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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, March 8.1960
Hawkers Tie For Top By Dumping Nebraska
By John Peterson
It wasn't noisy or jubilant in the Kansas dressing room after the Jayhawkers' 79-74 win over Nebraska last night in Allen Field House.
Tie For Ton
The team members sat around quietly congratulating each other for playing a fine game, but a determined air was apparent.
Kansas had tied Kansas State for the Big Eight Title and each of the men were thinking ahead to the Wednesday night playoff game scheduled at Manhattan.
Coach Dick Harp told the team that "as far as I'm concerned it was the best game we've ever played. It will give you something to look back on for a long time."
"We won't think too much about the playoff tonight, that can wait until practice tomorrow."
Two sophomores sparked the Kansas win over the Cornhuskers. Jerry Gardiner hit his personal high with 21 points, 12 coming in the first half.
Gardner Gets Hot
Gardner hit four of five field goal attempts in the second half to thwart Nebraska's frequent rallies.
Wayne Hightower, the 6-8 all-conference forward, took scoring honors for the night with 23 points. He hit ten of Kansas' first 13 points in the second half to boost KU to
Tankers Showing Ploases Markley
Day Markley, swimming coach, said today that he was pleased with the showing that the swimming team made at the Big-8 Conference swimming meet last week.
"We accomplished what we expected to do with the facilities we now have." he said.
Although 28 of the 58 points that the Jayhawkers made in the meet were made by sophomores, Coach Markley felt that his team would not do so well next year.
"Iowa State has an outstanding freshman team," he said. "We'll have to depend on what we now have for next year's squad although we will be losing a few boys."
"The Jays will most likely finish third next year behind Iowa State and Oklahoma." he added. "The year after next we hope to do better."
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it's biggest lead of the night at 50-30.
biggest lead of the night at 30-39. But the deciding difference was at the free throw line. Kansas bit 31 of 35 attempts for a sterling 83 per cent while Nebraska only countered 11 points from the charity stipe.
The only serious threat Nebraska posed to KU's lead late in the game came when Herschell Turner hit a jump shot to pull NU within three points at 75-72.
Hoffman Also Sparks
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Senior guard Jim Hoffman then took charge of the game. He was fouled twice within 11 seconds and picked up a quick four points for KU to ice the game with only 35 seconds left in the game.
Turner and Maxey continually kept Nebraska within striking distance by hitting on long jump shots when it looked as though KU might crack the game open.
But it was Gardner who electrified the Kansas crowd by hitting jump shots, driving layins and long set shots. The 6-1 guard and his running-mate, Bob Hickman, put on a display of ball-hawking, stealing Husker passes time and again.
Gardner didn't have much to say after the game. Sam Donahue, KU's second-leading scorer until being stopped by the books at semester, came into the dressing room and asked Gardner how he felt.
Fcels Great
The Wichita sophomore only quietly smiled and said he felt great.
Hoffman also drew his share of the praise from his teammates after the game.
WHO WANTS IT? Wayne Hightower and Nebraska guard Al Roots go for the ball while Herschell Turner of Nebraska and Bob Hickman of Kansas look on.
Bookies Always Profit
NEW YORK—(UPI)—Odds offered by bookmakers to the public are arranged so that, regardless of the outcome of the event, the book-makers theoretically make a profit usually varying from 8 per cent to 12 per cent.
The perception of beauty is a moral test.-Henry Thoreau
Pitcher Started Slow
CHICAGO — (UPI) — When Early Wynn, 1959 Cy Young Award winner as top pitcher in the major leagues first reported to the Washington Senators as a 17-year-old rookie, he didn't even rate roaming with the club at its hotel headquarters. Wynn was sent off to a boarding house on the other side of the tracks.
Westward Ho! 6000 Students May See Game
A drawing was held to decide which of the two schools would be the home team in the contest and K-State's name was drawn. It was announced a few minutes later that 6,000 tickets would go on sale to KU students today at the Kansas Union and the Information Booth for $1.00 each.
Go west, young man, go west.
Six thousand students will take this famous advice tomorrow night as they migrate to Manhattan to watch the playoff game for the Big Eight championship between KU and Kansas State at 7:35.
Following last night's game representatives from each of the Big Eight schools conferred over open phone lines and unanimously decided upon a playoff.
The loss of the drawing by KU could be termed a bad break. The general rule is that the team playing on its home court has a ten point advantage. But in rivalry games such as KU—K-State this rule is usually thrown out. Still it will be hard to overlook it.
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