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Counted out of KU basketball plans for this year after Ron Lonestik edged him out of the starting forward spot, Lew Johnson looms as a key figure in the Jayhawker's drive for the NCAA championship.
BY DICK BROWN
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
The 6-6' senior played his best game of the year Wednesday night filling in for the injured Gene Elstun while Kansas was beating arch rival K-State.
Johnson com-
bined with Lonesi,
and Wilt
Chamberlain
to dominate the
boards and scored
nine points.
With the question of Elstun's availability still unanswered, Johnson will probably draw a starting position for the Colorado game Saturday night.
According to Gilmartin, Wilt is worth $8.89 a mile, $10.96 an inch, and $16,130.05 a year. This is figured on the basis of Kansas Turnpike traffic increases at the east and west exits of Lawrence.
Some interesting figures on Wilt Chamberlain's financial value to the Kansas Turnpike have been worked out by Joe Gilmartin, sports editor of the Wichita Beacon.
An 85,000 increase in KU basketball attendance over last year is the basis for figuring the number of people on the road.
Estimating Chamberlain is responsible for 57 per cent of this additional traffic on the turnpike it comes to $919.44.
It Ali Figures
Since the turnpike is 236 miles long, Chamberlain is worth $3.89 a mile. And since he is 7 feet tall, he's worth $10.96 an inch to the turnpike.
If the Jayhawkers stick to their present policy of 10 home games Chamberlain will produce $16,130.05 per season in additional revenue and $48,390.15 for his career.
It's too bad the best teams in the NCAA regional at Dallas had to get thrown together in the first round, thus eliminating a possible NCAA champion.
In KU, ranked No. 2 nationally and Southern Methodist, No. 4, the meet has teams that could go all the way in the tournament.
Kansas Favored
The Jayhawkers, of course, are the favorites to win this meet and advance to the finals in Kansas City.
However, they have to get by a Southern Methodist team that has won 21 and lost only 3 in taking its third Southwest Conference title in a row.
The backbone of the Methodist team is 6-8 center Jim Krebs, picked up on both the AP and UP all-American second teams. Krebs is a fighter off the boards and a top seaker with a driving hook shot.
He is not the only scoring threat for SMU, however, as guard Bobby Mills, a great set shooter and driver and Larry Showalter a 6-3 rebounding forward and good corner shooter give SMU a 3-pronged attack.
NBA Race Tightens As Season Nears End
The Philadelphia Warriors held a 1-game lead over the Syracuse Nationals today in the scrap for second place in the eastern division as the National Basketball Association race drew near the finish line.
By losing, Fort Wayne dropped into a tie for first place in the tight western division race with the St. Louis Hawks. Minneapolis, in third place, defeated the Boston Celtics, the only other team which already has clinched a playoff berth, 109-104, to open up a half-game edge on the fourth-place Rochester Royals.
Conference Meet Last Test For Jayhawker Swimmers
The Jayhawker swimming team winds up its season today and Saturday in NORMAN, Oklahoma; at the Big Seven Conference tournament.
KU, which ended the season with a 4-5 record, is scheduled to battle Colorado, Nebraska, and K-State for third place.
The Oklahoma Sooners, defending champions, are heavily favored to repeat last year's first place finish. Iowa State, which finished second last year, should have enough power to retain that spot again this year
Kansas, although losing dual matches to the three other teams which will be battling for third place, could have the needed individual strength to finish behind the two favorites.
"Depth doesn't always play such a big part in the conference meet," Coach Chuck Edwards said. "We won our share of firsts this season, but a lack of depth has cost us several meets by a close score."
Edwards is one of the Kansans biggest threats to annex a first place in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle races. He has been a double winner in several of the Jayhawker's dual matches this season.
Tom Clevenger is another KU threat in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard breaststroke. Dusty Milledge, a Kansas who improved a great deal as the season progressed, could add valuable points to the final Kansas total in the 50 and 440-yard freestyle races.
These 3 Jayhawkers captured 6 of the 10 first places in a Feb. 27 meeting with Emporia State. Edwards and Milledge were also double winners in a dual match against the tough Iowa State Cyclones.
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Two Unknowns Take Lead In Golf Tourney
PENSACOLA, Fla.—(UP)—Paul O'Leary and Mike Fetchik, who between them haven't earned a first place prize on the winter golf circuit, today led the field into the second round of the $15,000 Pensacola Open.
O'Leary, of Bismark, N. D., a long hitter seeking his first win on the winter tour although he has been a pro for 8 of his 28 years, eased home 6 birdies yesterday for a four-under-par over the Pensacola country club course.
Friday, March 8, 1957.
'Coach Of Year' Won By McGuire
NEW YORK — (UP) — Frank McGuire, who transferred his big grin and a bevy of talented college basketball players from New York to the University of North Carolina, today was voted United Press coach of the year.
The 42-year-old coach received 150 votes, 54 per cent of the total cast although 33 coaches were mentioned on the ballots. Adolph Rupp, whose Kentucky Wildcats won the Southeastern Conference title, was a distant second with 22 votes. Bill Stranigan of Iowa State was third with 13.
McGuire's Tar Heels, 9 of whom hail from the New York City area, swept 24 games to become the only major college able to finish the regular 1956-57 season with a perfect record. This showing earned McGuire coach of the year honors by a huge margin in a nationwide poll of 267 sports writers and broadcasters.
Branch McCracken of Indiana was next with eight votes and Forrest (Forddv) Anderson of Michigan State was fifth with seven. Donald (Dudey) Moore of Duquesne, a two-time winner of the UP Poll, was next with six.
NIT. NCAA Tourney Set To Begin Action
A record-busting scoring spree by Lennie Rosenbluth and a carefree clowning show by Hot Rod Handley sent North Carolina and West Virginia surging closer today to the only two berths remaining in the NCAA basketball tournament.
The National Invitation Tournament in New York announced' it has seeded only two teams in its 12-team field—Seattle (22-2) and Bradley (19-6).
Freddie Schaus of West Virginia,
Pete Newell of California, Johnny
Wooden of UCLA, Jocan Curran of
Canisius and Babe McCarthy of
Mississippi State each received five
votes. John Castelliann of Seattle and
Doc Hayes of Southern Methodist
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