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Wilt, Seven Veterans Carry Kansas' Basketball Hopes
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By DARYL HALL (Daily Kansas Sports Editor)
Led by Wilton Chamberlain, the 7-foot pre-season All-American pick and "the best sophomore group since 1949," the University of Kansas basketball team could enjoy its best season since 1952.
With the entire starting five returning from last year, Coach Dick Harp, in his freshman year as head Jayhawker coach, will field a team ranked second in the nation by two basketball yearbooks and first in pre-season ratings.
Louisville (Ky.) is the only team to be picked ahead of the Jayhawkers.
Chamberlain Much Sought
Receiving the greatest raves from the basketball experts is the highly "promising" Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain. He first attracted the sports writers when he chose Kansas over 100 major schools that reportedly desired his services. The national spotlight again focused on the Philadelphia high school product when he led the KU freshmen to an 81-71 victory over the varsity last Homecoming, scoring 42 points and gathering in 29 rebounds.
Chamblelain has been hampered in drills this year because of a throat condition. He underwent surgery for the correction of a "singers nobe" in October and may not play in the freshman-varsity game tonight. He is expected to be ready for KU's season-opener against Northwestern Dec. 3 at Allen Field House.
Even without the service of Chamberlain, Kansas could field a strong team, probably strong enough to capture the Big Seven Conference title. Returning from last year's fifth place team are five starters and two capable reserves. Starters returning are Gene Elstun (6-3), who ranked 13th in the Big Seven in scoring with a 14-point average: Lou Johnson (6-6)!, last season's starting center: Maurice King (6-2), who ranked seventh in league scoring at 15.3; Lee Green (6-5), and speedy Johnny Parker (5-10).
Reserves who started at various times last year and who will return to push for starting postitions this season are Eddie Dater (6-1/2), Ron Johnston (6-2), John Cieland (6-2), and Blaine Hollinger (5-10).
A sophomore prospect second only to Chamberlain in promise is Ron Loneski, (6-4)3, a lefthanded forward who has shown more allaround ability occasionally than Chamberlain. A left-handed jump shot artist, good rebounder and defensive player, Lonesk is also fast and a capable ball handler. However, even, with his terrific promise, he must push to replace Elstun and Johnson, both capable veterans.
Other Promising Sophomores
Othert Promising Sophomores
Rounding out the sophomore group is Bob Billings (5-10), a capable ball handler who is regarded by some as KU's most promising play maker in several years; Lynn Kindred (6-3); Gary Thompson (6-3),
a transfer from Wichita University,
and Monte Johnson (6-4).
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Bobby Marshall and John Peppercorn, will complete the varsity roster when they report for duty after the football season.
The 1956 version of the Jayhawker freshman basketball squad is confronted with a taxing dilemma—that of trying to measure up to the lofty precedent set up by last year's freshman squad.
Coach Dick Harp is cautious about the pre-season predictions of Kansas' promise. With Kansas State and Iowa State slated to field stronger teams than last year, Harp is expecting the Jayhawkers to have a rough time winning the Big Seven. Kansas
"We're not looking ahead to the national crown," Harp said, "Our first concern is winning the Big Seven crown and that will be a job in itself."
Last year's freshman were likely the very elite of all KU freshman teams, and the one that laid the strongest claim to that honor by shattering tradition to beat the varsity 81-71.
The freshman squad has been cut from the original 39 to 23.
State was last year's conference winners and Iowa State was the Big Seven's Pre-Season Tournament champions.
Coach Jerry Waugh, who played guard for KU from 1947 to 1950, says of this year's team: "We have some good prospects, but they haven't had time to play ball with each other long enough as a unit. Therefore, they don't play as a unit." However, Waugh emphasized that the entire squad has shown quite a bit of enthusiasm.
Must Stop Chamberlain This means the freshmen will be trying to stave off the basket-stuffing tactics of 7-foot Wilt Chamberlain with a 6-foot 5-inch center (Orin Carney) and two 6-foot 4-inch forwards (Jim Hoffman and Al Donaghue), as well as facing the rest of a ruggedly conditioned 20-man varsity squad.
After the Big Seven championship is decided, KU will worry about the national championship, that is, of course, should we win the Big Seven race, Harp added.
Frosh Cage Team Boasts Several Standout Players
Today Coach Jerry Waugh's freshmen will be facing a varsity squad composed of six kingpins from last year's freshman team, plus 14 other seasoned veterans—a squad that has been rated second in the nation in the pre-season polls.
Must Stop Chamberlain
He listed a poorly knit defense as
the squad's other main problem, stating that it may be rather difficult to hold down the high-scoring Chamberlain, in that the entire varsity was somewhat ineffectual in doing so last year.
Several Standouts
Like last year's freshman team, this year's boasts more than one out-of-state standout. One is Bob Hickmann from Terre Haute, Ind., a member of the Indiana High School All-Star Team which defeated the Kentucky All-Stars this summer in their annual charity engagement.
A second squad member, also from Indiana, is Phil Raisor of Muncie. However, he underwent an operation on both knees this summer, and is not expected to begin working out until 'December. Raisor was one of the outstanding players in the Muncie area.
Another standout is Jim Hoffman from Northeast High School, Kansas City, Mo. As well as being an outstanding basketball player, Hoffman was Missouri's state high school high jump champion with a mark of 6 feet 4 inches.
Composing the first two freshman units are: Jim Hoffman (6-4) and Al Donaghue (6-4), forwards; Orin Carney (6-5), center; Bob Freisinger (6-3) and Bob Hickman (6-2), guards.
Dick Lee (6-4) and Stewart Luder (6-1), forwards; Arthur Ackerman (6-4), center; Jim Husser (5-11) and Jim Fleming (5-11), guards.
Friday. Nov. 9.1956
University Daily Kansan
Field House Seats 17,000
Allen Field House, seating 17,000 is the second largest on-campus basketball arena in the country. This will be the second full season that the Jayhawkers have been able to use the giant structure as their home basketball court.
It takes the building and grounds department almost a week to put the basketball court down each year, since the floor is cut into sections and each section must be fitted together like a cross-word puzzle.
The scoreboard, unique in its class, was a gift of the class of 49. A Jayhawk is fixed in the middle of the scoreboard and each time KU scores, a red light flashes in his eye.
Allen Field House is the largest sports edifice in Kansas, outranking K-State's Ahearn Field House by 4,500 seats. There are no other playing arenas in the Big Seven which can accommodate five figure crowds.
the largest field house in the nation is Minnesota's, which has a capacity seating space of 18,250.
Three Lettermen Head Golf Squad
Mike Chalfant, Jayhawker golf coach, will have three returning terriers and four sophomores to defend KU on the golf course.
Bill Saylor, senior and 2-year letterman; Jim Davies, junior and 1-year letterman; Gene Elstun, senior and 1-year letterman are the three returning. Wayne Manning, Bob Wood, Bill Toalson, and Lynn Kindred have joined the varsity.
Coach Chalfant said that Oklahoma will be the Jayhawkers chief worry this year. Practice will begin February 1.
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