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Along the JAYHAWKER trail
By JACKIE JONES Daily Kansan Sports Editor
In this column Wednesday, I took the liberty of expressing some opinions about what I felt was wrong with the KU "spirit" in regard to athletic contests.
Some of my conclusions at that time stated that the cheerleaders were partially the cause, and that they were not doing a very good job of leading yells or encouraging enthusiasm among the students
Since that time I have been subjected to some very violent statements of opinion both pro and con on the issue. Little of this has been constructive toward improving the interest of the students, but Judy Buckley, head cheerleader, came up with some ideas that the student body might well heed.
Speaking for the cheerleaders, she said, "We don't consider ourselves entirely at fault; to make our games a success we need the support of the entire student body, which at this time we do not have."
She said that many of the students feel awkward when they are the only people cheering, and if the basketball games are going to successful, then everyone must take part in the yells and not just a few who are unafraid.
I said that I noticed very little organized cheering, but Miss Buckley said that "We cheer at time outs, quarters, at the half, and before the game starts."
This makes a great deal of sense; no one wants to cheer if everyone around him is just sitting and acting bored.
The cheerleaders are only human, and they also need the support of the student body. No one can expect them to go all-out with enthusiasm when the rest of the students are not willing to take their part.
The cheerleaders are also at a disadvantage in the fact that four of their members have had to leave. Tom Payne, former head cheerleader was called into the Navy, Al Gorsky left school because of illness at home, Sydney Ashton is practice teaching and Max Whitson suffered a back injury.
It is not easy to train new students to take their places and the cheerleaders do work hard. Even if they are not perfect, they could also say the same for us.
The responsibility lies with the student body, and until we become interested in our teams we will continue to let them down.
Rob Kenny Ranked Tenth In Scoring
With a seventeen point total in the basketball game against Colorado Monday, Bob Kenney moved into the ranks of the ten highest scorers in Kansas cage history.
Kenney, a fast, hard-driving senior from Winfield, displaced Ray Evans at the No. 10 spot in the Jawhawk scoring ladder.
Kenney has totaled 522 points in sixty-six games, surpassing the 513 Evans tallied in eighty games. He has scored 243 points in seventeen games this season for a 14-3 average.
He needs only nine points in the game. He needs to climb to seventh at Ames Monday to climb to seventh
place on the list, past two of the brightest stars of past years, Fred Pralle and Howard Engleman.
If Kenney maintains his average in the seven games remaining he can take over sixth spot on the rankings.
Clyde Lovelle heads the all time scoring record with 1.538 points, well ahead of Charlie Black, who wound up his collegiate career in the 1947 season with 1,082.
Otto Schnelbacher is third with 923, Ray Eibling is fourth with 691. Claude Houchin fifth with 658 and Jerry Waugh seventh with 570.
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The Kansas swimming team left this morning for Lincoln, Neb., where they will participate in two tri-school meets today and Saturday.
KU Swimmers Enter Tri-Meet At Nebraska
Sammy Perkins and. Dick Efin were elected co-captains for the teams, which will meet Colorado and Nebraska today, and Colorado A&M and Nebraska Saturday.
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Coach Walt Mikols will present a promising young club which upset Nebraska in their first clash Jan. 12, but Kansas will be without the services of a fine breaststroker, Tom Payne, who was called to Naval cadet training at the close of the fall semester.
One of the most promising of the Jayhawk swimmers is Dick Efin. The Wichita sophomore recorded a 59.6 in winning the 100-yard free
Ex-Student Killed In Korea
News has been received of the death of Lt. Ralph E. Jacobs, who was a student at the University in 1946. Lt. Jacobs had been reported missing since his plane crashed behind the lines in Korea on Jan. 23. Lt. Jacobs leaves a wife and one son at his home in Kansas City, Mo.
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He also won the 120-yard individual medley and anchored the Jayhawks winning a 400-yard free style relay foursome.
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