Thursday. Feb. 12, 1959 University Daily Kansan
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Bob Boozer-Leads K-State scoring again.
Small College Ace Collects 70 Points
Those amazing figures were turned in by six-foot, five-inch Paul Wilcox of Davis and Elkins during a 116-90 victory over Glenville.
By United Press International Kansas State, St. Louis, and Texas Christian seem headed for post-season basketball tournaments, all right, but they almost had their basketball thunder stolen last night by a young man who scored 70 points and grabbed 36 rebounds in a single game.
Wilcox, a native of Pittsburgh took 44 shots and sank 32 of them. He added six free throws for his 70-point total which shattered the West Virginia Conference record of 63 (which he held), was the highest by any collegian this year, and was the sixth highest total ever recorded in small-college cage history. Wilcox, a junior, is the nation's leading small-college scorer.
In major college games, St. Louis, ranked ninth nationally by the UPI board of coaches, took over second place in the Missouri Valley Conference by beating eighth-ranked Bradley, 72-53, at St. Louis.
Texas Christian opened a two-
Tornado Delays Fight
ST. LOUIS — (UPI) — Arrangements were being made today to hold the Welterweight Championship fight between Virgil Akins and Don Jordan in Kiel auditorium instead of the tornado-damaged arena. The fight has been changed from March 6 to April 3.
game lead in the Southwest Conference race by trouncing Texas A&M, 80-61, at Fort Worth. H, E Kirchner set a season high for TCU players with 31 points, sinking 14 of his 18 field goal attempts. The Frogs, now 8-1 in the loop, need to win only three of their last five loop games to clinch the crown and an NCAA tourney berth.
Villanova, which already has accepted an NIT berth, ran its season record to 16-4 with a 57-48 win over Canisius.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UPI) — The Kansas City Athletics, with spring training only 10 days away, are beginning to shift to West Palm Beach, Fla. The first moves were made by trainer Jim Ewell and equipment manager Clayton Reid, who already have left for Florida.
KC A's Begin Move
Two Cardinals Sign
ST. LOUIS — (UPI) — Outfielder Bobby Gene Smith and pitcher Robert J. Miller signed St. Louis Cardinal contracts yesterday, leaving only nine players unsigned for the 1959 season.
All America candidate Bob Boozer clicked for 33 points last night to lead the Kansas State Wildcats to a 82-72 victory over the University of Kansas.
KU Falls to Sizzling K-State
Bridges was the leading Kansas scorer as he almost matched Boozer's total by pushing through 28 points. He received aid in setting the Jay-hawkers' scoring pace from Ron Loneski and AI Donaghue with 14 and 10 points respectively.
Boozer was held to 15 points during the first half as he and KU soonhomore Bill Bridges had their own private scoring battle.
Two other Wildcats also scored in double columns for the host Wildcats. Ced Price, the Cat's sophomore starting center, collected 10 points before fouling out early in the second half. Wally Frank hit the nets for 12 counters.
Kansas led most of the way during the first half and at one time held a six point advantage. K-State tied up the score five times in the half before the Cats gained a one point advantage on a bucket by Price.
At the intermission the Wildcats left the court with a scant 36-35 lead over the underdog Jayhawkers.
Bridges scored the first twopointer in the second half putting Kansas once more into the lead. Frank then connected for K-State and the visiting Jays never again were able to go into the lead.
During the second half the Wildcats hit over 60 per cent of their shots from the field. K-State finished the game with a 54 per cent average to the 45 per cent shooting average of the Kansas Jayhawkers.
Kansas State now holds an un-
Floyd, Peppercorn Ignore NFL Draft
Homer Floyd and John Peppercorn, both chosen in the NFL draft last month, said they would not play next year for the teams that picked them.
Floyd, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, has already signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian League. Stan Miles, Edmonton coach, has said Floyd stands a good chance of making the team.
"Ive wanted to play professional ball ever since I was a little kid playing sandlot football in Ohio," Floyd said.
Peppercorn, drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, still has one year of eligibility left in college. He commented:
"I really haven't payed too much attention to it. I'm in the ROTC program and I will have to go into the service after graduation." This would mean he would have to have a deferment to play.
The graduating Floyd should have
The junior tackle, who may be switched to halfback next fall for KU, said that he knows little about becoming a draft choice other than he received a letter from the Steelers last month notifying him of the draft.
OU Swim Star Tops Record
NORMAN, Okla. — (UPI) — A young-faced sophomore at the University of Oklahoma, who became serious about swimming only last year, has developed into a top prospect for the United States' team in the Olympics next year.
Gordon Collet, 20, already has broken unofficially the national record in the 100-yard breast stroke with a time of 1:03.4. The record is 1:04.7. He also has come within .40 of a second of the national mark in the 200-yard breast stroke.
"This boy is just beginning to get ready," explained veteran swimming coach Matt Mann. "When he hits his peak, he'll re-write the record books in the breast stroke."
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blemished 8-0 Big Eight record. They need only one more victory to wrap up its second straight conference title and a berth in the NCAA regional tourney here.
MOSSER-WOLF
Kansas now holds down a 7-11 over-all record and a 4-3 conference mark. The victory was the first for Kansas State over Kansas in Ahern Field House.
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