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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY. MARCH 10, 1940
Big Six Stars Named
Simonizing SportS By JAY SIMON
Rebounds grabbed on and off the court at the Oklahoma-Kansas basketball game Friday night:
Both coaches crossed up the "experts" with their starting lineups. . Bruce Drake stuck his bean pole, Hugh Ford, in at center and moved Herb Scheffler up to forward. . Dr. F. C. Allen had mentioned he would start Howard Engleman because he had looked so good in scoring 44 points against the Sooners in two games last year, but Miller and Ebling got the nod at forwards. . T. P. Hunter, who used to star in high school ball at nearby Oklahoma City, went into the milling shortly after the tipoff and played most of the game.
It was Hugh Ford, not Jimmy McNatt that beat the Jayhawkers. . . In the first half he was knocking shot after shot away from the basket with his 6 foot 6 inch frame. . . It took most of the starch out of Kansas to see shots headed straight for the nets, being batted aside. . . And thinking that wasn't enough, he tipped in three goals and swished a free throw in the opening stanza. . . McNatt got three of his buckets in the first half and four in the second. He took only 18 shots during the evening. 4
Don Ebling played one of his finest games as he scored 12 points and did his best to try to out-scat the Scats. . The Sooner coach summed up the reason for the defeat when he said "they looked tired." . . The Jayhawkers were playing their seventh game in 18 days and had but little of their usual zip. . . Allen shot 18 times to get his bucket and Ebling took 13 cracks at the hoop. . . Miller aimed only five times and one of those was a desperate tip attempt. . . Marvin Snodgrass showed why he is called the "human hand-cuff" in dogging Miller and Engleman.
The crowd wasn't the least bit hostile toward "Phog" . . . Most of them had come around to seeing his way in regard to the play-off affair and had forgot about the mad they had on early in the week. . . I called Pete Lightner of the Wichita Eagle after the game and he was all hepped up about Big Six basketball coming to Wichita. . . Dennie Lemoine, one of the Hill's most ardent sports-women, made her third journey this year to the Indian Territory to follow a Jayhawker athletic team. . . Last fall Dennie came to Norman for the football game and was in Stillwater for the A. and M. basketball clash.
The Big Six is certainly a congenial lot this winter. . . Besides allowing three teams to divide first place and the other three splitting (Continued on page five)
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Jimmy McNatt
Sid Held
Ralph Miller
Bob Allen
Kansan Selects Miller, Allen On First Five
By Jay Simon (Kansan Sports Editor)
The Oklahoma ace is a firehorse at galloping up and down the court. He leads the fast breaks on the bucket and can shoot—with uncanny accuracy—going at top speed. With McNatt and Miller working together opponents would have to plug their basket to keep them from raining leather through. Pair of Stalwart Sentinels
In the back court are a pair of stalwarts who do not reach gigantic proportions, but are well above average height and would be able to control the rebounds.
All star teams seem to have been invented for the same purpose as lectures. By that I mean they are primarily used to provoke thought. You have probably already read the above table and are thoroughly provoked, so we can now begin the thinking process. I might mention, however, that I am taking a slight handicap and we will use my reasoning apparatus.
The tri-leaders of the Big Six conference grabbed all but one place on the first and second teams, the only outsider to creep in being Sid Held, Nebraska's highly efficient sophomore who stands 6 feet 4 inches. The balance wheels of four of the six teams are included on this edition of the Daily Kansan's all conference aggregation.
Two Renewers
men like Ray Ebling and Fred Pralle of Kansas without feeling the slightest urge to blush. If the choice had to be made this Tiger sentinel would
Two of the first stringers, Jimmy McNatt and John Lobsiger, are repeaters from last year. It will be their last chance because both are repeaters.
To me the first five constitute the dream team. McNatt and Miller are scoring wizards. They were far above the rest of the pack in this department, but their talents didn't stop them. The Kansas hoopster is one of the finest feeders to be found anywhere. In addition to the 116 points he racked up for the Jayhawkers, he was credited with many direct assists on baskets made by his mates.
John Lobsiger, the Missouri balance-wheel, is one of the finest basketball players the Big Six has ever seen. He could play right along side
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First Team
Po. Player Team Ht. Wt. Class Home
F. Jimmy McNatt Oklahoma 6-0 168 Sr. Norman, Okla.
F. Ralph Miller Kansas 6-1½ 175 Jr. Chanute, Kan.
C. Bob Allen Kansas 6-0 166 Jr. Lawrence, Kan.
G. John Lobsiger Missouri 6-3 170 Sr. Gary, Ind.
G. Sidney Held Nebraska 6-4 180 Soph. Lincoln, Neb.
Second Team
F. Don Ebling Kansas 5-11 160 Sr. Linsborg, Kan.
F. Herb Scheffler Oklahoma 6-3 191 Sr. Springfield, Ill.
C. Blaine Currence Missouri 6-5 180 Sr. Phillipsburg, Kan.
G. Richard Harp Kansas 6-1½ 184 Sr. Kansas City, Kan.
G. Marvin Mesch Oklahoma 6-0 160 Sr. Bartlesville, Okla.
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In Bob Allen the team would have a performer who could tie these four individual stars together. Brilliant in all branches of play, Allen could drop back into the defensive works and more than handle his assign-
be given the captaincy of the team.
You are probably anxious to know why Held of Nebraska was placed on the first team. Most observers have overlooked him in favor of Lobsiger, Mesch, Harp, Menze, or some of the flashier boys.
The perfect team needs at least one tall man for the heavy duty chores on defense and rebounding. Of those in the conference standing 6 foot 4 or over, Held was far the most agile of the lot. He handled himself nicely and while assigned to guard the toughest opponent found time to average right at seven points a game. Held is a fine long shooter and would work nicely with Lob-siger in bringing the defense out. He can shoot over a forward's head.
Reason for Held
ment. Or he could work into the front line and pick up his share of baskets. But his biggest asset to this team would be his ball handling. There he has no peers in the league. It would take a super passer to keep the ball moving around fast enough for these four, but Bob could do it.
Perhaps I have tried to take a coach's viewpoint too much in selecting this team. It looks as though this has even been carried down to "prospects for next year." Two of the first stringers, Miller and Allem, are juniors, and Held is only a sophomore.
All Senior Second Team
On the second team are five seniors, three. of them power players (Continued on page five)
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