Finals in Manhattan
KU Hosts Opening Round Of Sunflower Doubleheader
The ninth annual Sunflower Doubleheader basketball classic opens at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Allen Field House.
Kansas State University looks for its first victory of the season when the Wildcats encounter St. John's in the opening game. Undefeated Kansas meets Maryland in the second game. On Saturday night in Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, the Jayhawks play St. John's in the first game, with the Wildcats facing Maryland in the 9:30 p.m. finale.
NATIONALLY-RANKED Kansas comes into the Sunflower Doubleheader rated as the favorite to win the Big Eight title. Coach Ted Owens' 'Hawks have a 3-0 record, having overpowered Arkansas, Texas Tech and New Mexico State.
KU will follow up the Sunflower action with a road trip to Los Angeles, Calif., where they play U.C.L.A. next Friday and Southern California Saturday, Dec. 18. Thursday, Dec. 23, KU travels to Columbus, Ohio, to play Ohio State.
St. John's enters the twinbill with three returning starters. Last year's Redman club won the Holiday Festival and National Invitation tournaments. Lou Car-
neseecca is in his first season as St. John's coach.
BOB DUERR, a starter at forward the past two seasons, will open the backcourt with either Brian Hill or Al Swartz, both juniors. Senior Bob McIntyre, 6-6, and junior Sonny Dove, 6-7, make up the front line. McIntyre and Dove were the second and third best scorers on the club last year. In the fifth spot for the Redman squad will be Hank Cluess, 6-6 senior, who was seventh man on last season's team.
K-State coach Tex Winter looks for stronger board strength from his Cats tonight. The opposition has controlled the rebounding on both ends of the court in Wildcat games this season.
NICK PINO, the Wildcats' 7-1 center, is the biggest player in the Big Eight Conference. Pino, a sophomore, is the top K-State pointmaker and rates as one of the Wildcats' all-time best centers going into sophomore year of competition.
The Wildcats return eight lettermen, including three starters, from last year's squad. Only men missing from last season's team are forwards Jeff Simons and Lou
Poma. K-State won 12 and lost 13 last year.
MARYLAND, with an 18-8 record in 1964-65, return 10 lettermen. Included in the 10 are the Terps' top seven scorers. Top men are forwards Jay McMillen
Rickey Dies
ST. LOUIS —(UPI)— Branch Rickey, master builder, innovator, pioneer and one of the more powerful hands in the growth of baseball, is dead.
LEFT BEHIND as a permanent memorial to the Grand Mahatma are the stature of the Negro in baseball, the modern farm system, still flourishing empires at St. Louis and Los Angeles, major league expansion and a volume full of cherished treasures of Rickey's fabled dealings with the world he loved.
Daily Kansan
Friday, December 10, 1965
with a 19.7 average last year and Gary Ward with an 18 point average and pivot Joe Harrington with a 10.6 average.
"A freshness of spirit, an affectionate insight, and a sense of the human comedy. . ."
JUDITH CRIST, NBC'S TODAY
Probable starters at guard are 6-4 Neil Brayton and Gary Williams, a six-footer. Ward and Brayton are seniors. McMillen, Harrington and Williams are juniors.
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St. John's opened the season with a 64-62 overtime decision over Georgetown University, while Maryland gained a split in its first two games. Maryland lost to Penn State and won over Wake Forest.
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