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University Daily Kansan
The student body at Missouri has apparently been released from any responsibility for the fight which took place on the basketball court at Columbia Saturday.
By Bill Sheldon
Missouri coach Sparky Stalcpul was quoted in the Sunday Columbia Mssourian as saying: "The fight was no fault of our fans — it started on the floor.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Don Faurot was quoted in the same paper;
"If the KU bench hadn't of run down and jumped on our boys it would have ended quickly."
This brings up two questions:
What provkoed the fight and did
A Rematch?
A video tape of the fight which took place during the Kansas-Missouri basketball game at Columbia Saturday will be telecast on Sam Molen's Sports Show on KMBC in Kansas City tonight.
the KU bench influence the fans?
It must be admitted that KU's Wayne Hightower took the swing which started the melee. But there certainly must have been good reason for his action.
MUS CHARLES HENKE admitted that he fouled Hightower in the action which immediately preceded the fight. Hightower was also fouled by other Missouri players just prior to the fight and probably only Hightower knows exactly how much punishment he received throughout the game which could have caused him to take that fatal punch.
Certainly there must have been good cause for Hightower's action. Among these causes should be included the play of the Missouri team and the comments and booing of the spectators.
SINCE THE FIGHT took place at the opposite end of the court, one of the participating groups which was furthest from the scene was the Kansas reserves who were on the bench.
When the exchange of blows began, the KU squad members ran down the court, of course. As captain Bill Bridges put it," My first thought was to try and break up the fight and I went down there with that intention until some guy took a swing at me and grazed my eye."
Other members of the team expressed the same attitude. They felt they should have entered into the fracas in an effort to help their teammates, some of whom had already been forced to the floor by Missouri players and fans.
From the purely physical standpoint the entrance of the Kansas reserves into the battle as a cause for the fans to join seems almost absurd. The fight broke out right in front of the Missouri bench and directly in front of the bleachers where the students were sitting, probably a distance of less than 50 feet whereas the KU bench was about 90 feet from the scuffling.
THOSE MISSOURI players who leaped off the bench to take part made no actions to separate Henke and Hightower but ganged the Kansas star. It was this type of action which could have been much more influential in bringing the crowd onto the floor than anything which the Kansas team did.
Coach Stalcup was also quoted in the Missourian in regard to the backing which the students gave his team. He said, "One of the greatest factors we had going for us was the support we had from the fans. It was marvelous."
Scots Win Two PGA's
The support certainly was marvelous. What more could a coach ask from the fans than consistent boosing and paper-throwing and a tumult of well-aimed punches at the opposition at a crucial time of the game?
DUNEDIN, Fla. — (UPI) — Although the Scots are credited with inventing golf, only two natives of Scotland have ever won the PGA championship. Jock Hutchison Sr., born in St. Andrews, took the title in 1920. Tommy Armour, born in Edinburgh, won in 1930.
KU Relay Team 2nd at Chicago
A Kansas two mile relay team finished second to Western Michigan in the Chicago Daily News track and field meet, Friday night.
Running for KU were Bill Stoddart, Kirk Hagan, Bill Thornton, and Bill Dotson. Gordon Davis, team captain, was scheduled to run but had to drop out because of a bad arch.
AT THE START of the last half mile, Dotson and Gregory of Notre Dame were running shoulder to shoulder. On the last curve Bork of Western Michigan passed both of them to cross the tape first.
Western Michigan's winning time was 7:40.0; KU's second place clocking was a half second off, 7:40.9.
TWO FORMER Jayhawkers, Cliff Cushman and Charlie Tidwell, placed in the meet. Cushman finished third in the 600 yard run; Tidwell got fourth in the 60 yard dash.
Jayhawker Billy Mills and ex-Jayhawker Tom Skutka both competed in the two mile run but neither were able to place.
KU's next team action will be Saturday at Manhattan in the Kansas State Indoor Relays.
4.000 Winners
LOS ANGELES — (UPI) — Johnny Longden became the first American jockey to win 4,000 races when he scored on Fleet Diver at Hollywood Park on May 15, 1952.
In the years 1950-51-52 KU's Clyde Lovellette set a Big Eight record for the most points scored by an individual as he totaled 899 for Kansas in conference play.
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Patterson Wins; To Face Liston
MIAMI BEACH — (UPI)—Champion Floyd Patterson, who twice rose from the canvas to knock out Ingemar Johansson last night, will next defend his heavyweight crown against Sonny Liston at Philadelphia in September, it was learned authoritatively today.
Brown-haired, dimpled Ingemar—who outweighed Floyd $206^{1/2}$ pounds to 1943.4/4—made a thrilling bid in the first round to become the second man ever to win back the heavyweight title. But it wasn't enough, and he wound up with a gashed right brow and a badly swollen left eye and with referee Bill Regan counting him out. It was the second time in their three title fights that Ingo had been knocked out by Patterson, first man to recapture the title.
Ingo floored Patterson twice in the first round with his "Goteborg Thunderbolt" of a right fist. Each time Floyd bounced up at the count of one and took the mandatory eight-count—used for the first time in a heavyweight title fight.
Patterson rallied quickly to drop Ingo with a left hook to the face for a count of two on the canvas and the rest of the eight-count on his feet.
After interesting competition in the next four rounds, in which the champion had a distinct edge, Johansson attacked desperately in the sixth round and had Floyd backing away—"While I adjusted myself" he explained. Then suddenly Floyd landed two solid left jabs that drove the ex-champion sideways. Then he hit on the left side of the head with a straight right that sent him backwards and sideways to the canvas. Ingo tried to rise at the count of eight and almost made it—but not quite.
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