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Doing it all backwards . . .
Freshman Gary Johnson has perfected his own kind of "flop" this year in the fashion of Olympian Dick Fosbury. In the Omaha meet Monday, Johnson high-jumped a career high of six feet six inches.
'Phog' still rhymes with basketball
One of the most illustrious figures in basketball history is the former University of Kansas coach, Dr. Forrect C. "Phog" Allen.
Phog Allen
Allen, who will be 85 next November 18, stepped down as the Jayhawk coach following the 1956 season when he reached the university's mandatory retirement age of 70, often referred to by the extremely "quotable" Allen as the age of "statutory senility."
It came for Allen just a year before the collegiate debut of Wilt Chamberlain, the 7-foot giant from Philadelphia who Allen persued to come to KU.
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The news of Wilt's decision to enroll at Kansas following an intense, nation wide recruiting struggle prompted one of Allen's better quips. When a reporter called the KU coach for comment about Wilt's decision Dr. Allen remarked: "That's wonderful news; I hope he'll come out for the team."
After bowing out with 31 conference championships in 46 years of coaching Dr. Allen began practicing osteopathy in a down-town Lawrence office and tackled a busy schedule of appointments and speaking engagements for the next dozen years.
Allen retired as the winningest coach in basketball with 771 victories against 233 defeats. That record stood until 1968 when he was overtaken by one of his former pupils, Adolph Rupp of Kentucky.
In 1968 illness forced him to give up osteopathic practice. It became painful for him to be on his feet very long at a time because of arthritis in his knees and he seldom left his home at 831 Louisiana.
His wife, Bessie Evalina Allen,
died of a heart ailment January
4, 1970. She was 82 and they had
been married 61 vans.
Of all of his many accomplishments, the one Allen cherished most was his successful effort to
have basketball added to the Olympic program. During the late 1920's and early 1930's Phog conducted practically a one-man crusade trying to coax Olympic officials to include basketball in the world games. His uniting work finally paid off when the American-invented game was added to the Olympic program in 1936 at Berlin.
As a student at the University of Kansas, Allen's coach was Dr. James A. Naismith, the man who invented the game of basketball. When Allen first thought of making a career of coaching he talked with Naismith and was given this oft-quoted bit of advice: "You don't coach basketball, Forrest, you just play it."
Growth being the trend these days in the National Basketball Association, the Los Angeles Lakers subjected themselves to a mind-expanding experience Tuesday night.
By JOHN JEANSONNE UPI Sports Writer
Baltimore's shot in the arm for its 111-106 victory came from Earl Monroe, who scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half, and Kevin Loughery, who hit 16 of his 25 points in the last two periods.
In other NBA games, Milwaukee downed Philadelphia 139-131,
San Francisco defeated Atlanta 113-104, Cincinnati trimmed Detroit 117-115 and Phoenix beat Boston 122-117.
The Lakers, struggling to stay within striking distance of Western Division leader Atlanta, were off to a 13-point lead over the Baltimore Bullets at halftime, but it turned out to be a bad trip.
Year honors, scored 36 points to lead the Bucks, who built a 17-point margin in the final period and coasted the rest of the way. Billy Cunningham and Hal Greer each scored 28 points for the 76ers.
Lakers continue slump
Lew Alcindor, a candidate for MVP as well as Rookie of the
Six straight points by Joe Ellis, who finished with 16, sent San Francisco away from a 101-101 tie as the Warriors outscored Atlanta 12-3 in the final 3:42 of play. Five other Warriors were in double figures.
Tom Van Arsdale scored Cincinnati's last five points, including the decisive basket with two seconds to play, after Connie Dierking kept the Royals in the game most of the night by scoring 30 points.
Connie Hawkins led Phoenix with 35 points, but the Suns weren't assured of the victory until the final 1:56 when Celtic Don Nelson, who had scored 24 points, fouled out.
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