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DECEMBER 13, 1945
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN LAWRENCE KANSAS
16. 1945
Jayhawks Meet Olathe Tonight
Unbeaten in five starts, the Kansas Jayhawkers will meet their last non-conference foe, the Olathe Clippers, in a return game there at 8 tonight.
Despite the close 65 to 61 squeeze over the Clippers here two weeks ago, the Jayhawkers are favored to truncate the gobs again.
Charlie Black, who was out with the flu during the first Olathe tilt, is game captain for the Jayhawks. His first big night of the season was against Missouri last Saturday when he raked in 26 points.
Olathe is expected to line up the same quinter that once had the Jay-hawkers tied 39-all before it lost to
Kansas in the last four minutes of the game.
This lineup places Coach Walt Herkal at guard along with Bill Wilgus, former Pennsacola NAS star; R. H. Negley, center; and A. M. Banks and H. F. Lilly, forwards. Lillv sank 19 points
in the final half against Kansas.
Other players to open for Kansas are Owen Peck and Gus Daum at guards, Maurice Martin, center, and Gib Stramel, forward. George Gear, who came up with 25 minutes of good defensive ball against Missouri, and had played less than a minute in the four opening games, may have earned a lineup position for this week.
Stramel, who has started every game at forward, will also find competition in the person of Gene Peterson, who amassed 23 points in the two weekend games within only 30 minutes playing time.
After the Olathe tilt tonight, the Jayhawkers will rest for one week before they travel to Oklahoma City for the All-College tournament Dec. 26, 27, and 28.
Schnellbacher Returns To K. U. Court
Otto Schnellbacher, regular forward on the undefeated Big Six champion team in 1943, enrolled in the University yesterday and will be eligible for varsity basket ball competition this semester. His return marks the enrollment of a second member of the original Iron Five. (Charles Black, forward, enrolled in November.)
Schnellbacher's discharge will become official January 1. He entered the army air corps in March, 1943, after he and the other members of the Iron Five led the Jayhawkers to the Big Six championship, and he in total points scored by massing 284 digits in his sophomore year.
While in service, Lt. Schnellbacher served as regular end and forward on the bootball and basketball teams at Selman field, Monroe, La., in 1944. In the end slot for the Hondo army air field football team at Hondo, Texas this fall, he scored three touchdowns against Tulsa in November.
Schnellbacher, a physical education major enrolls as a junior. He was married last summer to Theresa Renner, Alexandria, Minn.
The second round of Intramural basketball will be played this week with 24 games scheduled for tonight and Thursday night on two courts in Robinson gym.
Intramural Playoffs Continue Tonight
Games tonight: Sigma Chi Vi,
Lions and Navy Braves vs. Kappa
Alpha Psi at 7 p.m.; Beta Theta Pi
vs. Battenfeld and Little Phogs vs.
Delta Tau Delta at 8 p.m.; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon vs. Independent All-Stars
and Nu Sigma Nu vs. Delta
Upsonil at 9 p.m.
Games Thursday night: Carruth vs. Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma vs. Navy's Ship Company at 7 p.m.; Sigma Nu vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Tau Omega vs. Unknowns at 8 p.m.; Phi Gamma Delta vs. Phi Delta Theta and Phi Kappa Psi vs. Navy Flyers at 9.
Name the Sport, and Don Pierce Will Show or Tell You About It
The bully man in the press box is Don Pierce, and with a slow drawl he'll tell you "Yeh, if you've got a press pass," you can enter the sports reporters' sacred stomping grounds.
Don is the new sports publicity director for Kansas, and his first and last love is sports (apologies to Vivian.)
From his office in Robinson gymnastium the 218-pound giant hunts and pocks out stories and statistics about Kansas athletes and conjures new ways of introducing them into the sports limelight.
Don commutes to Lawrence every day from his hometown, Topeka. While attending high school there, he
DON PIERCE
was an All-State center in football during his senior year. When he came to K.U., he warmed the bench as a fifth string center his sophomore year and attained All-Big Six fame on the gridiron during his senior year. Sports writers and critics placed him as one of the top centers in the country.
Don has participated in practically every sport. Probably his biggest disappointment in the sports
world came when he was ruled out of the Golden Gloves boxing tournament because of bad eyesight. He uses glasses in all sports.
As an undergraduate, Don decided that he would have to be a sports writer, a coach, or a professional athlete so he could stay with sports the rest of his life. So he majored in journalism and minored in physical education.
After graduation in 1941 Don went to the Topeka State Journal as assistant sports writer. Later he served in the same position on the Kansas City Star.
In August, 1942, Don started playing professional football with the Brooklyn Dodgers. After playing with them a year, he served a half season with the Chicago Cardinals.
And then back to sports reporting he went — this time with the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman and Times. He stayed there until returning to the campus this fall in his present official position.
Don married Vivian Dandrum, whom he appropriately enough met in a bowling alley. She and Don are a typical Mutt and Jeff combination. She stretches to 5 feet 1 inch and weighs 95 pounds while Don, on the other hand, is 6 feet 2 inches and tips the scales at 218 pounds.
This publicity hound shoots in the eighties in golf and bowls a consistent game of 160. Tennis and handball are other pet sports.
Don is a walking dictionary of names in the sports world. Just name the sport and Don will either tell you about it or show you.
WANT ADS
For Sale—Tuxedo, size 38, call 348 and ask for Benny.
FOUND—A pair of glasses in leather case. Found in front of the Library. Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad at the Kansan office.
FOUND—A lifetime Parker pen.
Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad at the Kansan office.
FOUND—A wrist watch in the gym
Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad at the Kansas office.
FOUND A sterling silver bracelet Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad at the Kansan office.
Sachem, honorary senior men's organization, built the Rock Chalk cairn on the hill north of Frank Strong hall to commemorate the notable events of the University's history. Each stone in the cairn has a history within it. The corresponding organization for women, Mortor board, built the cairn on Old North College hill.
For That Coke Date Remember
ELDRIDGE PHARMACY
Phone 999 701 Mass.
LAWRENCE OPTICAL CO.
1025 Mass. Phone 425
HUNSINGER MOTOR CO.
Garage and Cab Co.
922 Mass. Phone 12
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