KFKU SPORTSCAST + April 6, 1944
SPRING SPORTS

Spring football is on in full swing at the University of Kansas.
Head Coach Henry Shenk, assisted by "lmer Schaake and Dean Nesmith, have
listed thirty-five men who have iavenked out football suits for the spring
work out. Of that number only six, - Dan Chase, center, Wayne Hird, center,
Charles Keller, guard, Charles Moffett, half, Don Barrington, fullback,
Don Faullmer, back, and Bill Chestnut, drop kicker - are lettermen. Junius
Penny, 5ob Miller, LeRoy Robinson, and John Bergin are out for traoke
Warren Riegle, only experienced end, is in a swimming class, and cannot
participate due to this conflict. Other last year's squad men who are
out are James Weatherby, back, Jim Shondell, tackle, Joe Ryan, guard, and
Harold Hill, end. All of the other men on nev men, not one of whom has
had any college experience,

Most of the practice sessions are devoted to fundamentals, with
scrimmage each Friday. In order to develop more enthusiastic tackling
on the part of the Navy boys, Conall Heury Shenk has had likenesses of
Hirohito and Hitler drawn on the two tackling dummies, It is astonishing
how viciously those boys hit those dummies with the leering countenances
now,

Athletic Director Karl Klooz is working on a tenegame football
schedule for next year. An announcement of the schedule should be made
in a few days. |

The outdoor track season is blossoming forth in promising fashion
under the splendid coaching of Ray Kanehl. Kanehl graduated at Kansas

in 1927, having won a gold track shoe on Coach Huff's Missouri Valley

Championship team. He is now in our department of Physical ‘Education,