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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1957
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How Basketball Boys Score Grades
When you play a 27-game basketball schedule it's tough not to foul out of school because of low grades. That's why KU basketball players take voluntary and required study hours.
Coach Dick Harp said Monday that the players are given time to study in their hotel rooms and while en route to games.
He said the players' grades are checked after 4,8,and 12 weeks of each semester and those players that are down are required to attend a study hall on week nights from 7:30 to 10 in Allen Field House.
Bob Billings, Russell junior and starting guard, said it is hard to study on a trip because, "When I am getting ready to play a game, I find it hard to think of anything except the game. Most teachers will allow you time to make up back assignments and the Christmas vacation affords a good chance to catch up with back studies," he said.
Practice was dismissed after only 15 minutes Monday in what Coach Harp said was "an effort to help the players catch up in their studies."
Wilt Chamberlain, center, said,
"We all try to keep up on the trips.
The coach requires us to take our books along and we get quite a bit of studying done on the way.
Monte Johnson, forward, said, "It's the worst before Christmas, when we have the longer trips. After that we get into conference play where we have mostly one-day trips."
"An example of this," he said, "was the 6-hour plane trip Sunday from Philadelphia to Kansas City."
Chamberlain said he doesn't use the nightly study hall, but tries to do his work at home.
"I more or less reserve the evening hours for study."he said.
Oklahoma State, admitted to the Big Eight conference last spring, will compete for the conference basketball title for the first time next season.
Bowl Teams Busy Studying
MIAMI, Fla.—Practice opens today for 45 college players scheduled to compete in the North-South Shrine football game in the Orange Bowl on Christmas night.
The entire South squad, and Coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech were scheduled to arrive today, as halfback Dick Lynch and end Dick Prendergast of Notre Dame, both members of the North team.
EUGENE, Ore. —(UP) —Oregon,
described by coach Leen Casanova as
in good physical condition for its
Rose Bowl game against Ohio State,
was busy with term examinations
today instead of football drills.
Casanova said his squad will leave by plane for Los Angeles on Saturday and undergo 10 practice sessions during the 11 days there.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. - (UP)—National champion Ohio State was listed for only one pre-Rose Bowl football practice this week because of final examinations.
Coach Woody Hayes said the Buckeyes would hold a light work-out on Wednesday and will leave Saturday for Pasadena, Calif.
The first two baseball games played at KU were in the fall of 1867 with the Shawnees of Topeka, KU lost the first game 57 to 97, and won the second, but the score is not in the records.
Kentucky Edged By Mustangs
Kentucky's reputation as a first-rate basketball power suffered another jolt Monday from unpredictable Southern Methodist, which looks like a second-rater one night and a world-beater the next.
By UNITED PRESS
The Mustangs were supposed to be "much weaker" this year because of the loss of big Jim Krebs and other regulars through graduation. They lived up to their billing by dropping three of their first five games.
It was an entirely different story Monday night, however, as they handed Kentucky a 65-64 lieging at Dallas, Tex., and became the first Southwest Conference team in history ever to defeat the Wildcats.
The loss was the second of the season for Adolph Rupp's Wildcats, who dropped from third to sixth place this week in the national ratings by the United Press board of Coaches.
Rick Herrscher, a 6-foot, 3-inch senior from St. Louis, was the key factor in Southern Methodist's triumph. He sank two free throws with 40 seconds remaining and grabbed a crucial rebound just before the final buzzer to clinch the victory for the Mustangs and wind up as individual high scorer with 22 points.
Pep Club Members Must Get Seats Early
Pep club members are to be at Allen Field House early for basketball games to form the K in the pep club section.
Kathy Ehler, Kansas City, Mo. senior and Jay Jane president, told members at a meeting Thursday that although the section is reserved, other students will be admitted if club members are not seated early.
The most points scored by an individual in a basketball game in the Oklahoma University Field House is 44, a record set by Robin Freeman of Ohio State in 1954.
A bout with the flu kept junior letterman Lynn Kindred out of the first three KU games this season, but his fine showing against St. Joseph's Saturday proved he should be a mainstay of the Jayhawker team in its bid to retain the Big Eight title.
The 6-foot, $2\frac{1}{2}$-inch guard played a key role in the KU second half rally which saw the Jayhawkers overcome a halftime deficit of three points to win 66-54.
Kindred Should Be Team Mainstay
Kindred scored 7 points, all in the second half, and grabbed 5 rebounds. Coach Dick Harp had counted on him as a leading candidate for one of the guard positions, but he missed a lot of practice while he was sick with influenza before the season began.
Kindred said concerning this year's team, "We have a lot of inexperienced boys on the squad, and what we need more than anything is some game experience."
He is now fully recovered and making a strong bid for one of the guard spots now held by Bob Hickman and Bob Billings. Kindred also plays forward occasionally.
He played last year in 16 of KU's 27 games and received his letter as a guard-forward on the NCAA runner-up and Big Seven championship team.
Kindred played high school basketball at Emporia High, where Jerry Waugh, now KU assistant coach, was then head coach.
"I had always wanted to come to KU, and I was impressed with both Jerry Waugh and Dick Harp, so I decided to try for the KU team," he said.
He was on the freshman team which upset the varsity in the annual freshman-varsity game, with Wilt Chamberlain leading the way.
K-State, Iowa State Are Tough
"It looks like K-State, KU and
the conference will be the top teams
in the conference this year," Kindred said.
He believes K-State should be one of the finalists in the Big Eight preseason tournament, with KU having a good chance to also make the finals, if the Jayhawkers can get by Oklahoma and Iowa State.
"We've certainly got a long way to go if we are going to do as well as last year," he said. "You just can't lose men like Gene Elstun, Maurice King, John Parker and Lew Johnson and not be hurt."
But he believes that this year's team has the potential to be just as good, and if the 1957-58 Jayhawkers continue to improve they should be right in the thick of the conference race.
Suran Relieved Due To Health
Wayne McConnell, head football coach, will take Suran's post for the remainder of the season with athletic director Paul Gross as assistant coach.
HAYS, Kan. —(UP)—Cade Suran, basketball coach at Ft. Hays State College the past 12 years, today was relieved of his duties because of ill health.
"This is a move to protect coach Suran's health," said Dr. Lee Harper, chairman of the division of health, physical education and recreation. Suran underwent two severe abdominal operations early this fall and did not take over his coaching duties until Nov. 1.
Suran said he would never have asked to be relieved "but I knew it would be foolish to refuse the opportunity to regain my health."
McConnel was coach of all sports, including basketball, at College of Emporia before coming to Ft. Hays in the fall of 1956.
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