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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 10. 1960
Kansas to Regional Playoff
Jays Trip Wildcats In 84-82 Thriller
by Jim Gardiner
Coach Dick Harp's Kansas basketball squad climaxed the comeback of the year last night with an 84-82 overtime victory over the Kansas State Wildcats at Manhattan.
The victory gave the Jayhawkers the right to represent the Big Eight conference at the NCAA regional playoffs at Manhattan Friday night. Kansas will meet Texas University in the first semi-final game.
Al Correll hit two free throws with 25 seconds left to play in the overtime period to ice the victory for the Jayhawkers, Wayne Hightower and Jerry Gardner led the Kansas attack with 28 and 21 points respectively. Steve Douglas was the big gun for the Wildcats with 17 points.
In winning the game, the Hawks held sophomore sensation and Kansas nemesis, Mike Wroblewski to seven points and K-State's all-conference forward Wally Frank was held to the same number.
By Warren Haskin
Snob hill wasn't killed!!
With Kansas State fans yelling "Kill snob hill," the Jayhawkers edged the Silo Tech team last night with one of their most inspiring performances of the year.
Trailing by as many as nine points the first half, Coach Dick Harp's determined team fought back to gain an 84-82 victory over its arch-rivals in an overtime at Ahearn Fieldhouse
Pandemonium broke loose around the Kansas bench the instant the final gum sounded; but across the way, K-State fans sat and stared. Their 1959-60 basketball season was over!
Big Test
For KU, a big test was over, but a bigger test was coming up. No matter what K-State's coach Tex Winter said before the game about it only being for fun, the Jayhawkers realized more was at stake than just fun. Coach Harp's squad now has a chance to prove themselves better than most experts around the country believe they are.
The dressing room buzzed with excitement after the hard fought game, but there was also a feeling of tension. The boys realized the job ahead.
Texas Next
Bob Hickman expressed his feelings and those of probably the entire team when he added, "This, without a question, was the greatest win of my career, but now we must be ready for Texas."
Another Jayhawker, Bill Bridges, sat at his locker gazing at the floor. Looking up slowly with a confident grin, he said, "We knew we could take them; we felt we were better. If the team as a whole plays like it did tonight with the same determination, we'll take Texas."
It's hard to believe this is the same bunch of fellows who less than two months ago were considered out of the running for the title. But after the win last night, KU fans have no doubt in their minds that the Jayhawkers will prove to be the best representative for the conference in the NCAA Regionals.
Al Correll, the lanky sophomore who calmly sank the two winning points, and who was hurt earlier in the game, showed the determination of the Jayhawkers when he said, "I'll play in that Texas game no matter how I feel."
Kansas went into the game with two problems to solve. The Jays had to find a way to offset the 'Cats height advantage and to break up their zone defense. Gardner's outside shooting proved to be the answer to the defense.
Bill Bridges found help in the form of Hightower and Correll to offset the rebounding advantage. Bridges carried the heavy part of the load as he fought the taller Wildcats for control of the boards.
Kansas State jumped off to an early lead after the opening tip and with 11:15 left, in the first period it started to make the game a runaway. But Kansas stormed back in the next seven minutes to cut the Wildcats lead from 11 points to two points with three minutes to play in the first half.
The Hawkers went into the lead for the first time on Bock Hickman's two free throws with 1:47 left. The half ended with the score knotted at 38 all.
The second half started where the first left off, with both teams battling for the lead. Kansas jumped off to a narrow lead and held it for six minutes, then it was the Jays turn to break away from their intrastate rivals. In the next five minutes the winners built their lead to 13 points.
With eight minutes left to play the Wildcats suddenly came alive and whittled the Kansas lead to one point. The Cats tied the score at 72-1 on a free throw by Douglas with 2:06 left and the game ended in a 72-72 deadlock.
Kansas took the lead at the start of the overtime period. After being tied at 74-all, the Jays went ahead on two free throws by Gardner.
Then Correll hit a lay-up and was fouled while shooting. Correll sustained a hip injury due to the foul but stayed in the game and hit his free throw to give the Hawks a five point lead.
But the stubborn Wildcats would not give up. After an exchange of baskets, Phil Heitmeyer hit a lay-up and Douglas hit a set shot to cut the lead to one point with 1:20 left on the clock.
With the score 81-80 and 33 seconds left to play, Hightower hit a free throw and then Correll iced the game away with his two charity tosses.
American and defeat cannot be made to rhyme. — Eric A. Johnston,
"BRING ON THE LONGHORNS"—KU players and coaches relax in the dressing room after the
Jayhawkers defeated Kansas State 84-82 last night at Manhattan.
Arnold Johnson, A's Owner Dies of Cerebral Hemorrhage
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — (UPI)—Arnold M. Johnson, millionaire industrialist and owner of the Kansas City Athletics baseball team, died this morning of a cerebral hemorrhage.
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new manager Bob Elliott, were ready to abandon their also-ran tag in the American league.
The 54-year-old Chicago-born executive died after collapsing at the wheel of his car on a downtown street. He had attended a Kansas City workout early yesterday afternoon and was driving back to his winter home at Palm Beach when he suffered the attack.
He was especially looking ahead to the start of the new season because he felt the Athletics, under
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Although a giant in the business world, Johnson failed to build the Athletics which he bought in 1954, into contenders in the American league. He spent almost $800,000 on the team during its first year in KC.
In recent years, the Athletics completed numerous deals with the New York Yankees and soon became known derisively as "The Yankees Kansas City farm club."
However, Johnson always defended his deals with New York, maintaining they were aimed at strengthening both clubs.
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