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By WILL GMMSLEY^HELSINKI, July j ren Womble, coach b£ the Halted,I States Olympic basketball 7te*Jn»,I said today lie #Iaos to use the ’ iwo-platoon system in the tournament starting July 25. V^-:“I want to .as# the Uiavewity . of Kansas boys together.;where-/' ever possible and also play-the AAXJ (Amateur Athletic XJnlqn)' j bovs as a unit, the chubby coach I added. “I won't mix thettt-/w' i much as they did in 1948.” i ^;J Womble is coach bl the Pectin I AAXJ team which defeated vKah-sas in the Olympic Tryout rii-nals. The present Olympic team is made up of seven Kansas pj^y-jers, five Peoria players and* two 1 at-large AAU men picked frbm I the Phillips Oilers^ . v Vj “Of course, in case of a.lctjof ! fouls it will be necessary to? mix j these squads,” the coach said “but I’d like to keep them separate. They play a different brand of ball and work more smoothly as unifs.” Wombie said he probably would start the AAU bunch one day- and ithe Collegians the next - “I’m dim-v ited to 12 men, sc I’llsuit up seven AAU players one day and^ seven/, Kansas boys on another day,”-he ■ said. 1 - - • • - ,j . Womble,. who is assisted/-by; -jCoach Prog Alien of Kansas,-i£d Li be didn’t plan to; emphasize height, over speed although hecould-fieM/-a team averaging six . fset;'eight inches.- - -y-“One- of the tall men probably will sit out every game andv^’n • use a fast man like7 Chuck^Hbag;. (6-20. , . ;'/•. r The U. S. team has four pliyers ■ ■ six-eight .arid over—Prank McCabe (6-8), Clyde Loveleite (6-9)L;/Mre ;■ Freiberger (6-10), -and Bob«Ktn'land; (6-10tlj,/: ? A'?!'.,, /Lovelette, - the' mooh-fac^l-.La-?. dianlan who set scoring reccrdi for Kansas this?year,/as- on^ fnah ' who is sure to play. every game: '“I can use-him on the pivotT-^th'/ / oiir AAU boys and ouf/team-Ip^s none of '-its: /efficiency;.” /WWmble:? .;./ said;. ^Se^sV'-a'--much :f^ter?;inanv / than I thought: He’s r
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
Anderson, Indiana, US
Sun, Jul 13, 1952
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