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University Daily Kansan
University Daily Kansan
SPORTS Kansas Meets Cellar Clubs
After suffering its first loss in two seasons at Allen Field House, to K-State Monday night, Kansas meets the Big Eight's two cellar clubs, Nebraska and Colorado, in an attempt to climb back into the first division.
The Cornhuskers, 1-4 in the conference, meet the Jayhawkers for the first time this season, at 7:35 p.m. Saturday.A crowd of 15.000 is expected to be on hand.
Monday the Jayhawkers move to Boulder to close their season series with the Buffs.
The victories will move Dick Harp's team from fourth to third in the standings.
For the first time since the second game of the year, when Bob Hickman moved up at guard, Harp will change his starting lineup.
Al Donaghue To Start
Alan Donaghue, 6-5 sophomore from Kansas City Kansas' Wyandotte High School will replace his high school teammate, Monte Johnson at forward.
Donaghue played his best game of the year in Monday's 79-75 loss to K-State. In that game he scored eight points and did a creditable job of containing 6-9 Jack Parr.
Hickman was called to his Terre Haute, Ind. home early this week by the illness of his father. He returned to Lawrence Thursday and will take up his regular guard spot next to Bob Billings.
Six points separate Kansas from an undefeated league record. Also, free-throwing, in which the team fell 600 for the season after a 13 out of 24 night against K-State, must be improved.
Defensive retreat, another vulnerable spot, must be improved upon. The Wildcats scored 12 points by beating Kansas down-court and Nebraska, although smaller than K-State, is faster.
Huskers Lose Two Top Players
Nebraska has lost two important players since the start of the season. Coach Jerry Bush dropped his regular center, 6-7 Bob Mayo, from the squad just before the pre-season tournament. Lyle Nannen, alternate starter at guard, was declared scholastically ineligible this semester.
The game with Kansas Saturday night will be Nebraska's first stop in a southern swing that closes Monday at Norman. Nebraska is 6-10 overall while KU is 12-3.
Jerry Johnson Assumes Important Cage Role
A new face has risen to shine on the KU basketball scene this past week. Jerry Johnson, sophomore guard, upon becoming eligible this spring semester, assumed to a role of importance in the local sports picture.
From Chanute High School, Johnson came to the Allen Field House court in 1955 to play freshman basketball with Wilt. Loneski, and company. After a successful freshman season, Jerry dropped out of school for a year to work.
During the course of his "civilian" experience, Johnson played in the tough Lawrence Basketball League where his team won the championship.
Although playing only a short time in the K-State game, Jerry worked hard enough to make the travelling squad. As it is, he is now alternating sixth or seventh man on the varsity.
In speaking about Johnson, Dick Harp said. "Jerry has a lot of native potential. He is quick, fast and aggressive. He has a lot of the requirements we lack in other players. A kid with a lot of God-given ability like Jerry has, if he can find himself and play as he can play, will help us a lot."
Hampered By Sprained Ankle
Bothered in practice last semester bv a sprained ankle and a time-consuming job. Johnson has worked hard to achieve the respect he has now.
In talking about the recent loss to K-State, Johnson pointed out that KU suffered a psychological setback when they learned that it was almost impossible to get the ball in to Wilt. He said that the offense would have worked if the team had not tried to force the ball into the center and instead tried another method. Johnson related that by the time the Jayhawkers decided to alter the offensive situation, it was too late to change the outcome.
Finding little time between his studies and basketball practice to do anything extra-curricular, Johnson's favorite relaxation is singing tenor at the Alpha Phi Alpha vocal sessions.
Relaxes By Singing
Upon his own success, Johnson exclaimed, "The only way I could do it was to keep in training and practice as hard as I could."
College Basketball Results
The Cats had an easy time of it in their Thursday night Independent A game as they wrecked the Stephenson team, 63-36. Ron Johnston, of the Cats, was top scorer with 17 points, 11 on free throws.
Rounding out the Cats' scoring were Mo Courville 13, James Kerr 9, Ed Martin 8, Jerry Baker and Bill Brown 5 each, Bob James 4, and Don Feller 2.
Johnston Scores 17, Cats Win
Stephenson baskets were made by Phil Heinshel 15, Tom Coe 9, Jack Davis 4, J. R. Campbell 3, and Dave Leitch and Martin Zimmerman 2 each.
in another Independent A game Oread defeated Carcruth 41-36. Chuck Winfrey with 14, Kirby Clark 11, Tom Russell 8, Bob Mussell 4
Capital 82. Winnings 88
Texas Westes 92. Texas Lutheran 84
Holy Cross 17. N.Y.U. 7
West Cross "Irginia" 87. St. John's (N.Y.) 7
West Virginia State (Missippi) 11. Ill. 62
Massachusetts 65. Rhode Island 60
Connecticut 107. Vermont 95
Wm. & Mary 85. Hampden-Sydney 59
Western Michigan 79. Kent St. Louis 58
Caseburg 54
Case Tech 74. Fenn 63
Capital 82. Wilmington 68
Contributors to the Carruth score were McEhiney 12, Crawford 8, Macomber and Hall 6 each, and Wallace 2.
and Ken Allum and Gary Denning 2 each, were responsible for Oread's win.
The Phi Chi team was winner by a forfeit when the Jacks failed to produce enough man for their scheduled Independent A game.
There were two lopsided Fraternity B contests Thursday as Phi Gamma Delta smashed Phi Kappa Tau 83-9 and Alpha Tau Omega trounced Alpha Kappa Lambda 44-9.
Other results:
Psi IV 14; Phi Delta Theta II 44,
Delta Upsilon X 16; and Alpha Tau
Omega II 31, Alpha Epsilon Pi I
30.
The reason Markley has little hope for the meet is that Oklahoma has a swimming squad that commands as much respect as that school's football team.
Swimming Squad Hosts Tough Oklahoma Team
Independent A—Butterballs vs.
Chicken Pickers, 4:15; Radicals vs.
Pharmacy, 5:15; Beirhawks vs.
Templin, 6:15; YMCA vs. Foster,
7:15.
Fraternity C—Phi Kappa Psi I 33, Tau Kappa Epsilon IV 27; Delta Chi III forfeited to Delta Sigma Phi; Phi Gamma Delta IV 40, Phi Kappa
Games Today
Laidlaw will enter the 200-ward breaststroke. He now holds the best time of the year in the Big Seven, a 2:37.0 mark.
"Oklahoma will bring 10 or 12 top notch swimmers for the meet. We only have seven boys and we are truthful with ourselves—we know we can't beat them. We have three boys we think can make a pretty good showing against Oklahoma. Those are the ones we are heavily relying on to beat some of the OU boys." Markley said.
**Fraternity B**—Phi Delta Theta vs.
Tau Kappa Epsilon, 4:15; Sigma
Phi Epsilon vs. Delta Tau Delta,
4:15; Kappa Sigma vs. Sigma Nu,
5 p.m. Beta Theta Pi vs. Acacia,
5 p.m.; Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs.
Delta Upsilon, 5:45.
Jeffrey will be entered in the 200-yard butterfly. He has dipped as low as 2:27.5 in that event.
KU's swimming team faces what coach Jay Markley terms an almost hopeless situation Saturday at 2 p.m. as they host Oklahoma in the Jayhawkers first meet of the second semester.
The Oklahoma squad finished 7th in the nation last year and Markley commented to The Daily Kansan Thursday night that he thought the Sooners would be even better this year. The Oklahomaans are ranked in the top ten swimming teams in the nation at present, according to Marklev.
The Sooners are coached by Matt Mann, 2-time Olympic coach and winner of the Big 10 at Michigan for 16 years. Since moving to Oklahoma, his swimming teams have gone undefeated.
Pietty will enter the 440-yard freestyle. His best time in this event is 5:17.9 and he is expected to cause a lot of trouble for the OU distance men.
Mann Coaches Sooners
**Independent B—Nu Sigma Nu vs.**
Boosers, 6:30; NROTC vs. Delta
Function, 7:15; McCook vs. Don
Henry, 7:15.
Carl Lechner, a sophomore, has come within .2 second of the Big Seven record in the 200-yard breaststroke. His best time is 2:15.2, the record is 2:15.0.
The three boys Markley said he would rely on the carry most of the load are John Jeffrey, James Laidlaw and Jared Piety, all sophomores.
OU captain Dick Thatcher is the top man in the 200-yard butterfly for the conference. His best time is 2:26.1. He will also be expected to pick up points in the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individua' medley.
The athletic office disclosed Thursday that the date of the Oklahoma-KU basketball game has been changed from March 1 to Feb.28.
Thatcher is Top Man
Oklahoma will have five outstanding men who Markley feels will give the Javahawks trouble.
John Phillips is a junior college graduate from California. He made junior college All-America last year and is exceptionally good in the sprints.
Jeff Farrell, Big Seven record holder in the 100 is the winner of last year's 220 in the conference.
Largest bell in the University of Kansas carillon weighs nearly 7 tons, the smallest 10 pounds.
OU Game Feb. 28
Bob Leonardt, Big Seven winner in the 50-yard freestyle last year with a time of 23.1 is back.
8. Lettermen On Baseball Squad
Kansas will swing south for a 4-game series against Rice and Houston before opening the newly-expanded 21-game Big Eight baseball schedule this spring.
The Jayhawkers open at Rice April 4-5 and play Houston April 7-8. Single games against Warrensburg Teachers and Wichita complete the non-conference slate.
Coach Floyd Temple is welcoming back eight lettermen from last year's fourth-place finishers which had a 9-8 conference mark and 11-11 over-all. This checklist includes two all-conference pitchers, Ron Wiley, and Larry Miller, and Jim Trombold, all-league and all-fifth district first baseman.
Other monogrammed players include pitcher Gary Russell; shortstop Barry Robertson, co-captain with Wiley; catchers Walt Schmidt and Barry Donaldson and outfielder Bob Marshall, who is of doubtful availability because of a recent knee operation.
Lost were Eddie Dater, third baseman-outfielder; Don Steinmeier, third base; second baseman Dale Gulledge and Don Pfutzenreuter, pitchers Gary Fenity and Bob Shirley, and outfielder Fuzz Martin.
The schedule:
April, 4-5—Rice, at Houston.
April 7-8—Houston at Houston.
April 11-12—Iowa State at Lawrence.
April 18-19—Missouri at Columbia.
April 22—Warrensburg at Lawrence.
April 25-26-Oklahoma State at Lawrence.
April 29—Wichita at Lawrence.
May 16-17—Kansas State at Lawrence.
May 2-3—Colorado at Boulder.
May 9-10—Nebraska at Lincoln.
April 21-22-Oklahoma at Lawrence.
Ted Williams Signs $125,000 Contract
BOSTON — (UP) — American League managers and players were dutifully warned today to be on guard for "one last, grand slam year" from Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox.
One of the greatest, oldest and most terrible tempered players in baseball, Williams became the highest salaried Thursday when he signed his 1958 contract.
The Red Sox customarily do not disclose any figures, except to say that Ted received a raise over last year. But the salary was estimated to be about $125,000—highest in the game—and possibly highest in baseball history including an attendance percentage deal Williams reportedly insisted on with Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin.
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