KU Plays NU Saturday; League Lead At Stake
The Kansas Jayhawkers will be out to protect their Big Seven conference lead when they face the hot-shooting Nebraska Cornhuskers at Lincoln Saturday. Nebraska has been the most accurate shooting in conference play thus far, hitting a torrid 46 per cent of their field goal attempts. Even with this astounding percentage, the Cornhuskers own only a 2-2 record in the Big Seven and an 8-7 over-all won and lost record.
Top threat among the Nebraskans is Gary Reimers, 5-9½ inch guard. Reimers has hit 27 baskets in 46 shots for 58 per cent in conference play. He enjoyed a perfect night against Colorado at Lincoln, hitting seven for seven. This tied the Big Seven record of Dallas Dobbs, former KU guard, who hit exactly those figures against Oklahoma A&M last year in Stillwater.
NU Always Tough
Over-all Reimers is shooting at a 49. per cent pace and averaging 14.1, both tops in the Cornhusker statistical department.
The Jayhawkers, on the other hand, have been outshot in three of their five loop contests, yet are in first place in the League standings with a 4-1 record. Iowa State outshot the Kansans in both of their conference meetings, but the Jayhawkers managed to split the series. K-State also held the edge in field goal percentage in the teams first meeting in Allen Field House, but the Jayhawkers came out on top, 51-45. Leading shooters for Kansas, which is hitting at a 39 clip, are Wilt Chamberlain and Gene Elstun. Both are firing at a 45 rate in field goal percentage.
Although the Jayhawkers possess a 15-7 edge over Nebraska in conference play, KU has had trouble during the past few years beating NU at Lincoln. Kansas won last years game, 60-56, on great clutch shooting by Maurice King. The 1954 conference champions won only 67-62. The '53 NCAA runners-up won only 65-59, while the Olympic champions of '52 squeezed by 69-66. Nebraska won the '55 game, 66-65.
Even though the Cornhuskers have usually played KU a close game on their home court, Nebraska Coach Gerald L. Bush thinks that this year's Jayhawker team is very outstanding.
"Chamberlain is the greatest player I've ever seen," he said, "and with more experience he is going to get even better." Bush thinks that because of the Big Dipper's shooting
ability, he is even better than San Francisco's All-American center last year, Bill Russell.
The Jayhawkers are expected to start with the same line-up that started last Saturday's game against Iowa State. King and John Parker will man the guard positions. Chamberlain will fire the KU attack at his center post, with Elstun and Ronnie Loneski playing the forwards. Loneski, in his first start for the Jayhawkers last week, tied Chamberlain for scoring honors with 19 points.
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Lew Johnson, who started the first 12 Kansas games at forward, will be available to fill in where he is needed. Sophomore Bob Billings, who hit five clutch free throws against the Cyclones, is also expected to see a great deal of action, along with Blaine Hollinger.
Phi Gam used Lee Meyer's 19- point first half burst to easily roll past Sigma Chi 49-33 in an intramural fraternity A game played Thursday in Robinson Annex.
Phi Gam Blasts Sigma Chi, 49-33
Phi Delt had little trouble posting a 49-29 victory over outclassed Sigma Nu Thursday in Robinson Annex.
AKL won the hardest fought match of the day when they beat TKE 30-28 in a fraternity A game played in Robinson Annex.
Hookers blasted Foster 57-39 in the only independent A game action of the day.
Other Results.
Fraternity C—Phi Psi 37, SAE 18; Beta 22, Lambda Chi 18; Phi Gam 25, sigma Chi 23; Phi Delt 42, SAE 33; ATO 35, Beta 22; Phi Psi 32, sigma Chi 26; DU 33, sigma Pi 22; AEPi 2, Delt 0; AKL 2, Sig Ep 0.
A rainfall of one inch over one acre of ground would measure 27,-143 gallons of water.
Winston Churchill was made a Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth on April 24,1953.
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