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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1942
Pressbox Ramblings By J. Donald Keown
Suddenly forgotten are the moans over the plight of Kansas football in the uproar at the loss of a Christmas vacation. The failure of the grid eleven to push over touchdowns suddenly seems relatively unimportant to even the most rabid football fan in view of this latest development. Where once students discussed with hopeless shakes of their heads the pigskin prospects of the Jayhawks, they now argrily mourn the loss of that precious thing—the Christmas vacation. One sports organization—the basketball team—will be affected by the change. Now it must make its swing into the East at least partially on school time. It has been previously planned to make that action train during the Christmas vacation period.
entire trip during the Christmas vacation period. Gwinn Henry is driving his Jayhawks hard this week in preparation for the TCU game. The coach has been experimenting of late with various backfield combinations in the hope of finding one with a scoring punch. While Ray Evans has continued to spark the team, Henry is in hope of finding capable assistance for him this Saturday. Seeing some action with the first string this week have been Hoyt Baker and Frosty Wilson. Neither man will probably start, but both may see considerable action. It seems now that Joe Roberts will see no action against the Horned Frogs, and that Gene Roberts will be used only in case of dire need. Milo Farneti, reserve back and javelin ace of the track team, has checked in his uniform.
Horned Frog Hash—Three members of the TCU coaching staff are at present on leave of absences while in the services. . During Meyer's regime at Fort Worth, the Frogs have attempted 1,924 passes and have completed 881. . Bob Balaban, the Kansan on the Texas squad, stands six feet, four, and weighs 200 pounds. . Star Emery Nix is the only married man on the TCU team . . Captain Bruce Alford ranked tenth in pass receiving in the Southwest conference last fall. He is also a great baseball star. . Little Dean Bagley averaged 3.8 yards a try last year when carrying the ball. . Joe Rogers, letterman guard, has been shifted by coach Meyer to the fullback position. . Says the Illustrated Football Annual of Meyer's charges: "The spry-hopping Frogs are king's row bound."
Iowa State football fans are proud of their line coach, Mike Michalske. In the current issue of Collier, Benny Friedman, Michigan's great all-American quarterback, describes Michalske as the greatest guard he ever saw. Michalske played pro ball with the Green Bay Packers, after completing collegiately with Penn State. He was named six times to the all-professional squad. In his article, Friedman declares that it is not the system, but the players which make a team click. The mighty T bogs down when fleet backs are missing, he declares. And right here on this Campus is all the proof Friedman needs for that statement.
At random—The World Series is a touchy subject with baseball man Bob Fizpatrick, who dropped plenty of money backing the Yankees... "Riffing" Ralph Miller passed for one of the Wichita Comandos touchdowns against Camp Gruber, and set up another with a long pass, as he and his pro mates downed the soldiers 26 to 0 . . . Wellington, usually tops among the state high schools in the grid game, has already dropped two games this fall . . . Eighty-five men are working out on the Kansas State frosh team . . . Oklahoma coaches are worried about the failure of their charges to display a passing attack . . . The K-State student body has challenged the students of Nebraska University to competition in a scrap drive . . . Nebraska fans have already forgotten their team's mediocre showing against Iowa, and are whooping it up after Saturday's impressive win over Iowa State.
Geological Survey Aids War Effort By Investigation
War effort is stressed in all phases of investigation and research in the State Geological Survey this year. The newly-drawn mineral resources map, reports, and general summary help to devolop war plants in Kansas by laying foundation work in geological and mineral fields for planning large industries.
Special investigation of water supplies for defense industries and bomber bases is one important phase of the Geological Survey. Subsurface water is tested for its quality and quantity, and the type of well required. A 1,000-feet core drill is used all over the state for wells.
The Geological Survey also is tent and for refractories. The testing clays, both for aluminum con-United States has not extracted aluminum from clay in large amounts, but Germany has been Field investigation for coal re- time.
Field investigation doing this for some time. sources in northeastern Kansas has been started, by A. L. Bowcher, in view of a possible future coal shortage. Also regional subsurface studies of oil and gas are now in progress for future development of these resources.
The Geological Survey is testing
oil brines, brought in under the direction of Dr. W. H. Schoewe, for magnesium. R. Q. Brewster and Calvin Vander Werf, both of the chemistry department have helped in analyzing the oil brines for their chemical character, those high in magnesium being the most valuable.
Weak Punting Also Bothers Horned Frogs
"We're working this week to put the foot in football," reports Coach Dutch Meyer of Texas Christian, at Fort Worth, as he gets his Horned Frogs ready for a visit from coach Gwinn Henry's Kansas Jayhawkers.
"In our two games to date we have punted 18 times for a measley average of about 29 yards," Meyer complains.
"We've had two punts blocked, and as a result have just managed to pull two games out of the fire in which we had a decidedly superiority in every respect but kicking. Yes, sir; we're going to do something about that foot part of football!"
In the two games to date-U.C.-L.A. and Arkansas-the Frogs have rolled up 30 first downs against the combined opponents' 11.
T. C.U. piled up 441 yards rushing in the two games, the two opponents together got 105 yards on the ground. Frog passing accounted for 166 yards; opponents' passing for 102 yards.
"Kansas ranked second in the Big Six in punting last year," Coach Meyer points out. "Their average was about 10 yards better than ours is now.
"It's a cinch that if we don't do better at kicking the ball around somebody is going to kick us around!"
Rifle Club Members Must Take Practice
All women wishing to fire on the rifle range this semester must attend four instructional sessions on preliminary rifle marksmenship to qualify, announced Capt. G. B. Smith, range officer.
Members of the women's rifle team will have preliminary rifle marksmanship from 7:30 to 8:20 tonight and tomorrow.
Next week instructions are scheduled to begin on Monday and will end Thursday. All women interested should sign on the bulletin board located in the main floor of Fowler shops, Capt. Smith said.
Cyclone Cage Team Lacks Experience
Louis Menze and several of his basketball players are still giving full time to football duties, but many of the 24-man Iowa State College squad are already conditioning themselves for the coming cage season.
Menzel will call the first practice session for Nov. 2. The opening game is scheduled for Dec. 2 with Simpson college at Ames.
Only three major lettermen will be back for the 1943 season. Replacing Capt. Al Buddolson, the highest scoring player in Cyclone history, Bob Harris, an all-big Six performer, as was Buddolson, and Carol Schneider tallest guard ever to play for Iowa State, will be the big job for Menzel.
The average height of the squad will be taller than last year, but Menze feels that the absence of one or two really tall performers may handi-
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Intramurals Get Underway On Saturday
Initial intramural touch football skirmishes will begin when three divisions of eleven-men and two divisions of six-man ball clash at the intramural fields on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock.
Henry Shenk, intramural director, pointed out that each division of eleven-man football consists of six teams and each six-man unit carries seven teams. A total of 18 teams are taking part in the eleven-man game while 14 teams are entered in the six-man competition.
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