Tuesday, March 1, 1955 University Daily Kansan
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Fieldhouse Scoreboard One of Best
nv JOHN McMILLION
What is probably the finest and most unique scoreboard in the nation will inform the public as to how the Jayhawkers are faring in the new Allen fieldhouse.
According to Stanley R. Jackson, who installed the board, it represents the "combined ideas of coaches, spectators, and an engineering firm that has made scoreboards for more than 20 years."
The board is similar to the one in the Kansas City, Mo., Municipal auditorium, but it has several added features. Perhaps the most outstanding of these is the huge Jayhawk in the middle that blinks its eye every time K.U. scores.
Coach Phog Allen is responsible for the Jayhawk on the board. After seeing the animated score board in Busch stadium at St. Louis he decided that what the University needed was some such feature on its board. The Jayhawk on KU's scoreboard marks the first time the manufacturers have put such a feature
on a board.
Another added feature to the K.U. scoring system was suggested by assistant coach Dick Harp. That is a clock at each end of the fieldhouse, allowing players to see the time without having to look up. Both are synchronized with the central scoreboard.
The Kansas scoreboard is probably the only one in the country fixed to secre more than 100. The Jayhawker board will go up to a total of 199. Most boards will go only to 99. This is another first in scoreboards.
Another entirely new feature is that whenever a time out is called the time out panel above the Jayhawk will flash red and the name panel of the team calling the time out also will turn red. In case of a
referee's time out only the panel will light up.
The board is made of aluminum and is light gray in color. The time is shown in red, the score in green, and all else in white. The time has been placed at the bottom of the board at the request of Allen and Harp to enable the players to see it better.
The board is suspended squarely over the playing court and can be raised and lowered electrically to facilitate maintenance. The board is six feet eight inches in width across the top of each of its four faces and slopes at a 20-degree angle to the bottom.
The clocks may be reversed to time track meets. While this will not be the official time it will be close and will enable the audience to see how fast the event is being run. This will be especially beneficial in distance events.
The board was manufactured by
the Fair-Play Manufacturing Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, and was installed by Mr. Jackson, its representative in this area. The total cost was about $5,500. The initial donation for the board was made by the class of 1949.
Only 17 pitchers were allowed to use the spitball after it was banned from the major leagues in 1920. It took 14 years before the last of the salivating legion. Burliegh Grimes, finally dropped out of the majors.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO KANSAS
AND TO "PHOG" ON ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
Let's Open the New Fieldhouse With A Win Over Silo Tech