psi "B" nosed out Phi Gam "B" last night 22 to 20 on Bill Knight's long shot in an overtime. Kappa SIG "B" also won an exciting battle, downing Sig Alph "B" 23 to 22. The box scores:
PHI GAMS (37)
g ft f
McSpadden, f 4 6 1
Hambric, f 2 0 2
Long, c 1 0 1
Healy, g 3 3 1
Morris, g 3 4 3
Totals 12 13 8
BUCCANEERS (25)
g ft f
Vandaveer, f 2 0 2
Bourne, f 2 2 1
Ulrich, c 1 3 2
Lindquist, g 2 1 1
Fry, g 1 0 1
Dalrymple, g 1 1 2
Totals 9 7 9
A. K. PSI (24)
g ft f
Thompson, f 1 0 2
Johnson, f 2 3 2
Funk, c 3 0 2
Huddleston, g 2 2 2
Cadwalader, g 1 1 1
Hosford, g 0 0 0
Totals 9 6 9
DELTA CHI (21)
g ft f
Lysaught, f 0 1 1
Burton, f 1 2 2
McCarty, c 1 0 1
Hall, g 4 2 2
Kraemer, g 1 2 1
Mansgeld, g 0 0 1
Totals 7 7 8
Tournament Jottings
The closest, most hard fought opening day games in years opened the state high school basketball tournament at Topeka with a bang yesterday.
Feature game of the day was the Wyandotte-Colby clash in which Wyandotte, victorious in 26 straight games, almost got knocked out of the tournament. The Bulldogs trailed by 8 points at one time in the third quarter and their followers were frantic.
Outstanding individual in the first day's play was Ray Evans, big Wyandotte guard. Evans was playing for the first time since he broke a bone in his foot three weeks ago. His passing was more spectacular than any shooting.
The men's and women's rifle teams left this afternoon for Booneville, Mo., where they will compete in the Missouri Valley annual rifle match. Shooting in the match will be done tomorrow and Saturday. The climax to the week-end will be the Kemper Military ball to be held Saturday night at which all the participants in the match will be guests of the academy.
Hutchinson, the tourney favorite, made the most impressive showing of any team in the opening round. The tall Mitchell brothers accounted for 30 points between them and had plenty of help from the Love brothers. "Hutch" has the old fight this year.
Rifle Teams To Boonville
For those who are wondering what has happened to the defending champion Winfield club, recently, it appears to be a matter of Gerald Tucker's teammates falling off their play. Tucker looked better than ever yesterday.
Members of the teams participating in the match are: Betty Adair, ph'40; Jane Adair, ph'40; Beryl Benbow, c'42; Olivia Cole, ed'41; Mary K. Colglazier, c'41; Dorothy Durand, c'42; Patricia Green, c'40; Anna J. Hoffman, c'43; Helen Naramore, fa'40; Margaret Ogden, c'41; Ann Rightmire, fa'40; William A. Smiley Jr., c'40; Curtis Alloway, c'42, Arthur Black, c'43; Robert Know, c'43; Frederick Luke, e'41; Robert Marietta, c'40; Robert Price, c'41; Robert Smith, b'40; Arthur Wahl, e'42
Home Ec Seniors Teach
Seniors in the department of home economics are getting practical experience by teaching in the rural high school at Tonganoxie. These students are qualifying for the Smith-Hughes system of vocational home making program of teaching. Muriel Johnson, c'40, has just complete 1 her two - weeks teaching period and Audrey Bateman, c'40, is now teaching.
Cold Weather Keeps Baseballers Under Stands
By Charles Skidmore, c'41
The sun shone brightly yesterday afternoon—amid snow flurries driven hard by a raw wind—and Coach Mike Getto of the Kansas baseball team was about ready to trade in his baseball uniforms for snow suits. Resorting to the best means possible Getto has been drilling his charges daily for the past two weeks under the east side of the stadium. Practice has been confined mostly to the pitchers and catchers.
Last season the pitching staff of "Red" Dugan and Jim Burge was consistently good enough, and the mound staff will be even better this spring with the addition of Forrest Kresie, who hurled during the summer for a Topeka merchant team. The coach is anxiously awaiting warmer weather so the hitters can start getting some batting practice, because he hopes to build the swatting attack up to par with the hurling.
Three Good Receivers
For the past week the Jayhawker mentor has been focusing his attention on the batteries and some on the throwing of prospective infielders. Captain Eldreth Cadwalader is back this year to hold up the receiving duties. In addition to him Ed Suagee is eligible for service in this department. Monte Merkle, who is now going on his second week in the hospital following an attack of the flu, is the third member of the catching corps. With these three stalwarts to work on home plate Getto has little to worry about in this direction. With Dean Martin another possible addition to the catching staff, Getto will probably find himself working his excessive receivers into other spots in the line-up.
Captain Cadwalader kept in trim last summer, playing on Sundays with a Ban Johnson team. Engaging in 10 games he hit better than 400, which is good enough in any league.
Ed Suagee, Monte Merkle, and Dean Martin will also be no strangers to the catcher's mit. Suagee saw considerable service in a league at Bartlesville and has played a lot of soft-ball around the campus. The
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