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Tired Against Oklahoma"
"We hit Oklahoma at the wrong
time at a time when the boys
were physically and mentally
tired but take nothing from a
fine Sooner team, commented Lew
Lewandowski in a brief review
of Saturday evening's Oklahoma
battle.
"The boys didn't get moving
at all in the first half," said the
N. U. cage headman, who in
timated that a tough team exam
week might have caused some of
the Husker lethargy.
I ewandowski praised Sooner
speed which was literally too
much for the Comakers. Asked
about the Sooner's highscoring
Gerald Tucker, Lewandowski said
"He is a good team player, fast,
feeds the ball well and a good
shot. He is definitely the "essen
tial" of the Sooner five."
Olathe Next.
Next game on the Husker slate
is an engagement with the Olathe
Air Base Bombers on Feb. 6.
Olathe topped the Nebraskans by
a 52 to 37 margin in the last out
ing. Lewandowski indicated no de
cided changes in the Husker line
up as the Huskers ripped thru a
brief drill late in the day. .
Easy, Pho?! ...
Sooners Move
Into Big Six
Runnerup Spot
Oklahoma emerged as a serious
threat to the Kansas Jay hawks
Saturday with a decisive 56-32, vie
tory over the hitherto second place
Nebraska Cornhuskers. Led by the
loop's high scorer. Gerald (17.33)
Tucker, the Sooners defeated Iowa
State last night in their climb for
the top,
After slipping to fourth place in
league standings, the Cornhuskers
will play the Olathe Clipper five
at Kansas City Saturday night
Iowa State will challenge Kansas'
unbeaten status on the Lawrence
maples Saturday night.
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Reserve Calls
Worry Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kans., Feb. 1.
With the start of a new semester
at the University of Kansas, the
Jayhawker Basketball team la c-m-barking
on the last half of a 28
game schedule with only one Idoa
In mind. That Is to play eaoh
game as it comes for all it is
worth and never look to the fu
ture. With a winning season before
them, the team cannot afford to
get over-confident . But even
more important as the realization
that one or two or perhaps even
half of the members of the squad
might be missing at any time dur
ing the season.
Of the 15 men on the varsity
quad at the present time, 14 of
the players have enlisted in one
of the various reserve branches of
the service. The fifteenth player,
John Buescher, has already been
called by the army and has been
rejected because of physical defects.
Colt
By Gene Sherman
Intramural Editor
With the firing over in both
water polo and badminton we
find the ATO's clinging on to
their small lead over the Phi Gams
in the race for this year's Jack
Best trophy. At this writing, the
men of Alpha Tau Omega hold a
scant 18 point margin over their
next door neighbor, 333-315.
There is great possibility that
the final outcome of the basket
ball season will find the Fiji's in
the lead since the Phi Gams are
rated a great chance of repeating
with the Class "A" crown. Besides
having veterans Roy Long, Ned
Nutzman and Don Andreson. back,
the Phil Gams are going to have
newcomers Russ Eisenhart, Gor
don Sawyer, and Dale Raite in the
lineup. Eisenhart, Raije, Sawyer
participated in last years state
high school tourney.
Probably the biggest results
from the recent water polo and
badminton tournaments were
the uprising of both the Phi
Delt and Sig Chi houses in the
standings along with the Delta
Sig slump. Prior to these minor
sports, the Delta Sigs were
listed among the first five, while
the Phi Delts and Sig Chis were
having a hard time trying to
stay in the first ten.
Both the Phi Delts and Sigma
Chis moved to the final play-off
spot with the final outcome find
ing the Phi Delts drowning Bob
McNutt and his fraternity broth
ers. At the present time Phi Delta
Theta is ranked third, while Sig
ma Chi rests in the five spot.
At the end of the volleyball sea
son the surprising Delta Sigs were
holding down the No. 4 position
in the standings, but at the pres
ent time they are no better then
tenth. Most of the Delta Sig points
were garnered during touch foot
ball.
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Oklahoma's crack "clutch" play
er and utility performer is Tom
Rousey, pictured here. A hard
driver, he performed on the
Coliseum maples against the
Huskers Saturday night.
Indoor Track
Season Opens
In Two Weeks
"We don't have too much avail
able talent, but we're going to
use all available resources." It
was Ed Weir, Husker track men
tor, commenting on the oncoming
indoor track season between pipe
drafts.
Six Husker vets are available
for the indoor campaign. Al
Brown, middle distance trotter;
Howard Debus, pole vault and
weight specialist; Paul Johrde",
two-miler; Vic Schleich, weigh
ster; Jim Brogan, two-miler; and
Don Bowles 440 performer are the
vets who lettered during the 1942
indoor campaign.
New Talent.
Outstanding new talent includes
Dick Petring, Doane transfer and
a versatile dash and jump per
former; Lee Christiansen, Neligh
hurdler; and Al Abbott, former
Lincoln high jumper.
Indoor activity opens Feb. 13
when Weir escorts his squad to
Columbia for a dual with Mis
souri. Prior to the Mizzou-Husker
basketball game, Feb. 20, the Weir
squad will meet K-State in an
other dual affair.
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(Sport. Editor) yy r
Just as no one knows what the short skirt will be up to
next, this column returns to print after forty days among the
moths.
Production ceased when San Pedro, our Spanish interpreter
upon whose shoulders our success (7) depends, disappeared De
cember 10. A month-and-half of detecting: revealed that G. Wil
lie Abbott, now managing editor of this sheet, had imposed upon
the fellow a case of Vodtka for use as "cough medicine."
When we found San Pedro Sunday, he was seining minnows
from Salt Creek and murmuring something afeoirt a TNJ5 crap
game. Since he is now strait -jacketed to this speits desk, we are
again able to continue this patter with hopes for no more sabot
age from Abbott.
No longer is the Xapoleon-like image of Pheg Allen, the
coaching wizard (just ask him) of KU, stamped across the en
tire Big Six basketball horizon. For Oklahoma, powered by
"Titanic" Tucker and several amazing sophs, currently
threatens Jayhawk dominance.
Against the hot-cold Cornhusker flippers Saturday eve, the
Sooners appeared fully equal to the task of tipping Pheg's lads.
Only the celebrated Illinois "Whiz Kids" of previous Husker
opponents were more adept at tempering the hoop from out
court. Sooner set shots, especially those sent goalward by Guard
Allie Paine, swished in direct contrast to Scarlet misses.
Titanic Tucker found "Moxie" Young's tight defensive
tactics puzzling during the first half, then applied his unstop
able whirl shot during the final two periods to finish with high
point laurels. Tucker is a rarity of the maples a big fellow
who handles himself like a pony forward. Flawless Tucker floor
work and passing are invaluable to the Sooner attack which re
volves entirely around the 200-pound pivot.
Anotherrevival of the David-Goliath setee is scheduled for
unreeling Saturday night in Kansas City where the sbort-stat-ured
Scarlet eagers revive relations with the Olathe Clipper
behemoths.
Though six-footers are at a premium in Scarlet ranks, do-or-die
scrap fairly abounds. In more than one game this term,
the fight exhibited by Thompson, Fitzgibbon & Co. has kept a
more talented foe on the defensive.
Main Husker enigma will be to toss a defense around
spindly-legged, barrel-chested Bill Menke, point champion of
the previous NU-Olathe mix. Bespectacled Don Lockhard, for
mer Arkansas star, led the Flyer attack against Mixzeu.
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