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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1959
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READY FOR MU-Bill Bridges, 6-foot $ _{5/2} $ inch Jayhawker center, goes for a rebound in Monday's game. Bridges hit 25 points, his career high, against Missouri in Big Eight Tournament play.
Hapless Tigers Are Next Conference Foes
The Kansas Jayhawkers move to Columbia, Mo., Saturday in search of a second conference victory over the inept Missouri tigers.
Missouri has lost six straight games, three of them in the Big Eight Tournament at Kansas City. The Tigers lost a close game to Kansas State in the opening round and then dropped another to Iowa State. The total losing margin was five points.
The Tigers ended in last place after being defeated by KU. They had 5-point leads twice during the game, but the Jayhawkers took the victory.
The latest Missouri loss came Monday when the Oklahoma Sooners won, 64-59, in the first conference game for both teams.
MU's starting lineup averages 6 feet, 4 inches with center Charlie Henke the tallest at 6 feet, 7 inches.
Joe Scott and Burt Jensen, both 6 feet, 3 inches, have taken starting guard assignments away from Mike Kirksey and Glenn Forristal.
Rich Pulliam, 6 feet, 2 inches, and Cliff Talley, 6 feet, 6 inches, are battling for one forward position and Al Abram, 6 feet, 5 inches, plays the other corner spot.
Vanderbilt Defeats Kentucky
By United Press International
By United Press International Unranked Vanderbilt last night handed top-ranked Kentucky its first licking in 12 starts, 75-66, for possibly the biggest upset of the basketball campaign so far.
Jim Henry, who barely stretches up to six feet, was the man chiefly responsible for Kentucky's first loss since last Feb. 24.
Henry's 29 points were enough to snap a Wildcat winning streak which had extended to 16 games ever two seasons.
Kentucky, last year's NCAA champions, fell behind early, stayed ice cold throughout the first hall and never was able to catch up.
The inspired Commodores, who had won five games and lost five until last night, walked off the floor with a 41-27 lead at half-time and then came back to run up a 17-point lead in the second half.
Held in check by a man-to-man defense, the Wildcats rallied late in
the second half and with three minutes to go cut Vandy's margin to six points, 70-64. But the Commodores never let them get any closer.
ment and have yet to lose a game on their home court this years.
Iowa State, which gave K-State a real scare Monday night, will be at Oklahoma. The Cyclones have played some tight games this year in building up a 5-6 record.
The Wolfpack blew a 10-point lead in the first half and underdog Virginia rallied again to go in front in the second half. But Bob MacGillivray put North Carolina State ahead to stay, 55-53, with 7:58 remaining and Virginia never again came closer than two points.
Kentucky looked sluggish all night, connecting on only 23 of 81 shots for a sub-par average of 28.5 per cent. Billy Lickert was the Wildcats' high scorer with 14 points
Second-ranked North Carolina State also suffered a scare before downing Virginia 73-68 for its 10th victory in 11 games.
By winning, the Wolfpack took over sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, pushing idle North Carolina into second place.
Buff-Wildcat Tilt Heads Saturday's League Slate
Big Eight basketball teams move into the second round of the annual scramble for the conference title Saturday night. All eight teams are matched against each other for a full schedule.
By George DeBord
The favorites got off to a shaky start Monday night in the opening round but managed to come through with winning performances.
The Kansas State Wildcats, everybody's favorites for the crown, will meet the Colorado Buffaloes at Manhattan in Saturday's feature.
The Buffs, picked for the conference cellar at the beginning of the year, have come on strong and now boast a 10-4 seasonal record.
Their latest victory was a 57-50 conquest of Nebraska in a conference opener. Colorado lost to the Wildcats by one point in the finals of the Big Eight pre-season tournament in December.
The other game finds the Jayhawkers at Missouri. The KU five will be hoping to keep their short, 2-game winning string intact against the hapless Tigers who have now lost six straight, including a 65-68 loss to the Jayhawkers in the tournament.
In other league games, Oklahoma State, loser in its conference opener with the Jayhawkers, travels to Nebraska. The Cornhuskers defeated the Cowboys 55-48 in the tourna-
3-O Swimmers To Nebraska
The KU swimming team, boasting a 3-0 record, faces rugged Nebraska this Saturday at Lincoln in a dual meet.
Three members of the KU team may miss the meet. Jack Uhlir, diver, and Brad Keeler may miss the meet because of class examinations. But the loss to be felt most by the squad, said Coach Jay Markley, will be Jim Laidlaw, a breast-stroker. He is quitting the squad because of financial reasons.
"Jim is one of the three best breaststrokers in the Big Eight," Markley said.
But even with these men out of action, the team still has a chance to win six of the 10 events, Markley said.
Coach Markley pointed out that in Nebraska's only meet of the season, the Cornhuskers' times were slower than those recorded by KU swimmers this year.
The absence of Laidlaw in the conference meet will also hurt the Jayhawkers' relay team. With Laidlaw in the lineup, KU has the league's second-best medley relay team.
Without him, KU would be fighting for fourth or fifth, Markley said. Kansas' next meet will be with Oklahoma University Jan. 17.
UPI Places Ky. At Top of List
Kentucky replaced Cincinnati as the No. 1 team in the United Press International ratings Tuesday while Kansas State remained in third place behind once-beaten North Carolina State.
Other members of the top ten are: North Carolina, Michigan State, Cincinnati, northwestern, Bradley, Auburn and St. John's of New York.
Previously top-ranked Cincinnati dropped to sixth place after suffering consecutive losses to North Carolina State and North Carolina. Kentucky, in first place as of Tuesday, had a cold night from the field and was dumped by Virginia last night.
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NCAA Debates Rule
CINCINNATI, Ohio — (UPI) Delegates to the NCAA convention began business sessions today with tightening of eligibility rules for athletes as the hottest topic on the agenda.
The proposed legislation would give the National Collegiate Athletic Association the power to rule over the eligibility of any athlete attending member schools.
This and other top agenda matters, including an increase in the NCAA policy making group's powers, will be voted on Friday at the conclusion of the session attended by about 2,200 of the nation's top college sports figures.
Recommendations by the American College Football Coaches Assn., one of several allied groups meeting concurrently, drew top attention as preliminaries wound up.
A's Chosen for Cooperstown Tilt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UPI) The Kansas City Athletics will represent the American League this year in the annual major league hall of fame game at Cooperstown, N. Y., July 20, the A's revealed today.
The National League representative is yet to be announced for the game played on the site where Abner Doubleday and the Schoolboys of Cooperstown are alleged to have started the game over a century ago.
The A's will play in Washington July 19, go to Cooperstown for the exhibition the following day, and then return to Kansas City to resume the regular league schedule against Baltimore July 21.
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Those were the two major recommendations the coaches will pass to the NCAA football rules committee, which will meet next week in Los Angeles.
The football coaches went on record as favoring a return of goal posts to the goal line and a liberalization of the limited substitution rules.
Floyd Temple, head baseball coach, is KU's delegate to the convention.
Walla Walla, the name of a city in Washington State, means "many waters" in Indian.
Penneas, Minn., is the northernmost town in the U.S.
Hawk Talk
Friends, are you run-down,
nervous, out-of-sorts? Do people
stare at you when you go to
sleep even before class begins?
In a word, do you have—TIRED
BODY? Pull those weary, gritty
eyelids back from those big
bloodshot eyes and try this simple
test.
Do you: (1) Remember where you were New Year's Eve? (2) Remember your date's name? (3) Remember your name?
Did you (1) Study any over the vacation? (2) Get up before noon every day? (3) Stay home to watch TV on New Year's Eve?
If you answered YES to most of these questions, or even a few, or just one--you're working too hard! You, my friend, probably have Fun Deficiency Anemia or in common terms,-TIRED BODY! What you need is some .well...some rest would probably be just as good. And, folks, for rest and relaxation you can't beat the cheerful, peaceful Student Union.
Try two lovely, enchanting weeks of fun and excitement in the Union. Spend your days watching TV, playing cards, ping pong, or pool, or engaged in pleasant conversation with some of the interesting people you can meet in the Hawk's Nest. In the evening there are bowling, bridge, dancing, meetings galore, and some of the cutest little oil' dark, secluded corners you ever saw!
And, friends, there's no better way to prepare for a final than by relaxing your mind for a day or two in the carefree atmosphere of the Student Union.
Don't wait-start now! See your instructors right away about a leave of absence from class. They'll understand.
And so, as our grades sink slowly in the west, we look forward to many happy days in the Student Union, making the most of the opportunities which a liberal, free-spending state government gives us.
"Smiley" Joe
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