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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1942
Pressbox Ramblings By J. Donald Keown
Thank God for Kansas State! Once again this fall the Aggies seem to present one of the few chances for the Jayhawks to chalk up a gridiron victory. At least, Gwinn Henry's men should take the field no less than an even choice against the equally hapless Wildcats, whose record so far this season is certainly no rosier than the Jayhawk performances. Fans who remember last year's game here between the two squads are certain that next Saturday's battle will pack plenty of fireworks. The 1941 game was just about tops in everything, and kept fans on the edge of their seats from the starting whistle to the closing gun. The two teams seem to be even more evenly matched than last year, when the Jayhawks went onto the gridiron something of an underdog to upset the Manhattan squad.
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The game at Manhattan will be the Wildcats' Homecoming, and certainly Ward Haylett's men will be pointing for the game. Many scribes believe that the Aggies' Jug Zeleznak is due to break loose with a rash of touchdown dashes. Zeleznak, Rokey, Bortka, Merriman, Repstine, Quick and cohorts may give the Wildcats an edge in the backfield, but it would seem that the Jayhawk line should be more than able to handle the Wildcat front wall. Perhaps the deciding factor will be the weather. Another wet day and a slippery ball may spell disaster for the Jayhawks, with so much depending on the passing of Ray Evans. On the other hand, if the weather is good Evans might possibly come through with another performance like his exhibition at TCU, and if so, the Wildcats won't have the running game the Frangs possessed to overcome it.
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In truth, there was nothing very encouraging about the Jayhawk showing against the Sooners. However, Gwinn Henry's charges did appear to be a better squad than the outfit which had earlier dropped tilts to the Iowa Cadets and Marquette at Memorial Stadium. Biggest improvement was the running game, where the Jayhawks actually held their own with the high-geared Sooners the first half. Hoyt Baker in particular looked good, and for the first time this season the Jayhawks had a man on the field who could pick up some yardage returning punts. Ed Linquist came through with another good performance, and is the most consistent of the Kansas running backs. Evans also showed flashes of last year's prowess on the ground.
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Defensive play, while somewhat erratic, seemed to be somewhat cleaner than in previous Jayhawk tilts. The tackling of Junius Penny and Ray Evans was particularly vicious. It is unfortunate that Evans' great defensive game cannot show in the national statistics as will his slump in passing. Our unofficial tabulations show that he has now completed something like 53 out of 121 passes. The way the big boy cut down Sooner backs in the secondary, however, more than makes up for any deficiencies in the passing department. Warren Hodges was also a defensive standout, and seems to have at last found himself in a Jayhawk uniform and to be playing the type of ball he used to turn in at Lawrence High. It was the second straight game in which the big tackle turned in a sterling performance.
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At random—Jayhawk fans are wondering why Frosty Wilson didn't see more action. The junior back might have aided in taking up the slack in protection for Evans when he dropped back to pass . . . Harry Merriman, scooting sophomore back at Manhattan, will bear watching Saturday, although he tips the scales at only 140 pounds . . . Kansas State publicity material rates Mike Zeleznak as "the best back in the state of Kansas." Our nomination for that honor goes to Evans or St. Benedict's Ivy Comp . . . The Jayhawkers have taken 23 out of 39 previous games with their state rival. Two contests have ended in a tie . . . The report is out that big Charlie Black will qit football this week.
Table Tennis Tournament To Begin November 2
The table tennis tournament, sponsored by the Union Activities committee, is scheduled to start Monday, Nov. 2. Entry deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 28. Contestants can file entries in the Union Activities office in the sub-basement of the Memorial Union
between 2:30 and 4:30 every afternoon.
K-Club to Meet Tonight
There will be a meeting of all K-Club members tonight at 7:30 to discuss plans for a hayride, according to Paul Turner, president.
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WARD H. HAYLETT Kansas State's Head Coach
CARL NELSON Kansas State's Backfield Coach
Haylett and Assistants Form Capable Staff
Ward H. Haylett is by trade a track man, but when service calls dug deeply into the Kansas State coaching ranks the popular mentor turned up as the Aggie football coach, and has been doing a capable job this fall with unusually weak material at Manhattan.
Haylett's backfield coach, Carl Nelson, former Bethany College star, is definitely forward passing minded. His high school squads at Council Grove and Clay Center became fa-
Haylett has coached thinclads at Kansas State for 14 years, and during that time has also served at various times on the gridiron coaching staff as freshman mentor, assistant coach, and as a scout. He was an athletic star at Doane College at Crete,
Neb, before serving as a second lieutenant in the infantry during the first World War. Cherished at High School
Following the war, Haylett took up high school coaching, and then returned to Doane College in 1924 as football and track coach. In 1923 he was appointed K-State's first full-time track mentor, and has since that date been unusually successful in the sport. In 1977 Haylett coached the American team to a victory in the Pan-American games at Dallas, Texas.
Coached at High School
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Iowa State Returns To Conference Competition Again
Ames, Iowa, Oct. 21.-Iowa State after 2 weeks of free lancing outside of the conference, returns to Big Six competition this week, meeting the loop champions, the University of Missouri, at Columbia.
The game will give Mike Michalske, head coach at Iowa State since last Wednesday, his first look at his new conference. Michalske was at Madison, Wis., scouting Marquette when the Cyclones played Nebraska at Lincoln.
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Intramurals Are Stressed For Women
IWW and Kappa Kappa Gamma, winners of last year's titles, are again among the teams holding the lead in the women's intramural volleyball tournament, now in its third round. IWW, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, Corbin hall, and Watkins hall have each won their first two games.
Outstanding players among the leading teams include Margaret Butler and Sue Elliott, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Peggy Davis, Kappa Alpha Theta; Lavonne Jacobson and Frances Davison, IWW; Mildred Wells and Phyllis Struble, Corbin hall; Donna Birkhead, Chi Omega; and Betty Charles and Althea Schuss, Watkins hall.
The third round schedule at Robinson gymnasium this week follows: Monday, October 19.
Watkins vs. Corbin at 7:30 p. m.
IWW vs. Eileeras at 7:30
Wakken v. WK
IWW vs. Etceteras at 7:30
Sigma Kappa vs. Miller hall 8:30
Independents vs. Co-op, 8:30
Wednesday, October 21.
Kappa, Kappa, C.
Kappa Kappa Gamma vs. Kappa Alpha Theta, 7:30
Alpha Delta Pi vs. Gamma Phi Beta 7:30
Delta Gamma vs. Alpha Chi Omega,
8:15
Pi Beta Phi vs. Chi Omega, 8:15
Teams scores to date are:
**Round One**
IWW vs. Independents—62 to 15
Kappa Kappa Gamma vs. Alpha Delta
Pi—45 to 11.
Kappa Thata, Thata vs. Chi Omega, Pi
Co-op vs. Eteteras—35 to 30.
Kappa Alpha Theta vs. Gamma Phi Beta—60 to 14.
Co-bp vs. Ecterocysts — 35 to 30.
Corbin hall vs. Miller hall — 58 to 12.
Watkins hall vs. Sigma Kappa — 59
to 12.
Pi Phi vs. Delta Gamma—27 to 24.
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Other Big Six games scheduled for this week include Kansas at Kansas State and Nebraska at Oklahoma.
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