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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1961
University Daily Kansan SPORTS KU Jayhawks Slip To 18th on UPI Poll
The Kansas Jayhawks emerged from their holiday schedule sporting an overall 6-4 season record — and still clinging to a spot in the nation's top 20 teams.
The Hawks, who split their western tour losing to Brigham Young, 70-80 and defeated San Francisco, 60-43, and placed second in the league holiday tournament, were placed 18th on the weekly United Press International national basketball poll.
Ohio State, which remained undefended by winning the holiday basketball festival in New York, missed a perfect score in the weekly ratings by a single point today for the third time this season.
Following the Buckeye's tournament victories over St. John's and St. Bonaventure, two strong eastern teams rated among last week's first five, 34 of the 35 coaches who comprise the UPI rating board again voted coach Fred Taylor's defending national champions No. 1 in the nation.
One coach, however, cast his ballot in favor of runnerup Bradley and picked Ohio State No. 2.
Bradley, which stretched its winning streak to 10 with a pair of non-tournament triumphs last week, remained in second place for the fifth week in a row. The Braves' 264 points left them 85 behind Ohio State.
North Carolina, Kansas State and Iowa were this week's newcomers in the top 10 group following holiday tournament championships.
North Carolina (7-2) won the Dixie classic and jumped from 11th to 5th place; Kansas State (9-2) took the Big Eight tournament and moved from 12th to 7th; while Iowa (8-1).
unranked last week, vaulted into the No. 9 spot following its triumphs in the Los Angeles classic.
St. Bonaventure, beaten 84-82 by Ohio State in the holiday festival final, moved up one place to No. 3, while St. John's, which lost to the Buckeyes by 5 points in the tourney semifinals, dropped one notch to No. 4.
Louisville, with an 11-game winning streak, advanced from 9th to 6th place; U.C.L.A. was 8th, Iowa 9th and Duke remained 10th.
Indiana, beaten twice in the Los Angeles classic, St. Louis and Detroit dropped out of the top 10 group.
Detroit, St. Louis and Indiana were the first three teams in the second 10 group in that order. Vanderbilt, Utah and West Virginia's Sugar Bowl champions were tied for No. 14. followed by Wichita, Kansas and Auburn.
This week's United Press International basketball ratings with first place votes in parentheses;
1. Ono State (34) (9-0) 349
2. Bradley (1) (10-0) 264
3. St. Bonaventure (9-1) 243
4. St. John's (8-1) 168
5. North Carolina (7-2) 164
6. Louisville (11-0) 124
7. Kansas State (9-2) 103
8. U.C.L.A. (7-2) 89
9. Iowa (8-1) 81
10. Duke (9-1) 69
11, Detroit, 52; 12, St. Louis, 48;
13, Indiana, 45; 14 (tie), Vanderbilt,
Utah and West Virginia, 12
catch; 17, Wichita, 11; 18, Kansas,
10; 19, Auburn, 8; 20 (tie), Memphis
State, Providence, North
Carolina State, Southern California
and Iowa State, 7 each.
'Nobody Panics This Team Says Devine After Victory
MIAMI — (UPI) — Soaking wet Dan Devine, commenting after his Tigers clawed Navy 21-14 in the Orange Bowl, said he had been certain his Missourians would shackle the Middies' Joe Bellino because "nobody panics this team."
Devine, fresh from being tossed in the shower by his happy players, said "I was sure we could stop Bellino. In fact, I was never surer of anything in my life. He's a great player but we're a great team."
Missouri yielded a touchdown to Bellino when the piano-legged halfback leaped to catch a 27-yard scoring pass. But he was limited to a puny four yards net on the ground.
"Our hustling linemen made a major difference," said one of the hustlingest, All America end Danny La Rose.
"Our linemen were hustling all the time," said Missouri halfback Mel West, who moved the ball so well a pressbox wagg suggested President-Elect John F. Kennedy, one of the day's 71,218 spectators, name him "Secretary of Offense."
In the Navy dressing room coach Wayne Hardin wore a long face. "Our blocking was the biggest disappointment," he said. "They just kept getting through. They stopped our running offense cold and our quarterbacks didn't have time enough to throw."
Brightest spot for Navy, even brighter than Bellino's spectacular catch, was end Greg Mather's record-breaking 95-yard touchdown run with an intercepted lateral.
Mather said he moved in to help as a Navy linebacker got an arm around Missouri halfback Donnie Smith and then Smith "just pitched the ball back."
"I think he was pitching to the quarterback," said Mather, a Woodland Hills, Calif., junior. "I got between them and the ball hit me in the chest. It bounced off my chest and I fielded it as it started to fall on the ground."
"My legs started to hurt about the 20," said Mather, "but I kept on going. I figured if I could get to the five and I couldn't run anymore I'd just leap over the goal line."
Mather said a Tiger grabbed his leg as he started running, "but the hold wasn't good and I just jerked away.
He ran all the way to break the Orange Bowl interception record of 94 yards set by David Baker of Oklahoma in 1958 against Duke.
Lane Accepts Vice President Post With A's
CLEVELAND—Frank Lane, Vice President and General Manager of the Cleveland Indians baseball club, resigned today to accept a similar job with the Kansas City Athletics. Lane was in Chicago today to sign a contract.
Details of Lane's contract were to be announced at a news conference later today.
Local sources said they believed Lane would receive a long term contract at a better salary than he received here. He also was in line to receive stock in the Kansas City team.
Lane, known for his endless trading of players, was credited with reviving interest in baseball here.
Lane had two more years to go on his contract with the Indians. It was reported to call for a $50,000 a year salary and a bonus of five cents per person after home attendance reached 800,000. In one year here, attendance reached about 1,500,000.
Lane came here to replace Hank Greenberg as general manager. He built attendance and a winning club, although he failed to produce a pennant winner.
But his trades aroused some of the fans, especially last season when he traded Rocky Colavito and Minnie Minoso. He said he was trying to put together a balanced team with a good defense.
Frank Gibbons, columnist for the Cleveland Press, said that he doubted that "frantic Frank had many firm admirers when he decided to take the jump to the cow country of Kansas City. Yet, this is more to be desired than the apathy which existed before he arrived."
Lane at one time fired popular manager Joe Gordon. Then to everybody's surprise, at the end of the season, he rehired Gordon at a dramatic meeting at the club's stadium offices.
Last season, Lane pulled an unprecedented switch when he traded managers with Detroit, sending Gordon to Detroit in exchange for Jimmy Dykes.
There was no immediate indication who will succeed Lane in Cleveland.
Lane has served as General Manager of major league clubs for more than ten years. The trades the 65-year-old Lane has made seem endless. Nobody knows for sure how many there were. But in all of the frantic trading, he never was able to put together a club which finished better than second.
Lane's decision to quit here was a mild surprise. There was a feeling as the 1960 season ended that he would like to move on but he made a major trade after the season ended and it was felt he would stick around for another year or more.
Two names as successor, however, popped up immediately. They were Al Lopez, Field Manager of the Chicago White Sox, who managed the Indians to a pennant a few years ago, and Dewey Soriano, president of the Pacific Coast League. Soriano was a candidate for the General Manager's job here before Lane was hired.
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Bridges Leads Kansas In Big Eight Tourney
The Jayhawkers emerged from the Big Eight Tournament with something more important than a crown-spirit.
Going into the tournament the Jayhawkers seemed to have lost all spirit and were only playing mechanically. But in the post Christmas games the team began to act more like a winning team.
The important games begin this week as league play gets under way. The Jayhawkers are ready. The team has the drive it lacked earlier and one man has blossomed in the scoring column. The man is Bill Bridges.
Bridges, who was voted the tournament's best, averaged over 20 points in the three games and finished third in the total point output. His usually fine performance in rebounding was 21 grabs beyond the nearest competitor.
Wayne Hightower tied for fifth place in individual scoring and was third in rebounding.
But the surprise player of the tournament was Henry Whitney, Iowa State forward. Whitney finished second in both scoring and rebounding. His play should make the Cyclones a major upset threat if he continues his tournament pace.
Colorado was the big disappointment of the tournament. The Buffaloes, who should have been a major threat, finished in seventh place. The only win came over the Missouri Tigers.
Judging from the play in the tournament, the race should develop into a three or four team race if Oklahoma and Colorado play the type of ball they are capable of playing. If not, it will be the old Wildcat-Jayhawk battle.
Tournament Standings
1. Kansas State
2. KANSAS
3. Oklahoma
4. Iowa State
5. Nebraska
6. Oklahoma State
7. Colorado
8. Missouri
EAGLE LEADERS
1. Henke MU ... 86
2. Whitney IS ... 69
3. *Bridges KU* ... 64
4. Comley KS ... 54
5. *Hightower KU* ... 53
6. Scott MU ... 53
Scoring Leaders
Rebounds
1. Bridges KU 64
2. Whitney IS 43
3. Hightower KU 41
4. Henke MU 40
Washington Claims Top Spot After Win Over Minnesota
United Press International
Schloreld, who emerged as one of the nation's top football stars despite being unable to see in one eye as a result of a childhood accident, added, "I don't think the Gophers are the country's No. 1 team now."
PASADENA — Washington's twotime Rose Bowl victors today laid claim to post-season national collegiate championship honors as a result of the Huskies' 17-7 victory over top-ranked Minnesota.
"It was a championship bout and when you win a championship match don't you get the title?" Owens asked in reply to whether he considered his Huskies the top team in the nation as a result of yesterday's win.
Both coach Jim Owens and Washington quarterback. Bob Schloredt, voted the "player of the game" for the second straight year, felt Washington had deposed Minnesota as the national champion football team.
The 97,314 fans who jammed the Rose Bowl for the 47th annual New Year's holiday classic actually saw two football games. The Huskies won the game in the first half when they scored 17 points and the Minnesota Gophers had the edge both in ground-gaining and scoring in the second half when they had a 7-0 margin of superiority.
But football being a game of two halves, the Huskies today received the acclaim of the football world for being the only western team to beat The Big Ten twice in a row since the Mid-Western Conference and the Coast have been playing in the Rose Bowl on a yearly basis.
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