1950
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
By BOB LEONARD
Collegiate football is coming into the professional ranks.
Not too long ago, athletic scholarships were "hushed up" as much as possible by the larger schools. Rival coaches used to say that when a 225 pound guard or tackle came to a California college from a Vermont high school that it was the climate that drew the athlete to the golden West. But not so today.
Smaller schools like Bradley and St. Louis have given up football altogether. They just can't compete with Notre Dame or Michigan. Many football coaches have told their boards of regents that "you can't play big league football with pennies."
The most recent example of the gridiron graveyard may be the University of Nevada. In the past five years little Nevada has risen to power on the West coast. It all came about when a back named Stan Heath joined the Wolf Pack. Nevada scored many startling "upsets" during the time Heath carried the ball for the small school. However Stan Heath has been graduated. He will not play for Nevada next season.
In a blunt statement to the Nevada board of regents, Joe Shecketski, head football coach, said that it may be impossible for Nevada to carry on with football. This statement came during a session of the regents called to consider a $45,000 debt owed the university for the feeding and housing of its gridders.
A group of Nevada businessmen, who underwrote much of the cost of the ambitious football program, owe the money. The university said it gave them until April 15 to make a $10,000 down payment. Otherwise credit will be stopped immediately.
Nevada has an enrollment of only 1.800. Failure to remit the down payment would mean the probable cancellation of its 1950 gridiron schedule.
Coach Sheeketski, a former Notre Dame backfield star, added more blunt comment. He remarked recently that "all the so-called 'good' athletes will say is 'what will you offer.'
"In a few instances I offered as much as board, room, tuition, laundry, books, student fees, transportation, and $50 a month. I never even heard from them," he said.
Well, that is the whole sad story. Time marches on. What will be done about this bad situation at the Nevada school? Probably nothing. If collegiate football wants to go to the big time, it likely will. In the meantime, the smaller school will carry on the best they can and continue to give out with the "old college try."
Swimmers Break Even On Road Trip
The K.U. swimming team edged Denver university 38 to 37 in the DU. pool Feb. 24 and dropped a 29 to 55 decision to the University of Colorado tankmen at Boulder Feb. 25.
Phil Hawkins set a new pool record at the Denver meet, swimming the 50-yard free style in :25.3. Hawkins also won the 100-yard free style in :57.8 for the Jayhawkers.
Other winners in the Denver meet were: Crates, diving; and Hawkins, Hunter, Thompson, and Edman, 400 meter free style relay.
The only Kansas victory at the University of Colorado meet was by Ernie Crates in diving.
Jack-Knife Saves Lives Of Two Swimmers
Mariboro, Mass., (U.P.) A jackknife saved the lives of 16-year-old boys when they fell into Lake Williams through the thin ice. Unable to gain fingerhold on the ice as he struggled in the icy water, Ray Emond pulled the knife out of his pocket. He jabbed it into the ice and held on as Joseph Avey clung to him until rescues reached them.
RCAF Fighter In Production
Montreal. Que. — (U,P)— Canada's pride of the air, the F-86 super-jet fighter, will be in mass production before the end of 1950.
The sleek, single-engined aircraft, dubbed the world's fastest after a prototype's record-breaking flight here last year, now is under production at the giant Canadair plant here.
It has an acknowledged speed of more than 700 miles an hour and a flying ceiling of 40,000 feet. Canadian air experts have expressed confidence the F-86 will provide the nation with increased prestige in world aeronautical circles.
Canadair officials said the first F-86 will wheel off the assembly lines in August. By Christmas, the majority of the 100 ordered by the federal government will have been placed in the hands of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The F-86, which holds the world speed record of 670.9 miles per hour, compared favorably with the British Supermarine Spitfire jet fighter and also the CF-100 all-Canadian jet, officials said.
General Electric Co. plants in the United States will produce the much-discussed J-47 jet engine for the F-86. Described as the "most powerful to date" by air experts, the J-47 develops 5,000 pounds thrust horsepower in flight.
Even at that, Canadian Air Force chiefs want more power for their ace fighter.
Canadair executives hinted the Avro Orenda engine eventually may replace the J-47 as the standard unit for the F-86.
Official details of the Orenda remain R.C.A.F. "top secret", property
Air experts, enthusiastic about the F-86's performance after the prototype's record-breaking run at Murock Field, Calif. believe the new jet fighter could more than hold its own against foreign counterparts.
"The F-86 could engage in aerial dog-fights against the best the world could offer, and maintain speeds of more than 700 miles an hour," one expert said.
No war plane presently in production in the Soviet Union even could approach the F-86's performance, they agreed.
Armament will consist of six .50-caliber machine guns, it was revealed.
Details of the jet show the F-86 as a single-seat, 13,715-pound fighter, with wings sweeping back to a 35 degree angle.
The University of Kansas was organized in 1865.
Sydney, Australia-(U.P.)-A move has been started to make 1952 "Back to Australia" year for American ex-servicemen and their wives, although the country has an acute hotel and general housing shortage.
Observers agree that the short- age may not be overcome for years at the nation's current construction pace. No major hotel has been built in Australia in 10 years.
Even in Melbourne, site of the 1956 Olympic games, no new hotels are yet under construction. This is a country where the speed of building is much slower in comparison with the United States and some other.
1952 To Be Back To Australia' Year For U.S. Ex-servicemen Who Were There
The hotel position now is so tight that it is virtually impossible for a casual overseas visitor to come to Australia without a carefully planned itinerary and travel about the country with ease. Accommodations must be booked weeks, if not months, in advance.
Some large firms are compelled to maintain "flats" or apartments to meet their own needs. It is almost impossible, for example, for this correspondent to plan a trip from Sydney to Melbourne without arranging a room at least a week in advance.
During holiday and special occasions, several weeks' notice are required. Rooms for the Mardi Gras-like Melbourne spring racing season are sold out months ahead.
The situation was dramatically illustrated by the predicament of Sam Keener, Ohio engineering executive who dropped in on Sydney during a globe-girdling business survey in his private aircraft.
Mr. Keener neglected to book accommodations and wound up in a guest house on one of the city's beaches.
Since the last hotel was built, the country has experienced a marked population increase, including 250,- 000 European migrants.
Governments have feared political repercussions if they encouraged hotel construction when thousands of families need a roof over their heads.
Conservative critics blame two major factors; Communist penetration of building trades, coal mining, and several other key unions; and what they saw was untimely introduction of the 40-hour work week in 1947.
The Menzies-Fadden government is pledged to seek legislation to outlaw the Communist party and kick Reds out of union offices.
The critics say more coal must be produced before Australia's steel industry can increase production, now at about 75 per cent
GRAND CLEANUP ON LEATHER JACKETS
Genuine Front Quarter Horse-Hide Jackets were to $25.00
Now - $ 13^{88} $
Capeskin Jackets were to $16.95
Now $ - ^{ \$}10^{4 4} $
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All Sizes In Both Ranges
of pre-war capacity. Communists dominate the national executive of the mining union, but have lost ground recently in local and regional councils.
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In many areas in Australia,building regulations are far more exacting than is generally the rule in America.
Further complicating hotel congestion is the fact that Australia has no "motel" or tourist cabin court industry common in the United States and Canada, to augment city hotels.
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In Sydney, most shires or councils forbid frame construction and usually insist on brick, cement or some other fireproof material for walls.
Tourist experts, who admit that the hotel shortage handlecaps a dollar-earning tourist traffic, are hopeful, however, that the need for dollars will expedite a solution.
Tiles are usually required for roofs. They defend these regulations on grounds that Australia must import much of her soft, wood for lumber and that their regulations simplify fire-fighting problems.
The Burnap collection in the Art museum contains more than 300 pieces of English porcelain.
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