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University Daily Kansan Thursday, January 3, 1957.
KU Ready For League Play After Tourney Sweep
KU Rea Wilt, Elstun Lead The Way
The KU basketball team, its winning streak now stretched to nine games, is back at home with the Big Seven pre-season tournament trophy in its possession, but coach Dick Harp's athletes will have little opportunity to rest on their laurels.
The Jayhawkers open Big Seven Conference play Saturday night on the Allen Field House floor, hosting the Missouri Tigers of Wilbur (Sparky) Stalcup.
The Jayhawkers won the tournament trophy with a fine three-night showing which improved steadily
after a nervous 57-56 victory over powerful Iowa State in the opening game. The Jayhawkers lost a one-point lead in the final 17 seconds of the game, but Gene Elstun caged a jump shot with 6 seconds showing to bring back the victory.
DICK HARP
Sharing the glory with Elstun was Wilt Chamberlain, who rebounded from a poor opening-night showing to smash single-game and tournament scoring records.
Chamberlain got only 12 points in the opening-night victory over Iowa State, but he dunked 36 against Oklahoma in the semi-finals and then tore Colorado apart in the tourney windup with a 45-point outburst.
Those 45 points smashed the tournament single - game scoring record of 39 set by Oklahoma's Sherman Norton in 1951.
And the 45 points ran Wilt's three- game total to 93, cracking a tournament mark set by K-State's Bob Boozer earlier that day. The old record was 82, set by KU's Clyde Lovellette back in 1951.
Joining Thompson and Chamberlain on the all-tournament team were Boozer, Dave Mowbray, Colorado's 6-1 guard, and Jack Quiggle. 6-3 guard from guest team Michigan State. Elstun was named to the second team.
Chamberlain was voted as the tournament's most valuable performer by the writers covering the meet. He polled 17 votes to gain a 3-vote advantage over Gary Thompson, Iowa State's great 5-10 guard.
Michigan State Is 3rd
Michigan State, coached by Forrest (Forddy) Anderson, finished third in the tourney, nosing out Oklahoma in an overtime struggle Saturday night. Iowa State, loser in the first round to KU, swept through the consolation bracket to finish fifth, followed by Nebraska, Kansas State, and Missouri in that order.
Kansas State was operating without its regular center, Jack Parr, who was sidelined by an attack of the flu. Boozer, normally a forward, switched into the pivot position and gave a remarkable shooting exhibition.
Boozer finished second in rebounding, but he was 28 grabs behind the 60 pulled down by Chamberlain. Elstun finished fourth in this department with 27 rebounds.
Gene Elstun fired home a leaping one-hander with 6 seconds remaining on the clock to pull the Jayhawkers out of a hole created by an Iowa State jump shot by John Krocheski 11 seconds earlier.
The Cyclones, battling tenaciously with their collapsing zone defense, limited Wilt Chamberlain to his seasonal low of 12 points, but a fine all-around scoring effort by the Jayhawkers produced their seventh straight victory of the young season.
KU 58, I-State 57
Elstun shared KU scoring honors with Chamberlain with 12 points followed by Lew Johnson and John Parker with 10 each, Maurice King with 8, and Blaine Hollinger with 6. King turned in a great floor game, limiting Iowa State's great Gary Thompson to 17 points and doing a good job on the backboards.
Johnson turned in his finest shooting performance of the year, keeping the Jayhawkers in the game during the early stages with some effective sharpshooting off the jump from about 15 feet out. Hollinger and Parker took turns sniping over the top of the I-State zone defense during the second half, as the Cyclones concentrated their efforts at stopping Chamberlain under the basket.
KU Leads Early
The game was close all the way, with KU's early 12-6 advantage the widest margin forged by either team. KU led through most of the second half, but the Cyclones pulled ahead at 55-54 with 3:42 remaining on a goal by Thompson.
Another Record For Wilt
The Jayhawkers, working calmly, took the lead again on a openhander from the top of the circle by Hollingger, but the Cyclones worked carefully and finally shook Krocheski free for his baseline jumper with 17 seconds left in the ball game. However, the Jayhawkers came downcourt quickly and Elstun stuffed in the winning goal from about 20 feet out on the left side.
Chamberlain, constantly surrounded by Iowa State defenders, managed to pull down 21 rebounds and block 9 Iowa State shot attempts to atone for his low scoring total. Also, the sagging Iowa State defense which stopped Chamberlain enabled the other KU sharpshooters to enjoy a veritable holiday, as the well-balanced scoring output indicates.
Iowa State occasionally relied or a full-court press, and the Jayhawkers were forced into several errors against this defense. Thompson, who looked like the finest back-court performer in the tournament, constantly bothered KU, both on offense and defense.
Chuck Vogt was the other big gun for Iowa State, contributing 16 points. Don Medsker and John Crawford were the men most responsible for bottling up Chamberlain, although Crawford was hampered by fouls through most of the second half.
The box score:
Kansas-58
Ramsey State 37
G F P I Iowa
Elstun 5 2-2 1 Vorg 8 0-1 1
J'sn'n.M 0 0-0 Boshela 0 0-0
J'sn'l.N. 5 0-1 Craw'd 2 3-4 1
Johnston 0 0-0 Davis 2 2-2 1
Cha'b'l'm 6 1-13 Medker 2 2-2 1
King 4 0-2 K'rche'k 1 0-0 1
Parker 4 2-2 Frahm 3 1-2 0
Hulgeringer 0 0-0 Tho'pson 3 1-2 0
Totals 24 10-19 11 Totals 23 11-18 14
Kansas 28 10-
24 16-19 11 | Totals |
Kansas | 28 | 30-58 |
 Iowa State | 28 | 30-57
Wilt Chamberlain, who broke two Big Seven pre-season tournament records by scoring 45 points in the final game of the tournament to run his three-game total to 93 points, broke his first tournament record after playing in only two games.
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It was a somewhat ignominious distinction. The 7-foot sophomore broke the old record of 14 missed free throws in a three-game series by missing 15 in his first two games. The old mark of 14 was shared by LeRoy Bacher of Oklahoma and Bob McKeen of California.
Chamberlain went on to smash the old record to smithereens, missing 12 more attempts in the final game to run his total number of misses in three games to 27. He converted 29 free throw attempts.
KU 74, Oklahoma 54
With Chamberlain and Elstun leading the way as usual, the Jayhawkers took an early lead and were never behind in the semi-finals with Oklahoma.
KU forged an 18-8 advantage midway through the first half, and although the Sooners rallied to tie it at 27-27 with 5:00 remaining in the half, a pair of goals by John Parker, two goals and a free throw by Chamberlain and two free throws by Lew Johnson built the KU lead to 38-29 by halftime.
After that, it was all over except the matter of determining the final KU margin. Coach Harp substituted freely, with 13 players seeing action and 11 of them scoring.
Chamberlain led the scorers, collecting 11 goals and 14 of 22 at the free throw stripe for 36 points. Elstun was next with 9 points, getting three from the field and only three of nine from the free throw line.
Sophomore guard Bob Billings turned in in a fine second-half performance in this game, although scoring only two points. Billings, a sophomore guard from Russell, did a good jbo on defense and contributed several clever passes which helped Chamberlain boost his scoring total.
Good Show By Billings
Oklahoma's defense was largely a 2-player proposition, as center Joe King and forward Don Schwall did all the damage. Schwall picked up 23 points, hitting 5 goals and 13 of 17 free throws before fouling out late in the second half. King added 17 points to the OU total, hitting six fielders and five of eight free throws.
The Sooners, who had won only two of five games before the tournament, had upset, highly-regarded Kansas State 67-64 in the opening game of the tournament, but they couldn't match Chamberlain off the backboards, and that was one of the deciding points of the game.
Oklahoma depended largely upon a pattern offense with Schwall and the other out-court players cutting quickly off a high post set by King. The Sooners operated excellently off this maneuver, working KU for 28 fouls while committing only 16 themselves.
Chamberlain, however, was the hero of the game, as he returned to his torrid scoring pace after his poor showing in the opener against Iowa State.
The box score:
Oklahoma----56
G F P
Ashcraft 1 0-0 2
Abbey 0-1 1
Schwall 5 13-17 5
'Merm'r 6 5-8 4
King 6 5-8 4
Jones 0-0 0
Anders'n 0-0 0
Hudson 3 0-0 5
Bass 2 0-0 1
Baily 2 -0.4 1
Simpson 0-0 0
Ivan 0-0 3
Totals 18 20-30 28
Kansas----74
G | F | P
Elstun | 3 | 3-9
Dater | 0 | 0-0
L John'sn | 0 | 1-3
L John'sn | 1 | 2-3
John'sn | 1 | 0-1
M John'sn | 0 | 0-0
Cham'n | 11 | 14-2 23
Billings | 0 | 2-2
Green | 0 | 1-1
Blingg | 1 | 3-2
Kindred | 0 | 0-1
Jett | 0 | 2-2
Parker | 3 | 0-0
Hollinger | 0 | 0-0
Cle'lnd | 1 | 4-4 3
Cle'lnd | 1 | 4-4 3
Total 23 28-47 16
3 Teams Gain Impressive Wins
Southern Methodist, Houston, and Dartmouth—three conference champions in 1956—served notice with impressive victories today that they are going to be mighty hard to stop in the 1957 basketball wars, too.
S. M.U., fresh from a title triumph in the Southwest Conference preseason tournament, officially opened the defense of its league crown Wednesday with a 79-64 romp over Baylor after building up a 24-point lead in the first half.
KU 80, Colorado 54
Houston opened the defense of its Missouri Valley Conference title with a clutch 74-72 victory over Drake, and Dartmouth, the Ivy League champion, went outside its loop to prove its class by downing Connecticut's Orange Bowl tournament champions, 70-67, in overtime.
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KU couldn't find the scoring range in the first half, and appeared to be in serious trouble as the teams went to their dressing rooms with Colorado holding a 31-30 lead.
The Jayhawkers snapped out of a first-half scoring slump to crush Colorado, 80-54, and give KU its third title since the tournament was originated in 1946.
Eldstun and Chamberlain had been carrying the Jayhawkers, with 27 points between them, and Colorado—using a possession offense—appeared to be in position to spring one of the year's major upsets.
But after the intermission, the Jayhawkers completely dominated play. KU rushed to a 44-33 lead with 14:45 left to play before Colorado got its first field goal of the half, and from that point on it was never a contest.
Chamberlain finally gave tournament spectators reason to believe everything they had read in that second half, as he
scored 32 points in the final 20 minutes of play. His 43rd point, a free throw with 1:03 remaining, broke Boozer's tournament scoring mark, and he added two more free throws before leaving the game with only seconds remaining.
GENE ELSTUN
Elstun scored on a wide variety of shots in that hectic second half, but relied largely upon tips and on his favorite twisting jumper from the left side for most of his goals.
Elstun, who had a fine tournament, turned in one of his best showings of the season in the victory. He tallied 20 points, and also pulled down 8 rebounds—more than any Colorado player. Chamberlain also led in this department, getting 17 grabs off the boards.
Chamberlain and Elstun also led the Jayhawkers to a nifty 49.2 shooting average, as Wilt got 18 of 33 for 54.5 per cent and Elstun added an amazing eight-of-nine for 88.9 per cent. Six of Elstun's goals came in the first half to keep the faltering Javahwers in the game.
Maurice King, although limited to one point, turned in his best defensive job of the year in limiting Colorado's Dave Mowbray to six points. Mowbray had scored 28 in the Buff's semi-final win over Michigan State.
The box score:
Kansas----80
| | G | F | P |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Elstun | 8 | 4-5 | 3 |
| Kindred | 0 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Jett | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| John'sm L | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| John'sn | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Celand | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Cham'n | 18 | 9-21 | 1 |
| Dater | 1 | 2-2 | 0 |
|ween | 1 | 2-0 | 0 |
|Kin | 1 | 2-0 | 0 |
|Billings | 0 | 1-2 | 1 |
|Parker | 1 | 1-2 | 0 |
|Holling'r | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Totals 31 18-35 7
Colordao----54
| | G | F | P |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Nichol'son | 1 | 4-4 | 5 |
| Hayward | 1 | 0-2 | 3 |
| McIlish'son | 2 | 1-1 | 6 |
| Bennett | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Bradley | 4 | 0-4 | 5 |
| Ninevale | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jin'ms'G | 1 | 2-2 | 5 |
| Schroed'r | 8 | 0-2 | 2 |
| Redhair | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
KU-Iowa State Game Already Sold Out
All tickets for the KU-Iowa State basketball game Jan. 14 on the Iowa State court have already been sold, according to an announcement from the Iowa State athletic office.
fotals 21 12-14 22
It is the third KU game which bears the "sellout" label. Tickets already are gone for the K-State games in both Lawrence and Manhattan.
Loneski's Cast Comes Off Soon
Loneski broke his foot in the Jayhawker's opening game with Northwestern Dec. 3, although he finished the game and scored eight points. It was believed at first that he suffered a sprain, and Loneski made the West Coast trip with the team, although he didn't play. The cast was put on after the team returned from California, when X-rays revealed the break.
Ron Loneski, KU's promising 6-5 sophomore forward from Calumet City, Ill., is expected to have the cast removed from his right foot this weekend, and may return to action in another two weeks.
NEW YORK — (UP) — Young Gene Fuller, the Utah battering ram who won ancient Sugar Ray Robinson's middleweight crown with a murderous close-quarter attack said today he would grant a return title shot to Ray and his "foul-fight" screaming handlers.
"We'll take the return fight," said Robinson's co-manager, Harold (Killer) Johnson of Chicago, "but first we'll file an official protest Friday against referee Ruby Goldstein for permitting Fuller to butt, heel, rabbit-punch and wrestle throughout the bout."
"That's right," said co-manager Ernie Braca of New York. "We'll file the protest with the state athletic commission Friday to make sure there's a competent referee in the ring next time. And then Ray will beat that street-fighter."
Young Fullmer, who floored Robinson once and wrestled him to the canvas once—breaking the ring ropes, won a lop-sided, unanimous 15-round decision before a near-capacity crowd of 18,134 fans, who paid $194,645 to witness the age-vs-youth classic. But the bull-necked, bull-shouldered new champion is bound by a return-bout contract to grant Robinson another shot at the title within 90 days.
PCC Will Discuss Aid To Athletes
SAN FRANCISCO — (UP) — The Pacific Coast Conference, beaten 9 times out of 10 in the Rose Bowl by the potent Big Ten, meets here today. to devise a new code that will make it easier to give financial aid to athletes.
Although already voted down, the subject of restoring some eligibility to football players who were penalized a season's play also is expected to be debated again. The Presidents' Council, which in effect is the supreme court of the conference, voted by a 7-2 margin last month to make the sentences stick.
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