enthusiasm of these hopeful Jayhawkers, but there are over fifty boys out striving for the honor of representing the University of Kansas this springe The following boys from the recently completed indoor track season are reporting daily for werkouts: Whitson Bodfrey in the distance runs and the javelin throw; Rolland Hamilton in the middle distance runs; Robert Lillibridge in the sprints, hurdles and the jumping events; Harvey Morrow in the pole vault; Dean Patterson in the hurdles; Jim Richey in the sprints; LeRoy Robison in the shot put, discus and javelin throw, and the high jump; William Schell in the middle distance and distance runs; Tom Scofield, last season's Big Six outdoor champion high jumper, will also broad jump and run low hurdles; Frank Stannard, Big Six indoor high hurdles champion, will com ete in the low hurdles, high jump and run in relays; William Stewart, middle distances; and John Sutton in the dashes. John Hawley, middle distance runner who competed in the indoor season, has been unable to report because of a foot operation which will delay him for some time. "The schedule for the outdoor season includes the University of Oklahoma at Norman, on April 15th; the Drake Relays, April 28 and 29; a trimgular meet with Nebraska and Kansas State probably on May 5 or 6; Iowa State at Ames, May 13; the Big Six Outdoor Meet at Lincoln, Nebraska, May 20, and a meet to be scheduled later with Pittsburg State Teachers College. "Kansas experienced a very successful indoor track season under Kanehl's tutelage. Missouri was whipped at Columbia, 67 to 37. Kansas also emerged first place winner ina triangular indoor meet at Lincoln when the Jayhawkers amassed a total of 43 2/3 points, and Nebraska was second with 41% points, while Kansas State finished third with 15 points. The Big Six Indoa@ Meet in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium feund Iowa State wiming first place with 38 points, Missouri second with 28 7" Kansas won third place with 27 1/3 points, Nebraslm fourth with 22 1/8 points, while Oklahoma was fifth with 16 points. Kansas State failed to place or to score a pointe "The outstanding place winners in the Big Six Indoor Meet, so far as Kansas was concerned, found Frank Stanrard winning first in the high hurdles and third in low hurdles; Ton Scofield tied for first place in the high jump and placed third in the broad jump; Harvey Morrow tied for first in the pole vault; and Robert Lillibridge tied for first in the broad jum e "Baseball will stage a come-back after a cessation of a year for Kansas with the diamond sport. In all probability, Acting Athletic Director Karl Klooz will engage Jackson C. Austin as coach of the baseball teame Jack Austin is in our Physical Education department in charge of ASTP mhysical trainings Jack graduated from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia in 1930 with a major in physical education and a minor in bielogical sciences. When engaged for the ASTP work Jack was working toward a Ph.D. degree at the University of Kansas. He coached and taught physical education six years before going into administrative work. Austin played quarterback for Coach Fran Weleh, and also played baseball. "The baseball schedule will of necessity be with service teams here in school and nearby camps and stations. Very few of the colleges are indulging in the national pastimee Gasoline restrictions and the inability of the baseball teams to draw on college diamonds will necessitate the scheduling of games with service teams. But the students who are in school who have an aptitude for baseball will have an opportunity to play the game of their choice and at the same time earn the right to try for a varsity letter. * "Tennis will receive attention and should be one of the prominent spring 766 sportse There are several tennis players who are students in the Navy V=-12 who have won national recognition. Professor Dick Howie, of the Sehool of Business, will coach the tennis racketeerse "The Kansas Relays are out for the duration. But on April 22nd Kansas will state her fortieth annual Kansas Interscholastic Meet on Memorial Stadium Field. Ray Kanehl, the varsity track coach, will be in charge of the hundreds’ of high school boys who will come in for this annual s pring classic. "On March 17th several hundred ASTP boys were sent in to active train- ings They left the University for southern camps. We had four men hand- - ling the ASTP physical education - Howard Porter, Elmer Schaake, Vernon Hayes and Jack Austin. This large reduction in the ASTP ranks will naturally cause a thinning out of our instructors. The deferments of Elmer Schaake and Vernon Hayes will be up May first. Howard G. Porter, a University of Missouri graduate, who came to us last August from the Argentine High School of Kansas City, Kansas, has presented his resignation effective April 15th. Porter goes to the Planeview-Beechwood Scheols, at the edge of Wichita, as a teacher of the teachers in physical educatim and recreation. Some would call it supervisor, but the superintendent doesn't like that word. This district is near the airport at Wichita, and has a population of 20,000 within a radius of one mile. It has the largest grade school in the United States, as well as large high school and junior high school,in the set-up. The Porters have been living at 2133 Vermont Street in their home which they purchased last summer. The housing conditions being what they are in Lawrence have enabled the Porters to dispose of their home readily. "The Jayhawk Club of Greater Kansas City is calling all K.U. folks to their big funfest and dinner, April 25, at the President Hotel. Charles B Shaeffer, Kansas alumnus and Regional Director of the War Production Board, as well as President of the Jayhawk Club, says: Come ye = one and all - husband, wife and family - to the big gathering of the tribe - on Tuesday evening, April 25, at the Hotel President roof ballroom - help us raise the roofs Chancellor Deane Malott and Mrs. Malott are the honored guests. K.U. professors and their wives will be there. "Shaeffer says a regular caravan from the University will be on hand to renew old friendships. Those in charge of arrangements state that as far as possible the diners will be grouped with others of your decade atschool - making it doubly easy to greet and visit with your former fellow students and friendse A good will hour will precede the dinner. From 6:15 to 7:15 you will be ina position to let your hair down and have a good timee At 7335 the call for chow will be made. While you wait you will havewmusic. George 'Dumpy' Bowles, the author of 'I'M a Jay-day-Jayhawk', has arranged for an orchestra to soothe and inspire the dinner guests while they wait. For those who faven't forgotten, the dance floor is in readiness for you to recall the old days when you were in the University and you danced at Ecke's, the Fraternal Aid, the Country Club, or the Union Building. You my not have Swede Wilson's music, or Shanty Newhouse, of any of the early day orchestras, but 'Dumpy' will have it arranged so that you will recdll old times. "The hotel has a limit of 300 persons and the first 300 reserrations to come in will be the lucky ones. No special invitation is needed ifyou are &@ Kansas alumnus, a’ former student, or a friend of the Universitye Write to Charles B. Shaeffer, care of the War Production Board, 414 Interstate Building, Kansas City, Missouri, and enclose your check for $2.50 per person, including all taxes, and your tickets will be mailed right back. 7Te "Prexy Charles says that amount is not much in times like these. He admonishes with this sentence: Let's go for old K.U. Let's let the old K.U. sporot flew once more -- it's been a long time. You will be sorry if you miss this one. Let's go for old K.U. "The football coaches will be present and there will be many an opportunity for the assembled multitude to celebrate their great victory , éver the Missouri Tigers on Kansas Memorial Firld last Thanksgiving Day in football. Kansas defeated the Tigers in football, in track, and two out of three games in basketball. Certainly with that athletic record and with good food and good music, the Jayhawk Club of Greater Kansas City should have a grand evening." es ce © It just occurs to me that we have not given some of you boys the results of the Big Six basketball seasone Iowa State and Oklahoma tied for first place with nine wins and one losse Missouri and Kansas tied for third place with five wins and five lossese Kansas defeated Missmri in the pre-season play-off games in the Municipal Auditorium, but lost at Columbia and won at Lawrence. Nebraska and Kansas State tied with one win and nine lossese At a meeting of the Athletic Board on Friday night, March 31, thirteen men were awarded the varsity K in basketball. They are = Harold "Sparky" McSpadden - captain - of ElDorade, Kansas Don Barrington, fullback on the football team - of Kansas City Charles Moffett, halfback on the football team - of Peabody Homer Sherwood - of Arkansas City Bob Turner of Tacoma, Washington William Lindquist - of Kansas City, Kansas George Dick - of McLouth, Kansas Gordon Stucker - of Lawrence Willard Frank --.of Wichita Bob Malott, son of Chancellor Malott - of Lawrence Don Diehl - of Smith Center Dean Corder - of Welda Louis Geehring - of Arkansas City x * K K * Now for the NCAA playoffs. In the Eastern N6AA, Dartmouth, Catholic University, Temple and Ohio State were the representatives of Districts l, 2, 5, and 4 Dartmouth defeated Catholic University, and Ohio State defeated Temple. Then Dartmouth defeated Ohio State, to be the Eastern NCAA champim. In the Western NCAA playoffs much difficulty was encountered. Iowa State, with a Navy unit, was finally selected, after considerable difficulty, as the 5th District representative. In the 6th District Arkansas was selected, but a traffie crossing accident maiming and killing some of the members caused Arkansas to withdraw. The University of Iowa was asked to fill in, which they did, and then later resigned. Then Missouri, with its third place civilian outfit, finally substituted for the Southwest Conference, and made a good showinge The Pacific Coast Conference did not have a playoff and consequently did not have a representative, but the authorities of the NCAA selected Pepperdine College, a school that in years previous had played in the smaller college tournament in Kansas City. Pepperdine was a ¢ivilian 786 outfite The Rocky Mountain Conference did not have a representative be- cause Utah had accepted the New York Invitation Tournament. Few Rocky Mountain Conference schools put teams in the field. That left the NCAA without a team for the 7th District. But luckily Kentucky defeated Utah in New York, and immediately Mr. C. E. McBride, a member of the NCAA 5th District Committee, phoned and got the consent of Ned Irish to send the team (Utah) on to Kansas City in time for the Western NCAA playoff. After a harrowing ride from New York, Utah arrived barely in time for the ZaMee Towa State defeated Pepperdine, and Missouri wes defeated by Utah by about 10 pointse Utah then defeated Iowa State, and Missouri annihilated Pepperdine. Utah went back to New York to meet the wimer of the Eastern NCAA playoff - Dartmouth - and Uteh won the playoff in Madison Square Garden for the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. A most interesting circumstance mde Utah the Cinderella boys of 1944 basketball. The Invitation Tournament, formerly called the Sport Writers Tournament, sponsored by Ned Irish, the Horatio Alger of Madison Square Garden basketball, assembled the outstanding teams of the nation forh their tournament playoff. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania, DePaul of Chicago, Bowling Green of Ohio, St. Johns of Brooklyn, Oklahoma Aggies, University ¢ Kentuchy, Canisius of Buffalo, and the University of Utah were all contacted and accepted the New Yorker's bide This made the Invitation Tournament THE tournament of the nation. The University of Kentucky defeated the University of Utah by 4 points in the first game playoffs, St. Johns defeated Bowling Green, Oklahoma Aggies defeated Canisius, and DePaul defeated Muhlenberg in the first rounds In the second round DePaul defeated Oklahoma Aggies 41638, and St. Johns of Brooklyn defeated the University of Kentucky 48-®. Then St. Johns of Brooklyn defeated DePaul of Chicago, making St. Johns the winner of the Invitation Tournament. In the finals of the NGAA tourn,ment played in Madison Square Garden Utah defeated Dartmouth, making Utah the champions of the NCAA. A giant Red Crpyss benefit basketball game wes planned by Ned Irish between the winner of the Invitation Tournament and the winner of the NCAA tournament. Utah, National Collegiate A.A. winner, met St. Johns, champion of the invitation tournamént, and Utah defeated St. Johns. This reference to the Cinderella boys was made because Utah, a NCAA team, passed up the National Collegiate tournament to enter the Invitation Tournament in New York. They were put out in their first game with Kentucky; then tiey were invited back into the NCAA fold to make up the Western bracket. They now came back and defeated all the NCAA teams, and then in turn defeated the Invitation champions. Mark you that they were put out in the first round of the Invitation Tournament, yet whipped the Invitation championsi Figure that out for one of the believe-it-or-not episodes. The stand out teams of the country were all members of the Invitation Tournament - Oklahoma Aggies, Kentucky, DePaul, St. Jofms. The NCAA sucked the hind teat. But they had to have Utah in there to make a tourn- ament, so they went begginge So much for the easaba game, or the round ball tussle. I told you in my previous letter that I had been up to my ears in Red Cross work. As chairman of the drive for Douglas County I was charged with the res ponsi- bility of raising $29,000. We did that all right, and then went $7,000 over our quota, so we are pretty happy. Other counties in the vicinity had a titanic struggle, so we are especially happy with the generosity of most 79.6 of the citizens in Douglas County. Some of the teachers here on Mte Oread gave $100. and others $75, because they were told that eighty-five to ninety per cent of this money went to you boys overseas. I thought it showed a wonderful spirite However, there is a certain rich man in town that gave $6.50 and they listed him on one of the early Special Gifts lists. So shocked was I at such a coincidence that I told the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon gathering that this small, niggardly gift on the part of this wealthy man would doubt- less call for a similar episode that happened to another wealthy men when he knocked on the Pearly Gates of St. Peter and asked admission. They asked him by what right he would expect to enter those pearly portals. He said because he had not been a bad man, and they asked him is he had ever done any goody He pondered quite some time in trying to recall any specific instance of good that he had donee St. Peter appointed three angels as a committee to hear his case. After sweating him for some 30 minutes this wealthy fellew recalled that he had walked up Massachusetts Street one evening before Thanksgiving when it was snowing and bitterly cold. He passed along by the Crown Drug Store and just abeut fifty feet past there was a Salvation Army lass in a booth ringing a bell and holding out her coin kettle. This rich mn stated that he went on past about thirty steps, then retraced his steps and re recalled distinctly that he dropped three pennies into the brass kettle. The angels went into executive session, cogitated, meditated and deliberated, and finally they came to this decision: "Let's give him back his three pennies and tell him to go to hell." This is exactly the way I feel, and personally I would have liked to give this fellow back his $6.50 and told him where to go. But we have a better direction from Lt. Warren Hodges, who sent us the admonition of Pfc. Harold Fleming of Ft. Bragg, N.C. Doubtless most ef you boys have seen this in Stars and Stripes, but for many of mr boys on this side we repeat it -= First Epistle to the Selectees le Lo, all ye miserable sinners, entering through the Gate of Induction into the Land of Khaki, hearken unto my words; for I have dwelt in this land for many months and mine eyes have witnessed all manner of folly and woe. Ze Verily have I tasted of the bitter Fruit of TS and drained the dregs of the Cup of Snafu: Se Gird up thy loins, my son, and take up the olive drab; but act slowly and with exceeding care and hearken first to the counsel of a wiser and sadder man than thou: 4, Beware thou the Sergeant who is efélled First; he has a pleased and foolish look but he concealeth a serpent in his hearte 5e Avoid him when he speaketh low and his lips smileth; he smileth not for thee; his heart rejoiceth at the sight of thy youth and thine ignorance. 6. He will smile and smile and work all manner of evil agains t thee. A wise man shuns the orderly room, but the fool shall 806 Te Se De 10. il. 126 13. 14. 156 16. 1l7e 18. 19. 206 21. 22e dwell in the kitchen forever. Unto all things there is a time: there is a time to spe&x and a time to be silent; be thou like unto stone in the presence of thy superiors, and keep thy tongue still when they shall call for volunteers. The wise man searcheth out the easy details, but only a fool sticketh out his neck. Look thou with disfaver upon the newly made corporal; he prizeth much his stripes:and is proud and foolish; he laugheth and joketh much with the older noncoms.and looketh upon the private with a frown. He would fain go to OCS, but he is not qualified. Know thou that the Sergeant of the Mess is a man of many moods: when he looketh pleased and his words are like honey, the wise KP seeketh him out and praiseth his chow and lautheth much at his jests: But when he moveth with great haste and the sweat standet on his brow and he curseth under his breath, make thyself searce; for he will fall like a whirlwind upon the fale and the goldbrick shall know his wrathe The Supply Sergeant is a lazy man and worketh nots; but he is the keeper of many good things: if thou wouldst wear well-fitting raiment and avoid the statement of charges, make him thy friend. He prizeth drunkenness above all things. He careth not for praise or flattery, but lend him thy lucre and thy liquor and he will love thee. Hell hath no fury, like the Shavetail scorned: he walketh with a swagger and regardeth the enlisted man with a raised eyebrow; he leoketh upon his bars with exceeding pleasure and loveth a salute mightily. Act thou lowly unto him and call him sir and he will love theee Damned be he who standeth first in the line of chow and short- steppeth the dessert and cinecheth the coffee. He taketh from the meat dish with a heavy hand and leaveth thee the bonyyvparte He is thrice cursed, and all people, even unte the pfes, will revile him and spit upon him: for his name is called Chow Hound, and he is an abomination. Know thou the Big Operator, but trust him net: he worketh always upon a deal and he speaketh confidentially. He knoweth many women and goeth into town every night; he borreweth all thy money; yea, even unto thy ration check. 8le 25 He promiseth to fix thee up, but doth not do it. 24. Beware thou the Old Man, for he will make thee sweat; when he appreacheth, look thou on the ball; he loveth to chew upon thy posterior. 25- Keep thou out of his sight and let him not know thee by name: for he who arouseth the wrath of the Old Man shall go many times unto the chaplain. Selah. * KX KK * Mre Clyde E. McBride, in his Sporting Comment of March 31, prints the following: "An Honor Citation for K.U.'s T.P. Hunter, Former Basketball Gard. "When T.P. Hunter was a splendid guard on K.U. basketball teams he may have been a trifle shy on the scoring end of the game, but from all indications, as a marine he is heavy of the offensive. "If you have any lingering doubt on that point, have a leek at the following citation for meritorious service awarded to First Lieut. Thomas P. Hunter, Jre, of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, by Maj. A. He Turnage of the Marines: 'On November 7, 1943, you were the leader of a 30-man combat patrol, sent beyond your battalion's lines in the area of the Numa Numa-Piva trail, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands, for the purpose of gaining in- formation as to enemy installations and troep dispositions. Encomtering the rear of a Japanese canpany, you aggressively led your men in an attack, during which they at times engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Throughout this engagement you and your men were subjected to heavy machine- gun, grenade and rifle fire, and you performed your duties at great personal risk. Your patrol put two Japanese machine guns out of action and killed an estimated twenty-five enemy soldiers with comparatively minor losses among its own personnel. Upon the conclusion of the engagement you withirew the patrol with its wounded to yeur own lines, where you furnished valuable in- formation, obtained during the reconnaissance, to your commanding officer. Your conduct was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States naval service.' "Lieutenant Hunter was a Pi K.A. at Kansas, where he played tasketball on the squads of 1939=42. He was graduated in 1942 and entered tle marine corps in July of that year, receiving his commission at Quantico, Va." We knew the outstanding citizen of Margaret, Texas, Oklahoma Ciity, Hutchinson, Kansas, Centralia, Illinois, and the University of Kansas would never get off the Japs' tails once he started after them! His latest address is Co. E, 2nd Bn.e, 9th Mar., e/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco. Since we have used so much space in giving spert dope, we fim it the best means of conserving paper, the number one bottle neck at the present time, to merely give the addresses of some of the beys = your friends, so that you communicate with your buddy when the time and opportunity permite A/C Otte O Schnellbacher, Ense John C. Krun, Sqde 85, Bks C, B-N School, USS Frederick Funston, S.A A-A.Be, c/o Fleet Postoffice, Santa Ana, California. San Francisce, California. 826 Ens. A. M. Brown, Cddet Regiment, Naval Air Station, Grosse Ile, Mich. Pvt. Nelson H. Sullivan, APO 7582, c/o P.Me, New York, N.Y. Ens. Delbert Campbell, USS L.S.T. 241, c/o Fleet Postmaster, San Francisco, California. A/s Don Johnson Section 502, Billet B-309, Pre-Midshipman's School, Asbury Park, N.d. Lt. Harlam 0. Altman, Jr., Casual Officers Post, Camp Haan, California. Lt. John Cress, 58th A.A.F.F.T.D., Orangeburg, S.C. Ens. €. E. Russell, Jr., USS L.S.T. 468, c/o Fleet Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Pvt. Wm. B. Haynes, Co. E, Plt. 2, Marine Det., Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. * OK KK KK Lt. Dave Shirk, Athl. and Rec. Officer Hq. Acad. Regiment, Ft. Benning, Georgia. Ens. M. Le Breidenthal, Jr., Us8sSs FC. 1264, c/o Fleet Postoffice, New York, N.Y. Ens. Roy A. Edwards, | USS - LC1054, c/o Fleet Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Vance Hall, Instructor, A.A.F.F.1T.D., Blythe, California. Lt. W. C. Hartley, Post Hdqr., Ft. McDowell, Angel Island, California. Cpl. Robert J. Busby, Box 8813, University Station, Baton Rouge, La. Pvt. Keith C. Grant, USIICR, General Supply Co., : 6th Base Depot, c/o Fleet P.0., Sen Francisco, California. Pvt. Robert L. Bock, 306 T.G., 306 Bks., Sheppard,Field, Texas. Remember, every day that we live, work and fight we are getting one day nearer victory, and may that day of victory be soon because we want to see all of you back here at home. And remember, too, that we are planning back home that your job will be waiting when you return. FCA:AH Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. 83.6 JAYHAWK REBOUNDS ak Oe cen tate ; : April 7,- 1944. i eh sient Dear Fellow Jayhawkers : ee, ee oe et. OF VS. On March 30th at 9:30 poem. over Station KFKU I dedicated.my..,. breadcast to our men on the fighting fronts overseas. I am quoting that. broadcast as a part of my letter to yous. = =. © 5 Oe tS iets. aw ee ae ee "Someone has said, 'Cnly those are. fit to -live who are not afraid to diet. This statement brings a graphic picture of the activitigs..of Maj. - Fenlon ‘A. Durand, U. S. Marine Corps (H-S Co. end Amph, ‘Tra,.Bne,, .2nd.Mane Dive, c/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco) a’ K man in varsity, basketball end track, whose home is in Junction City, Kansase Major Fen was. awarded ‘the Silver Star medal for gallantry and intrepidity. in action against, the enemy in battle fighting at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The award was presented him by Admiral Nimitz at‘an undisclesed point in the Pacifie on March first. The citation accompanying the award stated: .'For conspicue ous gallantry and. intrepidity during: aotion against enemy Japanese. forces in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, November 20, 1943, while serving with the — Second Amphibian Tractor Battalion, Second Marine Division. While lead- ing his company of amphibian tractors’ during the initial assault.on this island, Major Durand’'s command tractor was unmobilized. end set. ofire ,one hundred yards from the beach by enemy shell fire.. Taking command of’ the infantry troops in his tractors, he caused them to abandon the tractor and disperse in the shallow water. shertly before: two more enemy, shells com- pletely demolished the tractor. In the water ho found-his crew.ahief. who had been blown out’ of the. tractor and:was. suffering from: numerous . shrapnel wounds and the loss cf both légs. Although subjected tc..concentrated .. enemy sniper ond machine gun fire, Major Durand imprevised tourniquets,., and rendered first-aid to his crew-chief. Then; with utter disregard. for his own personal safety, he supported the wounded-marine in the. water, and swam with him for-more than’an hour in an effort to save, his. crew chief's life. His gallant courage and heroic conduct were in keeping with the. highest traditicns: of the-United States Marine Corpse!) § Uo». pet cas: ‘"a'miraculous .incident happened during: this time. While tewing his chief, a shell striick the raft, completely: obliterating from.sight. the... chief and the raft, yet Fen: Durand escaped uninjured... os oii aa ete “"On our home -front, blood: plasma’is’ the mest precious. contribution that we-can make to our fighting men. In the closing. days of the, Red Cress War Fund drive it is fitting that.we should.call to,.the attention, of..ow friends that’ wé cannot give tco much to our men who: are fighting and, bleed- ingen the many fronts. - Our-blood «-a pint scientifi¢dlly ‘drawn .while. we comfortably lie on a nurse's cot - costs us little. .Afterwards we are, even served bouillon; -pineapple-ice and wafers, and. we: are led -by.a..-- - nurse's aide from the cot to a ‘comfortable. resting place to. recuperate. Our boys at the’ battle fronts,..whsse blood is..savagely: spilt, costs..them much, or perhaps all. pe a a se . ‘"Cassino,sinzio, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa -- all ef these ‘ and others remind-us of terrible days for cur boys _ The.Red.Cress at his Ze side while fighting constantly and heroically on every front and the seven seas, still wants and needs your money. Wo gave most generously last fall to the community chest and wor fund drive fer those in army camps, U.S.0., and so forth. We bought bonds - billions of them - but that was no sacri- fice. We loaned our money to our government ot a better rate of interest than any small investor could make with any bank. We have given generous- ly to the Red Cross. We actually gave a small part of what we actually owe to our boys who critically need the Red Cross humane service. Douglas County went over the top according to her quota. We did tremendously well, but according to what we individually owe these boys it is still smll; piti- fully small. There is still one more day before the Red Cross drive closes, but contributions for this fund’.should never cease. The Red Cross offices in every city of our land‘are cpen to receive your contribution for this .. most humane service. If you have given, you can give more, and if you have not given the most you can, give again and it.will not be too much. Won't you call your'Red Cross office and make an odditional pledge which will in- sure blood plasma for our boys who need it so much? In cases of shock,. blood plasma is so vital. Many of these boys who have gone through these exterminating holocausts of war are quickly brought back by administrations of blood plasma. I have never heard a returning veteran from any front fail to praise to the limit the wonderful work of the Red Crosse ‘Doubtless Fen Durand oa Te Hunter are ‘iene the kindly ministrati ons of the Red Cross at the present time. in their rest comp. You con make it possible with your contributions to a. these boys. back . to us” in the ‘best | nes ssbie., soneite Pe: “"I would not have you ‘heliove that 'eaq¢ the athletes are winning this-war, It would be a mighty small band of fighters if all the athletes in the United States were banded together, Those who saw Jewish cloak and suit workers from New York's lower. East side. go out under shell fire to repair: broken wires on: the. hillsides of the Argonne..in World war I, know ' ‘that the non-athletes were as heroic as-the athletes. Men who had. never played games of any sort held off an embattled world in arms cver four years, This also applies to our boys in World War II. Quiet and modest young: chaps from the faotory and the farm are.marching along with our athletes and doing. deeds of heroic valor alcng with our athletic heroes. "Tt has been my pleasure to write a monthly letter to our boys in the service. We -started addressing it only to our. athletes, but the mail- ing list has enlarged and today we are sending it to many Jayhawkers from Mt. Oread who have never participated in athletics. “We got our original conception from a conversation that I had with Uncle Jimmy Green, former Dean of the Law School at the University of Kansas. . Uncle. Jimmy. Green's - statue, which starids in front of. Green Hall, testifies. to tho love and de- votion of his: boys who caused to be crected a statue of bronze in his momery. After the Armistice ofter World War I, I met-Uncle Jimmy Green on the campus. He said, "Well, Phog, I promised my boys when they went overseas that I would wait here wntil they got back. I.am just waiting .now for-their return and when they get-back I will be happy." Uncle Jimmy Green felt that he owed his boys a great debt because oe went overseas to do something he personally could not doe ' “When this war came. on it was impossible to write:a letter to every- one of our athlétes that we had known. We struok upcn the. idea of writing Se the Jayhawk Rebounds, giving the names and addresses of the various boys in the service. In this way cur letter scfved a two-fold purpese -- it gave some of the news of the University ond it also gave the latest addresses to our fighting Jayhawkers, By this method many of the boys who were unable to get the addresses cf their buddies otherwise were able to communicate immediately with old pals. "Major Fen Durend, in'a very shert and modest letter of March 20, writes: ‘Recently several Jayhawkers out this way made promotions -- Bill Jones to Lt, Col,, and Bill McKinley and myself to Major. Jones’ promotion resulted from his excellent job at Tarawa as battalion commander = a spot promotion. Jones ond I were also awarded Silver Star Medals as a result of the Tarawa action. ly father recently wrote regarding your excellent talk to a civic group in Junction City. Your mention of his sons in your talk gave him oa roal' thrill and made him very jubilant... . Your Jayhawk Rebounds still provide a lot of excellent reading matter for mes, Its my ‘only medium for eaeP ive ve with what many of my old buddies are Gainge “wPirat feortseent T. Po Hunter (Co. E, 2nd Bn. 9th Mar.; “/é Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco), after the rough, tough drubbing that his ~~ Marines gave the Japs at Bougainville, wrote that everything was going fine until cne day they got his boys in a hot box. He said, "I thought - for a while they were going to call in some of the outfielders and get us out.' Using his- baseball terminology in a clever way, he said that the American Marines retired the Japs in order, which to the Japs | means dis+ crders Gave them the old PRE TEs a 1 "Ete ‘clint Reeae (USS dinero. c/o Fleet Se aplio. San Pano) -was one of our American Marines who hit the Japs at Gueda%sunal. fhon. he came back to visit us in the States ond returned to San Diego where he- took off ina destroyer. And he was in the Marshall Islands fuss. Fred Eber- hardt was the only K,U. man that Clint ran ACTOSS. %o doubt there were ' more. Reports are that Grek is sagely back on his ship ond off apedan 4 to ‘ some saa Bee "Ye have a number of Jayhowkers manning PT boats - Knute Kresie, Johnny Kline, Hub Ulrich, Eddie Linguist. Knute Kresie says they" are not _ looking for Dorothy Lomours when they busz around those —— e "Among our beys in Englond are Capt, Paul Harrington (77th Evace Hosp., APO 505, New York); Ens. Ralph 4, Skhaoke (Navy 246, c/o Fleet P.0. New York); Lt. John a. Pfitsch (448 AAA -AW-Bn, APO 638, New York); Pfo. Wilson R. Bob Fitzpatrick (Hdq.E,B.S., APO 517, New Tock)s and Pvt. WE, Bill Bradford (Sqdn B,..Fdwds +17 RCO-ZVN, sich 635, New York). "Ensign Beb 12 is with a es in -the Atlantic fleet, and ibs Gene Haynes is oan assistant navigator aberad the battleship Alabewte "Charles it W422 40m Arthur, Navy bombardiers, who with their: - bombers have smashed every Jap island: before invasion, are beth back in Lawrence, and Charles was married last-night to Miss Anne Bowen. Both boys appeared before the War Dads at the Odd Fellows Hall last Monday evening end thrilled the war dads with their modest tales of bombing "lake, Guadal- canal, Bougainville, Truk, the Marshalls, ond other unpronouncable names so far'as I'am concerned; but they didn't miss o single one of the Jap | 4. strongholds. The most thrilling story was reccunted by Charles ond Bill whon they described the reseue of an wweriszaa aviater who kad been shot dcewn and landed in the Trik basin. One cf the fliers sweovusd down ond picked the boy up amid the mest facree tarrage that the Japs cculd throw at the rescuers of this bey. And the interesting part about it was thot the man who rescued the falien flier had never seen: him before - but he was.an ‘anerivan to nim and he was not going to let the Japs have him. That is the bost barometer of the morale. of our fighting Yanks. "Lt. Robert P. Hagen (416th Night Fighter Sqd., APO 650, New York) is a K.U. boy on one ef the night fighters in Englond and he warts sce news of his Kansas budiies. He has been gone since last May. He hes teen in Africa ond Italy... Mrs. Hub Ulrich, who is one of the receptionists at the studont hospitel, asked me to put Lt, Bob on the moiling list. Lots of good luck to you, Bob, ond may you have successful hunting. _.. "Col. Lyie S. Powell. wrote us but did not give his address. We had to find it out S 5215 1.7.C., APO 430, New York. ie understand he is ccing a& great job in China, And Major H. Penfield Jones, who operated Generel McNair ond Wes Gallagher, the AP correspondent in Italy, is doing a phenom- enal job. in his highiy skilled surgical work. o "In.the Pacific we also have Eng. Howard Engleman (USS England, D.E. 635, c/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco); Willard Le Bill Winey (EQ, lst Bn. 7th Morines, c/o Flect Postoffice, San Francisco); ond Lieut. Ole Nosmith (v.D. 1, c/o Fleet rustcffice, San Francisco). Lieut. Ole was captain of our 1954 football team, He is with the aerial photo reconnaisance group in . the Pacific and has been there fcr mcre then a years Denzel Gibbens, a navigator on a Liberator, in New Guinea, is a brother cf Chester Gibbens, who was a footbail star in his own right whenho -almest single-handedly beat the hansas Aggies here two years ogo. .i highly omusing and yet pro- phetic happening cccurred at the.Joyhawk Cafe when Denzel and. Dean Nesmith were sitting at the counter while the basketball team were eating their pre- game lunch, NCAA playoff. After a harrowing ride fron. New York, Utah arrived bareiy in time for the game. Iowa State defeated Pepperdine, and Missouri was defeated by Utah by about 10 points. Utah then defeated ,Jowa State, | and Missouri ,annihi- lated Pepperdine. Utah went bask to New York to ‘meet the winner of the Eastern NCAA playoff --Dartmouth - ond Utah won, the playoff in Madison Square Garden for the Naticnal Collegiate Athletic Association. _chempionshipe k. sdsi interesting circumstance made Utah the Cinderella boys of 1944 basketball. The Invitation Tournament, formerly called the Sport Writers. Tournament, sponsored by Ned Irish, the Horatio Alger of Madiscn Square Garden basketball, assembled the outstanding teams of ‘the nation for their tournament playoff. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania, DePaul of Chicago, Bowling Green of Ohio, St. Johns of Brooklyn, Oklahoma Aggies, University of Kentucky, Canisius of Buffalo, and the University of. Utah were oll contacted-and accepted the New Yorker's bid. This made the In- vitation Tournament THE tournament of the nation. The University of Kentucky. defeated the University cf Utah ‘by 4 points in the first game playoffs, St. Johns defeated Brwling Green, Oklahoma Aggies defeated - Conisius, and DePaul defeated Muhlenberg in, .the first rounde In the. second 10. round DePaul defeated Oklahoma Aggies 41-38, and St. Johns of Brooklyn de- feated the University of Kentucky 48-45. Then St. Johns of Brooklyn de- focated DsPsul of Chicago, making St. Johns the winner of the Invitation Tournament. In the firais of the NCAA tournement played in Madison Square Garien Uteh defeated Dartmouth, making Utah the chempions of the NCAA. da giant Red Cross benefit basketball game was planned by Ned Irish . between the winner cf the Invitation Tournament and the winner cf the NCAA toarnament. Utah, National Collegiate A.A... winner, met St. Jchns, champion of the Invitation tournament, and Utah defeated St. Jchns. This reference to tne Cinderella boys was made because Utah, a NCAA team, passed up the National Collegiate tournament to enter the Invitation Tvurnament in New York. Thsy were put out in their first game with Kentucky; then they were invited back into the NCAA fold to make up the Western bracket. They now came back and defeated all the NCAA teams, and then in turn defeated the Invitation champicns. Mark you that they were put cut in the first round of the Invitation Tournament, yet whipped the Invitation Sfp tonne Figure that out frr one cf the Wade sua aitbaceee: episodes. The stand out teams of the country wére oll members cf the Invitation Tournament - Oklahoma Aggies, Kentucky, DePaul, St. Johns.- The NCAA sucked the hind teat. But they had to have Utah in there to make a nomen, sO they wont begging, So much for the-casaba game, or the round ball tussle. I told you in my previous letter that I had been up to my ears in Red Cross work. As chairman of the drive fs? Douglas Ceunty I was charged with the respensi- bility of raising $29,200. We did that all right, and then went $7,000 over our quota, so we aro pretty huppy. Cther counties in the vicinity had a titanic struggle, so we are especially happy with the generucity of most of the citizens in Douglas County. Some of the teachers here on Mt. Oread gave $100, and others $75, because they were told that eighty-five to ninety per cent of this moncy went to you boys oversens. I thought it showed a wonderful spirit. . However, there is a certain rich man in town that gave $6.50 and they listed him on ono of the early Special Gifts lists. So shocked wae I at such a coindidence that I told the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon gathering that this small, niggardly gift on thé part of this wealthy man would doubt- less call for a similar cpisode that happened to another epee he knocked on the Pearly Gates of St. Peter and asked admission. They asked him by what right he should expoct to enter those pearly portals. He said because he had not been a bad man, and they asked him if. he had ever done any good, He pondered quite some time in trying to recall any specific instance of good that he hed done. St. Peter appointed three angels as a committee to hear his case. after sweating him for some- 30 minutes this wealthy fellow recalled that he had walked up Massachusetts Street one evening before Thanksgiving when it was snowing and bitterly cold. He passed along by the Crown Drug Store and just about fifty feet past there was a Salvation Army lass in a bor4s ringing a bell and holding out her coin kettle. This rich man stated that he went on past about thirty steps, then retraced his steps and he recalled distinctly that he dropped three pennies into the brass kettle. The angels went into executive session, ll. cogitated, meditated and deliberated, and finally they came to this decisions “Let's give him back his three pennies and tell him to go to heli," This is exactly the way I feel, ond -personally I would have liked to give.this fellow back his $6.50 and-told him where to goe But we have ao better-direction from Lt. Warren Hodges, who sent us the admonition of Pfc. Harold Fleming of Ft. Bragg, Ne Ce Doubtless most of you-boys have seon.this in.Stars and Stripes, but = many of our boys on this side we — it <«. ~ ‘. First Epistle to The Sulesbeus 1. Lo, all ye miserable sinners, entering through the Gate of Induction into the Land of Khaki, hearken unto my words}; for I have dwelt. in. this land for many months and mine eyes have witnessed ell manner of folly and woe. ' 2e Verily have. I, tasted of the bitter Fruit of TS.and drained . the — of - ~ of Snafus 3. Gira up typ ie my. son, and take “up aa olive aed: but act slowly and with exceeding care and hearken first to the counsel of .a-wiser and sadder man than thou: «-° ,:: : .4..Beware thou the Sergeant who is:called First; he has.a pleased and ‘foolish look-but he concealeth a serpent in his he _ ° Gy. ayeba Wha whee ho en ‘tt canal: Sah tips sktadins: hie smileth not for thee; his heart — ot the a of HO thy eae oa i owen ignorancée. .., p : > “Be He will ae gee smile and. work al manner oe: aA against the. A wise man shuns the orderly room, but the ne shall . dwell..in the kitchen, forever. -- past . eoge By ao 7. thine: all things there is a times there is a time to speak and a. time to be-silent; be thou like wmto.stone in the presence of thy.. superiors, and keep thy: tongue still when they shall opt for volunteers. 8. The wise man ‘espiedia” im the easy details, | bite only a _-, fool sticketh out his neck, : Fs 9. Look thou eh Macias upon the-newly-made corporal; he prizeth much his stripes and is proud and foolish; he laugheth and joketh much-with the older noncoms and, looketh upon the private with a from. - sh 10. He would fain go to OCs, but ‘ie oat cite 11. Know thou that the Sergeant of the Mess is a man of many moods: when he looketh pleased and his words are like 12. honey, the wie KP seeketh him oot and ptidegsh ste chow | and laugheth much at his jests: ' 12, But when he moveth with great haste and the sweat standeth on his brow: andhe curseth under his breath, make thyself scarce; for he will fall like a whirlwind upon the idle and - the apenas shall know his insure t= 15. The Supply Seersoast is--a liey mon ia ‘wcirbebh not; but’ he is the keeper of many good things: if thou wouldst: wear’ well-fitting raiment and avoid = statement of aitacnss: make Tite thy friend, «8 ee | 14. — drunkenness: goers oll a. a : “ woe Sy 15. He: seeuth ike Sor dette or: Alattorys but lend him i lucre and. thy. liquor and he will love thee. ©. - -! 16. Hell hath no fury liké a Shavetail scornéd: he walketh with a swagger ond regdrdeth the enlisted man with a raised eyebrows; he looketh upon his bars: with a da 4 epead id “and loveth a _salute att iys 17. hot thou ivi: “oke him and onl X him ar and he will love thee. 1. fae Ge ba wk eek first'in the line of chow:and short- . stoppeth the dessert and cincheth' the: onegter: é 19, He taketh from the meat dish with a heavy hand and | Leqveth * thee the pig part. : 20. He is erty dndead; and all people, even unto te pfes, will revile him and spit upon him: for his hame a patled Chow: ee and- he is an abomination. : 21. Rad thou the Big Opérentar’s but oradt him nots he worketh = EO a — _— he ae confidentially. 22, He knoweth many women dint goeth into town every night; he borroweth all thy oe yea, even =— - coe oe eens 256 He ——— to fix neues Ups but. aay * note 24. Beware tabli the Ola Man, for he will make thee ‘sweat; when _ he approacheth, look thou on the —! he loveth to chew = apes Sis petortor.- he ae Kéep Hho out’ of ie: ihe and let him not know ame by name: for he who asreuseth the wrath of ‘the Old Man shall go sr a unto the eo Selah “ae de ae oe 156 lir. Clyde E. licBride, in his Sporting Comment of March 31, pone the following: 5. "An Honor Citation for K U.'s T. Ps Hunter, Former Basketball Guarde "\hen T P, Sate was a splendid guard on K.U. basketball toams he may have.been a trifle shy on the sccring end of the game, but from all in- dications, .as a marine he is heavy on the offensive. "If you have any’ Jingering doubt on that point, nies a Sock be. the following citation for meritorious service awarded to First. Lieut. Thomas P. Hunter, jre, of the th S. Marine Corps Reserve, by ide ee He Turnage of the Nearigeae: 2% 055. On Movember 2 “1943, you ¥ were the leader of a Scan .diibat Seu: sent beyond your bottolicnts lines in the areca of the Numa Numa-Piva trail, Bou- gainville Island, British Solomon Islands, for the purpose of gaining ine formation as to cnemy installations and troop dispositions. Encountering the-rear of a Japanese company, you aggressively led your men in an attack, during which they at.times engaged in hand-to-hand combat with- the onemy. Throughout this engagement you and your men were subjected to heavy machine- gun, grenade and-rifle firé, and you performed yopr duties at great personal risk.. Your. ‘patrol put two Japanese machine guns out of action and killed an estimdtod ‘twenty-five enomy soldiers with comparatively minor losses among its own personnel,:: ‘Upon the conclusion of the, engagement you: withdrew the patrol with its wounded to your own lines, where you furnished valuable in- formation, obtained during the reconnaissance, to your commanding officer. Your conduct was’ in. re with the highest srad ere of. the United, States naval service.’ ~ "Lioutenant Hunter was a Pi K.A. at Kansas, where he played basket= ball on the squads of 1939-42, He was graduated in 1942 and entered the marine corps. in. duly of wage years, BO Star te his commission at Quantico, Va." @ _ We "tees the cue ee oitizen of. seer amal, on (Oklehome’ City, Hutchinson, Kansas, Centralia, Illinois, and the University of Kansas would never got off the.Japs' tails once:he started after thems His: latest. address is Co. E, 2nd Bn.e, 9th Mar., c/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco. Since we have used so much space. in giving sport dope, we find it the best means of conserving paper, the number one bottle neck at the present time, to merely give the addresses of some of the boys =~ your friends, so that you may ccmmunicate with your buddy when the time and opportunity permit. A/c Otto 0. Schnellbacher, Ens. John C. Krun, Sqd. 83, Bks C, B-N School, USS Frederick Funston, SA AchoBo, leas vg c/o Flect Postoffice, Santa wna, California. (2) . 8 . Sem Prometises, California, — Bus. i. Ms Brown, Lt. Dave Shirk, Cadet Regiment, Athl. & Rec. Officer, Naval air Station, Hq. ncad. Regiment, Grosse Ile, Mich. Ft. Benning, Georgia. Pvt. Nelson H. Sullivan, Ens. Me Le Breidenthal, Jr., APO 7582, c/o Pill, U.8.8. Pits 190, New York, N.Y. c/o Fleet Postoffice, New York, N.Y. Ens. Delbert Campbell, USe Leoels cts; c/o Fleet Postmaster, San Frenoisto, California. s/s Den Jehnson Section 502, Billet B-309, Pre-Midshipman's School, Asbury Park, N.J. Lt. Harlam C. Altman, Je, Casual Officers Post, Camp Haan, Califernia. Lite John Cress, : 68 %th: AcAcFeFeToDeo 9 ‘ Orangeburg,’ oe re Ens. Cs Be Russell,’ Jr, USS L.S.T« 468,. c/o Fleet. Postmaster, San: aes California. Pvt. Wms Be Haymes, _Co..8, Plte 2, Merine Det., Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, ak kK 14, Ens. Roy A. Edwards, USS - LC1054, c/o Fle et Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Vance Hall, metructtr, A.APsPsT.D., -. Blythe, California. oygtey eee Lt. W. C. Hartley, °° °°: Post Hdqr., Ft. McDowell, °* Angel Island, California. Cpl. Robert J, Busby, aes Box 8813, University Stati ti, : Baton Rouge, La. ie Pvt. Keith C. Grant, ‘USHCR, General Supply Co., E 6th Base Depet, c/o Fleet P, Oe San Francisco, Califernias e ° Pet. Rebert Le Bock, 306 T. G., 306 Bks., © Sheppard Field, Texas. | Remember, every day that we live, werk and fight we are getting ene day nearer victory, and may that day of victory be soen because we want to see oll of you back here at home. And remeribor, too, that we are planning back heme that your job will be waiting when you return. FCA:AH teow