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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940
Title At Stake Tomorrow
Just so you will be able to tell who of the visitors are who at the championship basketball game tomorrow night, I am going to give you some little personalized thumbnail sketches of the Missouri Tigers. Here they are:
Capt. John Lobsiger—One of the greatest all around players the Big Six has ever developed, this blond boy who seems to glide over the floor at three-quarter speed directs the Tigers on both offense and defense. He is a 6 foot $3\frac{1}{2}$ inches tall and rather lean. Lobsiger does most of the ball handling and passing through the opponents defense. Doesn't shoot much unless team is in a pinch.
Bill Harvey—An impish looking kid with a crew haircut and one of the most likable on the squad. Harvey is a quick passer and a fine shot on jump turns with both hands. He is six feet tall, but hardly looks it. One of the starting forwards.
Clay Cooper—This is the boy Wordsworth had in mind when he wrote "Oh, earthbound mortal. . ." Cooper spends almost as much time floundering on the floor as he does standing up. However, he scores considerably while on his feet. When he is hitting his jump turn shots Missouri is hard to beat. The shot is unguardable, but hard to follow.
Blaine Currence—The big boy on rebounds and under basket offensive maneuvers. Currence is 6 foot 5, but is so husky he looks more like 6-3. The average fan doesn't appreciate the value of Currence to the Tigers. He is seldom in on spectacular plays, but is a steady and dependable rebounder and defensive man.
Arch Watson—Reserve forward and one of the ruggedest men on the squad. Watson is 6 foot 1 and a speedster at romping up and down the planks. He is a fine under-the-hoop shooter.
Martin Nash—The guard that came through this year in a big way to give Coach George Edwards one of the best set of sentinels in the loop. He's so barrelchested he looks like Quasimodo walking backward. His crooked left arm doesn't affect his shooting ability in the least.
Herb Gregg—One of the favorites of the fans. He is a little short boy who uses a windmill attack on defense. When Gregg gets in the ball game he puts on a one man show of how to use up energy.
Haskell Tison—The string bean pivot man, 6 feet $1\frac{2}{3}$ inches tall. He lopes over the floor, arms gangling with abandon, and can really dunk the ball in when around the basket.
BEAT MISSOURI !!!
Missouri--holder of the Oklahoma state high school record in the quarter-mile.
COACH GEORGE EDWARDS
Missouri 46, Nebraska 33.
Missouri 27, Iowa State 16.
Missouri 42, Kansas 31.
Missouri 34, Oklahoma 35. *
Missouri 41, Nebraska 40.
Missouri 44, Kansas State 28.
Missouri 33, Oklahoma 27.
Missouri 36, Kansas State 23.
Missouri 63, Iowa State 40.
* Only Big Six defeat.
How They Stand
| | w | l | pct. | pts. | op. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Missouri | 8 | 1 | .889 | 366 | 273 |
| Kansas | 7 | 1 | .875 | 321 | 262 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 2 | .750 | 321 | 276 |
| Iowa State | 2 | 7 | .222 | 292 | 360 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 8 | .200 | 370 | 404 |
| Kansas State | 2 | 8 | .200 | 370 | 404 |
Remaining Big Six Games
Friday—Missouri at Kansas.
Saturday—Oklahoma at Iowa State
March 8—Kansas at Oklahoma.
Missouri Can Clinch Flag With Victory
In his first meet in a Nebraska uniform, Littler ran the quarter in 50.1 for a new Nebraska track record. In the only other dual meet he has competed in, "Red" won in 50.3. Soph Phenom at Norman
The 1939-40 Big Six conference cage title will be at stake tomorrow night when the University of Missouri meets the Jayhawkers at 7:30 in Hoch auditorium before a full house.
A victory for the pace-setting Tigers can clinch a clear claim to the championship while a triumph for the Jayhawkers would force the final decision to wait until March 9, when they will travel to Oklahoma in the season's finale.
However the Nebraska speedster may run into some stiff competition at the conference meet. Oklahoma will put a sophomore ace of its own up against Littler. He is Bill Lyda,
Another Quarter-Miler Will Star for Nebraska
Again reverting to the "if" phrase, should the Bengals annex it would give them a final standing of nine victories against the one-point defeat to Oklahoma, while a setback would leave them an eight-and-two rating.
(This is the second of a series of articles dealing with the prospects in the various events at the Big Six indoor track meet in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium, Saturday night, March 2. Tomorrow: the half mile run.)
Coach Ed Weir's sophomore sensation answers to the name of "Red" Littler. A transfer from Compton, Calif., Junior College, Littler made some remarkable times in the 440 on the Coast.
Meanwhile, Kansas will enter the crucial game with a seven-and-one ratio, the lone defeat coming at the hands of the Tigers in Columbia. Oklahoma can do nothing about the title situation except to attempt to defend its third place post against Iowa State Saturday and hope for a Kansas victory over Missouri. Should this occur, and the Sooners then down Kansas at Norman a three-way title would result between Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Coach George Edwards will bring his usual 10-man traveling squad of Clay Cooper, Bill Harvey, Blaine Currence, John Lobsiger, and Martin Nash, the starters, and Haskell Tison, Herb Gregg, Loren Mills, Keith Bangert, and Arch Watson.
BEAT MISSOURI!!
Nebraska's Cornhuskers lost a great quarter-miler when Bob Simmons graduated last spring, but the Huskers will have a sophomore almost as good in the Big Six indoor track meet in the Municipal Auditorium at Kansas City, March 9.
Lyda may run in the half-mile also, but if he decides to run in the 440 alone, he should give Littler a real race. Ray Gahan of Oklahoma, who was third in the 440 at the indoor meet last year, probably will confine his effort to the half-mile this year.
Still another Sooner, Fred Coogan, was second to Simmons in the 440 at the outdoor meet last spring. Coogan and Lyda give the Oklahoma team considerable strength in the quarter-mile.
Iowa State hopes to pick up some points in the 440 through the efforts of Doug Graves, who won the quarter in the Iowa State-Missouri dual meet with a time of 52.6.
Cyclone Hope in Graves
Lone quarter-mile hope for Missouri is Wilbert Berg, a veteran. Berg failed to place at the indoor meet last winter, but got fifth in the 440 at the conference outdoor meet.
In addition to Littler, Nebraska boasts a second sophomore quarter-miler of ability, Warren Radtke. The latter ran second to Littler in the dual meet with Kansas State.
Kansas---split into two heats of 220-yards. The usual 440-yard free style was After Dan LaShelle of the varsity had won the first race in 2:52, Bill Mackie of the freshman squad took the second race by nearly a full length in the faster time of 2:43.3 Mackie shows promise of developing into a fast stroker for the varsity next season.
DR.F.C.ALLEN
Kansas 46, Oklahoma 26.
Kansas 34, Kansas State 33.
Kansas 31, Missouri 42*
Kansas 40, Nebraska 24.
Kansas 36, Iowa State 34.
Kansas 44, Kansas State 33
Kansas 48, Nebraska 41
Kansas 42, Iowa State 29.
* Only Big Six defeat.
Fencing Club Meets Tonight
Five members of the University fencing squad will square off against the Kansas City University team in Kansas City, Saturday, Jim Raport, instructor of fencing, announced today.
Kansas fenctors who will make the trip are: Haven Glassmire, e'42; Kalman Oravetz, c'40; Carlos de Janon, III, c'40; Bill Truxal, c'40; and Jack Cadden, e'41.
The Fencing club will meet at 7 o'clock tonight in room 206 of Robinson gymnasium. Those interested in fencing are invited to attend.
Women interested in organizing a woman's fencing team should report to room 206 of Robinson gymnasium at 4:30 p.m. next Tuesday or Thursday, or at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
One student suggests that the theme song of the Finnish army must be "I Want to Work on that Railroad."
Varsity Tankmen Drub Frosh,47-21 In Annual Dual
By Charles Skidmore
The varsity swimming team had little trouble disposing of the freshmen in their annual dual meet yesterday afternoon in the indoor pool at Robinson gym. The score was 47 to 21. The frosh took only one first in the events which were witnessed for the most part by one spectator, the Kansan reporter.
50-yard dash—Won by Wilson, varsity; second Kenneth Rosebush, varsity; third, Bliss, freshmen. Time, 25.6.
The time for nearly all the race was slow because of lack of competition. In the opening 30-yard medley relay the varsity won by more than two lengths of the pool in the slow time of 3:20. The lead became so pronounced that two of the varsity swimmers stopped to tred water and hurl jibes back at the trailing freshies.
In the always fast 50-yard dash Frank Wilson of the varsity won by half a length in 25.6.
220-yard dash (first heat)—Won by LaShelle, varsity; second, Gene Feaster, varsity; third, Earl Musser, freshmen. Time, 2:52.
Lloyd Koelling, undefeated this year in the dives, took first place for the varsity in this contest with Delbert Small and Bill Thayer of the frosh, second and third. Joe Morton, plump varsity free style swimmer, entered this and provided the comedy of the afternoon, ending in a prone position on the surface of the water at the finish of most of his dives. The summary:
100-yard dash—Won by Morton,
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300-yard medley relay—Won by the varsity (Cooper, Nelson, and Morton); second, Freshmen (Rodney Smith, Mackie, and Charles Bliss). Time. 3:20.
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