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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1956
KU Can Still Get Better, Co-Captain Parker Claims
John Parker, KU's basketball co-captain, pretty well summed up the coming cage season when he said, "Northwestern is probably one of the best teams we will play this year but despite our 18 point margin of victory. we have tremendous room for improvement."
John said the team has much better outside shooting than they displayed in their first two games. "In some of our games against the best teams in the country we will need to give Wilt more help, than, we did last week.
but I think we will surprise people with a much better balanced attack," he said.
A 5-10 ball hawk, John is the Jayhawker's playmaker and is responsible for setting up the KU floor game. This is the third year he has been a starter, although as a sophomore he opened at only a few games.
K-State Is Tough
John picks Kansas State as the team KU has to fear most in the Big Seven, although he hastens to add that Iowa State would be tough, too. He said he thought Jack Parr, 6-9 K-State center, was the main reason for picking K-State over Iowa State. "Jack is probably not as good offensively as Rucklick, the Northwestern center, but he will give Wilt a much better battle on defense," he said.
With the Big Seven Conference teams off to one of the strongest starts in many years, John said he thought KU would have difficulty going undefeated in Big Seven play. "How many times in the past 10 years has the winner gone undefeated in league action?" he asked.
Last week the United Press voted KU No. 1 in its first weekly basketball poll. John said he thought it was a little early in
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the year for such a ranking, but said, "it's good to be on top. I hope we can play up to the level of confidence they have in us."
In comparing Wilt to KU basketball centers in the past, John said he thought B. H. Born, 6-9 All-American of three years ago, was probably a more polished player on defense and played his defensive position better, but he said, "Wilt has played only two college games and it's a cinch he will improve every game because he is such a hard worker."
Still With Elstun
John and his fellow-co-captain, Gene Eldun, were teammates at Shawnee Mission high school where they were both all-state in their senior years. They led Shawnee Mission to the state AA championship that year.
When the Jayhawkers collide with K-State, the Wildcats will probably have their eyes glued on John when they are not watching Wilt. Last year against the Wildcats in Allen Field House, John scored 21 points for his college career high, as Kansas almost dumped the highly favored conference champions.
Besides his basketball accomplishments, John is a member of Coach Bill Easton's powerful track squad. He has consistently thrown the javelin over 200 feet and owns a career high of 213 feet.
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