xt7sj38kdz3z https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sj38kdz3z/data/mets.xml University of Kentucky 1955 Memorial Coliseum, Lexington (Ky.) athletic publications English University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. University of Kentucky Basketball Programs (Men) UKAW University of Kentucky Men's Basketball (1954-1955) programs players coaches Rupp, Adolph UK vs. Auburn University (February 26, 1955) rosters schedules Memorial Coliseum Kentucky vs. Auburn, February 26, 1955 text Kentucky vs. Auburn, February 26, 1955 1955 2012 true xt7sj38kdz3z section xt7sj38kdz3z "Kentucky vs rfu&u%*t MEMORIAL COLISEUM Saturday, February 26, 1955 8:00 p.m. OFFICIAL PROGRAM10 CENTS Again, ashland-aetna chooses WLAP RA And J. B. 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CONTENTS Page Meet A Wildcat .................................................................................... 4 Kentucky Basketball Schedule .............................................................. 4 Opponent Roster .................................................................................. 5 Memorial Coliseum ................................................................................ 6 Kentucky Coaches ................................................................................ 7 Scorecards ........................................................................................ 8 & 9 Review of 1953-54 .............................................................................. 10 Kentucky Roster .................................................................................... 1 1 Kentucky Freshman Schedule and Roster .............................................. 1 5 WILDCAT TIPOFF Official Kentucky Basketball Program Published by U.K. Athletics Association B. A. SHIVELY, Athletic Director KEN KUHN, Sports Publicity Editor _ NEXT HOME GAME _ ALABAMA Monday, February 28 8:00 p.m. TICKETS $1.25 AND $2.25 Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. An exceptionally steady performer for an untested sophomore, Brewer is one of the most highly-regarded newcomers to the varsity ranks this season and is showing promise of developing into a real standout. The former Louisville Eastern eager was one of the two freshmen that Coach Rupp seriously considered promoting to the varsity last season. The rangy guard showed up extremely well in frosh games last year, averaging 14 points per contest. The 6-3 ace possesses a good set shot and also connects with very good accuracy on his jump shot. Only the lack of game experience and being exceptionally light in weight (170) is handicapping him this year. KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1954-55 1 9 5 4 UK Opp. Dec. 4Louisiana St. (H) .... 74 58 Dec. 1 1Xavier (A) ............ 73 69 Dec. 18Temple (H) ............ 79 61 UK INVITATIONAL TOURNEY Dec. 21Utah .................... 70 65 Dec. 22LaSalle .................. 63 54 Dec. 30St. Louis (H) ........ 82 65 19 5 5 Jan. 1Temple (A) ............101 69 Jan. 8Georgia Tech (H) .. 58 59 Jan. 10DePaul (H) ............ 92 59 Jan. 15Tulane (A) ............ 58 44 Jan. 17L.S.U. (A) .............. 64 62 Jan. 22Tennessee (A) ........ 84 66 Jan. 29Vanderbilt (A) ...... 75 71 Jan. 31Georgia Tech (A) .. 59 65 Feb. 3Florida (H) ............ 87 63 Feb. 5Mississippi (N) ........84 61 Feb. 7Miss. State (A) ...... 61 56 Feb. 9Georgia (H) .......... 86 40 Feb. 14Xavier (H) ............ 66 55 Feb. 19DePaul (A) ............ 76 72 Feb. 21Vanderbilt (H) ...... 77 59 Feb. 26Auburn ........................ Home Feb. 28Alabama ...................... Home Mar. 5Tennessee .................... Home page four GORDON MUMMERT Center JOEL EAVES Coach JIM O OONNtLL AUBURN ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown 10 Bill Kirkpatrick (g) Sr. 5'10" 170 Surgoinsville, Tenn. 11 Brownie Nelson (g) Jr. 5'11" 170 Cullman, Ala. 12 Tabby Beatty (g) Sr. 5'11" 170 Selma, Ala. 14 Robert Burgess (g) Soph. 5'10" 165 Columbus, Ga. 20 Byrd Whigham (g) Jr. 5'8" 160 Louisville, Ala. 21 Henry Sturkie (f-g) Soph. 6'1" 180 Gadsden, Ala. 22 Doyle Haynes (f-g) Jr. 6'1" 185 Lafayette, Ala. 23 Kay Slayden (f-c) Jr. 6'4" 180 Columbus, Ga. 24 Jim O'Donnell (f) Jr. 6'3" 190 Hackensack, N. J. 25 Jim Diamond (f) Jr. 6'2" 170 Jay, Fla. 32 Mack Lee (c) Sr. 6'5" 190 Birmingham, Ala. 33 Gordon Mummert (c) Sr. 6'4" 185 Atlanta, Ga. COACHJoel Eaves page five MEMORIAL COLISEUM Only a little more than a quarter century ago, the University of Kentucky provided its basketball team with its second home a magnificent new Alumni Gymnasium seating 2,800 spectators. A great many persons freely suggested that the arena would prove to be a "white elephant" which would never be crowded to anywhere near capacity by the sport that then was considered little more than an innocuous winter-month's pastime. But the hardwood game blitzed the nation and Kentucky's teams forged to the national forefront in such a crowd-pleasing manner that the "huge" hall soon could not begin to accommodate the large number of fans seeking to whet their new-found interest. In fact, the situation soon developed to the point where only the student body and faculty were admitted and for several years about all that Kentuckians at large knew of their state university's famed cage teams consisted of information gleaned from the press and radio. In 1941, when Dr. H. L. Donovrn became president of the University, one of his first recommendations was for a building "that will properly take care of our athletics, our health service, physical education, and recreation." From this beginning came the plan that culminated in the constructicn of 12,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, an unparalleled edifice costing $3,925,000 by the time it was completed in 1950. The huge building, which serves as a memorial to the nearly 10,000 Kentucky heroes who lost their lives in World War II and the Korean conflict, covers an entire city block and contains as much space as a seven-story office building. Situated along Avenue of Champi ons, the Coliseum is used primarily for basketball games but also serves as the site of a sellout community concert and lecture series as well as numerous physical education classes and conventions. In sharp contrast to the early days in Alumni Gym, the present hall plays host to more than 100,000 Kentuckians annually for appearances of the famous Wildcat cage teams alone and interest is increasing with sucl strides that even this splendid arena may someday be outgrown. page six ADOLPH RUPP The world's poorest prophet, but a coaching genius with a rare talent for consistently winning national championships. That's the University of Kentucky's fabulous cage mentor Adolph Rupp who this year celebrares his Silver Anniversary at the helm of Wildcat basketball with an incomparable career winning average of 85.6 percent for 496 victories out of 578 starts. Amazing as his coaching success has been, the usually astute Baron Rupp found himself on the losing end as a prophet last season. The Wildcats of 1 954 made a clean sweep through a 25-game schedule and disproved their coach's prophecy of some years ago that "no major school playing a major schedule can go through a season undefeated." The "impossible" feat of last year's Kentucky team in becoming the biggest-winning, perfect-record unit of all time climaxed an un-paralled honor roll of coaching successes that have stamped Rupp as the nation's most winning cage mentor. In the 24 years he has been at Kentucky, he's won the Southeastern Conference title 15 times, the NCAA Tournament championship three times, and the National Invitation Tournament once as well as Olympic Trials collegiate bracket laurels and a nominal world's championship through participation with the AAU Phillips Oilers as the USA entry in the 1948 Olympic Games. Coach Rupp is the first coach to guide his teams to three NCAA and one NIT titles. Besides the distinction of an even 100 victories against only 21 defeats covering action in 21 national classics (NCAA, NIT, UK Invitational and Sugar Bowl Tournament) plus 21 conference meets and the '48 Olympics, Rupp has guided his Wildcat teams to national championships in the Associated Press Poll four times in the last six years and produced no less than 24 All-Americans. Furthermore, the UK mentor goes into the current season in possession of another record that no other coach or school comes even close to threatening124 consecutive wins on the home floor. No Rupp-coached Kentucky team has been beaten at home since Ohio State turned the trick on Jan. 2, 1943approximately twelve years ago! of Paris, light of ment in Ky., and his career Greece as HARRY LANCASTER Baron Rupp's capable right hand man is Harry Lancaster. As the first full-time assistant basketball coach in Kentucky's history and one of the few aides of this tyDe in the country, he is in charge of convincing the best schoolboy cagers to cast their lot with the Wildcats and is responsible for their development as yearlings once they are in the Kentucky stable. He also handles the gruel'ing assignment of scouting future opponents. The success that he has shown in his endeavors is reflected in Kentucky's phenomenal success as a team respected and feared the world over. Coach Rupp is the first to give his assistant much credit for past developments, particularly the coaching assistance that Lancaster provided last season. Coach Lancaster, a native graduate of Georgetown College, came to Kentucky in 1942. A high-came in the summer of 1951 when he served the U. S. State Depart -a consultant to the Greek Basketball Federation. page seven AUBURN'S SCORECARD PLAINSMEN FG FT PF TP 24 O'Donnell, Jim (f) 25 Diamond, Jim (f) 33 Mummert, Gordon (c) 10 Kirkpatrick, Bill (g) 11 Nelson, Brownie (g) 12 Beatry, Tabby (g) 14 Burgess, Robert (g) 20 Whigham, Byrd (g) 21 Sturkie, Henry (f-g) 22 Haynes, Doyle (f-g) 23 Slayden, Kay (f-c) 32 Lee, Mack (c) TOTALS (Complete Roster on Page 5) OFFICIALS FRED WAI.TEF PRODUCTS For new car power! For c Get Ethyl with ICA Get pictures of your favorite Kentucky Basketball All-Stars from your friendly Ashland or Aetna dealer, who brings you all major Kentucky College Games over a state-wide network. 'Brand of Ignition Control Additive. page eight KENTUCKY'S SCORECARD WILDCATS FG FT PF TP 22 Bird, Jerry (f-c) 80 Brewer, John (g) 50 Burrow, Bob (c) 20 Rose, Gayle (g) 42 Evans, Bill (g-f) 10 Chandler, Dan (g) 40 Adkins, Earl (f-g) 55 Mills, Ray (f) 60 Calvert, Gerry (g) 77 Hurst, Harold (c) 88 Corum, Paul (g) TOTALS (Complete Roster on Page 11) D WALTERS and CLYDE CASTLE For quick starts in cold weather h FIRE POWER where you see these signs... page nine LAUNDERERS BECKERS CLEANERS MEMBER IMUKgjg) NATIONAL institute OF CLEANING AND DYEING Thirty-eight years of experience. This combination has proven unbeatable in good cleaning standards. REVIEW OF 1953-54 (Won 25, Lost 0) Ky. Opp. Temple .............................. 86 59 Xavier .............................. 81 66 Wake Forest ......................101 69 St. Louis ............................ 71 59 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT LEXINGTON, KY. Duke ................................ 85 69 LaSalle .............................. 73 60 Minnesota .......................... 74 59 Xavier .............................. 77 7] Georgia Tech ....................105 53 DePaul .............................. 81 63 Tulane .............................. 94 43 Tennessee .......................... 97 71 Ky. Opp. Vanderbilt .......................... 85 63 Georgia Tech .................... 99 48 Georgia ..............................106 55 Georgia ..............................100 68 Florida .............................. 97 55 Mississippi ........................ 88 62 Mississippi State ................ 81 49 Tennessee .......................... 90 63 DePaul .............................. 76 61 Vanderbilt ..........................100 64 Auburn ..............................109 79 Alabama ............................ 68 43 SEC PLAYOFF Louisiana State .................. 63 56 2187 1508 "KENTUCKY CARDINAL" Guaranteed Sox A Man's Best Buy In Hosiery Fancy Designs - Colorful Patterns On Sale Now at Your Favorite Retail Store55c a pair or six pairs for $3 Ades-Lexingron Dry Goods Company WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS LEXINGTON, KY. page ten FRONT ROW (left to right)Coach Adolph Rupp, Paul Corum, Gayle Rose, Bill Evans, Gerry Calvert, Dan Chandler, and Asst. Coach Harry Lancaster. BACK ROWTrainer John Payne, Earl Adkins, Ray Mills, Jerry Bird, Bob Burrow, Phil Grawemeyer, Harold Hurst, John Brewer, and Manager Bill Surface. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class Age Ht. Wr. Hometown 10 Dan Chandler (g) Jr. 19 5'11" 160 Versailles, Ky. 20 *Gayle Rose (g) Sr. 22 6' 170 Paris, Ky. 22 *Jerry Bird (f-c) Jr. 19 6'6" 200 Corbin, Ky. 40 Earl Adkins (f-g) Soph. 21 6'3" 190 Ashland, Ky. 42 *Bill Evans (g-f) Sr. 22 6'1" 170 Berea, Ky. 44 *Phil Grawemeyer (f) Jr. 20 67" 180 Louisville, Ky. 50 Bob Burrow (c) Jr. 20 67" 215 Wells, Texas 55 Ray Mills (f) Soph. 21 6'4" 185 Manchester, Ky. 60 Gerry Calvert (g) Soph. 19 5'11" 165 Maysville, Ky. 77 Harold Hurst (c) Jr. 20 67" 190 Waltersville, Ky. 80 John Brewer (g) Soph. 19 6'3" 170 Anchorage, Ky. 88 Paul Corum (g) Soph. 19 5'10" 160 Midway, Ky. * 1953-54 Lettermen. COACHAdolph Rupp (24 yrs.won 496, lost 82) CAPTAINBill Evans (42) page eleven KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACHES (With Season Record) 1905 F. E. Schacht (1-1) 1906 W. H. Mustaine (4-8) 1907 W. H. Mustaine (2-4) 1908W. H. Mustaine (5-6) 1909 W. H. Mustaine (4-4) 1910 E. R. Sweetland (4-5) 191 1Iddings (6-6) 1912 E. R. Sweetland (9-0) 1913 J. J. Tigert (6-3) 1914 Alpha Brummage (9-2) 1915 Alpha Brummage (7-5) 1916 James Park (8-6) 191 7W. P. Tuttle (4-6) 1918 S. A. Boles (9-2-1) 1919 Andrew Gill (6-8) 1 920Geo. C. Buchheit (5-7) 1921 Geo. C. Buchheit (13-1) 1922 Geo C. Buchheit (10-6) 1923 Geo. C. Buchheit (3-10) 1924 Geo. C. Buchheit (13-2) 1925 C. O. Applegran (13-8) 1926 Ray Eklund (13-2) 1927 Basil Hayden (2-13) 1928 John Mauer (12-6) 1929 John Mauer (12-5) * No schedule played. 1930- John Mauer (16-3) 1931- Adolph F. Rupp (15-3) 1932- Adolph F. Rupp (15-2) 1933- Adolph F. Rupp (20-3) 1934- Adolph F. Rupp (15-1) 1935- Adolph F. Rupp (19-2) 1936- Adolph F. Rupp (15-6) 1 937- Adolph F. Rupp (17-5) 1938- Adolph F. Rupp (13-5) 1939- Adolph F. Rupp (16-4) 1940- Adolph F. Rupp (15-6) 1941- Adolph F. Rupp (17-8) 1942- Adolph F. Rupp (19-6) 1943- Adolph F. Rupp (18-5) 1944- Adolph F. Rupp (19-2) 1945- Adolph F. Rupp (22-4) 1946- Adolph F. Rupp (28-2) 1947- Adolph F. Rupp (34-3) 1948- Adolph F. Rupp (36-3) 1949- Adolph F. Rupp (32-2) 1950- Adolph F. Rupp (25-5) 1951- Adolph F. Rupp (32-2) 1952- Adolph F. Rupp (29-3) 1953- Adolph F. Rupp (*) 1954- Adolph F. Rupp (25-0) page twelve 1954-55 KENTUCKY VARSITY BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Twenty- one Games - Won 19, Lost 2) REB. Name Pos. G. FGA FG PCT. FTA FT PCT. REB. AV. PF TP AV. Burrow, C . 21 378 1 55 .410 126 78 .619 371 17.7 53 388 18.5 Evans, G ........ 21 294 107 .364 87 63 .724 165 7.9 59 277 13.2 Grawemeyer,1 F 20 303 104 .343 74 52 .703 270 13.5 63 260 13.0 Bird, F ............ 21 263 102 .388 65 35 .538 226 10.8 53 239 1 1.4 Rose, G .......... 19 117 37 .316 59 32 .542 39 2.1 48 104 5.5 Mills, C .......... 19 69 18 .261 26 14 .538 68 3.6 21 50 2.6 Adkins, G 1 1 52 18 .346 15 9 .600 17 1.6 15 45 4.1 Brewer, G 13 43 13 .302 9 6 .666 25 1.9 16 32 2.5 Calvert, G 11 21 7 .333 18 9 .500 14 1.3 10 23 2.1 Corum, G ...... 5 2 1 .500 4 2 .500 2 .4 1 4 .8 Chandler, G .. 3 2 1 .500 0 0 .000 1 .3 2 2 .7 Hurst, C 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 0 Others ............ 161 52 62 39 79 47 143 Kentucky Totals 21 1705 615 .361 545 339 .622 1351* 64.4 389 1569 74.7 All Opps. Totals 21 1380 429 .31 1 659 420 .639 891 42.4 326 1278 60.9 1 InjuredLost for season. * Includes Team Rebounds Average Scoring Margin -13.8 CURRENT SEASON'S SINGLE-GAME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Player Opponent D.itc No. Total Points Scored Burrow Vanderbilt Feb. 21 31 (FG: 12; FT: 7) Field Goals Scored Grawemeyer Burrow ^ Burrow Burrow L.S.U. Temple Miss. Vanderbilt Dec. 4 Dec. 1 8 Feb. 5 Feb. 21 12 12 12 12 (No. (No. No. (No. Atts: 32) Atts: 30) Atts: 23) Atts: 20) Free Throws Scored Grawemeyer Florida Feb. 3 12 (No. Atts: 12) Free Throws Attempted Grawemeyer Burrow Florida DePaul Feb. 3 Jan. 10 12 12 (No. (No. by Team: by Team: 33) 27) Most Rebounds Burrow Temple Dec. 18 34 (No. by Team: 108) FOR AFTER THE GAME ENJOYMENT VISIT THE Phoenix Hotel BLUE GRASS ROOM and have you tried the new Phoenix Coffee Shop? LEXINGTON'S LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL page thirteen HEAR PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCAST OF U.ofK. BASKETI JALL EVERY GAMEHOME AND AWAY WITH PRESENTED BY CLAUDE SULLIVAN t^jVI'WJ TED GRIZZARD ""^j^- tlta Kentucky Solontl Stttlor 1 dial 1590 WENNEKER'S "Shoes of Champions" You don't have to be a champion to wear fine shoes from WENNEKER'S but you can rest assured that any shoe purchased at this friendly store will be of champion quality and appearance. Save 25 to 50 percent on FAMOUS NAME BRAND SHOES for both men and women. For years WENNEKER'S has brought you FAMOUS BRANDS at LOWEST PRICES. Featured at Wenneker's THE EDWIN CLAPP SHOES America's Finest Shoes 153 EAST MAIN STREET in LEXINGTON page fourteen KENTUCKY FRESHMEN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1954-55 Dec. 4Campbellsville Junior College .............................................................. Home Dec. 8Campbellsville Junior College .................................................. Campbellsville Dec. 1 1Xavier Frosh .................................................................................. Cincinnati Dec. 14Georgetown "B" ........................................................................ Georgetown Dec. 18Sue Bennett Jr. College ........................................................................ Home Jan. 8Georgetown "B" .................................................................................. Home Jan. 10Ashland Jr. College .............................................................................. Home Jan. 12Cumberland Jr. College ................................................................ Manchester Jan. 19Cumberland Jr. College ........................................................... Williamsburg Feb. 12Armed Forces All-Stars ................................................................ Owensboro Feb. 14Xavier Frosh ........................................................................................ Home Feb. 16Sue Bennett Jr. College ...................................................................... London Feb. 21Cumberland Jr. College ........................................................................ Home Feb. 23Ashland Jr. College .......................................................................... Ashland KENTUCKY FRESHMEN BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Age Ht. Wt. Hometown 7 Hatton, Vernon (g) 18 6'4" 190 Lexington, Ky. 20 Butcher, John (g) 18 5'11" 160 Pikeville, Ky. 25 Coilinsworth, Lincoln (g) 18 6'3" 190 Salyersville, Ky. 32 Ross, Harold (f) 18 6'2" 175 Hickman, Ky. 34 Cassady, Billy (g) 18 6'2" 185 Inez, Ky. 35 Smith, Bill (f) 18 6'5" 195 Walton, Ky. 37 Howe, Dick (c-f) 18 6'6" 220 Carbondale, III. 42 Crigler, John (f) 18 6'2" 185 Hebron, Ky. 44 Beck, Ed (c) 18 67" 200 Ft. Valley, Ga. 66 Johnson, Phil (f) 18 6'5" 185 Lexington, Ky. COACHHarry C. Lancaster (Georgetown '32) CAPTAINEd Beck page fifteen Laundry Dry Cleaning DeBoor One Day Service Monday thru Friday No Added Cost 15 Per Cent Discount and Curb Service AT 265 EUCLID AVE. 880 E. HIGH ST. 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