TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Gilman Signs Contract With Major League Outfit
Dick Gilman, education senior and ace of the K.U. mound staff during the last baseball season, has signed with the Kansas City Blues to play pro ball this season.
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After playing baseball and football at K.U. for the past three years, Gilman decided to make professional baseball his career. He was offered contracts by 10 clubs, but turned them down in preference for the K.C. Blues of the New York Yankee organization.
With the Atchison Colts last summer, Gilman hurled a no-hitter in which he fanned nineteen batters. In the state semi-pro tournament in 1949, he won three games and dropped one. One of his triumphs was a 1-hitter against the Cambridge, Kan. team.
"All other things being equal, I accepted the Blues' offer because I like the Yankees' organization," explained Gilman when interviewed at his fraternity house, Sigma Phi Epsilon, last night.
Scheduled to start spring training with the club on March 1 at St. Petersburg, Florida, Gilman will pitch for the Yankees' farm team this year and may return to K.U. College in Louisiana. He is also considering the possibility of doing a little coaching between seasons.
Gilman was all-Big Seven football quarterback in 1948 and ranked as one of the best pitchers in the Big Seven conference. The strong-armed right-hander comes from Merriam, Kan., and started at K.U. in 1946. He started at center, switched to half, and finally proved a passing sensation as quarterback. His special talent for pitching leather extended to baseball and he has been a star hurler for three years in the Big League.
Gilman was a member of his high school's baseball teams in 1943, '44 and '45; and member of the basketball teams in 1944 and '45. He played center on the football team in 1943 and 1944.
When asked how long he'd been playing baseball, the 23-year-old Gilman replied, "I guess you might say ever since I've been old enough to throw a ball." His contract runs out in a year and the question of its renewal will depend on the showing he makes this season.
Last year, Gilman won eight and lost two games while pitching for the Jayhawkers. He defeated every school in the conference—winning three from Missouri.
From July of 1945 to August of 1946 Gilman served with the marines. His only athletic experience while in the service was as a boxer. In 1946 he enrolled at the University.
Monday's College Basketball Results
East:
Lafayette 64, Temple 41.
Harvard 49, Brown 48.
Wash. Col 65, Catholic U. 57.
Brooklyn U. 103, Mexico U. 40
Virginia Poly 64, Virginia 50 Kentucky 61, Georgia Tech 47 Southwest
St. Marys 57, E. Texas Baptist 56
Midwest:
Kansas State 99, Iowa State 57
Colorado 72, Nebraska 59
Wisconsin 57, Minnesota 54
Purdue 64, Iowa 55
Ohio State 74, Michigan 58
Indiana 76, Butler 49
Illinois 76, Northwestern 50
Bradley 71, U. of Detroit 50
Oshkosh T. 75, Eau Clair T. 58.
Moorhead T. 75, N. D. State 63
Ripon 58, Caroll 54
Lacrosse T. 60, Whitewater T. 48
St. Joseph (Ind.) 57, St. Ambrose
47.
Bowling Green 74, Ohio U. 54
West:
Brigham Young 63, Denver 46
Nevada 69, Regis College 50
Mavor Dislikes Hanging
Columbus, Ga. — (L.R.)—Newspaper readers were startled somewhat to find that Mayor Walter A. Richards and two former city chiefs objected to being "hung" while alive. It developed that they were merely protesting hanging of their pictures in city hall while they were still around to see them.
Dick Gilman, Jayhawker fullback and acca passer the past season, has traded the pigskin for the horsehide. Gilman has signed a contract to pitch for the professional Kansas City Blues.
Willie Pep Easily Defends His Crown
St. Louis, Jan. 17—(U,P) —Some day, somehow featherweight champion Willie Pep will reach the end of the line, but at the moment that sunset seems far away for the Hartford hurricane.
He defended his title with almost ludicrous ease last night when he belted challenger Charley Riley in rigid unconsciousness in the fifth round of their scheduled 15-round bout. He might fire a kayo punch for an upset victory, but against Pep he was woefully inept.
Riley's gameness and Pep's mastery of timing was the challenger's undoing. Riley, by land to a knockout punch, bungled into Pep's smashing one-two that stretched him out on the canvas after one minute and one second of the fifth round.
It was the 46th knockout by Pep in his professional career.
Pep's left drove back Riley's guard at the fatal moment and Pep's smashing right connected with the challenger's jaw. Riley, stunned, turned slowly about and slumped forward. He was out a full minute.
It was Pep's fight all the way from the starting bell to the finish before the record 12,000. The speedy little battler kept pounding away at Riley's head, which always seemed to be within reach of the champion's gloves.
Pep, at 123¹²; was the lightest that he saw in the title fight. He gave Riley two pounds.
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Women's Ping Pong Nears Semi-Finals
Rita Carl defeated Chloe Warner; Caroline Crosier defeated Ruth Henry; and Doris Tihen defeated Peggy Wayman to advance into the semi-finals in the women's intramural ping-pong singles tournament.
Only quarter-final game remaining to be played is the one between Sydney Ashton and Betty Ozenberger. Miss Carl will play the winner of this match and Miss Crosier will meet Miss Tihen, three-time singles champion.
Women Get Cage Ratings
Six University women received basketball officials' ratings at the clinic held Jan. 14 by the K.U. rating board. Fifteen of the 19 women from Emporia, Kansas City, K.U., and Ottawa, who tried out, received ratings.
The K.U. women and their ratings are as follows:
Geneva Fleshman, Nancy Moore, and Frances Fence won national ratings; Beverly Pepper received a local rating; and Betty Thomas and Chloe Warner were given intramural ratings. All but Miss Warner are juniors in physical education. She is a sophomore.
Five national, four local, and six intramural ratings were given. They were based on scores made on written and practical exams. A score of 86 was required for a national rating. 80 for a local, and 70 for an intramural. In addition a woman had to be 21 to receive either of the first two.
Twelve games were played by intramural teams to provide the practical trial. Physical education instructors from various schools and colleges judged the officiating.
Added Tiny Screen
Tells Driver Speed
Silver Creck, N.Y. — (U.P.)-Development of a new automobile speedometer device may help cut down the country's traffic fatality toll.
A gadget which constantly projects in brilliant illumination the changing reading from the dashboard speedometer to a tiny metal screen on the windshield has been put into production by the Silver Creek Precision Corp. The dim-sized screen, named the Glowmeter, is fastened approximately two inches below the driver's normal line of sight.
The relatively inexpensive accessory is hailed by the concern's president, Lawrence Schmitt, as "the first basic improvement in the instrumental indication of speed since the advent of the magnetic speed-dometer decades ago."
"The automobile driver now can keep his eyes on the road where they belong at all times and still know his exact speed," Mr. Schmitt said.
Boston. —(U.P.)—Twice within a month, bandits held up the Ce-lect Baking Co. plant just before a $10,000 payroll was to be delivered. Because of their poor timing, the gunmen had to be content with a few hundred dollars on each occasion.
Poor Timing Foils Bandits
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Andrew H. is Amos' partner
John fought slavery
Mace is a relief pitcher
Buster sells shoes
Ellen is a "young widder"
Johnny Mack is a western here
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Whisky And Gamblers Are Not Wanted By Loyal Residents Of Boulder City, Nev.
Washington—(U.P.)The townsfolk of Boulder City, Nev., according to the U.S. interior department, don't want their metropolis transferred from federal to state control because they're afraid they will be flooded with whisky and gamblers.
That was the finding of a report prepared at the department's request by Dr. Henry A. Reining, Jr., professor of public administration and political science at the University of Southern California.
Professor Reining said he interviewed townspeople and group leaders at Boulder City and found "a significant lack of sentiment" for self-government.
The city is operated as a sort of federal district, somewhat along the lines of the District of Columbia. Professor Reining said its residents apparently want to keep it that way rather than incorporate as a Nevada city. It has a population varying between 4,000 and 7,000.
"The hearings indicate that effective resistance may be expected against any attempt at this time to establish a municipal corporation under Nevada law," he reported.
"Objection to any such move has already been expressed by one of the labor organizations and a number of individuals." he added.
He said a big problem for Boulder City dwellers, most of whom work for the U.S. bureau of reclamation, is how to finance a municipal government without bringing in liquor and gambling.
Louisville Mayor Asks For Weather Control
Louisville, Ky.—(U.P.)—M a y o n Charles Farnsley is tired of talking about the weather and plans to do something about it.
The mayor says that contrary to general belief, it is possible to control the weather, to some extent.
Another factor, the mayor said, is the type of paving on the city's streets. Some materials radiate more heat than others.
There are many simple things that can be done to make a city cooler in summer, Farnsley pointed out Plenty of shade trees, and vines covering buildings make a big difference, he said.
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