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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1949
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
“——now I believe that brings us up to the time of the great flood!”
New York—(U.P.)—"You don't remember me," said the chunky man with the massive shoulders, "but I've waited a long time to shake your hand."
Strangler Lewis Meets Idol After 40 Years And Recalls Own Youth
George Hackenschmidt, the "Russian Lion" of the days when wrestlers were real giants, raised his head.
A curious group watched them in **
"No," he said finally, "I do not know you."
A curious group watched them in Bothner's gymnasium — acrobats, jugglers, tumblers, boxes, strong men.
He shook his head on a neck as thick as the trunk of a tree.
"I didn't think you would remember," said the man. "You see, it was 40 years ago that we meet—we didn't really meet but I always pretended that we did. You were my idol—like the kids today worship-joe DiMaggio or Joe Louis. And I was only 16..."
"I wish the kids who called me a liar could see me now, shaking George Hackenschmidt's hand. I heard you were in town from Europe and I came over here to see you up close like I wanted to in Chicago all those years ago. I did not have enough money to sit ringside to watch you wrestle but I did notice the way you rolled your shoulders when you walked.
"I wart around walking that way until the neighbors began to ask my folks what was wrong with me. And you know, just seeing you that night decided me on my whole life. I became a wrestler too."
"Hah," snorted the old Russian Lion, now 73. "You did not wrestle, I hope, like these bunk wrestlers who smell up the rings today. Why they make such tricks? Why do they not wrestle? Surely people will come to see skill and strength."
"It's the world we live in," the man replied. "People want the fantastic. If we put on a legitimate bout, the kind our fathers loved, no one would come to see it. The people have no patience with the slow but terrific finesse of your time, Mr. Hackenschmidt. They want dramatic things to happen all the time. That is a big order for legitimate wrestling."
Mr. Hackenshmidt gestured with an arm still mighty in girth. Once it measured 20 inches around the bicorns.
"If I were young again," he said
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"Sure, you could," said his Faith- ful Fan. "Well, I've got to go, but it was nice of you to see me."
"I could take them all and . . ."
The unfinished sentence was eloquent enough.
And with a boyhood dream fulfilled, Ed (Strangler) Lewis, many times world's wrestling champion, went out the door—still walking like Hackenschmidt.
Win An 'Oscar' And A Calf Will Be Named After You
Hollywood—(U.P.)—The starry-eyed movie queen who totes home an "Oscar" gets more than a $100 knick-knack. She also gets a calf named after her.
But this is no ordinary calf. She's one of the best pure-bred Jerseys on actor Barton MacClean's cattle ranch. And Mr. MacClean thinks any Hollywood actress should be mighty❤️
fottered over the honor | —
She (the calf, that is) was born a couple of weeks ago, but the christening was put off until after the Academy awards are handed out.
The call will be in high-class company, too. "Mae West" has the stall right next door. Eventually, she'll get a romantic introduction to "Pat O'Brien". "Thomas Mitchell," or "Frank McHugh." These boys are registered, pure-bred bulls. Mr. Maclean, you see, names all the livestock of his 5,000-acre ranch after Hollywood celebrities.
"All five stars up for the 'Oscar' have real pretty names for a calf," Mr. MacClean says. "Irene . . Jane . . Barbara . . . Olivia . . . Ingrid — any one be fine."
He also swears the critters actually look like the stars he names them after.
Says it keeps him from getting lonesome between pictures.
'Take ' Mickey ' Rooney,' our rooster, ' Mr MacClean will tell you. ' A dead ringer for the Mick. He goes after hens who're taller in ' be.
"And 'Mae West' is the best milk cow on the place."
He has a turkey named "Walter Brennan," A duck he calls "Donald," and a Golden Palomino stallion christened in honor of Wayne Morris.
"He's the playboy." Mr. MacClean chuckled. "All the fillies on the place are nuts about him, especially 'Rosalind Russell.' He also plays one-night stands and personal appearance dates all around the neighborhood."
So far, Mr. MacClean has re-frained from tacking Hollywood names on his hots and sows. He's afraid he'll hurt some sensitive feelings around town.'
"Our mallard ducks are the 'Dead End kids,'" he went on. "Always fighting with the other animals."
This is the movieland atmosphere Mr. MacClean and his wife live in. They move every day, but that they are always needing a new fence or a fancy milking machine to
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Physicist To Give Engineering Talks
Dr. Morris Muskat, chief of the physics division of the Gulf Research and Development company, Pittsburgh, Pa., will conduct a series of lectures at the University Friday, May 6, through Sunday, May 8. The topic of these talks will be "Reservoir Engineering."
Reservoir engineering is the study of oil reservoir behavior under production conditions and finding ways and means of getting the oil out of the ground after it has been discovered.
The lectures are open to the public.
keep up with "Mae West" he'd probably never come to town.
His role in "Red Light" for Roy Del Ruth will, he says, put a new tractor on the "Double Rainbow" ranch.
There'll be another new addition up there in a few weeks. "Rosalind Morris" had a big romance last May. They'll be blessed-eventing soon.
"And, we repeat, these are horses we're talking about."
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