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University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 22, 1957
Aggie Goal Upsets KU In Last Second
Errors Plague Jayhawker Team
The Iron Duke of college basketball, Hank Iba, and his Oklahoma A&M Aggies rose up Thursday night in Stillwater, Okla, and dealt Kansas, the nation's second ranked college basketball team, its second defeat of the season. 56-54.
The Jayhawkers will be playing their third game in a week when they meet Nebraska's Cornhuskers in Allen Field House Saturday night. Kansas has defeated Nebraska once and must do it again in order to maintain a one-game Big Seven lead ever Kansas State.
As was the case when the Jayhawkers lost to Iowa State earlier in the season, a last second try for a field goal by the opposition was fatal for Kansas. Then it was Don Medstier of the Cyclones who made the do or die shot for his team and this time the hero was Melvin Wright, six foot senior from Amarillo, Texas.
Kansas Errors Numerous
Iba, who is known for his shrewdness as far as basketball is concerned, received unexpected help from the Jayhawkers who persisted in giving the ball away and in general making numerous mistakes which finally led to their downfall. Kansas led, 32-26, at halftime, mainly on Wilt Chamberlain's 24 points.
When Wright's jump shot from 20 feet fell through the Oklahoma A&M net with two seconds left the 9,000 Aggie fans went understandably hysterical. Their team and their coach had defeated the mighty University of Kansas and while Kansas was trying to call time out and one Jayhawker was making a fuffle throw at the basket, thousands were rushing on to the playing floor lifting Wright onto their shoulders and carrying him off the court.
Yes, it was a happy night in Skillwater. The fans were too happy to seem to care that Chamberlain had set a new Gallagher scoring record of 32 points. It was only the 13th victory against 8 losses for Iba's game Aggies.
The Aggies finally succeeded in trying Kansas, 44-44, with 11 minutes to play in the game. Then it was touch and go all the way with the two teams alternating the lead. Finally Arlen Clark put A&M in front for the first time with a field goal, 54-52. Maurice King then came through with his first points of the night to tie the score at 54-54 then the Aggies went into their famous stall.
It was the stall that kept Kansas from getting its hands on the ball in the last 3:47. It was the stall that the Aggies knew would give them one and only one shot at the basket. With Kansas trying desperately to get the ball yet knowing that they could not foul, Oklahoma A&M passed the basketball around and back and forth and around again.
Only 11 seconds showed on the clock at Gallagher Hall when Wright looked at it and then at the basket. He speeded up a little, went softly into the air and pushed through the shot that caused 9,000 fans in Stillwater to jump for joy and 9,000 fans in Lawrence to quietly turn off their radios, think about it for a while then maybe begin to talk, quietly at first because of the numbing effect of that final score.
Stall Is Fatal
Chamberlain was magnificent as he romped through the Aggies man-to-man defense in the first half and brought down 14 rebounds. But it wasn't enough. Eddie Sutton led the Aggies with 18 points.
The box score:
Kings FG FT F
King 1 0 1
Cham bln1 14 4 2
Elstun 1 0 1
Parker 1 2 3
Lonkeli 1 2 3
Billings 0 2 1
Johnson 0 2 0
Okla A&M (56)
FG FT F
\Button 9 1 3
Hale 1 3 4
Kemple 2 4 3
Wright 3 2 1
Adair 1 4 0
Crutch fld 0 1 1
Clark 2 1 0
Carberry 0 1 1
Totals 20 16 12
ME GO IN FOR CHAMBERLAIN?—A junior Jayhawker fan seems to be ready to go into the game for Wilt Chamberlain but he is really only waiting for Chamberlain to autograph his popcorn holder. Sitting next to Chamberlain is Dick Harp.
KU Trackmen Meet Tigers Tonight In Last Indoor Dual
The KU track team meets Missouri tonight in Columbia in what will probably be the Jayhawkers' toughest dual meet of the year.
KU's strength in the longer distances may be given a thorough testing tonight. Jim Sanders has run the mile in 4:19 and will give Jayhawkers, Jan Howell and Bernie Gay a stiff test.
The Tigers are strong in the 60-yard dash and have three men who have recorded better times than the Kansas dashmen. Missouri will be particularly tough in the hurdles with a former Kansan, Henry Wiebe of Newton, leading the attack.
The pole vault could be the most interesting event of the night. KU's Dave Tams recently vaulted 14-1 while the Tigers' Karl Englund has done $14-\frac{1}{2}$. The Tigers also have a $13-\frac{8}{2}$ vaulter in Bob Davis.
Defending Big Seven champion 440-yard dashman, Pete Crr, will be favored in his specialty and as anchor man on the Tigers' mile relay team could push his team to a victory.
Kansas will depend on better overall depth plus power in the half-mile, mile and 2-mile runs to take the meet. With the exception of the high jump, the Jayhawkers show strength in the field events, also.
OKLAHOMA CITY — (UP) Six independent colleges have voted to stage a one-season trial run, starting in 1958-59, of a new major basketball conference that eventually is expected to have 10 teams.
The Abyssinian cat is the oldest breed known. It is generally thought to be a direct descendant of the cat of ancient Egypt, where it was worshiped as a god.
Delegates from Oklahoma City University, Marquette, Depaul, Detroit, Creighton and Regis reached the agreement Wednesday, pending approval of governing bodies of all schools involved.
A representative from Memphis State attended the conference but admission of that school has been postponed pending settlement of racial problems.
New Cage League In Trial Stage
Louisville, Butler, Valparaiso, Rockhurst, St. Ambrose, and possibly Missouri Valley members St. Louis and Drake, are reported interested in the new league.
North Dakota ranked first in the nation in 1956 in the production of durum, spring wheat, barley, rye and flax.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UP) Signing of Pitcher Gene Host, catcher Bill Shantz and Second Baseman Curt Roberts for the 1957 season was announced yesterday by the Kansas City Athletics.
The contracts raised the total to 34 for the A's, exclusive of those which may or may not have been signed by the players joining Kansas City from the New York Yankees in the recent 13-player deal.
Campus Representative
Shantz spent most of last season with Columbus and batted .243. He has been playing winter ball.
Host, the A's draft choice, had a 13-15 record with Charleston of the American Association last season.
Roberts batted .320 in 87 games at Columbus.
Tobacco is grown in 54 counties.
Quack Club Tryouts To Be Held Thursday
Tryouts for Quack club membership will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Robinson gym pool.
Girls interested in becoming members of the club must demonstrate ability in the front crawl, breast stroke, back crawl, side stroke, elementary backstroke. surface dive and standing front dive.
Members of the club grade the swimmers and select the new members.
The girls are asked to bring their own suits, caps and towels for the tryouts.
Two K-State Games Reported Sold Out
Ticket Manager Frank Mosier said that seats for the Iowa State game Saturday are all gone. Tickets for the Kansas game here March 6 have been gone for months.
MANHATTAN — (UP) — Kansas State's two remaining home games this season, against Iowa State and Kansas, both are sellouts.
Ahearn Field House seats 12,500.
Basketball was first played with seven men on a side.
KUOK PROGRAMS
Today
6:00 Report one
6:05 Dinner music
6:30 "Sports Scope"
6:45 Public service
7:00 "Bookstore Hour"
8:00 It's 8 o'clock
8:05 University Theatre concert
8:30 Show tunes
9:00 Show tunes
9:30 Final scope
9:45 Study break
10:00 "Musical Mixtures" with
    Walt Fuller
10:30 Lucky Strike music
10:45 "Musical Mixtures"
12:00 Sign off
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