Page 4 University Daily Kansan Monday, Jan. 7, 1957
Little Men' Lead Way In 92-79 Win Over MU
By GEORGE ANTHAN
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
The little men of Kansas rose up again Saturday night and they formed a giant which together with a real life giant, Wilt Chamberlain, defeated Missouri. 92-79. at Allen Field House.
Saturday night it was Gene Elstun and Maurice King who riddled the MU defense. Elstun for 26 points and King for 20. Chamberlain scored 23 and did his usual fine job under both goals, both of intensively and defensively. The big center gathered in 22 rebounds and blocked five Tiger shots at the basket.
The Tigers from Columbia were successful in stopping the big center during the first half but they found, as Washington, California and Iowa State did, that by sinking in on Chamberlain they only allowed the rest of the team more freedom—something which has proved fatal to all opposing squads so far.
Tigers Stay Close
The Kansas victory snapped a 5-game Tiger winning streak over the Jayhawkers in league games and successfully opened the conference season for KU.
Although the final margin was 13 points, Missouri was never really out of the game until the final moments.
Kansas, hitting 45 per cent from the field throughout the game, took an early lead and was ahead, 44-33, at the half mainly on the strength of 12 points each by sharp-shooting Johnny Parker and Elstun and six apiece by Chamberlain and King.
Chamberlain's first field goal, a tip in, came with 5:26 left in the first half. Wilt made 7 of 17 field goal attempts and 9 of 17 free throws. His 10-game total is now 329 and he sports the nation's top average at 32.9.
Smith Leads Tigers
Lionel Smith, with 20 points, led the Tigers. He was followed by William Ross with 19 and Sonny Siebert with 16.
The 92 points scored by Kansas set an all-time high in the series and a record for Allen Field House. The highest Kansas had scored against Missouri before was 86. Missouri's high against KU was 90 and last year Kansas scored 91 against Northwestern.
The box score:
Missouri—79
| | G | F | P |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Siebert | 5 | 6-7 | 3 |
| Engelhifh | 4 | 3-4 | 1 |
| aden | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Raden | 0 | 0-2 | 1 |
| Ronsick | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Duren | 4 | 2-5 | 5 |
| Stephens | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Kirksey | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Smith | 4 | 12-12 | 1 |
| Cotter | 1 | 0-0 | 1 |
Kansas----92
Kansas-92
G    F    P
Johnson 1    1-2   1
Elstun 10  6-13 4
Johnston 1  3-4 1
Thomps'n 0 1-2 0
Jett 1  0-0 2
Ch'mb'n 7  9-17 2
Chh 'n 7  1-2 4
King  9  0-2 4
Hollinger  9  0-2 4
Kindred  0 0-0 2
Billings  1  0-0 0
Dater  0 0-0 0
Missouri 27-14 54 Totals 33 46-79
Kansas 44 48-92
Jackie Retires; Angered At Bums
NEW YORK—(UP)—The New York Giants' last-ditch efforts to prevent Jackie Robinson's retirement from baseball were doomed Sunday by Jackie's statement he wouldn't play again "for a million dollars" and his anger at the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Robinson disclosed during the weekend he is quitting his historic career in baseball for even more lucrative work with a restaurant chain and a national magazine.
"I can't imagine any conditions tinder which I would change my mind," Robinson insisted. "That goes especially after what I read vice-president Buzzy Bavasi of the Dodgers said about me the other day."
The 36-year-old Robinson, first Negro in organized baseball, was brimming over with anger at Bavasi even as he announced his departure from the diamond. Bavasi was quoted as saying Robinson treated the press unfairly in concealing his retirement plans from Dec. 12 until last Saturday, when they were announced through Look magazine. Bavasi added, "You fellows (newspapermen) will find you've been tooting the horn for the wrong fellow."
Brennan Rehired As Coach Of Irish
SOUTH BEND, Ind. —(UP)—Terry Brennan is armed with a vote of confidence and a new lease on his Notre Dame coaching life but his 1957 football team faces a tougher schedule than did the disappointing Irish of last fall.
News of Brennan's rehiring for at least one more season came in a simple 50-word statement Saturday night from the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of Notre Dame.
The Irish, who never have sought the easy road, will clash with all eight of their 1956 conquerors on the grid next season—plus Army. The Cadets replace North Carolina, one of two foes the Irish were able to beat this year.
BACKBOARD BATTLE—Gene Elstun (12) and Wilt Chamberlain (13) battle with Missouri's John Stephens for a rebound in Saturday's game
—(Daily Kansan photo by Jim Sledd)
at Allen Field House, Chamberlain wound up as the game's leading rebounder with 23, while Elstun added 7 more.
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