Friday, January 9, 1942
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Missouri Is Next on
Schedule
Nebraska
Lew Hopes
For Big Six
Top Honor
Tigers Are Second Foe
in Conference to Match
Offensive With Huskcrs
BY BOB MILLER.
"We had some mighty good mo
ments and some poor ones Tues
day agafhst Kansas State but I
think we have the stuff to bring
back a conference championship,"
commented Coach Ad Lewandow
skl on his cagers' showing follow
ing the Big Six opener.
Triumphant in their first ef
fort against a
conference foe,
the Husken
gained a great
deal of confid
ence in their
ability, replac
ing that lost by
over the vaca
tion losses.
The 44-38
w i n heartened
Mentor Lewan
d o w 8 k i who
saw his charges
fall before six
nf the p i e- h t
non - conference ALEWAN OOWSK I
foes they faced The Lincoln Journal
as the basket season got under
way. '
Mike Good Debut.
When the basketeers opened the
non-conference schedule, they were
Muccessful as South Dakota' fell.
Then, six losses followed as they
met the elite of the Big Ten and
west coast. They came back to
Lincoln with a win in their last
game of the non-conference sched
ule as Iowa U. tripped.
The worry that is prevalent now
throughout the Husker camp that
the Nebraskans will duplicate their
December feat and lose the next
games.
Jinx Means Nothing.
Lew does not let this jinx seem
to bother him, however, as he is
prepping for the Missouri Tigers
who invade on next Monday eve
ning. The Tigers boast a non
conference record of four wins
and three losses in seven games.
On Tuesday night while Lew's
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State quint, Missouri was down
ing Saint Louis U by 39-24 score.
The Tigers will inagurate their
194i conference schedule on Sat
urday when they meet Iowa State
at Ames.
I. State Can Boast.
The Iowa State team has the
best non-league record of the en
tire Big Six with six wins and no
losses beside its name. In antic
ipation of the Monday skirmish,
the Huskers have been working
overtime to improve the weak
nesses that appeared in the earlier
contests.
The sophomores were being
groomed as dark horses and are
destined to play a big part in the
final results of the season. Dr.
Phog Allen has developed a new
star who tossed in 25 points
against the Oklahoma Sooners.
"Yes, I think that we have the
necessary stuff, but it will de
pend on the fan support that we
have at home. The material is
there but it needs plenty of sup
port to bring it out," were Lew's
closing comments about his
"charges."
The Horned Frogs of Texas
Christian university will have
traveled nearly 8,000 miles in play
ing six of their ten games away
from home this season.
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LAWRENCE, Kas., Jan. 7.
High school reputations do not
mean much in college, but three
University of Kansas basketball
players are showing that their
interscholastic records were no
accident.
Top man of the trio is Ralph
Miller, who is classed witli "Red"
DeBcrnardi as the two greatest
basketball players in Kansas high
school history. Over a three year
period, which saw him facing the
best teams in the state, Miller ran
up an average of 19.7 points a
game.
Plays for winners
The Jayhawk ace paced Chanute
high school to a state champion
ship his sophomore year and to'
second place in the state tourna
ment as a senior. At K. U. he
won all-Big Six honors in 1940.
While they did not play in such
fast company, Vance Hall of
Downs and Max Kissell of Portis
compiled enviable records. As a
high school senior Hall averaged
17 points a game and carried his
team to the state Class B tourna
ment Hall lettered at forward
here last year.
One of this year's crack sopho
mores on Mount Oread is the ex
Portis flash, Kissell. His 1; st year
An Unprovoked Attack.
The fight which originally
started over eligibility of a single
athlete has gained to immense
proportions. .. .At this point it
involves the very foundations of
the entire Big Six conference...
One of the major reasons for this
was the attack by Dr. Forrest
(Phog) Allen of Kansas which
rates the adjective, "unprovoked,"
in our book.
A Turnabout
"Phog," perhaps the nickname
involves something personal, is
known thruout the league for his
sharp tongue... Well, lie ran into
something that wasn't on his
books as a blaspheming speech
delivered against Oklahoma U, its
policies, its coaches and its ath
letes, backfired on him, while in
front of an assembly of Kansas
students before the Kansas-Oklahoma
cage tilt.
The scene of the debate if it can
be called that, was a KU pep rally
at which Allen was speaking..
The Doctor was gaining fervor
as the talk went on... He started
with the Tucker case and then to
an assertion that Oklahoma was a
starting place of many profession
als and was more of the paid
group than amateurs. . .He also
stated that the Sooner coach,
Bruce Drake, was a pro athlete in
his college days and then went
further to say that Lawrence Has
kell, Sooner athletic director was
a scout for the Boston Red Sox.
At at time when Phog was
waxing warmest, Bruce Drake
.and his invading cage team,
the World"
Hours of Riotous,
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Miller Leaves
Maple Floors
Does Both Well
...in football and basketball alike,
he holds records.
in high school saw Max burning
the nets for an average of 20', 6
points a game. At K. U. Kissell
is regarded as the finest shot on
the squad.
stepped back of the auditorium,
and made his way toward the
stage. ..Drake, a young coach,
asked for permission to speak
and then made clear the Tucker
eligibility. . .The KU students
were getting out of class so they
ate the speech up, clamoring for
more... He made the situation
as clear as possible and then sat
down. . .He was easily the victor
in the clash.
A Unusual Thing
In itself the speech by Allen
was not a new thing since he is
one of the most satiricle coaches
in the league... He usually has
an ax that he deems worth grind
ing...In his latest, however, he
made some statements that have
tremendous strength ... If it is
true that the greatest percentage
of Oklahoma athletes are subsi
dized something should be done,
but of he is making his slam with
out facts to back him up, it is
pretty serious.
Conference at Stake
During the fight over Tucker,
old issues have been brought up
to confuse the situation . . . Charges
of professionalism, old time foot
ball schedule quarrels, branding of
Oklahoma coaches and directors
as former p-os; all of these have
had their pari in the fight. . .These
are charges that should be proved
or be retracted but since they
have been issued, something should
be done. . .The interests of the en
tire conference are at stake.
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Kansas Tops
Scoring Race
In Conference
... 50 Point Average
Big Six teams, since the open
ing of basketball season Dec. 4,
have scored a total of 1600 points
in 40 games for an average of 40
points per game offensively, while
their opponents, both conference
and non-conference have averaged
38.6 points per game in chalking
up 1544 counters. i
With fewer games played than
any other team in the league,
Kansas university's Jayhawk cag
ers have rolled up 50 points per
game to top the list offensively,
while Iowa State has shown the
strongest defensive play by hold
ing their opponents to a 31.3
points average.
Cyclones Rank Second.
Offensively, the Cyclones rank
second among the six teams with
a 47.5 average in six games, while
Phog Allen s team is in the second
place defensively with a 31.6 aver
age. Kansas State, with nine games
played, is in the third position both
offensively and defensively with a
39 point average for each.
Tigers Are Fourth.
Missouri's quintet, in seven
games, has compiled a 38 point
average on offense for fourth
place, while the Tigers are tied
with Oklahoma on defensive rec
ords, each team having an average
of 41 points against them.
The Sooners have averaged 37.5
points in each of six games to
gain the fifth ranking average to
date, while Nebraska has averaged
36.5 points offensively in nine
games, with their opponents
chalking up an average of 43
points per game.
Standing in all games played:
w I pt opp
Hum S 6 1S1 95
lima State 6 2s 1
Kanui State i 4 34fl 34
Miuourt 4 S !85 5(11
Oklahoma Z 4 125 ?B0
Krbrak S 6 328 37
Chem Frat Meets Today
Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary
chemical fraternity, wil' hold a
business meeting today at 7:15
p. m. m Avery.
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Mizzou Quint
Saturday Contest Opens
Big Six Fight for Both
AMES, Iowa, Jan. 8. Although
Missouri's prime interest recently
has been football and bowl games,
that doesn't mean the Tigers have
neglected their basketball not for
a minute.
Playing against the toughest
foes the Pacific coast could offer,
the squad coached by George Ed
wards has scored four victories in
seven starts this season. Further
more, they intend to start the Big
Six season at Ames Saturday
night by making up for a pair of
losses to Iowa State, co-champion
of the loop last season.
New Players.
Working predominantly with
new players, Edwards predicted
the team would be a slow starter.
So far the Tigers have moved
along faster, it would seem, than
the Missouri veteran expected. St.
Louis university (twice), Gonzaga,
and the University of California
have been Missouri cage victims.
Losses have been dealt out by the
University of Idaho, the Univer
sity of Washington, and Washing
ton State college.
Altho six men on the Missouri
team are 6 feet 2 inches or bet
ter, Coach Edwards has been rely
ing on the smaller, faster members
of the squad to a great extent.
Those tactics seem to have paid
dividends since the 1941 team won
only six games all year with an
average offense total of 34.31. This
season the Tigers have averaged
better than 40 points a game.
Federal Credit
Head Interviews
January Seniors
Senior January graduates who
are interested in securing a posi
tion in secretarial, accounting, or
clerical work are invited to make
an appointment with P. M. Meyer,
Federal Credit Administrator, Fri
day in Social Sciences room 306 at
10 a. m.
Mr. Meyer wishes to interview
only those in the upper third of
the class.
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