1947-48
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
9-15  4-5 3-9 2-1 4-8 6th T 1-1 NONE

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        

15

F-G

John Dewell

Jr.

6'4

205

 Newton, KS

25

F

Harold England *

So.

6'2

 

Halstead, KS

12

F-C-G

Sonny Enns

So.

6'0

170

 Newton, KS

17

F

Jack Eskridge *

Jr.

6'4

187 

Independence, MO (Transfer from Graceland Juco)

4

G

Bill Feagans %

So.

6'2 

180

 Astoria, IL/Kansas City, MO

7

G

Claude Houchin *

So.

6'4

180 

Astoria, IL/Kansas City, MO

5

C-G

Guy Mabry

So.

6'0

 

Rock Island, IL

3

F-G

Charles Penny *

So.

6'1 

170

Lawrence, KS

8

G

Bill Sapp *

Jr.

6'1

170

Augusta, KS (Transfer from Duke)

11

F

Otto Schnellbacher *** Cpt.

Sr.

6'3

180 

Sublette, KS

 

F

Gib Stramel **

Jr.

6'1 

180

Hays, KS (Transfer from Washburn U)
    NEW FACES:        

16

G

Gene Barr *

Sr.

6'2 190

El Dorado, KS (Transfer from El Dorado Juco)

13

G

Joe Dunmire %

So.

  175 Spring Hill, KS

20

F

Clair Gillin, Jr. %

So.

6'5 205 Pittsburg, KS

21

F-C

Max Kissell ** %

Sr.

6'0 175 Portis, KS

19

F

Maurice Martin *

So.

 6'4 170 Topeka, KS  (Topeka HS)

24

G

Alvin Ward %

Jr.

5'11 

185

Chanute, KS

6

C

Jerry Waugh

Fr.

6'0

 

Wellington, KS

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

HEAD COACH:

Forest C. "Phog Allen

 Howard Engleman, Freshman Coach, 2nd year
Dick Harp, Assistant, 1st year

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('47 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG STATUS
Charlie Black Sr. 6'5 F 27/ 305 11.3 Graduated
Ray Evans Sr. 6'2 G 27/ 157 5.8 Graduated
Wendell Clark Jr. 6'1 G 27/ 93 3.4 To Navy
Owen Peck Sr. 5'9 C 19/ 63 3.3 Graduated
Don Ettinger Jr.   G 7/ 13 1.9  
Cliff King Fr. 6'0 G/F 9/ 9 1.0  
Don Auten   6'1 G 9/ 7 0.8  
Orbon Tice Fr. 6'1 C/G 5 7 1.4  
Harold McSpadden Sr. 5'10 G/C 3/ 3 1.0 Graduated & went in Navy
Bob VanCitters So. 6'5 F/G/C 3 3 1.0  
Al Lukken So. 6'2 F/G/C 3/ 1 0.3  
Ted Bean So. 6'1 F 3/ 0 0.0 Transferred to Valparaiso
Ray Frisby So. 6'0 G 3/ 0 0.0  
Paul Penner So.   G/F 3 0 0.0  
Homer Sherwood Jr. 5'11 G/C 2 0 0.0  
Paul Turner Sr. 6'1 F 2 0 0.0 Graduated
TOTALS         661 24.5  

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
KU lost 51% of it's coring from the 1947 team, including All-Americans Charlie Black and Ray Evans, plus stater Wendall Clark and 6th man Owen Peck.

However, Coach Allen is back after missing the last half of the '47 season. Unfortunately, the Hawks are very inexperienced, with only Otto Schnellbacher as the only tried and tru veteran

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
This was the year that Phog really stepped up his recruiting, getting commitments from Bill Hougland of Beloit, Bill Lienhard of Newton, Bob Kenney of Winfield, and Clyde Lovellette, of Terre Haute , IN.

On the court, however, it was a different story.  The season started with a jolt when Emporia State whipped the Jayhawks 67-44 in the opener

 

1948  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Schnellbacher, Otto Eskridge, Jack Houchin, Claude Waugh, Jerry Sapp, Bill England, Harold Enns, Sonny Mabry, Guy

Games Played/Started

 24 24   15/ 23/ 24/ 24/ 24/ 18/ 22/ 22/

Points

 1223 1257 -35 193 175 174 158 100 98 81 74

    Per Game

 51.0 52.4 -1.4 12.8 7.6 7.2 6.5 4.2 5.4 3.7 3.4

FG -Attempts

                      

       Made

 436     59 68 65 57 34 34 26 31

       Percent

                      

FT-Attempts

 559     121 69 63 60 50 56 41 23

     Made

 351     75 39 44 44 32 30 29 12

     Percent

 62.8     62.0 56.5 69.8 73.3 64.0 53.6 70.7 52.2

Production Points/Game

                      
Production Points/Minute                      

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Penny, Charles Barr, Gene Martin, Maurice Dewell, John Stramel, Gib Kissell, Max Gillin, Clair Feagans, Bill Dunmire, Joe Ward, Alvin
Games Played/ Started 21/ 20/ 16/ 9/ 18/ 2/ 3/ 5/ 3/ 1/
Points 64 34 25 20 18 4 4 2 0 0
   Per Game 3.5 1.7 1.5 2.2 1.0 2.0 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.0
FG - Attempts                    
         Made 27 10 9 6 7 1 2 0 0 0
         Percent                    
FT - Attempts 18 20 12 11 5 4 1 4 1 0
        Made 10 14 7 8 4 2 0 2 0 0
        Percent 55.6 70.0 58.3 72.7 80.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0
Production Points/Game                    
Production Points/Minute                    

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Emporia State L 44-67   Dec. 13 at Emporia, Kan.
Colorado W 49-39   Dec. 18 at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas State L 42-56   Dec. 19 at Kansas City, Mo.
Nebraska W 64-60 * Dec. 20 at Kansas City, Mo.
Notre Dame L 49-51   Dec. 23 at Lawrence
San Francisco W 57-43   Dec. 26 at San Francisco, Calif.
Oregon L 61-66   Dec. 29 at Eugene, Ore.
Oregon L 53-61   Dec. 30 at Eugene, Ore.
Nevada W 52-45   Jan. 1 at Reno, Nev.
Oklahoma W 39-38 * Jan. 6 at Lawrence
Colorado W 57-44   Jan. 10 at Lawrence
Drake W 72-42   Jan. 14 at Lawrence
Missouri W 58-46   Jan. 17 at Columbia, Mo.
Oklahoma State L 35-47   Jan. 21 at Lawrence
Nebraska L 57-61   Feb. 7 at Lawrence
Missouri L 39-42   Feb. 9 at Lawrence
Iowa State L 50-52   Feb. 13 at Ames, Iowa
Kansas State L 29-48   Feb. 18 at Manhattan, Kan.
Oklahoma L 46-50   Feb. 21 at Norman, Okla.
Kansas State L 60-61   Mar. 1 at Lawrence
Oklahoma State L 25-37   Mar. 4 at Stillwater, Okla.
Nebraska L 64-70   Mar. 6 at Lincoln, Neb.
Colorado L 60-77   Mar. 8 at Boulder, Colo.
Iowa State W 61-54   Mar. 12 at Lawrence
 

LINK TO 1948 NATIONAL STATISTICS

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