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Newspaper Page TextBy Alt UGXXTNSS . gUtwuiBwrti Editor Dr. Forrest (Pbog ) Allen bat iflone a lot tor the game of basket ball In hi ton career, and bit 1933 Kansas - Jayhawkers team, which lost to Indiana by a single point Wednesday night at Kan sas City In the final clash of the 'national collegiate ehampionchlp tourney, may well have provided even another noticeable trend for the cage sport defense. . The type of defense Allen used with his red-clad demons at Kan sas City, has the 300 visiting col legiate coaches aghast. They wouldn't have believed it had they not seen it with their own eyes. And what they saw will no doubt be fully utilized when they again take up their respective coaching chores nejet season. Here's how the Kansas defens ive plan worked In the convincing 79-53. conquest of ; Washington Tuesday night, and in the Indiana game, a clash the Jayhawkers should have won by 10 points: The two Kansas front-court men picked up the two opposing ball handlers as they approached the center line. Extremely fast with with feet and bands, the Kansas kids, neither one of 'em six-footers, applied a press. They forced the dribblers to turn wide by sim ply staying so close to them that they (the dribblers) bad no alter native. Very seldom did they foul during ' such pressing. .- AH the while the other" three Kansas defenders were staying Just as close to their : respective checking assignments,1 between them and the balL When the front-court men would Jam the dribbler up again either the side line or center line, the ball-handler would be forced to pass. This hurried, harassed pass would half the time be either wild or smack Into one of the alert Kansas kid's possession, and away they'd go with a fast-break storm at the opposing basket. These tactics, applied with re lentlessness the entire game, so nettle and Upset t the ' opponents that they become completely un tracked. Such Is what happened to Washington. And such is what happened in the many games the unsung Kansas crew won dur ing the regular season, games they weren-t supposed to win. : , Indiana bad the opportunity to scout the Kansas club at work In the Washington game, and was much better prepared for the press than was . Tippy Dye's be wildered bend of Tuesday night. But even then the Hooslers, a great team, bad their troubles throughout. The ball -handling ability of Indiana's Bob Leonard, a truly great player, was the one Item the Indiana team needed or it would I have been squashed as was Washington. . Of course It takes personnel with lightning-fast - bands and feet, plus terrific stamina, to play defense a la Kansas. But the hun dreds of coaches who saw Allen's lads go at It will no doubt try a carbon copy of It .themselves next season., 1 - - : After aH.lt Is one way to offset an advantage la height. The big boys can't harm you if you can keep the ball away from them. DAILY AND SUNDAY Your Home Newspaper The Waldon s Top Comics LOOK AT THE WXXCFUL 6UCT I BOUCMT FOP JUSTfTVEDCUAK r m M - f . . a w ii n i jJC-e,--raa i i r 1 - i-sar i a .. a - m r j n i w rm a sf ... t r . m i a. a fc m im m i rp w-r j iispa' v . m aww a. vw a R Spot r i-sW'i unnerun -.?.. j. To Kansas 3rd, Huskies 4th in Final Ballot By JOHN CHANDLER '.. NEW YORK m The Hooslers of -Indiana University, victors in the. finals of the NCAA basketball tournament this week at Kansas City, were voted the No. 1 college basketball team of . the 1953 sea son Friday in the final weekly Associated Press poIL Coach Branch . McCracken's1 Bloomington team, champions Of the 'Big Ten and a 69-68 winner over Kansas in the NCAA cham pionship game, ran away with the 14th and last nationwide poll of the season. Of - 159 ballots received from sports writers and sportscasters, Indiana received 128 first place votes and 1,475 points scored on a 10-9-8-7, etc., basis. Another tournament champion. Be ton Hall of South Orange, N. J., winner of the National Invitation Tourney in New York last Satur day, 1 finished ' in second place in the voting. Seton Hall beat St. John's of Brooklyn in the NTT fi nals, 58-48. 27 Like Pirates r w T)..--.n- TO. t- bad 27 first place votes, and 1,357 points. - Only one other team, La Salle, which was rated No. 6, re ceived a first place vote. LaSalle bad four. ! Indiana displaced ' Seton HaH, early leader in the weekly poll, in the March 2 balloting, and re mained No. 1 tn the 12th and 13th polls.- i Seton Hall, which had led for six straight weeks beginning Jan. 20, skidded from the top after late season' defeats at the hands of Dayton and Louisville. Seton Hall bad won 27 games without defeat until that final disastrous road trip. Indiana finished with a 23-3 record, Seton Hall with 31-2. ; LaSalle led for the first two weeks and Kansas State for three weeks before Seton Hall took over. Kansas, the Big Seven cham " pions who missed the NCAA hon ors by a basket, wound up In third place with 1,212 points. Kan sas was defending NCAA cham pion. - - The University of Washington, Pacific Coast champions and a semiflnalist in the NCAA tourney, rated the No. 4 place with 1,041 points. No other team had 1,000 points. . leeeod BSd-West Title This is the second time Indiana has been voted in the "Top Ten" since the AP basketball poll was Inaugurated in 1949. The 1951 Hooslers were rated No. 7. It is the second Mid-west team to gain the championship honor, Bradley having been voted No. 1 in 1950. Kentucky was the No. 1 team last year, also in 1949 and 1951. Ijouisiana State, also an NCAA semi - finalist, finished No. 5 this year with 632 points, followed by LaSalle with 484, St. John's with 449, Oklahoma A & M with 318. Duquesne with 235, and Notre Dame with 196. The Top Ten teams: . (First place votes and season records including tournament games, in parentheses) 1. Indiana (128) (234) 1,478 I. Seton Han (27) (31-2) 1,357 t.. Kansas (19-6) 1.212 4. Washington (30-3) " 1,041 5. Louisiana St. (24-3) , 632 . 6. LaSalle (4) (254) 434 T. St. John's (Bkn) (17-6) 449 8. Oklahoma A & U (23-7) 318 t. Duquesne (21-8) - 233 10. Notre Dame (194) ' 196 Tbe 8ecead Tea: 11. minols (1M) 191 12. Kansas St. (17-4) 168 11. . Holy Cross (204) 134 14. Seattle (23-4) 119 13. Wake Forest (23-7) 80 16. Santa Clara (20-7) - 64 inn ncirnsi Uanl to beat boredom Chew Vt&ytSpeirmmt GumI &se pass more pkasasl! . SetonHall QVHY. BSC ill ft mm Do It Every SowcumDepI: WWEH ERECTTUSA : PENXA60N-STZC SHED'S TrSSIZCOFA TELEPHONE BOOTH ... Bar THE FELLA WHOS6UILDIN6 AONE-C4R GARA6EUAS ATOOLMOUSS TVUTS BG6EK TrlAMTHE MAHAL OF TAJ' 5-21 ww. ring rtsmm rrwwCAT i. won By The Asseciated Press V ST. PETERSBURG, Ha. Ufl The New York Yankees shelled three rookie hurlers for 16 hits Friday and trimmed the Philadel phia Phillies, 84. j The champs, in enjoying their best hitting afternoon of the spring, j blasted a total of 27 bases. Yogi Berra boomed a homer. TAMPA, Fla. UR The Cincin nati Reds overcame an early six run lead of their own during a weird ninth inning as they bowed to the Detroit Tigers here Friday 13 to 12. ' Consecutive borne runs by Walt Dropo and Bob Nieman, the form er's coming with two aboard, pow ered the Tigers to a six-run lead as they whacked Howie Judson for eight hits, seven of them in a row, in the first inning. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. UB Dick Gernert's two-out home run off Pitcher Joe Coleman tied the game in the ninth and men two errors by the Philadelphia Athletics la the 10th handed the Boston Red Sox a 5 to 4 Grapefruit League victory here Friday, j BRADENTON, Fla. Winning their first game as the Milwaukee Braves. Manager Charlie Grimm's They'll Sauer's Broken Little Finger -Held Key to Cubs' Flag Hopes 1 By BOB MYERS SAN BERNARDINO. Calif. W It may be a little finger, but it Is a matter of big importance to the Chicago Cubs, this brokenfin- ger nursed Friday by Hank Sauer. It may keep Big Hack, the 1922 "most valuable player" in the Na tional League, out of action for a Catcher Optioned To Eskimo dub EDMONTON ill Tbe Edmon ton Eskimos of the Western Inter- national " Baseball League an nounced Friday that promising young Catcher Ylnce Pisani has bees optioned to the club by New York Yankees. Pisani, fresh from university and a hitch in the United States Army, attended the Oendale. CaUL. ad vance camp for top Yankee pros pects last month and was observed there by Eskimo playing Manager Bob Sturgeon. . .Pisani is a graduate of Californ ia's. Santa Clara University. . IS, Western Ky 2S-6 : 64 IS. No. Carolina St (234) S3 13. DePaul (19-9) 2 20. Southwest Mou (24-4) V 47 IT "L? e ' Time nam ngnml lads swung away for 17 "hits Friday to hand the St. Louis Cardinals their worst defeat of a losing spring, 11-2. : - Biggest blow in tbe Braves' at tack was a three-run borne run hit by Rookie Bob Mainzer off Pitcher Bob Tiefenauer in the eighth in ning. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (It Rookie righthander Don Larsen smacked his second home run of the spring Friday to give the St. Louis Browns a 3-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Larsen's home run came with the bases empty in tbe sixth to ning. PASADENA. Calif, (fl The Chi cago White Sox B team vanquished the Tokyo Giants Friday in an exhibition game, t to 4, although the Japanese outhit the Chicagoans by a 104 margin. Bob Wilson's home run was the big difference. The White Sox out fielder personally accounted for five runs. 'HV- SAN DIEGO. Calif. (J)' The San Diego Padres overpowered the Naval Training Center Bluejackets 11-4, here Friday to make it seven straight exhibition wins and No. U for the spring training season. month, and throw, him out of stride for two months. - The Califoraian broke the fin ger If s the right little digit in a slide earlier this week. Sauer himself regards the mis hap as no tremendous calamity, arid even said be hopes to be ready to play on opening . day. , - "I can stDl do most everything except bat, so I dont think Til be set back too much. I figure by the time we get back to Chi cago next month ru be ready to hit a little. "Maybe,, be said, "a few days work in the batting cage wSI get me back to form, I sure hope SO. .. ' -' - So do "Cub fans, to whom Hefty Hank is quite a hero. They re joiced last year when be walloped 37 - homers to share the league four - bagger honors with Ralph Einer . and . when be lead the majors in runs driven in with 121. So does Hank's manager, Phil Cavarretta, who must depend on the Sauer bat again if the Cubs are to hold on, or go np from their fifth place finish. Table of Coastal Tides Tides for Taft, Oreroo Usrch, 1SS3 (compiled by the V. S. Coast Ss Gee detie Sarrcy, ParUastd, Ore.lt Pacific Standard Time BIGBWATJCSS LOW WATTES Time . 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Arthur Coles, chairman of the Olympic Control Committee, visit ed Canberra Friday to present a compromise plan for federal fi nancing of the construction of an Olympic village. A subcommittee of tljs Mel bourne city council came up with another. The latter apparently re ceived t favorable consideration from the organizing committee. Afterj the meeting. Chairman W. S. Kent-Hughes said: "I am feeling more confident tonight,? than I have felt the last few months. The Melbourne plan Is to build apartments to tbe Carlton area which, after the games, win be used to bouse old people as part of a Melbourne slum clearance plan, i Hawkins Leads Links Tourney -. . ...,-. j JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (II Fred Hawkins shot an eagle deuce on the 18th hole for a 7-under-par CS and leadership in the first round of the Jacksonville Open Golf Tournament Friday. . .. Hawkins, 29-year-old professional from MJ. Paso, Tex- used a 9 iron to sink bis second shot oa the 41S- yard hole. 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