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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE TWENTY-TWO
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 1949
Sikes Has Impressive Coaching Record
Kansas' Coach J. V. Sikes is now in his second season as head master of the Jayhawker grid school.
Coming to Mt. Oread from Georgia where he was an outstanding end coach, Sikes set a high standard during the 1948 season by marking up a seven-won, three-lost record with a team which pre-scheduled guessers said wouldn't win more than 50 per cent of its games.
Sikes career prior to Kansas was a patient but successful one. Beginning at Blinn Memorial college, Brenham, Texas, in 1928, he moved up the ladder through Burleson college, East Texas State, Texas A and
M. , and finally Georgia. He was also Bulldog baseball coach prior to coming to K.U.
During the war, "Skii" spent a
day as head coach at St. Mary's.
Pre-Flight. His record as head coach
present shows 40 wins and
20 losses.
A good record as a college athlete is also held by Sikes. A three-sport, nine-letters man at Texas A. M. and W. U., the Cadets' all-time athletic greats.
Jayhawker Coaches Solve Problem Of What To Do When Scalp's In Danger
Rated to be no less than a strong third place in the 1949 Big Seven race by pre-season doesters, the University of Kansas football Jayhawkers weren't exactly sharp in losing the first three games of the year. To make matters worse, two of the defeats were to Big Seven opponents.
About that time, in view of this day of souped-up football enthusiasm when student bodies and alumni groups often prove quite a factor in football coaches keeping their jobs, J. V. Sikes and his K. U. coaching staff were beginning to lose a lot of sleep.
What then? Was there a mad rush by Sike and cohorts to leap into the muddy Kaw and end it all? Nope. They merely went to work all the harder and came up with the best possible remedy for the situation—a winning football team.
First the Jayhawkers topped George Washington, then slowed down momentarily against powerful, undefeated Oklahoma, but came right back to unleash long-stored fury against Oklahoma A. & M., Kansas State and Nebraska in quick succession. They were promptly and properly dubbed the "new" Jayhawkers.
Pessimists in September, who'd probably been optimists in August, weren't left with any alternative by the time October had passed but to give credit where it was due — credit to the afore-mentioned Sikes and staff.
"Siki" Sikes is in only his second year as head master of the K.U. grid school. He set a respectable standard in 1948 by winning seven games and losing three in his first season atop Mt Oread. The "new" Jayhawkers are further proof that he's warming to his task, and it's quite likley better things are yet
Milwaukee—(U.P.)-Officials of the Marine Exchange bank of Milwaukee, sponsor of a local television show are somewhat perturbed over the "spot" it gets. Immediately preceding it is a show called "Break the Bank."
'Twould Make A Good Show
to come. Certainly that is true if the 1949 K. U. freshmen squad is any means of indication.
Housefly Is Family Pet
Milwaukee — (U.P.) A common housefly, turned into a pet at the home of the Elmer H. Baumgartens, created a problem when the family wanted to take a trip.
The Baumgartens' family were afraid their pet, Emma, would starve while they were away, or seek another home.
They finally put some sugar in a bottle cap filled with water and took their trip. Emma greeted them, hale and hearty, when they returned.
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