WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE KANSAS
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Ex-Baseball Star, Art Shires Faces Murder Charge
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 8—(UP)—The turbulent baseball and boxing careers of Art (The Great) Shires was climaxed today by a murder charge.
Shires, 42, colorful, swashbuckling big league ball player of the early 30's, faced a charge of "murder with malice" in the death of W. H. (Hi) Erwin, 56, former Texas league catcher and ampire.
The charge against Shires was a preliminary one file on the basis of statements by seven witnesses to a fight between Shires and Erwin last Oct. 3. Shires was free on $5,000 bond pending a formal reading of the charge today, when it was believed new bond would be set.
Erwin died last Saturday night and was buried yesterday, but no death certificate had been signed. Dr. P. A. Rogers said Erwin came to him for medical attention after the Oct. 3 fight. He said pneumonia "developing out of injuries" contributed to Edwin's death. But he said he refused to sign a death certificate because he could not determine the specific cause of death.
Shires, who runs a shrimp house he told police he had known Erwin for 25 years. He said he went to Erwin's place of business to give him a steak, and that an argument developed. What it was about Shires did not say.
Shires, whose major league tour of duty included service with the Chicago White Sox. Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Braves, allegedly beat and kicked Erwin in a brawl in the latter's cleaning establishment.
Authorities indicated Shires would be held for a grand jury.
"He hit me across the face with a telephone receiver and I knocked him down without thinking," Shires said. "I had to rough him up a good deal because he grabbed a knife and started whittleing on my legs."
Speech Contest Changed To Dec.13
The date of the preliminaries of the 22nd annual campus problems speaking contest has been changed from tonight to Monday, Dec. 13. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 3 Green hall. The speeches must concern some contemporary campus problem.
All undergraduate students are legible to compete and speeches should be four minutes long.
"So many want Dr. Grabow Pipes this Christmas, I've come to see you Pre-Smoke them myself"
Cincinnati Wants A New Coach
Cincinnati, Dec. 8—(UP)—Sid Gillman, line coach at Army, today was listed among the top possibilities to replace Ray Nolting as head football coach at the University of Cincinnati.
Notting was asked to turn in his resignation yesterday. When he refused, the University directors voted not to renew his contract which expires in June.
Girls' basketball teams opened intramural play last night with six games. Delta Gamma piled up the biggest score to defeat Harmon Coop 41 to 14.
Girls Open IM Play
Kappa Alpha Theta, following the DG's lead, defeated Tennessee Terra 26 to 8. Alpha Delta Pi surged ahead of its opponent, Temruth, to win 38 to 11.
Snatching a close victory Pi Beta Phi scored eight points to defeat Sterling hall 8 to 5. Other court winners included Corbin hall who defeated Briar Manor 17 to 10 and Locksley hall who defeated Foster hall 38 to 32.
Twenty-five teams, competing in five divisions, are engaged this year in a fight to win the court championship captured in 1947-1948 by I.W. Play will continue through Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1949.
Journalism Fraternity Will Elect New Members Todav
New members of Sigma Delta Chi national professional journalism fraternity, will be elected at 5 p.m. today in 107 Journalism building.
--at The Palace
The new members are selected from the juniors and seniors of the Journalism school. A nominating committee checks the records of candidates to establish eligibility and the new members are elected from that list.
Last Night's Basketball Scores
Fordham 66, Rider 51.
Holy Cross 65, R.I. State 48.
Georgetown 91, Ft. Belvoir 41.
Wm. and Mary 68, N.A.S. 46.
Ala. Teachers 55, Loyola (S.) 46.
St. Louis U. 59, Baylor 44.
Washington U. (St. Louis) 52.
K-State Five Flies West
Westminster 38.
Omaha U. 47, Sioux Falls 46.
Ohio U. 79, Marietta 60.
Okla. Baptist 58, Tulsa 53.
Creighton 50, Trinity (Tex.) 26.
E. Texas St. 60, Austin 47.
Stanford 55, C. of the Pacific 56.
San Francisco 49, California 47.
Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 8 — (UF)—Coach Jack Gardner and 12 Kansas State basketball players prepared teday to fly to the Pacific coast on the first leg of a 6,000-mile jount.
The K-Staters were scheduled to leave by chartered plane from Ft. Riley at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow for Friday night's game against San Francisco University in San Francisco's Cow Palace.
Gardner indicated Rick Harman would captain the Cats against San Francisco, probably before a sellout crowd of 18,000.
Saturday night the Wildcats will mix with Santa Clara, also at San Francisco, then swing back east for games against St. Louis University at St. Louis, Indiana University at Bloomington, and Long Island University, at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kansas State will return to its own hardwood floor Dec. 22 against the Iowa State Teachers.
The traveling squad will include Ed Head, Jack Stone, Jack Dean, Ernie Barrett, Al Lington, Ken Mahoney, Joe Thornton, Bill Dresser, Lloyd Krone, Bob Johnson, Norman Mortimer, and Rick Harman.
Kansas State, defending Big Seven champion, has made 120 points in winning its first two games at the expense of Emporia State College and Phillips University, Enid, Okla.
Grable Is No Weight Lifter
Hollywood—(UF)—Curvy movie actress Betty Grable was in bed recently with a strained back after trying to lift 190-pound Cesar Romero in a movie scene.
Dr. Robert Kositchek said Miss Grable should be able to return to work tomorrow. Work on her picture was stopped for two days.
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Cravath Is Coach Of Week
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New York, Dec. 8.—(UP)—He put four tackles into the line on defense and told them to hit like pile drivers.
Friday--Saturday—Wallace Berry "Alias A Gentleman."
Then he settled back and relaxed for the first time this season.
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He's the United Press Coach of the Week, Newell Jefferson Cravath of Southern California's brilliant history students, the boys who read what happened back in 1931 and went out and put on a repeat performance.
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That 14 to 14 tie with Notre Dame's Fightin' Irish will be as historic in time to come as the 16 to 14 victory of Southern California's 1931 squad. In 1931 the Trojans ended a 20-game Notre Dame winning streak, last Saturday they snapped one that had gone to 21.
Cravath and his kids thought they were going to win, and even though they were in a rather lonely minority on that score they almost got the job done. Cravath blames himself that they didn't, for after the Trojans went ahead 14 to 7 in the final two minutes of play, he didn't order a low kickoff. Instead, the Irish speedster, Bill Gay, ran the kickoff back 83 yards and set up the tying touchdown.
AAU Okays Relays Marks
Bill Easton, Kansas track coach was notified today that the Amateur Athletic Union has approved the two world records set during the Kansas Relays last April 17.
The two records were among seven American marks approved by the A.A.U. Four of these are also new world records.
"But I feel awfully fine about their showing just the same," he said. "I'm happiest for the boys because they had more to do with it than I did. I told them I thought we could give Notre Dame a good ball game and maybe beat them if we didn't make mistakes. Maybe I'm not a good coach. They wanted to win even more than the coaching staff did."
Harrison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace raced over the high hurdles in 13.6 seconds, one-tenth of a second faster than the previous world marshal Charles Fonville, Michigan's amazing shot-putter came up with a toss of 38 feet, 3-8 inch to better the previous mark by nearly a foot. Fonville later suffered a back injury and will never compete again.
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