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There will be no varsity baseball at the University of Kansas this spring
season of 1943, Inabi lity to schedule games is the chief reason. The Reception
Center at Leavenworth and the Machinists Mates School here on Mts Oread have
not started their baseball practice as yet. There is a rule in the Big Six
Gontuvease weiteh prohibits teams of the Big Six from scheduling schools below
their academic rank, This prohibits practice games with the Haskell Indians.
Kansas Aggies are not playing baseball. , The greatly curtailed budget for the
baseball team prohibits games with other Big Six schools.

Kansas gould have a very much stronger infield than last year, but her
outfield would be much weaker. ve have no Knute Kresie or T. P. Hunter this:
year for pitehing assignuents. ‘in tank: no pitchers of experience are avail-
able. Warren Hodges, crack versity catcher last year and clutch hitter, could
be available, but he is working as a meat cutter ‘at one of the downtown butcher
shops in the afternoons, He would be available for versity play but this
essential industry for him is of ties consideration.

It was therefore decided to call off varsity baseball practice since
final examinations start May 8th, giving too short a time to get in a satis~
factory number of practice and match games before the seexies is over.

The war psychology is definitely doing sone thing to intercollegiate sports.
For instance, one day before our decisive basketball game with Oklahoma, Armand
Dixon, a regular, left to visit his home in California rather than to play in
that important contest. For the tirwurt game at Colunbia, Missouri, on Maroh
end, Ray Evans decided at the last moment to pass up this important game and
he did not accompany the team to Columbia, but upon second sonsideration caught
the train the following morning to arriye in Columbia just prior to the game.
Then all the basketball play ers yuiaed up the Creighton game, with the exception

of Buescher and he was not called into service. They did, however, return for