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Wednesday. Jan. 9. 1957 University Daily Kansan
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McNeal Elected Harriers Captain
Jerry McNeal, Wayzata, Minn. junior, was elected captain of the 1957 cross-country track team by members of the squad. Tom Skutka and Brian Travis were named freshmen co-captains Tuesday night at the annual banquet honoring the cross country squad and track officials. The event was held in the Kansas Room of the Student Union
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, KU Chancellor, told members of the cross-country squads that through their efforts they had brought national significance and credit to themselves and to KU. He congratulated the cross-country team which won its tenth straight Big Seven championship, and expressed the University's appreciation to the distance men for their contribution
The 1956 varsity squad won its tenth conference title and finished second to Michigan State in the national standings.
Coach Bill Easton also paid tribute to the undefeated junior varsity and freshman teams.
McNeal, who succeeds graduating Jan Howell as captain, set a new Big Seven record of 15:10 in the conference meet at Ames, Iowa. Howell, however, defeated McNeal in the national meet.
Howell presented a gold track shoe to all members of the varsity squad. Then he was presented a gift by the members of the team.
Easton cited the following boys as numeral winners: freshmen Tom Skutka, Brian Travis, Travis Green, Dale Lubs, Bob Tague, Clifton Cushman and Dan Greenlee, and junior varsity, Paul Baker, Bob Harrison, Earl Eblen, Bob Cormick and Grant Cookson; varsity lettermen are Howell, Bernie Gay, Lowell Janzen, McNeal, Bob Nicholson, Jack Schroeder, Harold Long, Verlyn Schmidt, and Barry Crawford.
Trainer Bob Fessenden and Manager, Gary Bankin, were also cited
Zone Defense In Spotlight
ager Gary Rankin were also cited. Howell, Gay and Janzen are graduating seniors, while Crawford is the only sophomore on the varsity.
Bv UNITED PRESS
The zone defense, outlawed by the pros and bitterly criticized by some college coaches, turned up today as a key factor in basketball's latest major upset - Dayton's 65-58 victory over 11th-ranked Canisius.
Fourth-ranked Southern Methodist survived a rugged test to gain its 12th victory of the season last night.
But Canisius, tagged with only its second loss in 12 starts, ran up against the first zone defense used by a Dayton team in the 10-year coaching reign of Tommy Blackburn. The strategy helped Dayton control the ball for most of the final 19 minutes to gain the upper hand.
Once-beaten SMU ran into a zone defense manufactured by Texas A&M but fought to a 62-53 victory —compared to a 68-46 rcmp over the Aggies in the recent southwest conference tournament. The Aggies benched their usual tall team and started five swift shorties in hopes of making the zone defense work, but they couldn't stop 6-8 center Jim Krebs of the Mustangs from scoring 30 points. George Mehaffey led the Aggies with 23.
California, ranked 19th nationally,
beat Stanford for the first time since
1554. 59-45, although Stanford's Dick Haga salvaged scoring honors with 18 points.
In other leading games last night: Texas downed Texas Christian, 85-76, in the Southwest Conference and Santa Clara took first place in the California Basketball Assn. by upsetting San Francisco, last year's national champions, 51-47.
But the game of the night was at Altoona, Pa—Patomac State (W.Va.) vs. Penn State's Altoona branch. The fans were there; the sports writers were there. Only people missing were the teams. Seems the game had been rescheduled a month ago.
"I guess we forgot to tell any~
NCAA Won't Okay An OU-Miami Game
ST. LOUFS — (UP) — A proposal to match the national champion Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Miami in a post-season football game soon for Hungarian refugee relief was ruled out flatly today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The game, proposed by president Eisenhower's committee for Hungarian Relief, was found in the unanimous opinion of the NCAA's executive council to be "in conflict" with the by-laws of that body. Walter Byers, NCAA executive director, said Big Seven rules also would rule out Oklahoma's participation in a post-season game.
Pistons Break Losing Streak
The Fort Wayne Pistons had an easy explanation today why their 5-game losing streak was ended: They just hit rock bottom—literally.
By UNITED PRESS
The Pistons ended their skein last night when they beat the Minneapolis Lakers, 87-86, at Winnipeg. Man, where the game was played on a cement floor before a crowd of 6,000.
Both teams had trouble dribbling and running on the hard surface in the first half which ended with Fort Wayne in front, 43-36. The pace picked up in the second half and came to a rousing end when Mel Hutchins' last-second goal clinched matters for the Pistons.
Clyde Lovellell led the Minneapolis scorers with 23 points but missed a free throw in the last minute which would have tied the score. George Yardley tallied 23 points for Fort Wayne before leaving the game with a facial injury.
Harry Gallatin grabbed 17 rebounds and scored 28 points to lead the New York Knickerbockers to a 113-102 victory over the Boston Celtics and Maurice Stokes scored 22 points and Jack Twyman 19 to spark the Rochester Royals to a 95-94 triumph over the Philadelphia Warriors in the other games, which were played as a doubleheader before 15,128 at Madison Square Garden.
Bethany took the lead for the first time with 1:38 remaining to eke out a 68-64 KCAC win over College of Emporia Tuesday night.
Bethany Tops C of E, 68-64
Hollinger Is Spark With Backcourt Hustle
Blaine Hollinger, an unusual man on the basketball court, has given the Jayhawkers a real lift this year with his timely shooting and inspirational leadership.
Blaine, a 5-11 senior from Russell, is possessed of many talents not associated with the average basketball players.
Besides his two letters in bas-
Destiny has two letters in basketball, and two in track. Blaine has found time to maintain a Summerfield scholarship and has
been elected president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Blaine has been most prominent of Dick Harp's shock troops, coming in to lend a rally, or as he did against Iowa State, provide good outside shooting to break up a zone defense.
B. HOLLINGER
More Action This Year
More Action This Year As a sophomore and junior, Blaine barely saw enough action to gain his letter, but this year has appeared in every KU game except the two at Washington which were played while he was taking Rhodes scholarship exams.
Blaine said the only time the KU defense has really functioned properly was against Colorado in the Big Seven tournament finals. In the second half of that game, the Jayhawkers played their man for man so well most of the fans thought it was a zone.
"We haven't really hit our peak yet." Blaine said. "So far we haven't worked together as a team and we need an awfully lot of improvement before we will be the ball club we should be."
Fears The Cyclones
Although picking Iowa State as the team KU has to fear in the Big Seven, Blaine said, "Any team is capable of beating any other, depending on who is hot and we will not have a soft touch from here on."
Equally well known for his track achievements as a broad jumper, Blaine soared 24 feet $6\frac{1}{2}$ inches as a sophomore in the KU Relays for his best distance to date. However, this could be his greatest year, and with Kent Floerke and Frank Mastin, will give the broad jump position the most depth of all.
One of the biggest problems facing the Jayhawker basketball squad is passing the ball to Wilt Chamberlain through the maze of arms provided by tight zone defenses.
"So far, it has been our inability to get the ball to Wilt rather than his not maneuvering
or getting in position to receive passes that has prevented him from getting the ball. Against Iowa State he was open several times but we just didn't hit him," Blaine said.
At Russell high school, Blaine won All-state honors two years in basketball and in his senior year was chosen on the All-state football team as a tailback.
No More Campus Meetings
All Student Council President Jim Schultz, Salina junior, said there will be no activity meetings during the two weeks before final examinations.#
The "bald" eagle has a fully feathered head. Its head feathers are white. "Bald" in the days when the eagle was named was a synonym for "white."
Only four of the 70-odd species of grasshoppers in North Dakota do any major damage to cultivated crops.
Cage Results
Bethel 85, Friends 80.
Greighton 71, Omaha 54.
Creighton 71, Omaha 54.
Milliken U. 107, North Central 74.
Peru Teachers 88, Nebraska Wes-
levan 82.
Drury 85, Kansas City U. 64
Burry 10, Kansas CV 43
Texas Wesleyan 76, McMurray 68.
New Mexico A&M 61, West Texas
State 56.
nia 59. Stanford 45:
Texas 85, Texas Christian 76,
Southern Methodist 62, Texas
A&M 53.
33 To Be In Recitals Thursday
California 59, Stanford 45.
Santa Clara 51, San Francisco 47.
One recital will be in Strong Auditorium, another will be held in Hoch Auditorium, and the third will be given in 131 Strong. A" variety of numbers and types of music in voice, piano and instrumental music will be included.
The School of Fine Arts will present 33 music students in three recitals Thursday afternoon each recital beginning at 3 p.m.
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