Starting Lineup Chosen By Harp
KU basketball coach Dick Harp is about set on the startline line he'll send out against Northwestern in the season's opener Monday.
This lineup is four-fifths veteran with only one sophomore, Wilt Chamberlain, scheduled to open against the Wildcats when they repeat last year's opening invasion of Allen Field House. Lew Johnson, regular center for the past two seasons, will move his 6-6½ rebounding frame to forward. Gene Elstun, the lithe 6-3 sharpshooter, now is running at the other front line post. The guards are John Parker, co-captain with Elstun, and Maurice King, returning all-Big Seven guard.
Harp has his mind made up to go with this group in the season's lid-lifter, but concedes there could be numerous changes through the early games.
He has six other lettermen available in forwards Lee Green, Ron Johnston, and Harry Jett, and guards, John Cleland, Eddie Dater and Blaine Hollinger. Of this ensemble all three forwards are seniors, same as Johnson and Elstun. Sophomore pressure is being exerted by Bob Billings, bespectacled Russell guard; Gary Thompson, rugged Wellington forward; Ron Loneski, 6-4½ south-paw forward, and Lynn Kindred, the spare guard from Emporia.
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All this means there is certain to be fierce competition for the early traveling squad slots in a season which the Jayhawkers hope will produce their first Big Seven title contender since 1954.
Only serious loss from last year's 14-9 squad is Dallas Dobbs, the torrid-shooting guard. And he was sidelined at mid-se semester by scholastic difficulties, after which Kansas gradually faded from the conference title chase.
Harp's first season as Phog Allen's successor will be the stiffest a Kansas basketball club ever attempted. Not only will the conference harbor two more teams which will rank with the nation's best in Iowa State and Kansas State, but the non-league slate is exceptionally rugged. This includes the usual home-and-home vendetta with Oklahoma A & M, singletons with Marquette and California and a two-night stand at Washington, in addition to Northwestern. Washington and Cal. already have been tabbed co-favorites in the PCC.
Northwestern is improved Kansas shelled Northwestern, 70-91, here last season. However, the Wildcats, which could win only two of 22 in '56, are conceded a chance of rocketing all the way from the Big Ten cellar to the championship.
Northwestern Is Improved
For one thing, all five starters are returning. This includes one of the league's best sets of outside shooters in Dick Mast and Glen Lose. The 6-10 Bill Schultz returns at center and will get help from Sophomore Joe Ruklick, who towers 6-9. Another rookie, 6-3 Nick Mantis, also is expected to start.
All this means Chamberlain will get his first test against men in his own height range. Schultz and Ruklich likely will be employed simultaneously.
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Hornung Is 1st Choice In Pro Football Draft
PHILADELPHIA — (UP) — The Green Bay Packers won the bonus choice in the National Football League draft Monday and chose Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung.
Packer Coach Lisle Blackburn outdrew Ray Richards, coach of the Chicago Cardinals, the only other team eligible for the annual free pick of college talent.
Blackburn, in announcing his choice of Hornung, described the handsome, rangy 210-pounder as "the greatest potential among current Notre Dame backs." He described Hornung as the "Tobin Rote type" and he would fit into the Green Bay pattern nicely.
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Arnett Is Next
The teams swung into the regular drift with the Los Angeles Rams taking Jon Arnett, Southern California halfback, as their first choice.
Quarterback John Brodie of Stanford went to the San Francisco Forty Inners and the Packers picked Ron Kramer, Michigan end.
Quarterback Len Dawson of Purdue was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Cleveland Browns tapped Jim Brown, the Syracuse powerhouse back.
Clarence Peaks, Michigan State halfback, was chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles, and Ohio State guard Jim Parker was taken by the Baltimore Colts.
Continuing in the first round, the Washington Redskins picked fullback Don Bosseler of Miami and the Cardinals picked center Jerry Tubbs of Oklahoma.
The New York Giants' first choice had been traded to the Rams for Andy Robustelli, and the Rams, picking for the Giants, took Del Shofner, Baylor halfback.
The first round was concluded when the Detroit Lions chose guard Bill Glass of Baylor and the Chicago Bears took tackle Earl Leggett, of Louisiana State.
Oklahoma Retain's First In National Rankings
Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma's All-American halfback, was chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles took the 170-pound Sooner on their third draft choice.
Tubbs To Cardinals
NEW YORK — (UP) — Oklahoma and Tennessee still rated one-two among the nation's football teams today and barring unbelievable upsets in their final games, should finish that way in the final ranking of the United Press Board of Coaches next week.
Tennessee received four first place votes and the other three went of Iowa.
Oklahoma's characteristic show of strength in beating Nebraska, 54-6, assured its first place rating for another week. The Sooners picked up four more first place votes than they had last week. They now have led the ratings for nine out of 10 weeks. They also have won 39 games in a row for an all-time major college record.
Iowa's new Big Ten Champions moved into the No. 3 spot ahead of Texas A&M while Georgia Tech was fifth and Miami (Fla.) sixth. Michigan moved up to seventh, Michigan State remained in eighth, Syracuse took over the No. 9 spot, and Minnesota dropped from seventh to 10th.
Oklahoma which received 28 of the 35 first place votes in the weekly ratings, also tabulated a total of 338 points, based on 10 for a first place selection, and so on down to one for a 10th place for each coach voting. Oklahoma received four seconds, one third, and two-fourths.
Tennessee hung on with a 20-7 victory over Kentucky and Iowa moved up by socking Notre Dame,
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48-8. Texas A&M was idle. This week Oklahoma finishes its schedule with Oklahoma A&M while Tennessee winds up against Vanderbilt. Iowa is finished except for its Rose Bowl chores against 11th ranked Oregon State, which paced the UP second 10.
Behind No. 11 Oregon State in the second ten were Pittsburgh and Baylor, tied for 12th; Texas Christian 14th; Southern California 15th; Navy 16th; Yale 17th; Wyoming 18th; Duke and Texas Western, tied for 20th.
Number one outdoorsman on the M. U. football squad probably is Gene Roll, husky fullback. Guns are Roll's hobby, with hunting and fishing his favorite recreational pastimes.
Missouri lost seven lettermen last year.
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