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BUDDY HUDSON — Oklahoma's 6-foot 2-inch jump shot artist. A former all-stater in high school, Hudson attended Oklahoma Baptist for his first year in college ball. Last year he played with the freshmen while waiting for varsity eligibility.
Aaron Dissatisfied With New Contract
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — (UPI) — Henry Aaron, Milwaukee Braves' slugging outfielder, today became the first member of the National League champs to publicly express dissatisfaction with his 1959 playing contract.
"The offer wasn't what I wanted." Aaron was reported as saying.
According to Milwaukee Sentinel Sportswriter Lou Chapman, Aaron refused to disclose the terms of the new deal, but he indicated his concern about the pact by delaying a scheduled trip with his family to Mobile, Ala.
Aaron, who clouted 30 homers and had 95 RBI's to go with his .326 batting average last season, told Chapman that "some important personal business is coming up and I can't leave for a while."
Connie Mack World Series
BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—(UPI) The first "Connie Mack World Series" for baseball players under 19 years of age will be held by the American Amateur Baseball Congress at St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 21-24.
Regional champions were determined in the Connie Mack League last year but financial difficulties prevented a national tournament The Quaker Oats Co. and the St Joseph Chamber of Commerce volunteered to sponsor the 1959 event AABC President C. O. Brown said at Battle Creek today.
Football was started at KU in 1890
Oklahoma Host To KU Saturday
Big Fight basketball teams swing into action tomorrow with three games on the slate that is featured by the Kansas-Oklahoma regionally televised games at Norman.
Saturday's game marks the 83rd meeting of the Jayhawkers and the Sooners with Kansas holding a decisive edge, 53-29.
Both teams are in the midst of comeback surges. After losing seven straight games, Coach Dick Harp's Jayhawkers have swept four in a row and currently share the conference leadership with K-State.
Missouri goes into the Wildcat game carrying an eight game losing streak. The Tigers have seen no wins in conference games and show a 3-11 season record.
The Sooners are in a three way tie for second place with Colorado and Nebraska, all sharing a 2-1 record. In over-all season play OU has won seven while losing six.
In other Big Eight action tomorrow fourth ranked Kansas State meets hapless Missouri at Columbia.
On the other hand Kansas State Coach Tex Winter takes a red hot team to Missouri. In their last two games the Wildcat cagers have hit 48 per cent from the floor. The Wildcats are the highest scoring team in the conference, averaging over 79 points a game.
Under Winter the Wildcats have never lost a game at Missouri since 1953. Kansas State defeated MU earlier in the season, 69-66, in the pre-season Big Eight tourney.
In the other conference action, Iowa State plays at Nebraska tomorrow night. Coach Bill Stranigan's cagers have lost three straight conference games at home to Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Picked for second place in the conference race in pre-season poll Iowa State has yet to win its first league game and are in the cella with a 0-3 record.
Wanted: Volleyball Tourney Player
A volleyball opportunity has opened with a chance for immediate advancement for the right man.
Kevin Jones, coach of the KU Volleyball Club would like to take two teams to tournaments in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 24. His problem is he has enough players for one and three-fourths teams.
So, Jones would like any interested men with intramural volleyball experience to call him at VI 3-3097 tonight.
Coach Everett N. Case, head basketball coach of the North Carolina State Wolfpack, started coaching at the age of 18 at an Indiana High School and still managed to get his college degree between coaching assignments.
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JACK MARSH—The 6-foot 7-inch junior center was the Sooner named as showing the greatest improvement last year. The big center is one of the squad's best rebounders.
Fencers Meet Falcons
The KU fencing team will meet the powerful Air Base Academy for its first meet of the season Saturday at Colorado Springs.
"The Air Force take their fencing as seriously as their football." John Giele, fencing coach and an instructor in sociology, said.
Nine men will go to Colorado Springs for the match. The fencing队 consists of three squads: the foil squad, the epee squad and the sabre squad. Each squad has an individual captain and Jerry Old, who last year went to the NCAA, is the team captain.
Foil squad, John Dillard, captain, Duke Fleckenstein, Floyd Dellinion; epee squad, Old, Franz Ettlin,
I-State Has New Athletic Director
DES MOINES, Iowa — (UPI) — Gordon Chalmers, swimming coach and assistant athletic director at West Point, today was named Athletic Director at Iowa State College.
Chalmers, 43, was believed at first to be out of the running for the job at the Ames school after Red Blaik resigned as Athletic Director and Football Coach at West Point this week.
He will succeed Louis Menze, who is retiring.
Sooners Take Victory
But the athletic directorship at West Point must go to a graduate of the Academy and Chalmers did not graduate from there.
MANHATTAN —(UPI)— University of Oklahoma wrestlers slammed out their second lopsided road victory in two nights last night, whipping the Kansas State Wildcats 28-2. The Sooners mauled Nebraska 32-0 Wednesday night.
and Stan Patterson; sabre squad, Loyd Wilson, Herb Kasold, and John Mallory.
George Washington registered its ninth victory in 13 starts with a 79-63 decision over Virginia Military Institute.
The academy last year defeated Illinois University, the Big Ten champs as well as NCAA winner.
Utah solved New Mexico's deliberate ball control attack to gain a 76-50 win in a Skyline Conference clash at Salt Lake City.
Virginia scored its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season by beating Duke, 83-67, at Charlottesville, Va.
Illinois will fence KU Wednesday, Jan. 28, the day before enrollment begins. The meet will be in Robinson Gymnasium and the public is invited to attend.
The Utes spurted to a 54-30 lead before coach Jack Gardner called
Basketball action was relatively light throughout the nation las night with none of the top 10 teams playing.
Virginia Gets First Victory, George Washington, Jack Gardner's Utes Win
off his first string and sent in his second unit. Sophomore Rich Ruffell of Utah was individual high man with 18 points while Dean Dorsey led New Mexico with 17.
In other games, Denver licked Montana. 66-61; Arkansas Tech defeated Arkansas A&M. 64-60, and Florida beat Miami (Fla.) 85-70.
"We will have either two or three men represent us in the NCAA at Annapolis this spring." Giele said.
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