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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FOUR
MAY 23,1947
By BILL CONBOY
When the New York Yankees of the All-America professional football conference signed "Buddy" Young, the swift Negro halfback on last season's Illinois Rose Bowl team, they touched off the spark which may result in open conflict between the colleges and the play-for-pay circuits.
Before the war, professional teams had established rules against signing any college player previous to the time his class graduated. This was to make certain that college students would not be lured away from their books and diplomas by the lure of financial offers.
The same rules are still in effect but the spirit behind their original adoption has been entirely forgotten by the pro magnates in their rush for grid stars. Since most of the top college athletes of 1941 and 1942 went into the service for two or more years their original classes were graduated by the time the men had returned to school. Thus, reason the pro big shots, no rule is being violated if these men can be enticed into the money game even before they actually complete their college education.
In the case of Young, the All-America league seems to have stepped even further. He entered Illinois in 1944 and his class will not be graduated till June, 1948. Big Nine officials have expressed belief that the pro conference will seriously harm American athletics by such disregard of amateur ethics.
On Thursday preceding the announcement that Young had been signed, commissioner Jonas B. Ingram of the All-America conference had issued a statement to coach William D. Murray of the University of Delaware and that the signing of the college prohibited the signing of college athletes until their class had received diplomas.
He added, however, that the war had brought about new conditions since the rule had been accepted by the pro teams.
Webb Halbert, a newcomer to the Iowa State football squad, carried off scoring honors in the final intrasquad game of Cyclone spring practice Friday. He broke away twice for touchdowns, both from beyond the midfield stripe.
Coach Stuber also found little to cheer about in the passing and punting of his backs. He indicated that these troubles might be relieved next fall by some players who missed spring drills. Eight lettermen are likely to be starting for the Cyclones when September games roll around. Three new-comers, Halbert at left half, Brubaker at center, and Bob Meyer at guard, will fill out the eleven.
Coach Abe Stuber said he liked the spirit and hustle which his men displayed, but he noted a lack of speed in the entire squad. He felt his linemen, in particular, were too slow.
The Cyclone head man is not optimistic about next fall. After the final practice session, he declared:
"We've got to build. We came out of the war in poor shape. We gained no talented freshmen who might have been eligible in the war, and I gave them all, but I'm not fooled. I know what we've got to have."
Sounds as if coach Stuber has his crying towel in smooth working order even if his team doesn't look up to par.
International Club To Meet
The last meeting of the year of the International club will be held tonight at 7:30 p. m. in the Pine room in the Union. There will be installation of officers. Aldo Guido Aliotti, engineering junior, from Dodecanese, Italy, announced the following speakers:
Miguel Perez, College freshman,
from Ecuador; Ingolfur Steinsson,
College special student, from Iceland;
and Andrew Rupert, from Cuba.
Time To Pick All-Star Squad
Attention intramural managers! It's time to pick an all-star squad. Your selections will be used as the basis for naming players to the 1947 honorary team.
The intramural office, in conjunction with the University Daily Kansan, requests that the intramural manager of each team, which participated in softball, submit an all-star selection to the sports desk in the University Daily Kansan news room.
Each manager should name a first and second team. These teams should not include men from their own club. In addition, each man may play either separately the three or four players most valuable on his own team.
Don Powell, director of men's intramurals, and Jim Raglin. University Daily Kansan intramural editor, will head a committee choosing the all-stars from the managers' lists.
All selections should be placed in the basket on the sports desk of the University Daily Kansan news room before noon Monday.
Goodness! 15 Runs In Two Innings
Kappa Alpha Theta beat Alpha Delta Pi. 11 to 9, to move into the quarter-final round of the intramural softball tournament Wednesday. They will meet I.W.W. this week, with the winner meeting Locksley hall in the semi-final round Monday.
Alpha Omicron Pi slipped by Jolliffe hall 18 to 17. Going into the fourth inning, Jolliffe hall led 10 to 3. In the last half of the fourth and fifth innings, the A. O. Pi's rallied for 15 runs. Jolliffe scored four runs in the last two innings.
Baseball Results
THURSDAY
National League St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 Only game played
American League No games played
American Association
American Association
Kansas City 3, St. Paul 0
Columbus 2, Louisville 1
Toledo 7, Indianapolis 1
Toledo 7, Indianapolis 6, twelve
innings
New Building Ready For Occupancy Soon
Another new building has been completed behind Frank Strong hall and will be ready for occupancy next week. C. G. Bayles, superintendent of buildings and grounds, announced
The north section of this long frame structure will be used by the veterans office. Dr. E. R. Elbel, director of the veterans bureau, said that the office will be closed during the transfer from Frank Strong which will probably be sometime after June 3. The Veterans office will be closed.
German games and songs furnished the entertainment, and frankfurters, ice cream, and pop were served.
The south section of the new building will be used as office space and conference rooms for Western Civilization.
Exports of petroleum and petroleum products from New Orleans totaled 903,387 tons in 1946, more than three times the tonnage exported in 1945.
German Club Has Picnic
The German club held a picnic at Clinton park, last evening.
Abilene Is On The Ball
Abilene—(UPI—the most decisive state high school baseball victory in a championship game Topeka won its first Kansas title went into Kansas records today. 26 to 0 over La Crosse last night.
Only A Cloudburst Will Stop Today's Ball Game
The Jayhawker baseball team will play Iowa State on the University diamond at 4 p.m. today. Coach Vic Bradford said that only another cloudburst could postpone the game.
He named Ray Ocamb, southpaw curve ball pitcher, as his starting hurler with Walt Diehl behind the plate. A second game will be played tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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1010 Mass.
Chicago (Haynes 1-1) at Detroit
(Trucks 3-3)
Boston (Dorish 4-1) at New York
(Gumbert, 0-0)
American League
Washington (Pieretti 0-1) at Phila-
delia (Marchiond 3-1) (night)
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St. Louis (Kinder 1-0) at Cleveland (Feller 5-3) (night)
National League
New York (Kennedy 3-2) at Boston (Spahn 6-0)
Cincinnati (Blackwell 5-2) at Chicago (Ayse 2-3)
Philadelphia (Rove 6-0) at Brooklyn (Saint 8-3) (night)
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