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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1943
Jinx Strikes Jayhawkers
Injury
Severely handicapped by injuries which have placed four of their stalwarts on the bench. Phog Allen's high-riding Jayhawkers tonight will present a patched lineup to meet the threat of the rejuvenated Nebraska Cornhuskers, who last week added the scalps of the young Missouri Tigers to their collection.
In downing the Tigers 56 to 50 last week, the Huskers revealed a new scoring star who may give the Jayhawkers plenty of trouble tonight. He is Ken Elson, substitute guard and forward, who may because of his performance against the Missourians reserve a starting berth in tonight's tussle. Elson racked up 14 points in last week's contest to tie Missouri's sensational sophomore Jenkins for scoring honors for the game.
Allen stated today, however, that little "Sparky" McSpadden, flu victim, has shown definite improvement, and may enter the game as a substitute, if needed.
Allen has indicated that he will, in the absence of two of the original members of the Iron Five, depend upon sophomore Hoyt Baker and junior Max Kissell to fill the vacancies. Kissell is scheduled to start at a forward slot, while Baker will team with Ray Evans at a guard post. Allen, however, stated that those positions may be reversed by game time.
Joining Charlie Black on the bench this week is fellow Iron Fiver Armand Dixon. In addition, Bill Brill, big reserve guard, will see no action.
Allen indicated today that Ray Evans, Jayhawk defensive ace, will draw the difficult assignment of guarding Elson.
In the meantime, Nebraska's topnotch guard duo, Young and Heinzelman, are likely to find their hands full in stopping sophomore Jayhawker Otto Schnellbacher, who racked up 21 points against the Huskers in their last meeting, and with Johnny Buescher, who has been finding the basket with consistency of late.
The Nebraskans will be trying to hold on to their recently-gained third place position in the conference. The Jayhawkers in turn will be striving for a triumph which will place them only one game short of a cinch for at least a tie for 1943 conference honors.
The game is scheduled to get under way at 7:30.
Tigers In Closing Rally To Defeat Iowa State 31-28
A period of nine minutes in the second half in which the visitors failed to score a single point, cost the Tigers a first half lead and forced the Tigers to pull the game out of the fire with a rally in the closing minutes of the game.
Ames, Ia., Feb. 22 — (Special) — Iowa State's Cyclones gave the Missouri Tigers a scare last night before bowing to the youthful Missourians by a 31 to 28 score.
Scoring honors for the game went to Ray Wehde, member of the Cyclones' colorful twins, with 10 points. Smith and Jenkins were the Missouri stars.
Army Call Includes Six of KU Cagers
--had indicated that he will introduce at a conference meeting of faculty representatives Saturday morning a resolution stating that no athlete will be barred from conference competition because of race.
Jayhawk jabberwock
It is certainly to be hoped that the petition currently being circulated on this Campus for the participation of Roger Whitworth in the coming Big Six Indoor Meet at Kansas City proves to be the means of ridding the conference of a reactionary rule which is not at all in keeping with the American way of doing things. It is all the more unfortunate that this reactionary regulation should fall in the field of sports, where Americans have so long prided themselves upon their sense of sportsmanship and fair-mindedness.
The Declaration of Independence named explicitly three rights to which every American citizen is entitled—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Fourteenth amendment states that the rights of citizenship are to be given irregardless of race, color, or creed.
Americans have always found one of their largest sources of pleasure to be athletic competition. It is intolerable, therefore, that such a necessity in the individual's pursuit of happiness should be denied him because of his color.
All who know Roger Whitworth respect and admire him. No trackman has worked harder, trained more conscientiously, although his chances, prior to this week, of competing in a league meet were practically null. His love of competitive running, however, has brought him to the stadium day after day for a workout.
It is interesting to note that he was formerly a student at Marquette University, the alma mater of one of the greatest of Negro sprinters—Ralph Metcalfe. Whitworth, if he is allowed to compete, will offer this University its best opportunity of winning an individual championship in the meet. He is capable of running the 440 yard dash in under 50 seconds when having a good day. This however is unimportant.
The principle behind the action is what counts. It is a move to insure that not one Whitworth, but dozens of Whitworths in the future, be they students of this University or another conference school, shall not be denied the rights that are theirs as Americans
One faculty member has predicted that Missouri will end athletic relations with this University if Kansas decides to allow colored youths to compete. This writer cannot believe that our Southern neighbor is that buried in the past.
Intramural A team play-offs will get underway Thursday night, Henry Shenk, director of intramurals, announced today. Topnotch contenders for the championship, however, clash tonight for division titles with the Beta's meeting the Phi Delt's, and the Phi Gam's taking on the Phi Psi's.
Play-offs Will Begin In Intramural Race
BUY U.S. WAR BONDS
Whitworth May Be Entered In Meet
Members of the University track squad today were circulating among the trackmen a petition requesting Coach Gwinn Henry to enter Roger Whitworth, colored dash man, in the Big Six Indoor Meet at Kansas City Saturday.
The petitioners stated that they had conferred with W. W. Davis, the University's Big Six representative, and that Davis
John Moore Team Wins Way, To Play-offs
By Paul Brownlee Rock Chalk Co-on
A cold John Moore Co-op team made up for their inability to hit the basket with fight, and last night defeated the Hellhounds 30-21, to win their division, and move into the play-offs with an undefeated record.
Quarterbacking the John Moore crew was Dwight Bartlett. This boy, one of the best guards in intramural in addition to sharing high scoring honors, snagged rebounds, and seemed to be in the right places all the time. Another big spark in the Co-op attack was Morris Borene, serrapy little forward, who shared high scoring honors with Dwight Bartlett and Carl Unruh, Hellhound forward, with nine points.
Borene Connects
With Borene hitting the basket regularly and with towering Bob Heaston pulling the ball out of the ether the John Moore boys built up a 15-7 lead at the half.
Coming back in the third quarter the Hellhounds with Unruh hitting a
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It was pointed out by University trackmen today that there is no definite rule in the conference prohibiting the entering of Negro men in Big Six athletic activities. In the past, largely because of the wishes of Oklahoma and Missouri University representatives, it has become customary not to enter colored athletes.
Frank Stannard, spokesman for the petitioners, today declared that the inclusion of Whitworth's name on the Kansas eligibility list would leave the way clear for him to compete, should Davis' resolution pass Saturday morning.
Declared Stannard: "It is our contention that the objection to Negro competition does not come from the student bodies of the member schools, but from the so-called 'older-heads' in many cases."
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Two Members Of Iron Five Leave March 6
"We were fortunate to get by as long as we did," Phog Allen, basketball coach, today commented upon the army enlisted reserve call, which included six members of his conference-leading basketball squad.
Basketball men to go include Hoyt Baker, Don Blair, Bill Brill, George Dick, Armand Dixon, and Ray Evans. Evans and Dixon are first string members, while Brill and Baker have seen considerable competition this winter.
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