SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Two Favorites in Tourney
Henry Drills Grid Squad On Defense
Bolstering the Jayhawker defense was the chief concern of head coach Gwinn Henry as he sent his 60 gridders through stiff practice sessions during the past week. Under the watchful eyes of the three-man coaching staff the combined varity and frosh squad ran through a number of plays and learned the principles of running interference and blocking.
Actual serimmage won't begin for several days yet, because of the danger of injuries during cold weather.
Yesterday there was no practice as Henry was in Kansas City attending the Big Six track and field meet.
Last season the Kansas eleven had one of the best running attacks in the Big Six but it went to no avail because it was not matched by a strong enough defense. Late in the schedule the defense did begin to stifen and that sign of promise encouraged Henry and his assistants to believe that the Kansas team will hold its own on defense this year.
If guards made a line, the Kansas coaches would have no worries. Good guards are more than plentiful on the Jayhawk squad. Quido Massare was the best lineman on the team last year and is getting ready for his third year as a first-string guard.
Jay Kern, a sophomore, was Massare's running mate in the starting lineup the last three or four games last fall. He promises to be as fine a guard as Massare.
In addition Coach Henry has two other men of more than average ability back at guard, Herb Hartman, and Ward Crowell, both lettermen. The freshman crop likewise includes good guards.
Prize freshman addition to the spring practice squad is Tommy Robertson, big center. Robertson had the sideline fans raving over his work as a member of the yearling squail last fall.
Don Pollom, a former star at Topeka high, gives promise of developing into a fine back. Pollom, a track star, has elusiveness in addition to his natural speed. Indications are that he will be a top-flight half-back.
One of the problems of spring practice is replacing the men who finished their competition last fall, including such capable players as Milt Sullivant, Frank Bukaty, Dick Amerine, Eldreth Cadwalader, Russ Chitwood, Mike Sihlamick, Dan Rhule, John Naramore and Bill Lenhart.
Two familiar faces are missing at spring practice. Neither Bill Bunsen, fullback, nor Steve Renko, big end, is in school this semester. However, both will be back ready for action next fall.
Big Six Stars---wonderful basketball. They are planning to go into semi-pro basketball and I hope they both show me that I was wrong in edging them off the starting quintet.
(Continued from page four) and the other two as fast and elusive as any in the loop. Herb Scheffler 6-3, and Blaine Currence, 6-5, could rebound with the best of them. Not so tall, but more spring-legged is Dick Harp, Jayhawker star who did yeoman work in guarding and rebounding against taller opponents all season.
The team's speed merchants are Don Ebling and Marvin Mesch. It's a shame there is no place on the first team for them. Both are seniors and have played three seasons of
MARVIN MESCH
DON EBLING
Iowa State and Kansas State did surprise things this season—the Wildcats in winning two games and the Cyclones in winning only two games—but neither has men good enough to crash the first ten. Jack Horacek, a sophomore, was a sterling player at Manhattan and should be one of the brighter stars during the next two years.
At Ames, Bob Harris and Gordon Nicholas slumped terribly. Both made some of the all-star teams last year as sophomores, but had rough going this year. Bob Menze was probably the most valuable man on the team, but his size and the fact that he was playing with a last place club handicapped his chances of hitting the select group.
Huskers Capture—
(Continued from page one)
fourth Clingham, Kansas State
time, 3:41
Simonizing----
High jump—Won by Snackne, Iowa State; tied for second, Miller and Hilton, Missouri; tied for fourth, Day, Kansas State and Meyers, Missouri. Height, 6 feet $2\frac{1}{4}$ inches.
Broadjump—Won by Jones, Kansas; second, Schumitzky, Missouri; Seidel, Missouri; fourth, K-State, Distance, 22 feet $10 \frac{1}{2}$ inches.
880-yard run—Won by Reeves,
Missouri; second, Brooks, Nebraska;
third, Crandell, Iowa State; fourth,
Thompson, Kansas. Time: 1:56.9.
(Breaks conference record of
set by Moody of Oklahoma in
1933).
fiel release. Won by Iowa State
(Tailey) at Hageback, Dahl, and
Gracie); second, Oklahoma; third,
K-State; fourth, Kansas. Time:
3:28. (Breaks old record of 3:29 set
by Nebraska in 1932 and Oklahoma
in 1933.
second, leaders Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma have been rather chummy. . . A week ago Friday when the Tigers came to Lawrence for their battle, the Sooners were pulling for Kansas to win so they would still have a life. . . This Friday when the Jayhawkers were leading the pack, Missourians were pulling for Oklahoma to beat them so they could salvage some of the spoils.
(Continued from page 4)
Phi Gam's and A.K. Psi Team Are Picked
Bv Clint Kanaga, c'42
Alpha Kappa Psi versus Phi Gamma Delta in the finals is the prediction of this writer as to the outcome of the championship playoffs which get under way Monday. But with such teams as the Buccaneers, champion Galloping Ghosts, and the Comets in the tournament, there is a very strong possibility that neither one of the two named teams will reach the final round.
Chances in the upper bracket favor the Phi Gam's. Reasons for installing them as favorites rest upon their ability to utilize the fast break and their skill in scoring from any position on the court. No team possesses as fine a bunch of scorers as the Fijis do in McSpadden, Morris, Healy, Hambric and
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At this time we should not count out the Galloping Ghosts. Coffin, Shupe, Kelly, and Westerhaus have not performed as well this season as they did last year but they are liable to surprise everyone. Sigma Alpha Epsilon will depend on Bill Hall, their spectacular little long shot artist. The Beta's hopes rest on Geiger and Stoland. Geiger has an average of 12.7 for the last half of the season.
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could make it miserable for any team.
Funk and Johnson are due for a hot spell. If they perform as they did early in the season, Alpha Kappa Psi should reach the finals without trouble. Other top ranking team in the lower bracket is the Comets. Domingo, a fine forward, and Peterson, clever ball handler, are the standouts. Phi Delta Theta is the dark horse of this bracket. As Bill McKinley goes, so goes the Phi Deltie five. A rugged Delta Chi outfit, led by Hall and Kraemer, will be hard to beat.
The Dominoes I must not be overlooked either, as such stars as Maier and Deines, on a hot night,
Monday's Playoff Schedule
7:30 Delta Chi vs. Dominoes I
7:30 Galloping Ghosts vs. Beta
Theta Pi
8:30 Phi Delta Theta vs. Alpha Kappa Psi
8:30 Phi Gamma Delta vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
9:30 Phi Psi "B" vs. Sigma Chi "B"
"B"
7:30 Galloping Ghosts vs. Beta
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