Evening star., 1951-01-31
New YorkCoach
Still |rked Over
Arizona Upset
Referee Disputes
Charge Of 'Jobbing'
Visiting Quintet
BY the Associated Press

| BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 81. Clair
Bees Long Island University
Blackbirds, the seasons most con-
troversial basketball team, make
stop No. 4 on their Western tour
tonight for a game with the Kan
sas State Wildcats. And seats in
K-State's new 50 million basket
ball palace are hard to get.
1t seems most of Manhattan,
Kans. population 18,996) wants
to see Bee and his Blackbirds.
The $4,000 seats in the fleldhouse
will be jammed full at game time,
scheduled for pm.
LIU took a 15-game winning
streak to the West Coast last
week end for a couple of games
with San Francisco and Califor-
mia After squeaking past Frisco,
the Blackbirds were stopped by
California; team which had lost
nine times-by two points.
Hard Words Fly.
Then came the hotly disputed
Arizona game at Tucson Monday
night, which LIU also lost, 62-6l.
after which hard words flew fast
er than the basketballs.
Bee said his team was "jobbed."
charging Referee w. H. Kisner
jr.. took the game away from u.s."
Bee charged Kisner was a die
tator, antagonistic and dogmatic. -
When was on the Poetic
Coast" Bee added, "an official
told me that no team under their
jurisdiction would come to Tucson
to play Arizona because of the
jobbing they would get from the
officials. The same thing has
happened to every team that has
come to this school,"
Kisner replied: Somebody had
better start back-tracking on
those statements. I have been
working basketball games for %
years and this is the first time I
have ever been accused of throw
ing game"
Calls Fewer Fouls.
DR.. Emil Larson, Border Con-
ference commissioner who ap-
pointed the referees, said fewer
fouls were called by Kisner than
by the second official. There were
i've technical fouls called against
LIU. one by Kisner.
DR.. Larson, who saw the game,
said in the last five minutes of
play, when Arizona gained it's
first lead and then went on to
win, Kisner called five personal
fouls against the home team and
none against Long Island.
This was the second brush Bee
has had over Arizona. Several
weeks ago, when Arizona was
playing in Madison Square Gar
den, Representative Patten, Dem
ocrat, of Arizona was elected
from the Garden after a ruckus
with Bee. Patten conceded he
had been "heckling" Bee and the
Blackbirds.
Long Island Cancelled it's sched-
uled game with Arizona because,
Bee said. he was worried over the
reception his Negro players would
get in Tucson. When he was as
sured there was no discrimination
here the game was rescheduled.
Play Seventh-ranked Team.
So still smarting from heated
debate about the game, Bee and
his Blackbirds move into Man
haitian for a game with the sew
enth-ranking team in the country.
L1U placed No. 4 in this weeks
Associated Press poll.
Kansas State, leading the Big
Seven Conference. has an overall
1872 record, which includes VIC
tories over Kansas, Minnesota and
Oklahoma-a few of the more
prominent Midwestern teams.
LIU, which has cooled off some
of the best in the Nation, edged
! fK-StaJe, 60-59, on December 2
in the seasons opener for both
teams at Madison Square Garden.
Both clubs have improved since
then.
Long Island will end its 5000
mile tour against St. Louis Sat-
urday.
There wasn't much action last
night, as several schools still are
engaged in midyear examina-
tionS.
In the Midwest, Notre Dame ral-
lied to whip Butler. 1866, snap
ping a three-game losing streak.
Other leading games saw st.
Johns, ninth-ranked nationally,
defeat Manhattan, 46-39; North
Carolina whip Wake Forest, 81
10; South Carolina trip Duke, 82-
81; Wichita turn back Drake, ga
As; Xavier (Ohio) down Toledo,
1859, and Texas Christian defeat
Baylor. 60-48.