Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1965
University Daily Kansan
Page 3
Walt, Wilt Wear Same 'Lucky 13' Jersey
Walt Wesley didn't ask for Wilt Chamberlain's old playing number of 13, but he's not doing a bad job of carrying it.
This is not to say Wesley, the Big Eight scoring leader, is a new Chamberlain. No 19-year-old collegian could be. But he moves as well as the fabled Stilt, owns a
Big Eight Race A5-Team Affair
better shooting touch, and can slam home the dunks with as much authority.
By United Press International
"I didn't recall that Wilt wore 13." Wesley, a recruit from Fort Myers, Fla., said. "When we were freshmen, all of us were assigned our numbers and that was it. I never did think anything about 13 being unlucky. I just wore it."
By United Press International Missouri took the nip out of Kansas State's Wildeats last Saturday and turned a 15-year jinx into a solid five-team scramble for the Big Eight conference basketball crown.
The Tigers humbled K-State 80-68 for their first home court win over the Wildcats since 1950 in the league's televised game of the week. Kansas topped Iowa State 72-60 in the loop's only other game Saturday.
BELIEVERS in black magic might contend this is why Wesley ran into scholastic troubles at the semester last year, just after rimming a career high of 32 in a three-point loss at Kansas State. But the 6-11 junior didn't ask for a switch this season.
Oklahoma State leads the Big Eight with a 3-0 mark followed by Kansas at 3-1. Missouri and Colorado share third with 2-1 records.
Kansas State, although 1-2 and tied for fifth with Oklahoma, represents the fifth contender with its talented bench and a winning tradition-seven league titles in the past nine years. Iowa State at 1-3 and Nebraska, winless in three league outings, round out the standings.
"What gives me real trouble," he said, "is defense. I'm trying to stay more alert. You can't relax
when the ball goes away from you. I've been guilty of this quite a bit.
An audience of about 300 attended the annual Tau Sigma dance concert in Hoch Auditorium Sunday.
Dance Concert Held
pumping them home from that far out, off the jump-turn. He hooks well with either hand in close and is fast enough to break free for the dunk on occasion.
"No, no one man has given me more of a defense problem than another. All of them give you a different problem and that can be tough enough in itself."
WESLEY DOESN'T teach me improved in any one thing more than another. "The coaches are helping me learn something about every phase of basketball all the time," he said.
Wesley, 6-6 when he entered Fort Myers' Dunbar High School, also earned two letters as an offensive end in football and one as a discus thrower in track.
"What most people don't realize is that Walt is not a mature basketball player," Coach Ted Owens said. "He missed half a season last year. He is only 19. He's very definitely improved this year in all respects. His understanding of basketball is much better, and his handling of the defensive sag is much better. He's improved a lot on defense, and he's making strides to improve in rebounding."
One phase at which they weren't obliged to work overtime was Wesley's shooting touch. Inconsistency of technique was the only problem, and now that he's playing regularly that has almost disappeared. He bottled goals at a 450
rate last year and currently is travelling at 475.
Oddly, the lanky Floridian already has surpassed his high school single-game peak of 31 points on three occasions. First was his cannonade at Manhattan last February. He added 10 points to that here December 12 in packing an 80-60 sack of Chicago Loyola with 42 of his own. He also rammed through 36 in spearheading a 71-56 pillaging of St. John's, seventh-ranked in the national wire polls at that time.
"I GUESS maybe I'm working around the goal better now," he said. "I shot from farther out in high school, around the free throw line and higher."
The truth is Wesley still is
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