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RE: Remember a brawl in mid 70s with them
Posted on: January 22, 2020 at 14:32:32 CT
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Missouri Coach Norm Stewart was upset about a fight which broke out midway through the first half of his team’s 77-72 loss at kansas Saturday afternoon, but his main concern was the abuse he and his players took from the 9,650 kansas fans after the game.
With 13:18 left in the first half, a fight broke out underneath the Missouri basket when kansas’ Herb Nobles elbowed Missouri’s Jim Kennedy. Kim Anderson and kansas’ Donnie Von Moore and John Douglas joined in the regionally televised brawl which resulted in Kennedy and Von Moore being ejected.
“There was one other out there who actually started it and he was not touched,” said Stewart, careful not to mention Nobles by name. “He has a history and background of that and when you have an individual like that out there, there is always a possibility of a fight breaking out.”
Ted Owens would not elaborate on his version of the fight.
Stewart, who was an assistant at Missouri when the 1961 season ended at Columbia with a fight said the incident was uncalled for.
“There is no place in basketball for conduct by players, coaches, or fans like today,” Stewart said. “I’m speaking about the part of kansas university. I was disappointed at the words spoken to me by Coach Owens after the first half fight. He said something to the effect that ‘that’s how you coach basketball.”
When the contest ended, Stewart was pushed from behind by a kansas fan as he walked away from the Missouri bench, and as he and forward Clay Johnson walked to the locker room they were assaulted by another spectator. Missouri center Stan Ray also was assaulted as he tried to make his way from courtside to the locker room.
“There’s no place for that by players or fans,” said Stewart. “We were intimidated out of the game with verbal abuse and threats and the game actually became incidental. “
Missouri Coach Norm Stewart was upset about a fight which broke out midway through the first half of his team’s 77-72 loss at kansas Saturday afternoon, but his main concern was the abuse he and his players took from the 9,650 kansas fans after the game.
With 13:18 left in the first half, a fight broke out underneath the Missouri basket when kansas’ Herb Nobles elbowed Missouri’s Jim Kennedy. Kim Anderson and kansas’ Donnie Von Moore and John Douglas joined in the regionally televised brawl which resulted in Kennedy and Von Moore being ejected.
“There was one other out there who actually started it and he was not touched,” said Stewart, careful not to mention Nobles by name. “He has a history and background of that and when you have an individual like that out there, there is always a possibility of a fight breaking out.”
Ted Owens would not elaborate on his version of the fight.
Stewart, who was an assistant at Missouri when the 1961 season ended at Columbia with a fight said the incident was uncalled for.
“There is no place in basketball for conduct by players, coaches, or fans like today,” Stewart said. “I’m speaking about the part of kansas university. I was disappointed at the words spoken to me by Coach Owens after the first half fight. He said something to the effect that ‘that’s how you coach basketball.”
When the contest ended, Stewart was pushed from behind by a kansas fan as he walked away from the Missouri bench, and as he and forward Clay Johnson walked to the locker room they were assaulted by another spectator. Missouri center Stan Ray also was assaulted as he tried to make his way from courtside to the locker room.
“There’s no place for that by players or fans,” said Stewart. “We were intimidated out of the game with verbal abuse and threats and the game actually became incidental. “
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