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University Daily Kansan Monday, October 9, 1961
'Idiot's Delight' Closes
And the Sets Came Tumbling Down
By Richard Currie
The players of "Idiot's Delight" trouped to the dressing room. The four day run of University Theatre's production of Robert Sherwood's play was over.
But the cast could not disband They had to help take the set down It was time to strike.
MEN IN T-SHIRTS and overalls appeared with hammers. They approached the set and began to destroy it
"Look out man, here comes a mountain!" said a stage hand. A painted piece of cardboard floated to the floor.
"I'm up here with my trusty 8-inch Crescent wrench," she said.
One of the actors came up from the dressing room.
Jed Davis, in charge of lighting and assistant professor of speech, smiled. He motioned to an upright stand of spotlights. She began to disassemble it.
GLENN BICKLE, head of the stage crew, led a group of stage hands in knocking down the basic profile of the set
"Oh no, not the beautiful window," an actor said. The big bay
First Inning
Series in Detail
Yankees—Richardson took a called strike and then singled to left center. Kubek flied deep to Pinson. Richardson holding first. Maris filed to Robinson. Jay scored in the right field ball got by Coleman and Richardson went to second. Coleman was charged with an error. Blanchard, on a 3-1 count, hit a home run into the right field bleachers, scoring Richardson ahead of it. Cox scored in the right field. Doubled off the scoreboard in left center field. Maloney began warming up for the Reds. Skowron on a 3-2 pitch lined a single off the center field wall, scoring Richardson ahead of it. Bell down after rounding first base. Jay was taken out and Maloney went in to pitch for the Reds. Lopez tripled down the right field foul line, scoring Skowron. Boyer doubled down the left field scoreboard. Lopez scoring the first five runs, six hits, one error. Jack
**steeds** - Blasingame bunted toward the mound and Terry threw him out. Kasko lined Terry's first pitch to left for a single, nippon popper. Robinson filed the pitcher's mound. Robinson filed to Lopez. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
Yankees - Richardson fled to Robinson. Kubek singled to left. Ken Johnson warmed up in the Reds bullpen. Maris doubled down the left field foul line, scoring Kubek and putting the Yankees ahead 6-0. Blanchard walked on a 3-2 pitch. Maloney was taken. The Lakers moved toward lined to Freeze, who made a leaping one handed catch. Skowron flied deep to Pinson. One run, two hits, no errors, two left.
Second Inning
**Reds—Coleman grounded out. Skowron to Terry who covered first. Post singled to left on Terry's first pitch. Freese lied to Maris in shore center. Maris put being going to third. Bell batted for Johnson and fouled to Howard No runs, two hits, no errors, two left.
Third Inning
Yankees—Bill Henry went in to pitch for the Reds, Lopez hit a bobble-hockey ball and sacrificed, he blasted. Blaiseingam, who covered first. Richardson ground out. No hits. No errors, one left.
**Reds--Blasingame singled to center.**
Kasiko singled to left when Lopez misjudge the back in but not in time.
Blasingame stopped at second. Bud Daley and Hal Renifl warmed up in the Yankee bulpen. Pinson flied to Blanchard in deep center catch. Robinson hit a home run into the centerfield bleachers, scoring Blasingame and Kasiko ahead of him and making the score Yankees. Kasiko played for the Yankees. Coleman beat out a bunt hit. Post filled to Lopez in short free. Freese doubled off the scoreboard in left center. Coleman stopped in left Edwards on a fouled to Boyer. Three runs, five hits, no errors, two left.
Fourth Inning
Yankees—Kubek singled to center. Maris lined to Post. Blanchard doubled down the right field line. Kubek stopping at third. Howard was purposefully passed, filled the bases. Bowen hit Blanchard and Howard stopping at second. Lopez hit a home run to the right of the left center field scoreboard, scoring Howard and Skowron ahead of him and putting the Yankees ahead 11-3. Henry was taken out and replied with a Boyes-Jones' first pitch to Edwards. Daley grounded out, Blasame to Coleman. Five runs, four hits, no errors, none left.
Reds-Gernert batted for Jones and was called out on strikes. Blasingame was struck by a ground ball. Bowers threw out Kasko. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
window which in the play had looked out over 4 countries crashed to the floor.
A girl walked rapidly around the striking scene.
"I'm not going to stay around for this," she said.
Jack Brooking, director of the play and associate professor of speech, came in with shirtsleeves dangling.
"IT'S DONE," he said, looking around him.
He picked up a long screwdriver and began to work on some boards. Also working with a screwdriver was Sidney Berger, Brooklyn, N.Y., graduate student, who played the male lead.
Prof. Brooking and Roger Brown, graduate student, sang "Loch Lomond" while they dismantled tall slats. Berger worked quietly on his.
Near the dressing room, visitors and well-wishers waited. Inside a voice said:
"Don't forget to put the make-up away."
"I won't," another replied.
BACK ON THE STAGE, Prof. Brooking looked at what remained of the set.
"It takes months to build and half an hour to take it down," he said.
Accidents-
Out past the stage the empty seats of the theater stared at him. He turned and walked away.
(Continued from page 1) hicle cut into his lane, forcing him to lose control and jump the island. He was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Conklin stated that he could not do anything to avoid the collision.
THE THIRD ACCIDENT investigated by the highway patrol involved the injury of two KU students in front of Corbin Hall at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. No information was available at the Highway Patrol office.
One of the students, Anne Huston,
a resident of Gertrude Sellards Pear-
son, was treated today at Watkins
Memorial Hospital and is resting.
She suffered minor bruises, it was
reported. ___
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Every bird likes its own nest best.-Randle Cotgrave
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.-William Shakespeare
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