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University Daily Kansan Monday, March 4, 1963
University Daily Kansas SPORTS "Hot Dog Doughty" Results in Fight
"Hot dog, Doughty, he got me from behind."
Those words of Jayhawker guard Nolen Ellison resulted in one of the biggest disturbances ever staged in Allen Field House.
With 1:14 remaining to play in the KU-MU basketball game Friday night, Missouri substitute Jim Dinsdale fouled Ellison from behind.
According to Ellison, who talked freely about the incident following the game, Doughty made some remark to the official that Dinsdale had not fouled Ellison.
"ALL I SAID, in a friendly tone, was, "Hot dog. Doughty, he got me from behind," said Ellison. Doughty then made "an unpleasant racial remark." Ellison said.
It took several seconds for the remark to register with Ellison, but once it did, the all-Big Eight selection charged at Doughty with both fists flying. Both men scuffled along with MU's George Flamank and KU's Allen Correll, both of whom were joining in the disagreement several feet away. The melee was broken up by officials, who ejected Ellison from the ball game.
"I don't see how their coach (Bob Vanatta) can back up his players when they do something like that," Ellison continued in the dressing room following the game.
"Come to think about it," he chuckled, "I did something that wasn't very nice and Coach (Dick Harp) backed me up."
ABOUT THAT TIME a small boy came up to Ellison and asked, "Sir, can I have your autograph."
"I don't know if you should want it," Ellison replied. "You see. I'm not a very nice guy." Then Ellison laughed.
The disturbing incident toward the last of the game overshadowed two significant factors of the game that involved the playing of basketball.
First, the Jayhawkers won 72-68 and advanced to a sixth place tie with the Tigers in the Big Eight. Both teams have 4-9 records with one game remaining. The Tigers meet Nebraska at Columbia Wednesday, and the Jayhawkers travel to Oklahoma State Saturday.
A second factor was that Nolen Ellison became KU's highest scoring guard in history. He scored 12 points to pass Jerry Gardner, whose career point total was 1,030. Ellison's career total is now 1,034. He stands fifth on KU's all-time career scoring charts. Ahead of him are Charlie Black, Wayne Hightower, Wilt Chamberlain and Clyde Lovellette.
WHEN ASKED about breaking Gardner's record Ellison replied, "That's right. I broke into the starting five tonight," (referring to the fact that he is among the top five all-time scorers).
In decisively defeating the Tigers, the Jayhawkers played their best game since their 31-point trouncing of Oklahoma at Norman Feb. 5.
The Jayhawkers never were threatened seriously as they made 13 of their first 22 shots to lead 28-15 with 10 minutes remaining in the first half. They held a comfortable halftime margin of 44-34.
One of George Unseld's better games was almost obscure following the end of the game and the melee. Unseld scored 25 points, hitting 10-17 of his field goal attempts and 5-6 of his free throw tries. Al Correll scored 14 points for KU, while Jim Dumas and Ellison each scored 12.
The game was the last for four seniors: Ellison, Dumas, John Matt and Loye Sparks. Dumas turned in one of the better games of his career by hitting six of his 11 field goal attempts and leading both teams with 11 rebounds.
For Missouri, Robert Price scored 17 points, Dinsdale 14 and Ray Bob Carey, the team's leading scorer, 13 points.
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