University Daily Kansan
We've been hearing numerous objections these days from those who believe college athletes are paid above and beyond their importance. The athletic scholarship always has been of a questionable moral status, but it takes little inspection of the problem here to be swung toward to the athlete's point of view.
Few occupations—let alone pastimes—are as hazardous as the athlete's role. There is always the possibility of painful, often crippling injuries that plague practice sessions and games alike.
Last fall's Kansas football team is an example. Two players, halfbacks Charlie Hoag and John Konek, underwent major knee surgery as a result of injuries. Quarterback Gil Reich broke two fingers in the Missouri game, and suffered considerably in early basketball drills when the still-healing digits were tapped. Bob Brandeberry limped for several weeks with a sprained ankle; full-back Galen Fiss suffered a severely dislocated shoulder. In other words, all the backfield personned with the exception of Jerry Robertson suffered painful injuries.
By BILL DICKINSON
In the line, tackle Orville Poppe strained his back; tackle George Mrkonic complained of a chronic knee injury; end Jerry Taylor broke his nose; Harold Patterson was out for a time with a brain concussion; Morris Kay fell victim to a slight case of polio, which could have resulted from ordinary fatigue. And we haven't even tabulated the lesser ills that kept the team trainer and physician occupied for nearly an hour after every practice session.
occupied for nearly an hour later. Every person Figure it out. The football player's chance of keeping off the injury list isn't exactly worth a bet with odds.
injury his isn't exactly who he was. While the cause of death of freshman footballer John L. Spencer remains a mystery, there is no reason to believe his death stemmed from football-induced causes.
from football-induced causes.
Basketball players were more fortunate. B. H. Born broke a thumb, and a few charlie horses resulted from spills. Yet, most exits from games were the result of violations of the five-foul rule.
Trackman Keith Palmquist suffered a splintered shin bone and cross country captain Norm Bitner was troubled with a long seige of knee trouble.
Baseball players live in constant dread of dangerous wild pitches and badly maneuvered slides that can leave a foot hanging brokenly and grotesquely from a snapped ankle.
Scholarships in the golf, tennis, and swimming fields are few in number- if at all. The hazards are also few.
But on the basis of the football casualty toll alone—and this writer thinks it appalling—the scholarship method of inducement seems right and logical. It's one thing to ask a boy to go out and give his all for "Old Siwash," but it is quite another to request him to undergo pain and danger and the chance of disability—all for free.
Under existing conditions, it appears that the gist of collegiate football is a compound of pain and sweat, with the glory located somewhere in the alumni stands.
Joe Walcott Probably to Use 'Hit and Run' Tactics Friday
Chicago—(U.P.)—Jersey Joe Walcott's strategy for Friday's heavyweight championship bout with titleholder Rocky Marciano probably calls for a "hit and run" battle, manager Felix Bocchicchio indicated today.
"I think Rocky figures to coast in on this one." Bocchichio said, "but he's going to have to tear in to Walcott to win."
Boechichio said that Walcott's strategy had been developed long ago. "He's done everything we asked him to do," he said, "and there are a few things he's got to do to win. Well, he's done them in training and he can do them in the fight."
He indicated that one of the secret weapons would be a "one-two combination punch" which was used in only one battle previously, "at Cleveland when we beat Jimmy Bivins and Walcott was a one to five underdog."
underdog.
"We'll fight him round by round, and I'm lucky to have a hafter who can change his plans from round to round. There aren't many that can do that."
Bwochiechio said that should Walcott lose the battle, "he’ll quit." "I asked him to quit after the last one," he said. "I've got it fixed where he'll have $500 a week for the rest of his life. One way or another, no matter what happens to me, he'll always have that much."
Boechichio suffered a heart attack recently and came to Chicago for this bout only because he said Walcott assured him "you won't have to go up and down those ring steps too much."
Numerous observers believed that Malcott, though, would make Marciano force the fight and would resort to the stop and start tactics
which carried him to ring prominence after years of effort against former champion Joe Louis.
There seemed little doubt that Marciano would have to win by a knockout, or in the late rounds when Walcott could be worn down as a result of steady punching, while both Walcott and Bocchiicchio believed definitely that Jersey Joe could outbox his foe for the full distance.
Nebraska Rallies, Whips K-State, 9-7
Fran Hofmaier chalked up 15 strikeouts to lead Nebraska to a 9-7 victory over Kansas State in a Big Seven game in Lincoln yesterday. The teams meet again today.
International Boxing club officials still believed the brawl would draw a gross gate of around $500,000.
The Cornhuskers broke up a 7-7 tie in the bottom of the sixth by shoving across two runs on a wild pitch, error, and a balk. Nebraska had taken a comfortable 7-1 lead going into the sixth frame, but the Wildcats exploded for six runs to tie the game up.
Tuesday, May 12, 1953
BACK AGAIN—Dick Gilman, Jawhaker quarterback in 1948 and 1949, will be performing for the alumni when the grads meet the varsity in Saturday's game in Memorial stadium. Gilman was one of the leading passers in the Big Seven during those seasons and will be out to show the varsity that he hasn't lost his touch.
Nebraska now has a conference record of 6-3 which puts the Huskers into a tie with Oklahoma for second place. The loss dropped K-State to 1-7.
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Red Hot Blues Win 9th Straight
The Kansas City Blues kept rolling along like old man river today with nine straight victories and a two-game lead in the American Association.
The Blues coasted to a 9-4 victory over Indianapolis last night for their ninth straight, but failed to pick up any ground over Louisville and St. Paul, which also chipped in with victories. Kansas City opened up with five runs off Indian pitcher Ray Narleski in the fourth inning after a scoreless duel in the first three.
Jim Kirk of Columbus and Al Worthington of Minneapolis hooked up in an old fashioned pitching duel in a 10-inning thriller at Mineapolis. Columbus scored three runs in the 10th to break the scoreless tie
Six Ex-KU Football Stars To Play in Varsity-Alum Tilt
Six Jayhawker football stars of former years have indicated they will play in the varsity-alumni game this Saturday. More entries are expected to come in throughout the week.
The old-timers will try to avenge last year's 14-0 whitewashing given them by the varsity, and will be out to duplicate the 13-6 triumph they registered in the first contest of the series in 1951.
Don Fambrough, assistant football coach, who was a member of the 1947 Orange Bowl team and an all-Big Six guard in 1946 and 1947, was the first to volunteer. He will give the old grads needed power in the line.
Sikes ran his players through almost three hours of hard work yesterday in preparation for the
From the 1949 team will be quarterback Dick Gilman, now assistant baseball coach; 1950, fullback Gene Cox, and guard Johnny Idoux, and halfbacks Bob Brandeberry and Hal Cleavenger, 1952.
Coach J. V. Sikes probably will field a lineup comprised largely of young players in an attempt to whip the alums, Freshmen Bill Nieder, Merle Hodges, Ralph Moody, Bob Allison, Al Jaso, and John McFarland will see much duty as will letterman Paul Leoni, Jerry Taylor, Don Bracelin, Joe Lundy, Bud Bixler, Joe Fink, Orville Poppe, Frank Sabatini, John Simons, Dон Hess, and Fuzzy Martin.
Meanwhile, St. Paul and Louisville stayed deadlocked for second place as the Saints beat Charleston, 10-7, and the Colonels knocked off Toledo. 5-1.
and win, 3-0. Outfielder Ben Downs led off the Red Bird half with a homer. A double, two Miller errors, and a single accounted for the other two runs.
Louisville handed Toledo its fourth straight back behind the six-hit pitching of lefty Bill Henry. The lone Toledo run came in the first inning, while Louisville scored all its runs in the first and second frames.
Charleston scored all seven tallies in the first inning, but couldn't hold back a powerful St. Paul attack. Bob Wilson homered with one on in the fourth inning for St. Paul.
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On the injury list and probably not slated for action Saturday are John Anderson, slight concussion; Bob Hantla, bad leg; Dick Sandifur, bad knee; George Remsberg, bruised leg, and Don Pfutzenreuter, who is on crutches after suffering a leg injury last Friday.
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