Monday, October 22, 1951 University Daily Kansar
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By DON SARTEN
It took us a long time,but now we can say we've seen the ultimate in southern hospitality.
It's a mass-scale correction of faults in other boxes around the country. One hundred thirty-six feet long—but very slender—it gives radio, television, and newspaper writers a seat between the 35-yard lines.
In fact, we were made so comfortable in that plush press box at the University of Oklahoma Saturday that we'd have felt real bad—had our team beaten our hosts.
The place is a sportswriter's dream come true. And well it might be. For it was built out of the frustrations of scribes the nation over.
The box was planned by Harold Keith, director of sports publicity in the Sooner homeland. And as a clue to Mr. Keith's personality, The Daily Kansan was accorded every privilege extended to the nation's top newsmen.
Floors are of asphalt tile and the ceiling is sound-proofed acoustics fibre board with several speakers imbedded in ceiling. Heating is thin oil radiation located on floor at back of rear wall. Lights are fluorescent.
The kindly director modestly explains his plant as a creation from ideas of all sportswriters whom he came in contact with during the past two decades. But the fact remains that it was he who jotted down the suggestions, and incorporated them into the nation's finest pressbox.
First floor contains snack bar (complete with electric plate, sink, cabinets and counters) where everything is free. Hot sandwiches constantly on tap, with coffee or soft drinks a plenty.
It completely eliminates the pet peeves of about 15 of our nation's top sports writers.
There are two long rows of seats, totaling 65. There are six foot aisles between each row of seats. No heavy supports to block vision in front of box. It's a cantilever type with columns in center and beams out. Windows raise with large ventilating fans available.
This is for the newspapermen.
On the second floor you have the radio level, where eight separate booths are provided. Each booth is over 10 feet wide and 8 feet deep. Rubber tile floors deaden sound. Acoustical board on ceiling and back wall further sound-proofs. Each door is equipped with a "speakeasy" type sliding panel so that information may be passed into the booth during a broadcast without entering room.
Scouts and photographers have the top floor all to themselves. It's enclosed everywhere except in front. No rain can blow in because a concrete roof extends well over the front. But it hasn't rained at a football game in Norman for nine years ... There is also a dark room for use of visiting photographers.
Intercoms are available at all levels, for all personnel.
entrance to this set-up is from a private elevator outside the stadium. Not only does it carry the working press to the box, but it serves as a transport of heavy radio, television, newsreel and movie camera equipment, plus all the food that goes into the snack bar.
The facilities are exceeded only by the efficiency of the men responsible and Charles Johnson, Minneapolis Tribune sports editor, wasn't just passing the time of day when he commented, "The Sooners have done an outstanding job."
An army of men in heavy coats, caps and boots manned duck blinds in Kansas Friday, as the 1951 duck season opened at noon in a land of many lakes. It ends Dec. 7.
Duck Season Open Till Dec. 7
Ever since last June's floods and record cloudbursts, western Kansas land of lakes and no hunter had far to go today to find water. However, ducks and geese have not been as conspicuous on the water lately as hunters desired.
Latest Cage Scandal No Surprise
By DON PRINGLE
Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen, KU basketball mentor and "Dean of College Basketball," did not raise an eyebrow immediately after hearing that three members of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" national championship basketball team were charged with taking bribes to fix a game.
In a Sept. speech last year at Toppeka, Dr. Allen had said another team in the top 10 in national ranking would be involved in the nationwide scandal. At least three more eastern teams, but less well known, will yet be involved in the scandal, according to Allen.
"Coaches and alumni will have to take their individual share of the responsibility," says Dr. Allen, "even though it's the boys who take the run."
he believes, will continue until a position of high commissioner of college athletics, comparable to that held by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis in professional baseball is created.
He recalled that the commissionership of baseball was created after a scandal involving the White Sox created a national uproar almost as great as the present day basketball "fixes" and West Point cribbing disclosures have created.
During the baseball scandal, big league magnates with millions invested in their teams, realized that baseball had lost the confidence of the American public. So they decided to hire Landis, paying him a salary of $75,000 per year. Landis had been a federal judge.
Landis was given unlimited power by the club owners and led the game of baseball to a great new era. And Landis, leader of the league, regained the public covid-19.
presidents over the nation should assemble to discuss their own athletic situations and consider hiring a commissioner and giving him power comparable to that which Landis held. With a commissioner colleges would be permitted to play only those teams which abided by the commissioner's rulings, he explained. There would be no reprise for gross infractions of the rules by coaches, alumni or political groups.
"Such action would remove the cause of college sports scandals instead of necessitating action after the damage is done," he said.
the other. In this atmosphere it is no wonder the college athlete is strongly tempted by 'fix' racketeers," he noted.
At present there is no group with the power to keep college athletics clean, says Dr. Allen. Colleges join the N.C.A.A., but it is only an advisory board with no appreciable power.
"As a result college athletics have just grown and grown with each college attempting to keep ahead of
"We need educators with vision," he said. "The American boy is clean. We have sold the boys short. We owe the boys more than an opportunity to participate in sports. They deserve a bonafide education."
Phog concluded, "If college athletics are to survive under the present regime without a commissioner, it is a certainty that the athletes will have to be both stronger and wiser 'han their sponsors."
The coadvent in college athletics Dr. Allen suggests that college
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Conference Games
Thinclads Win Handily
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Colorado at Oklahoma
Kansas State at Kansas
Minnesota at Missouri
Iowa, state, at Drake (Des Moines)
Iowa State at Drake (Des Moines, Iowa).
W. L. T. Pts. Op.
Colorado 3 0 0 89 47
Oklahoma 1 0 0 33 21
Iowa State 2 1 0 86 73
Kansas 1 2 0 101 101
Nebraska 0 1 0 6 6
K-State 0 2 1 19 58
Missouri 0 2 0 27 55
Thinclads from the University of Kansas swept four of the first five places to beat Oklahoma A&M 38-17 in a two mile meet held at Stillwater, Oct. 19.
Long striding Wes Santee staged a mild upset by edging national cross - country champion, Herb Semper, by a fraction of a second for first place. His time was 9:14.7 Semper, a half-stride behind, wound up with a 9:15.
Trailing in order were Norm Bit-
The Kansas loss set Colorado's rugged and talented Buffs as the boys best fitted for the job of beating Oklahoma at home. Kansas led the mighty Sooners at the end of three periods, 21-20, but no combination of Jayhawk defenders could halt Oklahoma on the ground.
Big 7 Roundup Booms Colorado
The Colorado - Oklahoma clash takes the bite out of this week's other games, one of them a non-conference meeting between Iowa State's Cyclones and Drake at Des Moines, Iowa.
In Big Seven play, Colorado has mowed down Kansas, Missouri and Kansas State. Coach Dallas Ward kept his mountain men largely under wraps in beating Kansas State, 20-7, at Manhattan. He did not appear inclined to show Oklahoma's scouts any of his stuff.
Kansas came unstuck, partly mentally, in losing to the Sooners 21-33, at Norman, where Oklahoma hasn't lost a game in 17 starts.
Kansas City, Mo.—(U.P.)-What Kansas was given an outside chance to do, but didn't, may come off Saturday when Colorado's Rocky Mountain Buffaloes collide with Oklahoma in a Big Seven feature at Norman.
It's time folks started noticing Colorado. The Buffs are out front in all games played, in addition to pacing the league with a 3-0 record. On the season, they have a 4-1 record. The loss was to Northwestern university.
Nebraska and Missouri will meet at Columbia in a game that won't bear too much on the Big Seven race—unless Bobby Reynolds' return to Nebraska sparks the Huskers—and Kansas State's non-victorious Wildcats will engage Kansas at Lawrence.
ner, 9:26 of KU and Oklahoma A& M's only place man, Lee Dunkin fourth at 9:32.
Stacking up points for the Jayhawks were Keith Palmquist, 9:40; Art Dalzell, 9:43; Dick Wilson, 9:43.5 and Llovbok Vlod, 9:46.5 all of KU.
"I'm extremely pleased with the fast time ran by the boys." Coach Bill Easton said today, "Hope they continue the pace. Their time is the best I can recall in all my years of coaching, for this early in the year."
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