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position. Of course, we will try to develop confidence in the ability of

these starting man to de their job well, But games are unpredictable things.
The Tigers had the Jayhawks 18 to 7 at the first half in Kansas City, mut

Kansas overcame the deficit and won 34 to 27. Certainly if Missouri obtain

a lead at Columbia of such proportions, Kensas will never cateh her because

the home crowd is a convinoing tonic to a Tiger team.

| Let us think of General Douglas MacArthur's words = "Upon the fields of
friendly strife are sown the seeds which, in other years on other fields will
bear the fruits of victory.” | |

And so this intercollegiate contest, described by many as an athletic
emotional orgy, has a definite educational value. For an hour these sons

of Kansas and Missouri will be in other worlds battling and fighting for an
imaginary championship and the toga of victory. But ede the smoke of battle

is cleared away, and years have passed, these boys who played that geme will
meet on other fields in friendly strife soi will have developed a philosophy

and a forbearance that will be worth while. The game will be the halter that
will lead this fractious young bronco, the student athlete, into the more durable
areas of life. Many people wonder if athletics are worth the candle. They are
go long as the boy trains, plays, fights, piediied, and makes lasting friendships.