Wednesday, March 11, 1964 University Daily Kansan
Page 9
High School Cagers To Meet in AA Meet
Eight of the best high school basketball squads come to Allen Field House Thursday, Friday and Saturday as KU plays host to the 1964 class AA state basketball tournament.
The tournament will be played Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday and Saturday evenings.
In the quarterfinals, which will be played Thursday. Manhattan meets Wichita West at 2 p.m. Wichita East plays Shawnee Mission North at 3:30, Wyandotte and Chanute meet at 7:30 and McPherson plays Leavenworth at 9.
THE SEMIFINALS in each of two brackets will then be played Friday night, with the winner of the Manhattan-Wichita West game meeting the winner of the Wyandotte-Chanute contest at 7:30 and the winner of the Wichita East-Shawnee Mission North game meeting the winner of the McPherson-Leavenworth game.
The consolation match in the tournament will be Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with the final game of the competition at 9.
Witchita East and McPherson have the best season records going into the tournament, each team boasting a 19-2 record. Wyandotte, however, with an 18-2 record, is considered to be the team to beat for the state crown.
MANHATTAN, representing the Central Kansas League, has a 17-3 record for its season's efforts. Wichita West, from the Wichita League, stands at 17-4.
Chanute, the Southeast Kansas League winner, finished up with a 16-6 overall, and Shawnee Mission North ended their competition in the Sunflower League with a 13-7 mark. Leavenworth, of the Centennial League, won 16 and lost 2 in their season's play.
The first state basketball tournament under official sanction, was played at Emporia State Teacher's College in 1912 and was won by the Reno County High School from Nickerson.
ALL TEAMS in the state competed in the same class until 1925 when all schools with enrollments of 200 or less were moved into a new division—Class B.
division. Kansas' first Class B state tournament was at Salina and was won by Haven High School. Through the years 1929-30, no Class B tournament was played. The Class B teams played with the Class A teams after the first-round district meets. In 1931, the two-tournament system was re-established.
was I. 1941, the schools were divided into three classes—AA, A and B. Hish schools with enrollments of more than 475 were put in the new class—AA. Schools with enrollments between 151 and 475 were in Class A and schools with 150 or below were in Class B.
Prep Gridders Sign For KU
Five more high school football players yesterday submitted signed letters of intent to KU, making a total of 38 so far.
They were halfback Drue Jennings of Argentine, Kansas City; tackles Kelly Sears of Milan, Mo., and Roger Rawlings of Marshall, Mo.; guard Fred Shawger of Central, Tulsa, Okla.; and halfback Rick Abernathy of Center, Kansas City, Mo.
In addition to his football ability, Jennings had an 'A' scholastic average and plans to major in engineering here. He has been clocked in 10 seconds flat in the 100-yard dash and was described by Coach Jack Mitchell as "fast and aggressive."
ST. LOUIS —(UPI) — ROOKIE Art Heyman of the New York Knickerbockers used to be the nextdoor boy of ex-Knickerbocker player Harry Gallatin, now coach of the St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
Heyman, playing here against Gallatin's team recalled the time the Heymans and Gallats were neighbors at Oceanside. Long Island. "I used to play basketball at that hoop in your backyard," young Heyman told Gallatin.
IN 1962 schools were reclassified as follows: Class AA includes the 56 high schools with the largest enrollment; Class A the next 64; Class B the next 224 and Class BB the remainder. Eight teams from each class qualify for the state tournament.
This year, the teams in the four classes will have their championship play-at at four different centers- Class AA here, Class A at Hutchinson, Class B at Emporia, and Class BB at Dodge City.
Admission for the tournament will be $1 for general admission Thursday afternoon and $1.25 for Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
KU students who wish to attend the tournament will be required to purchase the general admission tickets.
Reserved seats will be available for the evening contests at $1.50 for each evening, or $4 for the entire tournament. The three-night ticket also enables the purchaser to general admission to the afternoon games.
Houston Coach Named KU Relays Referee
Johnny Morriss, veteran Houston track coach, was today named referee of the 39th Kansas Relays here April 17-18.
IN 1947, he returned to his almamater, Southwestern Louisiana, as track coach and assistant football coach. After winning three Gulf States conference titles and being named "coach of the year" twice, Morriss moved up to the head job at Arkansas. There he piloted the Razorbacks to three Southwest Conference cross-country titles. From there he shifted to Michigan State. He broke into coaching at Abbey-
A collegiate track coach since 1936, Morrisse now is in his ninth year as Cougar head man. He came into that post after three years as assistant athletic director at Michigan State.
Morriss began his college coaching career at North Carolina, where he guided the Tarheels to four indoor and outdoor conference titles. He entered the Navy in 1942, serving a three-year hitch. He followed with a two-year stint with the Spalding Athletic Company in Chicago.
He broke into coaching at Abbeyville, La. High School. He was an
assistant at LSU while doing postgraduate work, and from there sprang to North Carolina.
AT HOUSTON. Morris has forged one NCAA cross-country championship team (1960); three NAAU champions ('59, '60, '61); two National Federation titles ('62 and '63) and when the Cougars were Missouri Valley members, three league track and cross-country titles.
Two Morriss products have earned Olympic berths; 15 have won NCAA titles; 16 NAAU crowns and 20 have earned All-American. His athletes have established six world records and eight NCAA marks.
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