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Sam Donaghue Finds Troubles
Only three and one-half minutes gone, and already Kansas had pulled ahead of Missouri 16-8. One Jayhawker rooter looked at the fan next to him and said,"Boy! Donaghue is sure on tonight!"
By Dan Felger
"You can say that again," his buddy agreed, as they watched Donaghue sink another jump shot.
Everyone had to agree last Saturday night that Donahue was "hot." He buffalooed the Mizzou defenses for 19 points and played a good all-around ball game. But Al just didn't seem to have it two nights later—he contributed only two baskets as the Jay's collapsed before Oklahoma State's Cowboys 62-49.
"I don't know what the trouble was in the O-State game," said Donaghue, referring to the recent Kansas loss.
"I guess my playing has been sort of inconsistent this year. About the only thing I can think of is just to keep shooting the ball up there, and maybe they'll start going in," he said.
Plav Inconsistent
For Al (Sam) Donaghue, this "inconsistency" has been depressing. The 6-5.208 lb. Kansas City forward broke into the Jays' starting line-up two years ago as a sophomore, and his record had been one of steady progress until recently.
As a sophomore the former Wyandotte High star chased Monte Johnson out of his starting role, and went on to compile a creditable record. Donaghue averaged 5.0 tallies a contest, hitting a high of 15 in a win over Colorado, and also muscled his way into a niche in Kansas' feared rebounding corps.
In the '58-59 season Donaghue upped his points a game average to 10.6, placing eighth in the Big Eight point derby with a total of 266. With the loss of Wilt Chamberlain, Donaghue was called on to handle more of the rebounding chores.
He took this in stride, and besides placing third in total rebounds for Kansas. Donaghue earned a name around the league as a player who could make life miserable for Jay-hawker foes.
One of the big reasons Donaghue is so important to the Kansas squad, lies in his defensive prowess.
When the Jayhawkers traveled to Lincoln last year for a game with the Cornhuskers, Donaghue got the task of handcuffing Herschel Turner, the Nebraskans' hot-shooting forward. Donaghue came through by blanking Turner from the field until Al fouled out with five minutes gone in the second half.
Stops Turner
Two weeks ago Kansas squared off with Nebraska at Lincoln, and once again Turner came out second best in his duel with Donaghue. Besides another great defensive effort on Turner, Donaghue contributed 18 points to the Jayhawker attack, eight points above his average this year.
"Turner's a good player, but maybe he thinks I've got him jinxed in some way," Donaghue chuckled about his success with Turner.
"But I sure would like to play the offensive game all the time like I played against Nebraska," he continued.
Al (Sam) Donaghue
Donaghue admits that his scoring isn't all that he hoped it would be this year. One of the reasons for this, he thinks, lies in the fact that Kansas has been getting fewer offensive rebounds this year, and if there aren't any offensive rebounds there aren't going to be any tip-ins either.
Needs Position
"That's something that's hurt us all along," said Al recently. "When we take shots, we don't get in position for rebounds like we did last year."
The shooters are letting go before the rest of the team gets under the board—that's one fault I think all of us have. Naturally we aren't going to get as many chances for a tip-in."
Donaghue last year got a good percentage of his points on follow-ups. ___
"Anyway," Al concluded, "I'm going to be working real hard on this shooting angle, and maybe things will come along—I sure hope so."
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This is the feeling that has been voiced all over the campus today, but is it all the team's fault? Many students have been criticizing the team all year because it has not shown enough spirit. But again, can we blame it all on the team?
It was obvious after watching the game Monday night that KU is lacking more than just good players. Oklahoma State not only out-played the Jayhawkers, but out-hustled them as well.
At the game Monday night, the KU student section was deathly silent until the Jayhawkers hit one of their few hot spells and moved within five points of the Cowboys. For the next three minutes, there was a steady roar from the KU section and it was almost impossible to hear your own voice.
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Then O-State scored two quick baskets to increase their lead to nine points. From that point on, the KU section might as well have been empty because it didn't help the team at all.
Wednesday. Jan. 20.1960 University Daily Kansan
By Warren Haskin
In fact when the Kansas cheerleaders took the floor after the Cowboy outburst, the Lawrence Junior High School section made the KU student body look like a grade school cheering section . No, not even that good.
Does this sound bad to those of you who weren't at the game. Well, it was, but remember they were at least at the game. Where were you???
KU coach Dick Harp said today that having a good-sized and spirited student section behind him and the team can make a dull game turn into an exciting one. It can instill spirit into the ball club which can't help but make it play better.
Need Spirit
Harp continued by saying, "the school's spirit definitely plays an instrumental part in the team's showing. The more spirit, the better performance the team will give."
Kansas does not have another home game until February 12, so until then, you can sit back and criticize whatever you like.
Buzzi High Point Man In Sig Alph Slaughter
Sigma Alpha Epsilon ran over Kappa Sigma 37-27 in their Fraternity A intramural contest last night. Lloyd Buzzi led the Sig Alphs to victory with his 13 points and brilliant defensive play. Other games in that division saw Tau Kappa Epsilon beating Triangle 44-33, and Beta Theta Pi trouncing Phi Kappa Psi 57-35.
In the Fraternity B division, Phi Gamma Delta beat Delta Tau Delta 43-32, Alpha Tau Omega slammed Delta Chi 47-17, Beta Theta Pi beat Alpha Kappa Lambda 31-16, and Alpha Phi Alpha ran over Phi Kappa Psi 42-20. Also in that league Sigma Chi forfeited to Phi Kappa Theta.
Phi Gamma Delta beat Beta Theta Pi No. 2 29-23, Sigma Chi forfeited to Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Tau Omega forfeited to Delta Sigma Phi in the C league.
The only game in the Independent A league was Oread forfeiting to the Spastics.
Small Giants
Hicks completely demolished Jolliffe 62-16 in the Independent C league. ___
NORMAN, Okla. — (UPI) — Oklahoma will field another relatively small football team this season with eight members of the starting unit weighing less than 200 pounds apiece.
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