UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
High Schools Of State Show Great Interest In Basketball Tourney
MARCH 3,1910.
More Contenders Than Last Year are Expected by Maniger Hamilton
"The State High School Basketball Tournament which will be held in Robinson Gymnastium March 28-29, will be the best and the largest one we have ever had, according to present indications and the amount of inquiries I have already received," said W. O. Hamilton, manager of athletics, this morning. "The high schools are gradually setting down to their normal pre-war standards, and their basketball teams this year seem to be above the average. At least there is keener competition throughout the state that I have ever observed before, and the state championship will be definitely settled here March 28-29."
Competition Will Be Keen
L LAWRENCE HAS LARGE FOLLOWING L
From the advance dope, it seems that more interest will be centered in the big games this year than ever before merely because of the fact that there are more teams in the state claiming the state championship, if for no other reason. Basketball followers in Lawrence will pack the gymnasium to see the games in which their favorites, the Lawrence high school quintet, compete, because they believe the Red and Black five will win the championship. While Lawrence high has a great team and an excellent chance, there are many other fast quintets in Kansas that will give the locals a hard fight.
Although the entrance blanks for the tournament are not all supposed to be in until March 20, many letters have been received daily by Manager Hamilton inquiring about the meet, and it is certain that this year's tournament will be larger than that of last year, when there were forty-eight teams competing.
Lawrence, Wichita, and Emporia Among Larger Cities in Contest
Emorpha high school, the only team that has beaten Lawrence this year, will be here for a fight to the finish and expects to win. There has been intense rivalry between these schools all season, and if they chance to meet during the tournament, it is certain that the gymnasium will be unable to hold the crowd.
Wood comes from Coach French of Winfield, a former star K. U. high jumper, that he believes he has the best team in the state. Winfield had a real machine last year and pulled through to the semi-finals, finally being eliminated by Arkansas City. Most of the old men are back and the Winfield five is leading the Arkansas Valley League without a defeat. WICHITA HAS EXCELENT FORWARDS
Iola, although twice defeated by Lawrence, will be prepared for the fight and may have a chance. Topeka has been going strong in the Northeast Kansas League, and is in first place with only one defeat. Parsons, usually a strong team, has lost to Girard and probably will not be in the race. Newton is much weaker this year than usual and will not put up the usual strong fight for the championship.
Wichita looms up as a certain contender, due to the fact that a pair of excellent forwards have been matched with three veterans from last year, and a great scoring machine has resulted. Wichita has twice pilied up a big score against the Kansas City, Kansas, five, and has been defeated only by Winfield. Arkansas City, winners of the State title last year, again have a chance, although they are not as strong now as in 1918.
Among the smaller schools, McPherson and Solomon are the class of their district, and Coldwater has a powerful scoring aggregation in the southwest. Girard has one of the best quintets in Southeastern Kansas with a long string of victories. Wells-
ville is unusually strong this year and will probably enter the tournament.
Alpha Xi Defeats Kappa Phi in Intra-Mural League
All expectation on the outcome of intra-mural basketball games were for a second time upset when the Alpha Xi team defeated the all star Kapa Phi team 11 to 8 in the second round of the tournament Friday afternoon in Robinson Gymnasium.
All but one of the girls on the Kappa Phi队 had been playing in the class practices and made a strong team 'for the Kappa Phis which expected to be in the final run for the cup this year.
Four of the Alpha Xi team were on class teams, but two of them played different positions in the intra-mural games than they had been accustomed to play. Ruth Trant played jumping center and Helen' Barnett running center when they had both been playing forward. They played a star game for the Alpha Xi, however, covering the entire court and making most of the points for their team. Ruth Bottomly played her usual star game at intercepting passes in her guard position.
Marie Shaklee covered the guard field well for the Kappa Phis and Caryl Elsey showed up well in her position as running center. Marie Brown threw one field goal for the Kappa Phis and the rest of their eight points were made by free throw resulting from Alpha Xi fouls.
"Potsy" Clark Head Coach of K. U. Next Year
Manager W. O. Hamilton has an announced that the Jayhawkey coach ing staff for next fall will be as strong as in the years preceding the war and that George "Potas" Clark, assistant football coach in 1916, and freshman baseball coach in 1917, will probably be back to act as head football coach. Leon McCarty, who was head baseball coach and freshmar football coach at the same time, will be Clark's assistant.
"Posty" Clark is now a commissioned officer with the American Army Occupation in Germany but expects to be back in time for football next fall. McCarthy is also in the army in France. Both men were popular with Jayhawkers athletes while they were here and their return will probably be a danger signal for the other schools of football as well, so it would certain to take a big boost upon their arrival. Coach Hamilton also announced that another game had been added to the Jayhawker basketball schedule after the Valley season is over, and that his team will tuckle the strong Kansas City Schmelzers in Kansas City probably March 14.
The Kansas basket ball season will close this week when Nebraska comes here for two games, Wednesday and Thursday nights. The Aggies and Nebraska are fighting for first place, and if Kansas hands the Nebraskans a defeat, it will spoil them. Kansas has only won four games this year, and is low in the Missouri Conference standing.
A reversal of form may result from the poor playing against the Aggies, and the Jayhawkers may show Nebraska some real team play. "Dutch" Lonbong_has been playing a great game at guard, as Bunn has done at forward. If Bennett, Matthews, and Mason are in form, Kansas will give Nebraska a real scrap, and win a pair of games. It would boost the standing of Kansas and close the season in good shape.
Kansas Will Close Season With Nebraska This Week
All Methodist women who are interested in the Student Volunteer Movement are invited to meet with Mrs. Warren, the student pastor's wife of the Methodist Church, Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock in Fraser Hall rest room.
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Student Council Has Appointed Committee of Three to Name League President
Hash House Baseball And Interfraternity Games To Be Revived
Inter-fraternity and hash-house baseball will be revived and the Men's Pan-Hellenic has organized and a committee is working on the schedule. The Men's Studebent Council also went on record that it favored a system of intra-mural athletics in conjunction with the inter-collegiate games, in order to solve the problem of physical education. A motion was also passed to conduct a hash-house baseball league this spring as in former years. A committee of three, John Bunn, chairman, Kelsey Matthews and Marvin Harms, was appointed to find a man who would make a good president for the league.
"Dutch" Wedell, who has just recently returned from Y.M.C.A. work in the army believes the University probably has found a plan, if accepted, that will solve the problem of physical education, Mr. Wedell said:
FORM DEFINITE ORGANIZATION
“An intra-mural system should be definitely organized and should operate under the department of physical education. Boarding houses, fraternalities, classes and schools will be organized and play to develop schedules. There was more interest a few years ago in a game between the laws and engineers than has been shown in baseball since.
Coaches say a great deal of material for the Varsity has come from hash-house and inter-fraternity leagues. In all schools where the intramural system has been established, the inter-collegiate games have been carried on as well. One helps the other.
"Group athletics in the army," Mr. Wedell added, "have proved that all should take part. Individual perfection is not necessary. The University should not fail to learn from the war the lesson of physical training for all, and should not go back to the prewar basis. A man who will vote against physical training for all according to the data that shows its necessity has no regard for it. If the University of Kansas had continued in the methods established last year, it would have been one of the pioneers in intra-mural athletics. The Senate, in going back to the pre-war basis of athletics and physical education did one of three things. First, it was ignorant of the seriousness of the problem; or second, it was unconcerned; or third, it was unwilling to deal with the difficulties in the enforcement of physical training for all."
"Schedules should be made, am
strictly adhered to. If the organiza-
tion is complete the games will be
stimulated. Lack of uniforms, shoes
and equipment has caused interest to
lag. With the addition of a little
equipment which could be brought
through the education of the de-
partment of physical education, the
baseball games would be given the
proper setting."
"Dutch" said he was a firm be-lier in games for all. Not only should baseball leagues be organized this spring, but several track meets, tennis tournaments, and basket ball leagues should be thought of for next year. There should be at least one man in the department of physical education to take over intra-mural athletics. Or if this cannot be done this year, the student council should take it up, he said. Then the problem would be to find a man with energy and executive ability who would carry the organization of the leagues through. If this man can be found, a good boarding house league can be organized.
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