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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1963
Scoops on SPORTS By Steve Clark
Ever seen a basketball game like this?
Act II, Scene iii, Tech vs. State
Act II, Scene iii, Tech vs. State
Tech guard shoots toward
basket back on State player
underneath basket WHSLTE BLOWS
Foul called on State player.
Tech player misses first free throw. There is a scramble underneath basket. WHISTLE BLOWS. Another foul called on State player.
Tech shooter makes free throw. State guard brings ball in and moves down court.
State guard passes to other State guard. WHISTLE BLOWS. Tech guard fouls other State guard.
State guard misses free throw. There is scramble underneath basket. WHISTLE BLOWS. Tech player fouls.
State shooter misses free three. There is another scramble underneath basket. WHISTLE BLOWS. Another State player goes to free throw line.
End of scene
Much to crowd's delight he makes it.
Total performance time on clock 25 seconds. Actual time consumption four minutes and 15 seconds.
Question: Are referees getting too much control in basketball? Can this even be called basketball?
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We hate to harp on this, but why can't the various University organizations schedule their activities on a date that does not conflict with an athletic event, also a University activity.
Our last quarrel was with the Student Union activities committee; we now chastise the KU-Y. It seems as if our KU-Y'ers have an annual event called Rock Chalk Revue. It is interesting to note that the presentation dates are March 1 and 2. On March 1, the KU basketball team plays Missouri in Allen Field House. On March 2, the KU track team attempts to upset Nebraska's high-flying track corps for the Big Eight indoor title at the league meet in Kansas City.
Why can't we have a little coordination along these lines.
Floyd Manning, who became the first athlete in Kansas history to pole vault 15 feet, has set a 16-foot goal for himself this season.
Top KU Vaulter Sets 16-Foot Goal
Manning just barely cleared the 15-foot level, making $15\cdot 1_{1/2}$ in a triangular meet with Kansas State and Oklahoma State here Saturday.
Manning is one of the Jayhawks' major hopes for a first place finish at the Big Eight indoor meet in Kansas City Friday and Saturday. The 5-11, 160-pounder considers Roger Olander of Colorado and Mickey Bailer of Oklahoma State his toughest competition.
OLANDER HAS gone 14-6 this season. Baller owns a career best of 14-11, but only went 14-0 here Saturday.
"I have been looking forward to the league meet since our second meet," says Manning. I know that my points are needed for the team to win. I looked forward to being a Jayhawk for a long time; now, I want to do my part to win."
Manning hasn't always been a success in track and field. He tried out for the Oxnard, Calif, high school team as a ninth grader and decided he would give up running events in favor of pole vaulting.
"I TRIED out for the sprints, but
Marsh Wins In Nationals
Ron Marsh, KU sophomore, won two bouts in the National Golden Gloves meet at Chicago last night to reach the quarter-finals.
Marsh, football guard and a diver in swimming, won a decision over Roy Ecker of Columbus, Ohio, in his first match. He scored a technical knockout in the second round of a later match with Charlie Smith of Minneapolis.
Kansan Editors Are Athletes Too
You never know what the guy at the next desk can do. In a recent Intramural C league contest, Mike Miller, Daily Kansan assistant managing editor, scored 17 points. And not only that, but the Kansan editorial editor (they are supposed to be intellectuals) Dennis Branstitter scored seven points. What an office basketball team we could have.
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"I didn't know where I was going to school, so I said I was interested," Manning says.
Manning has been aided since he came to KU by indoor facilities which allowed him to practice in the fall for the first time.
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What was Manning thinking about Saturday night on his record-breaking leap?
I wasn't fast enough," he said.
"Then I thought for sure that I could make it in the 660-yard run, but I didn't have any endurance," Manning said. "I walked over to the pole vault pit and asked some of the guys if I could try. They just looked at me and laughed, because I was so small."
Manning's highest vault in his first year in junior college was 13-9, made at the West Coast Relays, but still he couldn't qualify for the state junior college meet.
The best he could do as a ninth-grader was nine feet. He concentrated on pole vaulting in high school but was never able to qualify for the state meet, even as a senior.
MANNING, WHO had been working in a grocery store after school and on weekends, was persuaded to try junior college by his high school counselor.
He was unable to compete his second year in junior college because of an injury. In his third year he reached a personal high of 14-7 with an aluminum pole, but suffered a back injury before the state track meet, only vaulted 13-6, and did not place in the meet.
IT WAS AT this meet that Manning first met KU Coach Bill Easton. A KU alumnus in Glendale, Calif. had earlier contacted Manning to see if he was interested in attending school here.
"I thought of keeping my pole straight over my head, of driving off the ground as hard as I could, and laying back on the pole and looking for the ceiling," Manning said.
"I did not pay much attention to the other vaulters. I just thought of what I was going to do myself."
Bearcats Rely on Home Court
It's also too bad, strictly from the Bearcats' point of view, that they're not playing as well as they did earlier in the season.
By United Press International Too bad Cincinnati can't play all its NCAA games on its home court.
Cincinnati won again Tuesday night, overcoming Xavier, 72-61, to register its 88th consecutive home court victory extending over six seasons. But winning isn't solace enough for the Bearcats as they attempt to muster their forces for an unprecedented third straight NCAA basketball championship next month.
ITS TRUE that top-ranked Cincinnati already has clinched the Missouri Valley Conference title and is getting nothing more than exercise in the final games of the regular season. However, a letdown now may prove costly since every team in the NCAA will be gunning for bear.
For the second game in a row, the Bearcats had to overcome a shaky start before claiming the victory, their 22nd of the campaign against a single loss. Crosstown rival Xavier, now 10-15, enjoyed a
10-point lead in the first half before Cincinnati could rally for a 37-28 advantage at the half.
LaSalle, which accepted a bid to New York's National Invitational Tournament Tuesday afternoon, had a tougher fight than expected but finally withstood Georgetown, 75-72, last night.
IN THE MOST exciting game, NIT-bound Wichita edged NCAA- bound Texas Western, 60-58, on a goaltending charge in the final two seconds of play.
In other games involving tournament teams, Providence defeated St. Joseph's, 83-64; Pittsburgh topped Carnegie Tech, 68-60; Memphis State beat Centenary, 90-79; and Texas swamped Rice, 77-59.
Tom Thacker led the Cincinnati attack with 21 points and Ron Bonham added 19. However, game honors went to Xavier's sophomore guard Steve Thomas, who hit for 29 points.
Significant of the Bearcats' loose play in recent weeks is that they have yielded 60 or more points in five of their last six games whereas only two opponents reached that figure in 17 previous encounters.
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LaSalle couldn't take the lead for good until Frank Corace hit a field goal with 1:14 left to play. The explorers managed to protect this margin against Georgetown as Tony Abbott and Bill Raftery each hit two free throws in the final minute.
Ninth-ranked Wichita, the only team to beat Cincinnati this season, needed every one of Dave Stallworth's 31 points to overcome Texas Western.
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