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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1952
Hantla, Kay Appointed Team Captains for'53
Linebacker Merlin Gish was awarded the Ormand Beach memorial trophy as the outstanding senior football player for 1952 and Bob Hantla and Morris Kay were named co-captains for the 1953 season at the annual Downtown Quarterback club banquet at the Eldridge hotel last night.
About 350 attended the banquet, given in honor of the Jayhawk football squad. Principal speakers were Frank McDonald, club chairman, Kansas coach J. V. Sikes, and L. R. "Dutch" Meyer, veteran TCU football mentor.
Gish, first string linebacker for three years, received little publicity during his KU career but consistently played outstanding ball from the difficult linebacking position. He saved several games for Kansas by making timely tackles in the clutch.
Athletic director A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg told members that the KU football teams "are getting no breathers" and that Kansas fans will have to get used to occasional defeats because of the "constantly rough schedules."
Sikes received a standing ovation after being introduced by Lonborg. He thanked members for their support during the 1952 season and said that although the team lost three games, "I still say that this is the best team we have ever had. I know of no team who had harder luck but
who kept on trying even in the last five minutes."
He emphasized that the Jayhawkers would have finished among the top ten teams in the nation at the close of the 1952 campaign with a little luck. He said that he was proud of the senior members of the team and said, "I hate to see them go."
Meyer praised Sikes and said "he is teaching football as it should be taught." He said that he had enjoyed the football relationships between the schools traveling to Lawrence for games.
He said that the dinner the Jay-hawkers held for the TCU team after the contest in September was a "grand idea" and that the players had an opportunity to intermingle and create friendships that will last throughout their lives.
Oliver Spencer and Jerry Hoag, father of Charlie Hoag who is in a Kansas City hospital recovering from a knee operation, were presented leather traveling kits. Other squad members will receive them in the KU athletic office.
Illini Top 1st UP Cage List
New York — (U,P)—Strictly on the strength of their potential, Illinois' defending Big Ten champions were ranked tops in college basketball today in the first weekly ratings of the United Press board of coaches. LaSalle was second and Kansas State third.
Although the Illini do not open their 1952-53 season until they play Loyola of Chicago Wednesday night, the 35 leading coaches who make up the UP rating board figured Coach Harry Combes' men were best in the country.
ratings( first place votes in parentheses):
The United Press college basketball
Team Point
1. Illinois (14) 331
2. LaSalle (4) 225
3. Kansas State (1) 217
4. Washington (2) 198
5. Oklahoma A&M (2) 128
6. North Carolina State 126
7. UCLA 112
8. Seton Hall 103
9. Minnesota (1) 86
10. Holy Cross 55
201. Seed 10 teams - 11. Notre Dame, 53; Siena, 48; Rutgers, 49; Purdue, 42; ture, 66; 14 Indiana, 23; 15 Louisiana State, 21; 16 St. Louis, 20; 17. Brigham J. College, 21; 18 Stanford, 20; 19. Santa Clara, 15 each; 20. NYU, 10.
Pi Phi's Win Powder Puff Tilt In Overtime
Tied 6-6 after the regulation game, the Pi Phi's rolled up nine yards in four extra downs to gain the decision over the Theta's who lost five yards in their series.
The game, played before an estimated crowd of 500, had been twice postponed, once because of rain and once because of snow, but the two teams found perfect weather for their frolic yesterday.
Just like women, putting things off until the last! The Pi Beta Phi sorority waited until after the first Powder Puff bowl game Monday to win the contest with the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
The Pi Phi's had the better of things throughout the first half, but couldn't punch across the final white stripe. In the second half the Theta's began to control the game. From deep in her own territory, Janet Francis of the Theta's heaved a pass to Patty Wiley who gathered in the ball and raced nearly 60 yards for a score. The kick for the point struck the cross-bar and bounced back.
With the Theta's leading 6-0 and threatening again with only seconds to play, the Pi Phi's pulled the game out of the fire with an interception. Margery Null of the victorious Pi Phi's intercepted a Theta pass and outraced everyone to go the length of the field for the score. A pass play for the point was incomplete.
The game ended shortly after and
The game ended shortly after and the play-off was held.
Both Cage Series Still Open
Students have until Friday to choose the series of varsity basketball games they want to see. They may choose either set one or two, each with four games. After this week any tickets left over will be placed on sale to the public.
Theodore Roosevelt, at 42, was the youngest president of the United States.
A Program of Two Comedies in the University Theatre
"THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS"
By G. B. Shaw
"A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENT"
By Christopher Fry
Wed., Dec. 10 through Sat., Dec. 13 Fraser Theatre 8:30 p.m.
Students present ID cards for reserved seats General admission, $1.25 (Incl. tax)
BOX OFFICE, BASEMENT, GREEN HALL.
OPEN 10 to 12 AND 2 to 4 DAILY
SAT., 10 to 12 ONLY
Dean Smith Provides Hustle for KU Cagers
When the chips are down in the rough basketball season the Jayhawkers are facing, they can count a lot of support from Dean Smith, one of the returning lettermen.
Bv KEN COY
It doesn't matter if it is fighting$ the backboard for a rebound or smoothly working the ball down-court, Dean will make the guard position on the KU team an important one.
After the loss of all-American Clyde Lovellette, Bill Lienhard, Bob Kenny, John Keller, and Bill Hougland, the team is going to depend more and more on hard, fast ball playing. Height will be largely replaced by hustle.
Dean is a senior in education from Topeka.
Hustle is exactly what Dean excells in. Although small, (5 feet, 10 inches) he more than makes up for lack of height with his speed and court mastery.
As Dean says, "So much of the game these days depends on height we will have to make up for a lot of that by really trying hard."
Although it is early in the practice for this season, Dean says, "I don't think people should count us out yet because we might really surprise some of those people."
"Now we know the team will have to come through and we are really going to put a lot more into the game because of that," he continued. However, he warned it wouldn't be wise for anyone to go counting on any "Cinderella" team.
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