Thursday, March 17. 1960 University Daily Kansan
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By Warren Haskin
While downing their third beer in the quiet surroundings of a local pub, two oldtimers got off on the subject of the 1953 Kansas basketball team compared to this year's squad.
Although not agreeing on anything else during the evening, both felt that Dick Harp's squad that just finished second in the regionals was almost identical to the one which saw such players as B. H. Born, Dean Kelley and Bill Heitholt fight their way into the NCAA finals.
"You know," remarked one of the fellows, "this Al Correll reminds me a lot of Dean Kelley. Have you ever seen a fellow who could be hurt as much as Correll and still do such a great job on that big All-America from Cincy?"
"You're right there, but I remember one night up at Hoch Auditorium when Kelley pumped in 18 points; boy was he hot that night. And you realize he wasn't a bad defensive player either."
Just then the waitress stopped by to see if everything was okay.
"Need anything else over here," she chirped.
Without even hearing her, the first fellow changed from praising Correll to comparing Born to Wayne High-tower.
Tower to be Better
"Remember that tall kid, Born; he really did a great job in filling Clyde Lovellette's shoes, but not matter how great he was. I think Hightower is going to be better."
Now it was time for the waitress to get her word in.
"Guess I'll have to agree with you," was the reply from the second, "but without Born, Kansas wouldn't have gone very far that year."
"I don't remember that team very well, but I don't see how Born could have been more valuable to the team than Wayne was. Do you know, he is only the third player to score more than 400 points in one season for Kansas?"
"Oh for pete sakes," came the answer from both men at the same time.
"Didn't you follow any of the games the second semester; Hightower broke the 500 mark easy," wailed the first fellow to the waitress.
The young woman wasn't about to leave this conversation now, especially after they almost accused her of being uninformed about KU's basketball team.
"All right, so Hightower did score 500, but I'll bet you two 'experts' didn't see that game at Manhattan
Celts, Hawks Win in NBA
Boston overcame Wilt Chamberlain's 42-point spree last night to defeat the Warriors, 111-105, and take a 1-0 lead in the Best-of-Seven Eastern Division finals of the National Basketball Association Playoffs.
The Boston Celtics apparently called their shot when they said Philadelphia couldn't beat them when it counted.
"Well I did," came the reply from the second, "and I mean to tell you, he really put on an exhibition that night. I'll never forget that underhanded layup from the free throw line where he almost tossed it over his back."
Before the playoffs began, Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics guard, mentioned that Chamberlain would have to be "100 percent effective" for a Warrior victory. Wilt made it in the scoring column, but he couldn't top Bill Russell in rebounding as the 6-10 Celt edged Chamberlain in retrieves. 30-29.
The St. Louis Hawks drew first blood in the western finals by defeating the Minneapolis Lakers, 112-99.
where he scored his individual high of 34 points."
The Hawks, with playmaker Slater Martin riding the bench with a muscle injury, had its scoring punch of Cliff Hagan and Bob Pettit. Hagan tallied 29 points and Pettit scored 23.
What a Shot
St. Louis, recalling last year's upset by the Lakers in the playoffs lost little time in wrapping up this one.
The waitress couldn't stay out of it.
"As I said, I don't remember too much about that 1953 team, but didn't the team as a whole resemble this year's team," she said.
It was time for the first fellow to give her a little trouble.
By now people all over the tavern were velling for service.
"I'm surprised you know that much, but you are right. No one expected that '53 team to even finish in the first division, in fact the best anyone predicted was a third place finish, and if I remember right it was the Daily Kansan sports editor who ranked them that high."
"I remember the night KU played Indiana for the championship; there were six television sets donated by merchants in Lawrence to the Student Union and hundreds of students grouped around each of the sets watching the game. Boy, talk about a heart-breaker; the Jayhawkers lost that game by one lousy point."
Here was the chance the waitress had been waiting for. Now she'd show them she followed basketball
Fouls Hurt
"I remember now, that was the night that Kansas led by seven points about halfway through the second half when Born fouled out, and we finally lost."
"Sounds like a good idea, but I still think this year's team was as good as the one that took second in the nationals."
"Well I'll be darned, she does know something about basketball," said the first fellow. "Just for that I think we should order a couple of beers from her, don't you?"
So the conversation continued into the wee hours of the morning as the waitress brought beer after beer, but each time pausing long enough to get her two bits in.
Indoor Track Season Ends This Weekend At K-State
With the snow preventing the start of the outdoor practice sessions the Kansas track squad will participate in one more indoor meet before they move outdoors for the season.
The team will enter the Kansas State Indoor Relays at Manhattan this weekend and then begin the outdoor meet circuit at the Oklahoma State Relays in Stillwater on March 26. After these two meets the track squad begins the Texas-Kansas-Drake Relays circuit and the other large meets and duals that are scheduled this season.
Besides the first two meets which are additions to the schedule the Kansans will be competing in two more meets that are not regularly scheduled. The Olympic trials at Palo Alto, California will be held July 1 and July 2. These trials will determine who will represent the
Jowers' Southwest Texas State College team surged to the NAIA title in the tournament here last week. In his 14 years of coaching at Southwest Texas, Jowers has taken five teams to the NAIA tournament and they have reached the semifinals twice before the 1960 victory.
KANSAS CITY — (UPI)— Milton Jowers, 1960 Coach of the Year in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and Bob Davis, the 1959 Coach of the Year, were named by the NAIA today to coach its Olympic trial basketball team at Denver March 30-April 2.
Davis, coach of Georgetown College in Kentucky, has had four teams in the annual tournaments in his nine-year career there.
Fourteen players from NAIA teams will be selected for the trial squad. Jowers and Davis will begin training the team March 22.
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Arthur Donovan, boxing instructor at the New York Athletic Club, holds the record for having refereed the most world heavyweight title fights: 14.
Two Coaches Picked For Olympic Team
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Because the trials will determine who will represent the United States, many of the Kansas track men will be aiming for this meet in particular.
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