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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Dec. 20, 1957
Kansas Powers Play Here Tonight
Basketball fans will see one of the best basketball doubleheaders in the nation tonight. Allen Field House will be the scene as the No. 2 and 3 teams in the nation square off against West Coast rivals.
This will also be the first time this season that area fans will have a chance to see the Kansas State Wildcats, favored to win the Big Eight championship, in action.
This will be the first time these two teams have played under the field house roof—under friendly conditions.
Kansas State will open the evening at 7:35 against the California Golden Bears. The Golden Bears have won two and lost one so far this season. Their only loss was to San Francisco, 54-66.
Kansas will play Washington at 9:30. Washington will be coming into the game with a 1-3 record but has great potential.
Move To Manhattan
Tomorrow the four teams will move to Manhattan and switch opponents, with KU meeting California and K-State going against Washington.
Kansas has a 3-0 record in the Washington series. Last year the Jayhawkers defeated Washington 77-62 and 92-78 in a 2-night stand in Seattle.
One Huskie who is likely to give the Kansans much trouble is 6-foot 7-inch center Doug Smart. Jayhawker Coach Dick Harp said Thursday night that Smart was probably "the finest sophomore player we saw all last year." It was Smart who scored 33 points in the final game against the Jayhawkers.
It was all-America center Wilt Chamberlain that did most of the damage to the Huskies. In their first game Washington held Chamberlain to 30 points. In the second game he came back to score 37 points.
The Golden Bears seemed to have upset written all over the court until KU burst ahead in the final minutes of play. It was also the first time of his college career that Chamberlain had been held to less than 30 points. He scored 23.
Saturday, when the Kansans meet California, one of the Golden Bears' main threats is expected to be 6-foot 1-inch Earl Robinson. It was the Californians, under the guidance of Robinson, who gave the Jayhawkers their first real scare last year.
Harp Praises Robinson
He was second high scorer in the game last year with 17 points.
Robinson has been talked up as an all-America candidate. He was described by Harp as a "great all-around athlete."
Harp said the Jayhawkers were looking good in practice sessions
"Robinson really gave us a bad time last year. If they get ahead of us, he could really make it rough for us," Harp said.
We've made some progress. We still must press hard to learn to defend adequately If we improve a little each day and each week we might be in pretty good shape to start off conference play Jan. 7th." Harp said.
The Jayhawkers now have a 7-3 record against California.
The West Coast squads will be running into a rough 1-2 searing punch from both Kansas and Kansas State. Kansas will have Chamberlain with a 32 point a game average, Ron Loneski with a 14 point average for a 46 point a game total. The Wildcats have Bob Boozer, 20.5, and Jack Parr, 18.3, for a 38.8 game average.
This will be the first action that Kansas forward Ron Loneski has seen against these teams. Last year when the Jayhawkers made the West Coast swing Loneski was sidelined with a broken foot.
The 2-night doubleheader is expected to give sportswriters something to go on as far as predicting a Big Eight champion. It also could give the Wildcats a chance to move around the Jayhawkers in national ratings.
JAYHAWKERS SCRIMAGE—Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas center, takes a pass from an unidentified KU player whose back is to the camera, as the Jayhawkers finished preparations Thursday to face Washington tonight. Chamberlain is guarded by Dick Keith, while Larry Kelley defenses the player starting to drive for the basket. (Daily Kansan photo)
New Tiger Coach Will Recruit Freely,Says MU's Don Faurot
Shortly after the appointment of Dan Devine as Missouri's head football coach Wednesday, athletic director Don Faurot said that the new 33-year-old coach would be free to make his own policy on recruiting.
Missouri's recruiting policy has been claimed by many to be limited only to Missouri boys, but Faurot quickly denied this.
"Our new man," he said, "will make his own recruiting policy, the same as Frank Broyles did. He'll have a free hand to do what he wants to do about re-
cuiling. That's what Frank had. and it's what every Missouri conch has.
"There never has been any policy here of playing only Missouri boys," Faertu said. "I didn't have that policy when I was coach. Frank didn't have it, and neither will Devine."
Devine will succeed Broyles, who resigned his position as head coach
two weeks ago to take similar duties at the University of Arkansas.
Devine is to receive a reported $15,000 for a three-year contract. The new Missouri coach led Arizona State at Tempe to an unbeaten season last fall. His team was one of the two unbeaten and untied major teams in the nation.
His contract calls for a two-year option, under which, if he so elects, he may extend his contract for an additional two years after completion of the 3-year term.
Here's A Real KU Fan
One of the KU basketball team's most avid fans is Mrs. Margaretta Billings of Russell, whose son Bob is a starting guard on the team.
She has missed only four KUU games in the last two years. She didn't go to the Oklahoma University game at Norman nor did she see the three games played on the West Coast last year.
But she has seen all the other games, including the St. Joseph's College game in Philadelphia last week. Mrs. Billings drives her car to all the games.
PALO ALTO, Calif. — (UP)— Joe Francis, Oregon State halfback, has been named the winner of the Glenn (Pop) Warner award as the "most valuable football player" on the Pacific Coast during the 1957 season. More than 400 sports writers, broadcasters and coaches participated in the balloting.
Pacific Coast MVP Named
On the trip to Philadelphia Mrs.
"She likes to travel and she enjoys watching basketball games, so she made it a hobby to follow the KU team." Billings said.
Billings picked up a friend in Wheeling, W. Va., who accompanied her to the game. She often travels with Mrs. Vera Ingram of Russell.
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Hays Gains Easy Victory,99-65
The Kansans gained into an early lead and held a comfortable advantage throughout the non-conference game. It was 45-35 at the half.
HAYS —(UP) —A fast-breaking Forst Hays State basketball team sped away from Phillips University of Enid. Okla. 99-65 here Thursday.
Allen Panchor of Phillips was top shooter with 26 points. Bill Ehlers got 20 for Hays.
Big 8 Tourney Tickets On Sale In Kansas City
The KU athletic department is no longer selling tickets to the Big Eight pre-season basketball tournament, but the tickets are now on sale at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.
Earl Falkenstien, athletic department business manager, said all unsold tickets were returned today. He said KU sold 12-1400 tickets for each of the four nights of the tournament.
All the tickets which KU had for the last two nights of play at the tournament were sold, but some were left for the first two nights.
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Wesleyan Stifles KansasCity,69-62
Kansas State has 10 lettermen and four regulars back this year from a team which last year won 15 and lost 8 games, and was 8-4 in the conference for second place.
Mallory led the scoring with 23 points. Haines got 10. Wesleyan's Lefty Hixson scored 18 while teammate Rudy Stoochr scored 14.
Heavy accuracy by Gordon Mallory and Joe Haines of Kansas City sliced a 13-point Wesleyan lead to six in the final two minutes.
LINCOLN, Nebr—(UP)—Nebraska Wesleyan stifled a late rally by the University of Kansas City to win a non-conference basketball game 69-62 here Thursday night.
Wesleyan went in front early and let 41-20 at halftime.
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