TUESDAY. APRIL 26.1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Humor Men Aid Athletics
New York, April 26—(H,P) They're calling Tubby Jimmy Dykes and "bucket foot Al" Simmons the "good humor men" of the Philadelphia Athletics today and every member of that quietly confident ball club believes they will take off the pressure in a winning pennant drive.
Back "home" in Philadelphia after two years as manager of Hollywood in the Pacific Coast league, Dykes teams with Simmons to give the A's a rugged pair of baseline coaches.
But of even greater value to the team is their performance as the club's "good humor men."
A typical Dykes improvement on the A's equipment is the bag in which he carries the knives for battling proponents, cloth money bag aposs, which is printed;
"Federal Reserve Bank of Philadephia."
"yell," the garrulous, wise-crack-
harts are
just like mopsy in the bank.
And, with the A's lacking only in the power department, Dykes and Simmons are doing their best to make the A's hit-conscious.
While he was in Hollywood, Jimmy appeared in a motion picture and was mentioned in several reviews. These he carries with him at all times and produces at the first hint of an opportunity. So James Joseph now is known to the players as "Little Bogey," the poor man's Humphrey Bogart.
Between Dykes and Simmons, it's a daily vaudeville show which can take a lot of dreariness out of the
LAST CHANCE
for
MOTHER'S DAY
PORTRAITS
is
Friday, April 29
Rachelle Studio
730 Mass.
Ph. 302 Park Hetzel III
Read the Daily Kansan daily.
K. U. sophomore hurdler, Jack Greenwood, warming up before he won the Highs in the Kansas Relays in 14.6.
long schedule for the A's. "You need a haircut," Simmons cracks.
"Not at all," replies the semi-bald Jimmy. "I'm letting my hair grow to play Henry the Eighth if Hollywood gets around to calling me."
One of Dykes' first duties was to post a notice that anyone missing a train would be fined $250.
And so it goes, but the work goes on with it, and at a fast pace.
Dykes thought it was great when Simmons missed the train on the very first road trip.
"That will cost you 250 bucks." Dykes told Simmons in front of the whole ball club.
Everybody laughed—except Simmons.
That was one time he didn't think James Joseph was so funny.
But laughs at any price will help a ball club come September and during a bitter fight right down to the wire.
Phone 182
Aggies Sweep Tennis Match 6 To O
The Oklahoma A. and M. tennis team proved to be too much for the University of Kansas Monday as they defeated the Jayhawkers 6-0 on the University courts.
Lynn Greeley, number four man for Kansas, was the only man to win a set from the opposition. He lost to Richard Reicher in three sets.
Buddy McCune, Aggie ace, defeated Hervie Mcaferran, KU. num- first match of the afternoon. Paul Hurley, playing in the number two spot for the victors, won from Jack Ranson 6-3, 6-0. This duo then teamed up to down Mcaferran and Ranson by a score of 6-2, 6-1.
In the other matches Charles
Carson, Jayhawker number three, lost to John Wiley 4-6, 1-6, and Jim Burdette-Bud Francis (Kansas) were defeated by Wiley-Reicher 6-2, 6-4.
The Jayhawkers will travel to Boulder, Colo., Saturday, April 30 to take on the University of Colorado.
This space was for a picture . . .
but we found you can't picture the light, flaky goodness of DRAKE'S DOUGHNUTS Drop in ... Try one ... 3 cents Drake's Bakery 907 Mass.