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University Daily Kansan SPORTS Phi Gams Win Hill Crown
University Daily Kansan
Phi Gamma Delta held off a last quarter rally to defeat the Cats 39-38 and successfully defend their Hill intramural basketball championship.
The Phi Gams took the lead early in the first quarter when Wally Strauch made three straight set shots. The Cats tied the score at 8-8 midway through the first quarter but Lee Meyer connected for six quick points to put Phi Gam ahead to stay. The first period ended with the score 14-9.
The Cats, sparked by Ron Johnston's thirteen points in the first half, pulled up within three points of Phi Gam, 22-19, at the end of the half.
Strauch and Meyer increased Phi Gam's lead to eight points, 33-25, at the end of the third quarter.
In the final period the Cats, sparked by Johnston and Jim Kerr, staged a fine rally. Kerr opened the quarter by making a jump shot. John Peppercorn connected with two free throws for Phi Gam to make the score 35-27. Kerr sank another jump shot and a free throw and Johnston added two more free throws to make the score 35-32. Strauch scored another long shot and John Husser made two free throws to extend the Phi Gam lead to 39-32. Jerry Brown then scored with a layup for the Cats and Johnston made two more free throws and a jump shot to pull the Cats within one point as the game ended.
The game had rough play from both sides as 29 personal fouls and one technical foul were called. The Cats were guilty of 16 infractions while the Phi Gams were called for 13.
The Phi Gam scoring was led by Strauch with 14, followed by Peppercorn 10, Meyer 9 and Husser 6. For the Cats, Johnston led with 23, Kerr 9, Brown 3, Mo Courville 2 and Jerry Baker 1.
Other results:
Fraternity B semifinals—ATO 43, Sig Ep 39; Phi Gam 36, Phi Delt 24.
Fraternity C semifinals—Phi Gam 35, Phi Delt I 29; Beta I 40,
Phi Delt IV 26.
Independent B semifinals—Hicks 37, Chemical Engineers 19; Nu Sigma Nu 40, Delta Function 34.
Independent C semifinals—AROTC 34, NROTC 31; 1800's 39, Fig Pligars 35 (overtime).
Games today
Fraternity B final—Phi Gam vs. ATO, 5 p.m.
Fraternity C final—Phi Gam vs. Beta, 4:15.
Independent B final—Hicks vs. Nu Sigma Nu, 5 p.m.
Independent C final—AROTC vs. 1800's, 4:15.
High Ranked Volleyball Team Back In Action
Volleyball, not recognized as an official varsity sport, has some strong boosters at KU.
Last year's team placed third in the collegiate division of the National Volleyball Championship.
This team was coached by Kevin Jones, assistant professor of petroleum engineering, and made up of players who were responsible for their own living expenses on tournament trips.
The KU volleyball club sponsors the team. Any students, including freshmen or graduate students, or faculty members may belong to the club. Inter-collegiate competition is limited to students who meet the same scholastic requirements of other varsity sports.
Practice Three Times Weekly
The team, which has played mostly YMCA and industrial teams so far, should make a good showing in the national tournament, according to Jones.
Team practices are held three times weekly in preparation for the national tournament May 7-10 in Scranton, Pa.
"If we can continue to play on even terms with YMCA competition, we stand a good chance against college competition at the nationals," he said.
Active in several tournaments this year, the team placed second in their own tournament in Lawrence, third in the Short Corn tournament, Des
Four players who were on last year's team are back. They are: James Coleman, Charles Mader, both Lawrence graduate students who were named to the All America squad last year; Dick Laptad, Lawrence graduate student and Dick Houglund. Overland Park junior.
Moines, Iowa, seventh in the AAU Championships, Bartlesville, Okla., fourth in the Southwest Open, Oklahoma City, Okla., and third in the Intercity Open, Omaha, Neb.
Four Regulars Back
Ernie Barrett Is A New K-State Cage Coach
The next scheduled tournament is the Tall Corn tournament March 8 in Des Moines, Iowa.
The appointment was to be announced later, but the news leaked out Tuesday night during a radio interview at the K-State-Oklahoma game.
MANHIATTAN — (UP)— Former basketball All America Ernie Barrett will become an assistant coach at Kansas State College April 1.
K-State officials confirmed that Barrett, a member of the Boston Celtics, will take the coaching job and also be an assistant to athletic director H. B. (Bebe) Lee.
By BOB MACY (Assistant Sports Editor of The Daily Kansas)
Kansas State has written "30" to the Big Eight race. In the journalism trade "30" means the end. Kansas State, by virtue of a 68-51 victory over Oklahoma Tuesday night, has cinched the Big Eight crown.
By BOB MACY
Then, KU players and fans began hoping that someone would defeat the Wildcats, thus giving KU a chance to tie for the title at Manhattan March 8.
At the beginning of the season, Big Eight coaches agreed that whoever took the Big Eight title would have to be undefeated in conference play, or at least not lose more than one game. That is why things looked bad for the Jayhawkers when a Wilt-less KU lost its opening conference game to Oklahoma by two points in the final seven seconds.
Those who thought that KU would have only token resistance the remainder of the season were shaken from that belief last Saturday as lowly Nebraska handed KU a 43-41 defeat. This coupled with the Jayhawker's loss to Iowa State two days later all but handed K-State the title.
Kansas State will be meeting the Missouri Valley representatives, probably Cincinnati, in Allen Field House two weeks from Friday.
But KU lost to K-State too, 79-75
If the Wildcats meet Cincinnati, it will give Winter's men a chance to retaliate against remarks from Ohio that the Big Eight is a pushover conference.
When Kansas State goes on the court that night, they won't be going on as the team that knocked off Kansas or the team that kept the Jayhawkers from the NCAA. The Wildcats will be entreeing the NCAA regionals as the Big Eight representative. They will be entering the regionals as the best team in the Big Eight conference.
One of the best things the student body of KU could do would be to adopt Kansas State for the regional.
Winter, in an interview after Tuesday night's game, said he and his team felt "real good" over cinching the title.
Winter reflected on the past KU season, by saving;
"I think if Kansas hadn't lost Bob Billings they might have won their last two games. You don't lose a boy like that without it hurting you a lot. In fact, if KU hadn't lost Chamberlain for that one game and Billings for the other two, the story might be a lot different.
Winter ended the conversation by saying:
"The guy I really feel sorry for is not the Kansas players as much as Dick Harp. He's one of the finest coaches I know of and a really great person. It's too bad his season had to end this way. He undoubtedly has one of the finest teams in the nation."
CHAPEL HILL —(UP)— the University of North Carolina will meet Notre Dame in basketball next season at Charlotte, N. C. It will mark only the second time the schools have met in basketball. The Irish defeated the Tar Heels, 89-70 in Chicago.
Tar Heels, Irish Will Play
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Easton-Indoor Toughest,Greatest'
"The Big Eight Indoor coming up this weekend will be the toughest and the greatest we've had for a long time," Bill Easton, Jayhawker track coach, said.
"The field for this indoor is much stronger all the way through." Easton added that there are many good boys and with the addition of Oklahoma State, the meet will be better than ever.
It will be necessary to schedule more races than ever for the Friday night preliminaries and semifinals. The reason for this is not just the addition of another school but also because of the great number of fine runners.
"Our biggest threat will come from Nebraska. Right behind them we expect the most trouble from Colorado and Oklahoma.
This plus hold-overs and transfers will give Nebraska a team that may very well challenge Kansas.
For several years the Jayhawkers have dominated in cross country, indoor and outdoor track. On this Easton says, "If the boys run their capabilities we can win the meet. But the string has to run out sometime.
Last year at Nebraska the Cornhuskers had one of their greatest freshman teams in years.
Just to give an idea of the tremendous competition to be expected, there will be seven or eight dash men who can equal the record of .062 in the 60-yard dash. But only six can reach the finals. In the high hurdles there will be about the same number who can break the record of .074. The conference also has a large number of great 440-yard, 880, mile and 2-mile men. There are five teams capable of breaking the mile relay record of 3:20.0.
From the viewpoint of the spectator the preliminaries on Firday night will be as exciting as the finals the next night. Many competitors capable of winning in other years won't even reach the finals this year.
Kansas State Clinches Title
K-State defeated Oklahoma 68-51, taking the crown as well as earning a place in the NCAA playoffs.
"If anyone had said at the start of the season that we would have the Big Eight crown wrapped up with three games left to play. I would have told them to have his head examined," Wildcat Coach Tex Winter said after the game.
MANHATTAN — (UP)— Kansas State pulled Tuesday night what seemed wholly impossible at early season-it won the Big Eight basketball title with three games left to play.
The victory gave the nation's first- ranked K-Staters a perfect 9-0 league mark. Halftime score was 30-28. Kansas State.
Bob Boozer, Wildcat 6-8 junior forward, played his customary role of high point man, scoring 23. Teammate' Jack Parr added 17. Denny Price, 6-1 sophomore guard, scored 11 points for Oklahoma.
The Sooners pushed the Wildcats through the first half—one leading by 14-13, for less than a minute. K-State came back with a rally sparked by Don Matuszak, 6-0 junior guard.
K-State is headed for a probable opening round NCAA game with highly-touched Cincinnati.
"We'll scout Cincinnati three times," Winter said. "I haven't seen them play this year, but they must be great."
Expectants, J&R Sweep
Rocky Leiker of the Gunners had a high 10 of 202 and Ron Clark of J&R had high 30 of 563. J&R leads the league with an 8-0 record.
In the Blue league the Jayhawk Cafe Top Hats and the Pinheads took three points each from the Alpha Kaps and the AFROTC No. 2, respectively. The Harry Hackers split with the Originals. Ron Clark, bowling for the Jayhawk, had a high 30 of 549. Jayhawk had the team high 10 of 741-2080. Jayhawk leads the league with an 11-1 record.
In doubles activity Monday J & R and the Expectants took four points each from the Loafers and the Clux while the Gunners were taking three points from the Striving Pair at the Jay Bowl, Kansas Union.
Don Smith of the KC's had a high 30 of 354. PiKA had the team high of 690-1915. The Gunthers are leading the league with a 10-2 record.
PiKA took three points from Stephenson in the Rock league while the Gunthers won three points from the Cheers. The KC's split with the Sleepers.
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