University Daily Kansan
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Jayhawkers Prepare For Loop Cage War
Tuesday, Jan. 5. 1960
Kansas' Jayhawkers, stymied in their third bid for the Big Eight Tourney crown last week, began girding for the conference basketball wars last night.
By Dan Felger
"We didn't do too badly in the tourney, but we're going to have to do a lot better now," Coach Dick Hart said today.
The Kansas varsity swimming squad spent 10 days in Florida during the Christmas recess attending a clinic at Ft. Lauderdale.
DURING the tourney the Kansans coated against Oklahoma State 67-59 after leading once by
Kansas Swim Squad Vacations In Florida Sun
Coach Jay Markley accompanied 12 Kansas swimmers to the conference.
"A clinic of this type is the best way I know of to increase swimming skill. The team kept in good shape during the vacation which should give us an advantage over Nebraska when we meet the Huskers Saturday," Coach Markley said.
Attending the meet were Larry Prather, Jared Piety, Tom Herlocker, Dick Reamon, Ed Poort, Mike Cassidy, Larry Tracy, Brad Keeler, John Jeffrey, Jeff Goodell, Ludy Harmon and Karl Pfuetze.
The clinic was climaxed with a huge swimming meet between teams made up from the 27 schools attending. The Eastern squad won the meet, 154-145.
a 20 point spread 48-28, eked out a squeaker 55-54 against Oklahoma's highly-rated Sooners and ended up in second place when they were blitzed by Iowa State 83-70 in the finals.
The Jayhawkers played perhaps their best game of the tournament in the I-State fracas but sucumbed before a phenomenal 57% Cyclone shooting effort.
Kansas kept pace with their torrid rivals by shooting 43% in the first half which ended with the Cyclones teetering on a 39-38 lead.
In the second half Kansas cooled off considerably while Iowa State stayed hot and cakewalked home.
"WE PLAYED real well in the first half of the Iowa State game, but then we went without a point for over five minutes in the second half." Harp said, reflecting on the Javahawk's loss.
"Although our defense was good, that shooting' percentage of theirs killed us," he added.
Harp stated that even without another shooting night like that, the Cyclones are going to be a threat in any game this season.
OUTSIDE of the Cyclones surprising steal of the tourney laurels and the equally surprising dismal showing of Sparky Stalcup's Missouri Tigers, who entered the jousting with a 6-1 record and then took it on the chin three straight, the other teams played according to this seasons predictions.
"They weren't expected to shoot like that, but even though the Cyclones are mostly sophomores we knew Iowa State was well-balanced," he said.
"Everyone played about the way we thought they would, except Missouri—but you can bet they'll be ready in conference play," Harp stated.
This weekend the Jayhawkers jump into the thick of the Big Eight race when they tangle with Nebraska at Lincoln Saturday night.
WE DON'T expect Nebraska to make any radical changes in their style of play from that in the tournament. We hope to get our weak points straightend up," he said.
Harp said that this week the Jays will be ironing out the mistakes made in the holiday Kansas City extravaganza.
Nebraska opened up their Big Eight season last night with a 57-53 loss to Iowa State in a contest at Ames. Other loop action last night saw K-State dump Colorado 69-37, and Missouri lose to Oklahoma State 51-42.
Conference
The standings:
W L Pet.
Iowa State 1 0 1.000
Oklahoma State 1 0 1.000
Kansas State 1 0 1.000
Kansas 0 0 .000
Oklaima 0 0 .000
Colorado 0 1 .000
Nebraska 0 1 .000
Missouri 0 1 .000
All Games
| | W | L | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Iowa State | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| Kansas | 7 | 4 | .636 |
| Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | .583 |
| Missouri | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| Colorado | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| Kansas State | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 6 | .454 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 8 | .333 |
One of the skills of a good poet is to enact his experiences rather than to talk about having had them. "Show it, don't tell it," he says, "make it happen, don't talk about its happening."—John Ciardi.
WRA Poster Unclear
By Carrie Edwards
THE LIFEGUARD WILL HELP YOU!
This sentence in bold, black letters appears on a Women's Recreational Association poster apparently as an incentive to get women to practice in the Robinson Pool for the intramural swimming meet. Competition is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday.
THE POSTER, tacked upon the bulletin board on the women's side of Robinson Gymnasium, doesn't explain how the lifeguard will help those women requesting his aid at the pool during special practice hours.
However, more bold, black letters and figures tell readers that to practice for the meet any woman may use the Robinson Pool at 3 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The intramural meet will include races or form competition in diving, the side stroke, breast stroke, freestyle, back stroke and relays.
A WRA RULE ON the poster states that a woman may enter only three events besides one relay.
But to discover specifically how much help the lifeguard will give on swimming strokes, interested women will have to go to the gymnasium pool at the designated hours.
Orange Is No.I Team
NEW YORK — (UPI)—Syracuse, which capped the only perfect-record season achieved by a major college in 1959 with a 23-14 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas, was named the No. 1 football team of the country today by a committee representing the Football Writers Association of America.
The five-man committee gave Syracuse three first-place votes and two for second for a total of 13 points. Mississippi, Sugar Bowl conqueror of Louisiana State, ranked second with 11 points followed by Washington with four points and Texas and Georgia with one each.
Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.—Benjamin Franklin.
Basketball Scores
Oklahoma State 51, Missouri 42.
Iowa State 57, Nebraska 53.
Kansas State 69, Colorado 37.
Emporia State 88, Omaha 49.
Wichita 92, North Texas State 64.
Pittsburg State 74, Warrensburg
State 44.
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