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Official Kentucky Basketball Program
Published by U.K. Athletics Association
A. SHIVELY, Athletic Director KEN KUHN, Sports Publicity Editor
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
UCLA
Monday, 7:30 p.m. LaSALLE
DUKE
Monday, 9:25 p.m. KENTUCKY
Tuesday, 9:25 p.m.
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page three Welcome to the first annual University of Kentucky Invitational Basketball Tournament.
It is always a very real pleasure to welcome friends of the University from throughout the state and athletics fans from many other areas and invite them to take the time to look about our beautiful campus during their visit.
Hundreds of thousands of persons visit the University of Kentucky each year for athletics events, concerts, lectures, conventions and other programs. I sincerely believe that you, like others before you, will find our campus an interesting and friendly place.
We also wish to extend a sportsman-like welcome tonight to the fine basketball teams, and their followers, from LaSalle College, University of California at Los Angeles, and Duke University. I trust that they will receive our utmost respect, courtesy and hospitality.
May we always bear in mind the sacrifices of those to whose memory this Coliseum is dedicated and pledge ourselves to a standard of conduct worthy of these honored dead.
H. L. DONOVAN President
page four -Thanks-	
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Baynham Shoe Company	Lexington Herald-Leader
Ben Snyder Department Store	London Luggage
By-Pass Motel	Martin's Blue Grass Fashions
Campbell House	Meyer and Hinkle
Clay Restaurant	Phillips Shoe Company, Inc.
Dorothea Gaines, Inc.	Phoenix Hotel
Eda E. Thomas Candy Company	Purcell Company, Inc.
Embry and Company, Inc.	Romer Jewelry
Esplanade Antique Shop	Shackleton's, Inc.
Fritz Printing Company	Southeastern Greyhound Lines
Graves-Cox Company	Stewart Dry Goods Company
Grocers Baking Company	Tots and Teens, Inc.
Hubbard and Curry Druggists, Inc.	Towne House Motel
Hurst Printing Company	Transylvania Printing Company
Kentuckian Hotel	Victor Bogaert Jewelry Company
Keystone Printery	Wenneker's Sample Shoe Store
On behalf of the University of Kentucky and the Athletics	
Association of U.K., 1 wish to extend sincere thanks and express	
gratitude to the above listed firms and organizations of the City of	
Lexington for their co-operation	in making this University of Ken-
tucky Invitational Tournament a	success. We also desire to com-
mend the outstanding service rendered by the Lexington Chamber	
of Commerce.	
	B. A. SHIVELY
	UK Athletic Director
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page five LaSALLE'S SCORECARD
EXPLORERS	FG	FT             PF TP		
4 Francis X. O'Malley (f)				
10 Charles A. Singley (f)				
12 John J. Yodsnukis (c)				
5 Francis R. O'Hara (g)				
15 Thomas J. Gola (g)				
3 Frank S. Blatcher (g)				
7 Robert C. Ames (f)				
8 Manuel Gomez (c)				
9 Francis X. Finegan (g)				
11 Charles W. Greenberg (g)				
14 Robert S. Maples (c)				
17 Gary J. Holmes (f)				
				
				
				
				
				
				
TOTALS				
(Complete Roster on Page 13)
page six UCLA'S SCORECARD
BRUINS	FG	FT PF		TP
32 Moore, John (f)				
52 Bragg, Don (f)				
33 Naulls, William (c)				
25 Livingston, Ron (g)				
45 Miller, Denny (g)				
22 Taft, Morris (g)				
35 Hibier, Mike (c)				
42 Bane, Ron (c-f)				
43 White, Eddie (g)				
44 Costello, Mark (f)				
54 Ridgway, Dick (f)				
55 Steinman, Hank (f)				
				
				
				
				
				
				
TOTALS				
(Complete Roster on Page 15)
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page seven  Holiday Cage Festival 
The University of Kentucky Invitational Basketball Tournament represents an attempt to provide athletics patrons with cage competition of the highest calibre and re-express the ideal of an abiding faith in the value of intercollegiate athletics as an instrument in promoting friendly relations.
The inaugural feature of the proposed annual tourney succeeds almost beyond the highest expectations in presenting a representative field of inter-sectional opponents, all of whom are ranked among the nation's top 20 basketball elite.
LaSalle's Explorers, recognized as one of the East's major independent cage powers and powered by the great All-America scoring machine, Tom Gola, currently stand 20th in the national polls despite only one mar on their record. The basketball-wise Duke Blue Devils closed with racehorse speed and class at the end of last season and this year are off and running again with only an upset loss to Vanderbilt marked against them. Duke now rates as the nation's 13th best quintet.
Seventeenth-ranked UCLA represents the Pacific Coast and Far West with one of the classiest quintets in the country that might easily walk off with tournament honors if taken too lightly. The Kentucky Wildcats, bidding anew for top national recognition after a year's enforced layoff, occupy the number two spot in cage power indexes close on the heels of defending NCAA champion Indiana and will rate as the probable favorite to cop the tourney title on their home floor, where they have gone undefeated in 1 12 straight games over an 1 1-year span.
Groundwork for the invitational tourney was laid nearly two years ago when discussions of long standing culminated in a proposal for a Christmas holidays cage meet in Lexington to replace the season-end Southeastern Conference Tournament in Louisville. Although league officials turned down the original suggestions for an SEC tourney on the Wildcats' floor, new impetus was given plans for a holiday meet by abandonment of the annual SEC Tournament after the 1952 meet and the UK's public statement of athletic policy a few months later prohibiting cage play by Kentucky in most privately-controlled, off-campus arenas.
Selection of teams to take part in the tournament was based on considerations of national reputation in cage circles, potential calibre of play expected this season, and the desire to give the tourney an inter-sectional flavor with a top team representing various parts of the country.
page eight FRONT ROWJoe Belmont, Tom Blackburn, Hal Turner, Don Sims. SECOND ROWCharlie Driesell, Rudy Lacy. Bernie Janicki, Rudy D'Emilio, Fred Shabel, Marv Decker. THIRD ROWManager Charlie Barr, Herky Lamley, Don Tobin, Jim Duncan, Marty Doherty, Junior Morgan, Ronnie Mayer, Head Coach Harold Bradley, assistant coach Tony Drago.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ROSTER
No.	Nome Pos.	Class	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
13	Herky Lamley (c)	Jr.	20	6'4"	195	Havertown, Pa.
14	Don Tobin (f)	Soph.	19	6'5"	185	Avalon, Pa.
15	Rudy D'Emilio (g).	Sr.	21	5'11"	180	Philadelphia, Pa.
20	Bernie Janicki (f)	Sr.	21	6'3"	185	Ambridge, Pa.
21	Rudy Lacy (c)	Sr.	21	6'4"	190	Roanoke, Va.
22	Marv Decker (c)	Sr.	21	6'5"	190	Bloomfield, N. J.
23	Marty Doherty (c)	Soph.	21	6'9"	190	Pelham, N. Y.
25	Don Sims (g)	Soph.	20	5'11"	160	Elizabeth, N. J.
30	Joe Belmont (g)	Soph.	19	5'11"	165	Philadelphia, Pa.
32	Charlie Driesell (f)	Jr.	22	6'4"	190	Norfolk, Va.
33	Junior Morgan (c)	Soph.	20	67"	195	Asheboro, N. C.
34	Fred Shabel (g)	Sr.	21	6'	190	Union City, N. J
35	Ronnie Mayer (f)	Soph.	19	6'4"	185	Avalon, Pa.
42	Hal Turner (g)	Jr.	21	5'10"	170	Englewood, N. J.
COACHHarold Bradley (3 yrs.won 62, lost 27) CO-CAPTAINSD'Emilio (15) and Janicki (20) BLUE DEVILS' 1953-54 RECORDWon 4, Lost 1
page nine DUKE UNIVERSITY'S SCORECARD
BLUE DEVILS	FG	FT	PF	TP
20 Bernie Janicki (f)				
35 Ronnie Mayer (f)				
22 Marv Decker (c)				
15 Rudy D'Emilio (g)				
30 Joe Belmont (g)				
13 Herky Lamley (c)				
14 Don Tobin (f)				
21 Rudy Lacy (c)				
23 Marty Doherty (c)				
25 Don Sims (g)				
32 Charlie Driesell (f)				
33 Junior Morgan (c)				
34 Fred Shabel (g)				
42 Hal Turner (g)				
				
				
				
				
TOTALS				
(Complete Roster on Page 9)
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page ten KENTUCKY'S SCORECARD
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WILDCATS	FG	FT	PF	TP
16 Tsioropoulos, Lou (f)				
42 Evans, Bill (f)				
6 Hagan, Cliff (c)				
30 Ramsey, Frank (g)				
20 Rose, Gayle (g)				
22 Bird, Jerry (f-c)				
25 Grigsby, Pete (g)				
32 Evans, Clay (g)				
33 Puckett, Linville (g)				
34 Coy, Hugh (f)				
35 Curry, Jess (g)				
37 Hurst, Harold (c)				
44 Grawemeyer, Phil (f)				
66 Bibb, Bill (f)				
73 Chandler, Dan (g)				
				
				
				
TOTALS				
(Complete Roster on Page 16)
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page twelve FRONT ROW (left to right)Frank Blatcher, Charles Greenberg, Robert Ames, Frank O'Hara, Charles Singley, and Gary Holmes. SECOND ROWFrancis O'Malley, Thomas Gola, John Yodsnukis, Manuel Gomez, Robert Maples, and John Moosebrugger, manager.
LaSALLE ROSTER
No.	Name Pos.	Class	Age	Hr.	Wt.	Hometown
3	Frank S. Blatcher (g)	Soph.	24	6'2"	190	Philadelphia, Pa.
4	Francis X. O'Malley (f)	Soph.	19	6'3"	177	Carbondale, Pa.
5	Francis R. O'Hara (g)	Sr.	21	5'9"	155	Philadelphia, Pa.
7	Robert C. Ames (f)	Soph.	19	6'3"	175	Philadelphia, Pa.
8	Manuel Gomez (c)	Soph.	19	6'5"	190	Forest Hills, L. 1.
9	Francis X. Finegan (g)	Jr.	21	6'	170	Philadelphia, Pa.
10	Charles A. Singley (f)	Soph.	18	6'3"	175	Philadelphia, Pa.
11	Charles W. Greenberg (g)	Soph.	20	6'2"	170	Philadelphia, Pa.
12	John J. Yodsnukis (c)	Soph.	22	6'7"	228	Warrior Run, Pa.
14	Robert S. Maples (c)	Soph.	23	6'5"	178	Elmhurst, III.
15	Thomas J. Gola (g)	Jr.	20	67"	207	Philadelphia, Pa.
17	Gary J. Holmes (f)	Soph.	19	6'1"	160	Lansdowne, Pa.
COACHKenneth Loeffler (4 yrs.won 93, lost 21) KEY MANGola (15) EXPLORERS' 1953-54 RECORDWon 4, Lost 1
page thirteen - DEDICATED 1950 -
Here in Stone end Steel is Raised a Memorial To More Than Nine Thousand Sons and Daughters of The State of Kentucky Who Gave Their Lives in Battle That We Might Live in Peace Erect and Strong and Free.From Dedication Tablet.
In Memory of Those Who Died
This is a house built not on sand but on a firm foundation. Fabricated out of steel, stone, concrete, and brick, it is more substantially built than the Coliseum at Rome and should stand as long. This is Kentucky's Coliseum. It belongs to the people. Erected as a memorial to our honored dead of World War II, it is to be used in the service of the living.
It is an honest building.
This is a house built not for superficial purposes but for an honest program of education. It is a sports arena where thousands may gather in wholesome recreation to witness games of skill played by men who display the finest quality of sportsmanship. It is a gymnasium where students pursue courses in physical education to the betterment of their minds and bodies. It is an auditorium where students and citizens may meet to hear the world's greatest speakers and thinkers bring us wisdom and knowledge. It is a music hall where we may assemble to listen to the great artists of all nations lift us to new heights of aesthetic appreciation. May it, also, frequently be a temple where we may worship and be led into closer communion with God. It will ever be a shrine where the brokenhearted may come to pay homage to their own who paid the last full measure of devotion.
DR. H. L. DONOVAN President
page fourteen FRONT ROW (left to right)Lindy Kell, Ron Livingston, and Courtney Borio. SECOND ROWDoug Sale, assistant coach; Denny Miller, Hank Steinman, Morris Taft, Eddie White, Bob Ballard, Al Schiff, student manager. THIRD ROWJohn Wooden, head coach; Ron Bane, Don Bragg, John Moore, Mike Hibler, Willie Naulls, Dick Ridgway, Mark Costello, and Elvin "Ducky" Drake, team trainer.
UCLA ROSTER
No.	Name Pos.	Class	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
22	Taft, Morris (g)	Soph.	20	6'2"	179	Los Angeles
25	Livingston, Ron (g)	Sr.	21	5'10"	162	San Gabriel
32	Moore, John (f)	Jr.	21	6'5"	198	Gary, Ind.
33	Naulls, William (c)	Soph.	19	6'5"	230	Los Angeles
35	Hibler, Mike (c)	Sr.	21	67"	200	N. Hollywood
42	Bane, Ron (c-f)	Jr.	20	67"	200	Alhambra
43	White, Eddie (g)	Jr.	19	67"	185	Lomita
44	Costello, Mark (f)	Jr.	21	67"	198	San Gabriel
45	Miller, Denny (g)	Soph.	19	6'4"	193	Los Angeles
52	Bragg, Don (f)	Jr.	20	6'4"	180	San Francisco
54	Ridgway, Dick (f)	Sr.	22	6'4"	200	Los Angeles
55	Steinman, Hank (f)	Sr.	21	67"	180	Los Angeles
COACHJohn Wooden (5 yrs.won 104, lost 44) KEY MENBragg (52), Livingston (25), and Moore (32) THE BRUINS' 1953-54 RECORDWon 4, Lost 0
page fifteen FRONT ROWCoach Adolph Rupp, Unville Puckett, Jess Curry, Gayle Rose, Clay Evans, Willie Rouse (out
for season due to knee injury), Dan Chandler, Pete Grigsby, and Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. BACK
ROWStudent Manager Mike Dolan, Hugh Coy, Cliff Hagan, Lou Tsioropoulos, Jerry Bird, Phil Grawe-mcycr, Harold Hurst, Bill Bibb, Frank Ramsey, and Bill Evans.
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ROSTER
No.	Name Pos.	Class	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
6	Hagan, Cliff (c)	Sr.	22	6'4"	200	Owensboro, Ky.
16	*Tsioropoulos, Lou (f)	Sr.	22	6'5"	200	Lynn, Mass.
20	*Rose, Gayle (g)	Jr.	20	6'	155	Paris, Ky.
22	Bird, Jerry (f-c)	Soph.	18	6'6"	200	Corbin, Ky.
25	Grigsby, Pete (g)	Soph.	18	5'10"	165	Martin, Ky.
30	*Ramsey, Frank (g)	Sr.	22	6'3"	185	Madisonville, Ky.
32	Evans, Clay (g)	Soph.	18	5'9"	165	Flemingsburg, Ky.
33	Puckett, Linville (g)	Soph.	19	6'	165	Winchester, Ky.
34	Coy, Hugh (f)	Soph.	18	6'1"	185	Richmond, Ky.
35	Curry, Jess (g)	Soph.	20	5'11"	167	Portsmouth, Va.
37	Hurst, Harold (c)	Soph.	19	67"	190	Waltersville, Ky.
42	*Evans, Bill (f)	Jr.	20	6'1"	170	Berea, Ky.
44	Grawemeyer, Phil (f)	Soph.	18	67"	180	Louisville, Ky.
66	Bibb, Bill (f)	Soph.	19	6'4"	180	Owensboro, Ky.
73	Chandler, Dan (g)	Soph.	18	5'11"	160	Versailles, Ky.
* 1951-52 Lettermen.
COACHAdolph Rupp (23 yrs.won 471, lost 82)
CO-CAPTAINSHagan (6) and Ramsey (30) THE WILDCATS' 1953-54 RECORDWon 3, Lost 0
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page seventeen MEET A WILDCAT
FRANK RAMSEY, Madisonville, Ky. Tabbed as the "Blond Bombshell of Basketball" by sportswriters awed at his colorful antics on the court, Frank Ramsey is co-captain of the 1953-54 Wildcat cage team and ranks as a prime candidate for All-American honors. Sophomore of the Year in the Southeastern Conference three years ago, Ramsey was named to many All-America squads as a junior standout in '52 and was a consensus second team choice. St. Louis U. Coach Eddie Hickey once praised the Wildcat ace as the finest basketball player in America. Typical of the type of guards employed by Coach Rupp in his racehorse-style, controlled fast break offense, Ramsey is big (6-3 and 185), extremely fast, aggressive under the boards and a very good outside shooter. He specializes at driving layups, which few opponents guarding him are able or care to stop, and generally serves as Rupp's floor general in setting up plays. He's also a terrifice defensive player, often stealing the ball from unwary opponents and driving the length of the floor.
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
1953-54
1953 UK Opp. Dec.    5Temple (H) ............ 86 59
Dec.  12Xavier (A) ............ 81 66
Dec.  14Wake Forest (H) ....101 69
Dec.  1 8St. Louis ...................... Away
Dec. 21, 22University of Ky. Invitational   Tourn.   (Duke, U.C.L.A., LaSalle, and Kentucky) Dec. 28Minnesota .................. Home
1954
Jan.    4Xavier ........................ Home
Jan.    9Georgia Tech .............. Home
Jan.  11DePaul ........................ Home
Jan. 16-
Jan. 23-
Jan. 30-
Feb. 2-
Feb. 4-
Feb. 6-
Feb. 8-
Feb. 13-
Feb. 15-
Feb. 18-
Feb. 20-
Feb. 22-
Feb. 27-
Mar. 1-
-Tulane ........................ Home
-Tennessee .................... Away
-Vanderbilt .................... Away
-Georgia Tech .......... Louisville
-Georgia ........................ Home
-Georgia ................ Owensboro
-Florida ........................ Away
-Mississippi .................. Home
-Mississippi State .......... Home
-Tennessee .................... Home
-DePaul ........................ Away
-Vanderbilt .................. Home
-Auburn ........................ Away
-Alabama ...................... Away
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KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1953-54
1951
Dec. 5Temple$2.50 ...................... Home
Dec. 12Xavier...................................... Away
Dec. 14Wake Forest$2.50 .............. Home
Dec. 18St. Louis .................................. Away
Dec. 21, 22University  of   Ky. Invitational Tourn. (Duke, U.C.L.A., LaSalle,
,and Kentucky) ................ Home
Dec. 28Minnesota$2.50 .................. Home
1954
Jan.   4Xavlei52.50 .................. Home
Jan.   9Georgia Teeh$2.00.............. Home
Jan. 11DePaul$2.50 ........................ Home
Jan. 16Tulane$2.50 ........................ Home
Jan. 23Tennessee ................................ Away
Jan. 30Vanderbilt ................................ Away
Feb.   2Georgia Tech .................... Louisville
Feb.   4Georgia$2.00 ...................... Home
Feb.   6Georgia ............................ Owensboro
Feb.   8Florida ...................................... Away
Feb. 13Mississippi$2.00 .................. Home
Feb. 15Mississippi State$2.00 ........ Home
Feb. 18Tennessee$2.50 .................. Home
Feb. 20DePaul ...................................... Away
Feb. 22Vanderbilt$2.50 .................. Home
Feb. 27Auburn .................................... Away
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