Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1958 University Daily Kansar
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Al Donaghue Looks for an Opening
Jayhawks Defeat Rice Owls, 65-49
Ron Loneski and Bob Billings, a couple of reportedly-ailing seniors, teamed up last night to heavily damage the Rice Owls with a 65-49 Jayhawker victory.
With Loneski pushing through 22 points and Billings breaking up the Owls' offense, the Jayhawkers looked as if they would have no trouble filling in the gap left by the loss of Wilt Chamberlain.
Coach Dick Harp engineered a fast-breaking offense that meant everybody fired at the basket. Of the 12 men used in the game, only two failed to score points.
The 6,000 action-hungry fans in Allen Field House saw Kansas use the same zone defense it used last year. This kept the Owls tied up so that their offense was virtually ineffective.
Tom Robitaille, Rice's 6-foot 9-inch center, failed to live up to the advance propaganda in his performance. Monte Johnson and Bob Eridges alternated guarding him.
Did Not Reach Average
Did Not Reach Average Robitaille had a 14.9 points-a- game average when he went into the game. He scored 13 last night.
Billings and Bob Hickman worked on the outside of the scoring area to hack away at Rice both defensively and offensively. Billings grabbed three Rice passes and followed up by setting up Kansas scores. Hickman joined Billings in stopping any outside shots.
Loneski started the game by scoring the first goal in the first minute of play. He had suffered from a shoulder separation a week before
the game. The injury failed to slow him down.
Harn Was Hapay
Coach Harp seemed satisfied after the game. His team had come up against the first real test—against a much taller team—and had won. "Naturally I am pleased and satisfied," he said. "Any time we win I will be happy. The younger boys looked good. Bill Bridges and Dee Ketchum did well."
Summing up the game, Harp said that it was simply a matter of Rice not being hot and KU getting away on the right foot.
But, the Kansas sinking one three-one defense kept the taller Rice players away from the basket. They were forced to shoot from the outside. When there was a rebound the Jayhawkers had the better position.
Rebounding Is Problem
"Rebounding is still our problem," Harp continued. "Our boys have to learn to go after the ball. It is hard for them to realize that a short man with the help of another player can out rebound or tie up the taller man." he said.
"In the first half our rebounding hurt when Ron Loneski was the only one going after the ball. In the second half he got help from Bridges and Monte Johnson."
"This is the best group of boys I have ever played with. They all pass well and make another player look good. We have a good ball club and we'll stick together."
Ron Loneski agreed with him:
In future games, Coach Harp said that his team will still run more and will use a shifting center.
"All this will come later," he said.
"We just aren't ready for it now."
Kansas State and Bob Boozer swept to a rousing 96-83 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers at Manhattan last night.
Boozer Breaks Two Records While Wildcats Defeat Purdue,96-83
Boozer scored 45 points to break the Ahearn Field House record of 42 set by Dick Knostman in 1953. He hit 11 field goals and 23 free throws to break the record in the free throw department also.
Other scorers in double figures for Kansas State were Don Matuszak with 19, Wally Frank with 16 and Glen Long with 10.
Purdue made more field goals than the Wildeats, but it also made 32 personal fouls and Kansas State capitalized on them.
Wilson Eison led Purdue with 19, followed by Bill Greve and Willie Merriweather, 17, and Bob Gehrman, 11.
The crowd of 9,700 saw Kansas State lead at halftime 42-39. The Wildcats pulled ahead by
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Doyle Parrack's won-lost record indicates Oklahoma's rise up the basketball ladder. In his first year at OU he guided the club to a scant 4-19 season. His second year showed an improvement to a 8-15 record.
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But last year in his fourth season, Parrack gave the Sooners their first winning team in seven years with a 13-10 record.
Tomorrow night Missouri is host to Arkansas and Texas Tech goes to Norman to battle Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma State will begin its first basketball season as a Big Eight contender against Texas Western in Stillwater Thursday night.
One reason for optimism in the Sooner basketball circles is the return of eight lettermen from last year's team and Del Heidebrecht, a 6-foot 6-inch transfer from Arkansas City. Another transfer, Buddy Hudson, a 6-foot 2-inch player from Oklahoma Baptist could also figure in the Sooner's basketball picture.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Seven former major leaguers, including up-and-down first baseman Rocky Nelson, today were given another chance to make good in the big show as the result of the majors' annual draft.
Nelson, the International League's triple crown winner at Toronto, earned his sixth major league chance when he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates as one of 11 minor leaguers for whom nine major league clubs shelled out a total of $300,000.
Also headed back for another try are such familiar figures as second baseman Wayne (Twig) Tervilliger, a veteran of four major league clubs; infielder Johnny O'Brien, formerly with the Pirates and Cardinals; pitcher Art Cecarecilli; outfielder Jim Pisoni; outfielder-infielder Lou Skizas, and outfitter Joe Durham.
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In the annual draft, the Kansas City Athletics picked up the 32-year-old Terwilliger from Charleston, W. Va., of the American Association, The Chicago Cubs claimed southpaw Ceccarelli, formerly with Baltimore, from Vancouver.
Skizas went quickly from the Detroit Tiger roster to the Chicago White Sox when the Tigers assigned him to Charleston to make room for another draft choice.
In total yards gained last year, Nebraska made 1.953 yards while the opposing teams made 3,593 yards.
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