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Piddling pedallers will have little chance to rank with the winners, if past races are any indications. Some cyclists have been practicing steadily, and Alexander K. Rupp '52 rode the course in 24 minutes yesterday...
FRESHMAN WRESTLING--Minor Numerals 1952--Edward B. Anderson, William A. Bernat, Tom J. Carroll, Thomas L. Carter, James S. Fleming, Cornelius D. Hastie, Elmer L. Johansen, Billy N. Joynor, Alexander K. Rupp, Alan F. Sawyer, Jr., Robert L. Wiley, Jr., Manager David B. Lamb
Actually, the competition for earning a basketball scholarship at Kentucky is pretty stiff. Each spring and summer (basketball is a year-round proposition at Kentucky), as many as some 200 eager candidates dribble in to work out with the varsity. Rupp selects about a dozen who fit his requirements as the "cool pro type." They get board, room, tuition, dry cleaning, laundry, books; $10-a-month spending money and rigid Rupp discipline. Boss Rupp, who wears brown suits because he thinks they bring good luck, is even fussy about his players having dates...
Like most successful coaches, Adolph Rupp is a painstaking worrier. Although he has recently written a book, Championship Basketball (Prentice-Hall; $3) cautioning against overworking players, he works his own hard. He feeds them vitamin pills, keeps weight charts, advocates squeezing a small rubber ball to develop arm and finger muscles. "There are no secrets in the game," he says with a straight face...
Basketball in 20 Plays. There are three big reasons-not in any sense secret-why Coach Rupp's team has been burning up the courts for four seasons. One of them is blond, 5 ft. 10½ Ralph Beard, his gum-chewing "quarterback." A master dribbler and playmaker, Beard usually starts the play pattern, picking one of Kentucky's basic 20 (ten for each side of the court), featuring ball-handling and the inside-screen. The other two: 6 ft. 7 Alex Groza and 6 ft. 4 Wallace ("Wah Wah") Jones, who do the heavy scoring up front...