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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1958
By BOB MACY
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
(Of The Daily Kansan Star)
In Monday's Daily Kansan there was an article complaining of the way students were deposed from their seats for the doubleheader played here Dec. 20. It was a little hard to criticize KU officials too much if you also attended the twin bill at Manhattan the following night.
In comparison, attending the games here Friday night was a picnic. Kansas State not only sold student seats, they sold about 1500 to 2000 seats more than the Ahearn Field House capacity. There the students and fans were not only sitting in the aisles, they were sitting on the edge of the court as well as standing around the sides of it.
There were several hundred fans packed at each end of the court. They blocked the view of the court for those who had paid for courtside seats. Things almost got out of hand several times with the fans who occupied the seats chanting "Down in front!" until it was almost impossible to hear the loud speaker. The case there was much the same as it was at KU. The officials, thinking the students would be gone for the holidays, had sold the students' seats.
It was a bad situation, not as much for the students as for the paying customers. Over a thousand had paid $3 per head to get into the game only to find out they either sat in the aisles or stood up for the three hours of basketball.
There were several cases of fans coming 150 to 200 miles to see the game. In one specific instance a man who had brought his family about 150 miles came into the game over an hour before it was to start. He was under the impression that his ticket would entitle him to a seat. As it was, getting there over an hour before game time, he and his family were one of the lucky ones who got seats—in the aisles. Words like this were heard many times during the evening. "Till never come to Manhattan for another game."
Lack of Sportsmanship
Another sorry thing about the twin bill at Manhattan was the lack of sportsmanship shown by the fans there. This is not to condone the sportsmanship shown by KU fans the night before. There was a certain amount of antagonism shown the visiting Wildeats but that could be considered a bare minimum. But Saturday night it was a different story. The crowd was strictly against the Javahawkers all the way.
This was not the opinion of this writer alone. The following quotes, heard from various individuals, can attest to the unsportsmanlike conduct of the Manhattan crowd.
Coach Pete Newell of California Kansas' opponent that night). "The crowd really surprised me. On the West Coast we always support the teams in our own conference. I was really surprised to see the Kansas State fans supporting us."
An independent newspaperman at the game. "This crowd really gets me. A California man could stand in the middle of the court and throw the ball out of bounds and the crowd would boo if they gave the ball to Kansas."
An impartial fan in the stands. "I just can't see the way this crowd is against Kansas. I've always tried to support all Kansas teams whether they're Kansas, Kansas State or Wichita. That's pretty poor sportsmanship as far as I'm concerned."
Another fan, once a Wildeat fan. "We live fairly close to Manhattan but this crowd sportsmanship is just the reason why we go to Lawrence for our basketball games."
Dr. R. C. Moore of the K.U. geology faculty is president of the Society of Systematic Zoologists.
DON'T JUST LOOK AT IT-Wilt (12), Ron Loneski (32) and Bob Hickman (20) stare at a loose ball.
Chamberlain Faces Tough Task Of Catching Oscar Robertson
By UNITED PRESS
It didn't take Wilt (the Stilt) Chamberlain long to pull his Kansas teammates out of their tail-spin, but he may face a tougher task trying to catch Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati in college basketball's individual scoring race.
Chamberlain surrendered the lead to Robertson while nursing a groin injury last weekend and lost more ground to the Cincinnati sophomore whiz Monday night.
Robertson scored 37 points in leading Cincinnati to a 93-57 triumph over Houston while Chamberlain returned to action with a 32-point effort that sparked Kansas to a 67-46 victory over Colorado. Robertson now has totaled 425 points in 13 games for an average of 32.7 points per game and Chamberlain has scored 354 points in 11 games for a 32.2 mark.
Robertson canned 15 of 19 field
goal attempts and dropped in seven of eight free throws against Houston. He also hauled down 15 rebounds as the Bearcat pulled ahead steadily in the second half after holding a 37-31 advantage at intermission.
Indiana tied Michigan for first place in the Big Ten Conference by defeating Minnesota, 85-64, while the Wolverines knocked off Ohio State, 72-63.
Archie Dees and Jerry Thompson each scored 22 points for the Hoosiers while George Kline, the Big Ten's top scorer, led Minnesota with 20 points. Michigan held Frank Howard to 14 points in handing the Buckeyes their second straight conference defeat.
A jump shot by Phil Warren gave Northwestern an 82-80 overtime victory over Iowa and Wisconsin edged Illinois, 71-70. on a last second basket by Walt Holt in other Big Ten games.
Arkansas remained on top in the Southwest Conference race by turning back Texas Tech, 58-55; Eighthranked Bradley employed 17 players
in swamping North Texas State, 85-58, in a Missouri Valley Conference game and Roy Lange's 22 points helped William and Mary down Davidson, 75-61, in a Southern Conference tilt.
In a weird game at Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State rallied to gain a 63-42 victory over Drake after being held to 18 points in the first half. Drake scored only 11 points in the second half. Red Murrell of Drake, who had been averaging 25 points a game, scored only seven against the aroused Cyclones.
All fees paid by any undergraduate student at K.U. total $206 a year.
"I would hesitate to comment, te praise or criticize, until we've tried the rule for a year," Mitchell said.
In reply to the comment made by one coach that it would inject more "drama into football's dullest, most stupid play," Mitchell said that it was possible the new rule might turn out to be "much more stupid."
Mitchell agreed that it would probably hurt the kicking game quite a bit and it would cut down greatly on the number of tie games.
"Your high schools will usually follow along in a matter of a year or two." Woolard said.
Meanwhile, Lawrence High School football coach Al Woolard said in a Daily Kansan interview that if the NCAA accepted this rule change the high schools would eventually go along with it.
"I think this rule could definitely lead to destroying the kicking game," he added.
He said, "I always think that place kicking is sort of dull. Not only that, but I hate to see a football game decided on one point."
He expressed the opinion that eventually the game would lead to this sort of a rule. ___
About two thirds of all households in the nation have at least one car, and about one in twelve have two or more, notes a Twentieth Century Fund study.
Mitchell Neutral On New Rule Until It's Been Tried
Myers Out As A&M Candidate
Dr. M. T. Harrington, A&M's president, announced Myers with-president, announced Myers with-drawal about an hour before Erdelt-three assistants for a conference with the A&M Board of Directors.
COLLEGE STATION, TEX. (UP) - Jim Myers of Iowa State withdrew today as a candidate for the vacant Texas A&M coach job, leaving Eddie Erdelatz of Navy the only known contender.
Erdelatz was an odds-on favorite for the job even before Myers withdrew. Although the athletic council said he hadn't been solicited.
Iowa State gave Myers's until tomorrow to make up his mind whether he wanted to try to fill the shoes of resigned Paul (Bear) Bryant at A&M or would accept a $2,000 raise to $16,000 and stay where he is. Myers joined a considerable list of coaches whose names have been kicked around as successors to Bryant.
Nine IM Games On Tap Today
Kansas' new head football coach, Jack Mitchell. Tuesday tried to remain neutral on the proposed rule change announced Monday by the NCAA. The rule, in effect, is that a team can, following a touchdown, run or pass for two points instead of kicking for one point.
"You've got to score a touchdown first before you can worry about that," Mitchell said. "This will be the big problem for us this year."
Independent B — McCook vs. Boosers and Don Henry vs. Delta Function, 5:45; Nu Sigma Nu vs. NROTC, 7:15.
No intramural basketball games were played Monday but a 9-game slate is ready for today.
Independent A — Butterballs vs.
Rochdale, 6:15; Chicken Pickers vs.
Stephenson, 7:15; Pearson vs. Jacks,
5:15.
The schedule:
Fraternity C — Jim Beam vs. AROTC and Fig Pluckers vs. Jolliffe, 5. Backwoodsmen vs. AIA, 7:45.
College Basketball Results
RV UNITED PRESS
Georgia Tech 76, Mississippi 67
Kentucky 86, Tulane St. 51
Tennessee 75, Louisiana St. 51
William & Mary 73, Davidson 61
North Carolina College 85, Maryland
St. 72
Florida 61, Alabama 62
Michigan 72, Ohio 63
Indiana 84, New Mexico 64
Johnson Carroll 91, Penn 72
Kansas 67, Colorado 46
Cincinnati 93, Houston 57
Northwestern 82, Iowa 80 (overtime)
Wisconsin 71, Michigan 81
Santa Monica University 81, Detroit 59
De Paul 62, Louisville 60
Emporia St. 86, Omaha 65
Nebraska 57, Oklahoma 54
Washington 84, Beloit 57
Houston 53, Drake 42
Wheaton 86, North Central 55
Bradley 85, North Texas St. 58
Arkansas 58, Texas Tech 55
Hardin-$8, Missouri Western 43
Methodist 82, Texas 68
New Mexico A&M 83, West Texas St. 72
Texas Christian 92, Rice 68
Memo:
To All Graduating Seniors
The deadline for Senior Pictures for the 1958 Jayhawker is Feb.1.