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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 17, 1967
Zook in love with game
KU defensive star shines
LINEMAN OF THE WEEK
Big Eight lineman of the week John Zook (83) is shown here in a scene which seems to repeat itself with great consistency every Saturday afternoon—blitzing an opposing quarterback. The Larned junior topped KU tacklers against powerful Nebraska with 15 stops.
"Who wouldn't like to see John Zook?"
Just then I saw last weekend's hero stride into the lobby at Joseph R. Pearson Hall, camoufaged in a blue sport shirt and moving slower than he does as KU's defensive end.
I followed him past the disbelieving swithboard operator who had told me Zook was in "study hall."
"My grades are good enough that I don't have to go to study hall," he said, rolling a thick biology notebook in one fist as he settled his 218 pounds onto a soft couch in the lounge of Joseph R. Pearson.
"I barely have time to go to class—especially when the wind blows too hard, or it's raining, or snowing, or . . ."
Has early classes.
Zook could laugh about a "King's X" enrollment card that got him 7:30 classes four days a week. After the biology test he had just taken, he said it was a good thing he could "sleep in" this morning.
"There aren't too many classes I like," said the junior in physical education, who says he may become a high school coach, but has not yet thought much about professional prospects.
"But I do enjoy biology lab 'cause we have to cut things up!"
He, like the empty lounge, was quiet between comments on Saturday's game that had won him Big Eight Lineman of the Week honors. An intent expression crossed his face as he rubbed a bandage on the palm of one hand and 'told why he wasn't blocked on any of his five solo tackles.
Conditions important
"If you're in good shape," he said. "I don't think you'll get hurt." Later he added, "It gets pretty rough" when several teammates in his elementary school physical education class play dodge ball.
The Larned junior eats "everything that's good" at JRF's training table, and usually goes out for a hamburger before going to bed at night.
While we were talking, he ignored the switchboard operator who was paging him this time for a long distance call. In his easy-going manner he also passed off a summons to floor meeting from roommate Keith Christiansen.
"I'm pretty independent," he said in explanation of not pleading a fraternity and attending such "club meetings."
"I get enough looking after from the coaches. They keep pretty good track of us."
Zook, who participates in intramural basketball during the off season, reports he started playing football because "it was the thing to do during recess," in grade school.
At any game "the big thing is to always talk about how your high school did the week before," Zook said of his team. "Not many of us played against each other in high school."
Zook reports because he is "concentrating on plays" to "do (his) job" during play, he doesn't notice crowds, but Saturday "there was more enthusiasm than in a long time from fans here."
Zook never misses KU basketball, but doesn't follow the lesser sports. During the off-season he frequently visits local entertainment spots with teammates, and goes to parties with them now. Where does he take dates—or does he have time for them?
"Oh, let's not talk about that!" he said.
Intramural activity
Close games have highlighted action in recent KU intramural football contests. Monday's games involved Independent "A" league teams, while Friday's contests were a mixture of Fraternity "B," Fraternity "A" and Independent "A" gridiron tussles.
In Monday's action, McCollum sneaked by KUPE in a close game, 15-14. Walby passed by Bryant and Swafford for the McCollum touchdowns, while Faulk booted a field goal for the one-point edge.
In another breathtaker, Grace Pearson slipped by Pearson Scholarship Hall 6-0 to move ahead in the division standings. Mike Geitz scored the lore counter for Grace Pearson.
In other Independent "A" action Monday, Chapter Eternal crushed Joseph R. Pearson, 16-0, while Jolliffe won by forfeit over Stephenson.
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Gymnasts condition for seasonal opener
Some, furiously, throw themselves on the floor; others strain to pull themselves onto wooden bars; a few hang suspended from metal rings. The gymnastics team has begun practice.
Actually, practice began in mid- September. Now, the team is getting ready for its first two championship meets, according to Bob Lockwood, head coach.
The first meet, scheduled for Nov. 11, will be "an open, all-around invitational meet," Lockwood said. "We have invited teams from the Big Eight schools as well as those from smaller schools in neighboring states."
First meet Nov. 11
The second meet, on Nov. 18, is the Big Eight invitational. Both meets will be held at KU.
Lockwood believes that most people think of gymnastics as "how many pull-ups and calisthenics someone can do. But, it is really a lutear and artistic sport."
To become fluent and artistic, the 17-member varsity team and the 21-member freshman team must go through rigorous and constant conditioning.
The teams practice for at least two hours a day for five days a week. This, Denk said, is to "get is so it looks easy—when it really isn't."
"The conditioning is probably the hardest part of gymmastics," said Gerry Denk, Park Forest, Illa, junior. "If you lay off for a week, it takes two weeks to get back in shape."
The muscle is used in seven events: floor exercise (mats), side horse, rings, trampoline, long horse, parallel bars, and the horizontal bar. Four men compete in each event.
Weight is problem
Coach Lockwood's biggest problem is "keeping the boys' weight down and hoping they'll have summer jobs that use some muscle."
The team is presently trying to work these events into routines for the upcoming season.
The two most important meets are held in the spring. The Conference meet, on March 22 and 23, will qualify the KU team to take part in the NCAA meet on April 5 and 6.
Union Ballroom Two Showings
S. U. A. CLASSICAL FILM SERIES
presents
Orson Welles' Masterpiece
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Orson Welles' fascinating version of Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Story Of A Dignified Midwestern Family At The Turn of The Century.
7:00 and 9:00 p.m.-Wednesday
Kansas Union Ballroom (No Seating Problem)
Single Admission: 60c