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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
NOVEMBER 6,1946
BY BOB DELLINGER Daily Kansan Sports Writer
The recent All-Student Council resolution favoring full Negro participation in Big Six athletics may mean a lot.
The Big Six ruling at the present time permits the home team to decide whether or not Negroes may play in an athletic event, which means, to all practical purposes, that Negroes may play anywhere except in Missouri and Oklahoma whose policy is segregation.
A football game between the University of Nevada and Mississippi State was cancelled Tuesday because the southern college would not allow two Negro players from Nevada to play on its field at Starkville, Miss.
The Nevada athletic board, with the full support of the student body, voted to cancel the game after being notified that the two players could not participate. The players involved are Horace Gillom, a potential All-American tackle, and Bill Bass, regular halfback.
A telegram from the Mississippi State athletic board asserted that "traditional custom" could not be violated.
Another controversy of the same type was settled this year as Fresno State decided to dispense with the services of its Negro players in a game with Oklahoma City U. on the Sooner field. O.C.U. won the game, 46 to 7.
The problem has been growing in scope the past few years, both in college and in professional sports.
The Montreal Royals added Jackie Robinson, former UCLA star to their roster last year, and immediately ran into difficulties during spring training.
Some southern teams refused to play the Royals, and several games had to be cancelled.
When Jackie, who is almost a certain bet to be a major leaguer next year, goes up to the parent club, Brooklyn, additional difficulties are expected.
What will happen when the Dodgers go into a series with St. Louis in "southern" Missouri? While the Card owners will probably not be so foolish as to make a major issue out of it, there may be some unpleasantness.
It is time the country grew up mentally and came to accept the fact that some Negro athletes are better than many white players, and deserve to participate in sports on an even footing.
Such childish "customs" and "traditions" are outmoved and have no place in today's growing world. The sooner this is realized and something is done about it, the better.
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Capt. E. R. Durgin, U.S.N., director of N.R.O.T.C. training in colleges and universities, will make an informal inspection of the University unit Nov. 20.
Saturday's Win Silences Rumors Sets Stage For O.U. Battle
The Jayhawkers will have a chance this Saturday to assert themselves among conference leaders Missouri and Oklahoma.
Although the bookmakers probably will give the Sooners a two-touchdown advantage because of their season's record against some of the toughest opposition in the country, the Jayhawkers have bounced back into the limelight as definite threats to the $ \textcircled{*} $ Big Six leaders.
Coach George Sauer's nomination by the Associated Press as the coach of the week speaks well of the mentor's ability to bring a team out of defeat and make it possible for it to overturn a favored eleven.
Sauer's first 'ob when he took over the coaching duties here was to get rid of the "losing complex" which had been a part of the athletic setup before the war. No one thought K.U could win a football game then and it usually didn't, except against smaller non-conference foes.
The head coach sent his charges through spring and summer practice in an attempt to build a football machine that could stand in Big Six competition and win an appreciable amount of games this fall.
The entire athletic setup was reorganized. Sauer named Vic Bradford as backfield coach; Bob Ingalls, line coach; Dean Nesmith, tackle coach; Mike Getto, assistant line coach; and Wayne Replogle, end coach.
The team was set to go with the first game against Texas Christian. The Jayhawkers rolled over the early season opposition and finally met defeat at the hands of Nebraska. Then the Tula setback started rumors flying;
"The team was disorganized. The players didn't like the coach. Sauer was putting them through scrimimages which were too tough and too long. People were talking; mostly people who didn't know what they were talking about."
The Kansas Jayhawkers played an outstanding brand of football Saturday. They were alert, confident, and they had a lot of winning spirit.
The results of the game with the Sooners may have the same happy ending. It will be a battle, however, and the Jayhawkers will be out to prove themselves again.
Rifle Club Plans Picnic And Schedule
A picnic was planned and a new firing schedule was outlined by M/Sgt. A. W. Millard at a meeting of the Women's Rifle club Tuesday night. The club picture was taken after the meeting.
Sergeant Millard will hold classes for four weeks on nomenclature of the .22 caliber rifle, assembly and disassembly, use of the sling, and gun characteristics, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The entire membership will fire from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays on a first-come-first-served basis.
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Wet grounds caused postponement of all intramural football games scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and probably for the rest of the week. Don Powell, intramural manager, said today.
"If it stops raining today, we may be able to get the field marked for Friday games," he said. "We will probably have to run eight games Friday to catch up."
Intramural managers of all organizations met Tuesday afternoon to hear Powell and Jim Ritchie, intramural secretary, discuss plans for basketball, bowling, and volleyball competition.
Entry blanks for these sports were distributed at the meeting. All team rosters must be submitted to the intramural office before midnight, Tuesday.
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