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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1942
"It can't happen here." That's what all Jayhawkers thought when considering the case of Ed Elbel and the possibility of his leaving the University to join the Army.
But it wasn't for the Hill to decide and consequently Elbel will leave Monday for Tula where he will become an associate director of research in the technical training command of the United States Army Air Corps.
A funny guy this Elbel. Quiet, modest, and a hard worker. Elbel is liker and respected by everyone. He's never too busy to stop and talk with you or to iron out your troubles. Whenever you want anything to be done in first class shape without doing any worrying yourself, just turn it over to Doc.
Latest example of this was the Phog Allen testimonial banquet at the Memorial Union and the following program at Hoch auditorium. It was a bang-up success in all respects. And yet when he was complimented later for the wonderful job he had done, Elbel passed it off with, "It wasn't I, it was that hard-working committee which I had."
And that's the way he always is. He does more outside jobs for people than any other person on the campus and yet he receives very little, if any, credit. There are a lot of people undoubtedly on Mt. Oread who do not know Doc. That is, they might not recognize him if they were to meet him. And yet, everyone who has attended a basketball game in Hoch auditorium or a football game in the stadium has heard his voice. He's the fellow who, during the Kansas-Missouri game Friday night, was worried that he had forgotten something before Christmas so immediately he wished all the fans a "Merry Christmas."
Doc's official title on the Hill is associate professor of physical education. He teaches all of the graduate courses in theory in the department of physical education besides teaching several undergraduate courses. This is a full-time job in itself and is as much as the biggest majority of Hill professors handle during the school term.
But Elbel doesn't stop here. He handles the work of two men in his capacity as director of the intramural program on the Hill. And this job is no task for a softy. He gets complaints by the scores and has to settle them all peaceably and to the satisfaction of all concerned. If there is one man on the campus that has the qualities to do this successfully it is Doc Elbel.
One fact which very few people know is that Elbel is recognized as the greatest intramural director in intercollegiate circles in the country. You'd never know it by talking to him but it remains for the opinions and recommendations of other leading educators to place Elbel at the top of the heap in intramural direction. Proof of this fact is that one of Doc's "boys," Jim Raport, made the jump from assistant here at the University to the spot at the head of the intramural set-up at Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn this year.
One of the best stories to emphasize Doc's sincerity and modestness is this little anecdote. Doc has never been one to have very much leisure time. But like everyone else he certainly enjoys it when it comes his way. And that's the point. He never goes looking for an extra hour where he can slack his work and loaf. In fact, he seldom leaves his office before five o'clock in the afternoon and generally it's much closer to six o'clock because he doesn't want anyone to say that he is shirking his job and not putting in enough time. His conscientiousness is one of his greatest attributes.
His jobs don't stop here however. He is general manager of the Kansas Relays. The title may not sound too impressive but his work makes up for that in a big way. It was remarked several weeks ago when it was rumored that Doc might leave that the University would need three men to take his place and that the Relays just couldn't be staged.
This might have been exaggerated to a slight, but very small, degree, but it does show quite conclusively what those who work with Doc think of his ability.
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Kansas Cocky for Aggie Game Refs and Balls Picked
Time is just abiding while the Jayhawkers wait impatiently for their playoff tilt Tuesday night in Kansas City with the Oklahoma Aggies. The winner of this game will then enter the Western Division playoffs with Rice, Colorado, and either Stanford or Oregon State in Kansas City March 20 and 21 for the right to meet the Eastern Division champion March 28 in another game in the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City.
The restlessness of the players is shown in their cocky attitude which tends to make them forget about the Oklahoma
Aggie game and look forward to the games later in the week.
The Aggies Come First
The entire team has the opinion that they can beat the Aggies quite easily but their basis for this belief is extremely uncertain. In the first clash of the two teams this season the Jayhawks narrowly won, 33 to 29, on their home floor.
Five days later at Stillwater the Cowboys rode herd on the Kansans to the tune of 40 to 33. Since that time the Jayhawks have taken a shellacking at Norman and won two other Big Six games to win the title with Oklahoma. The Ag's also finished their conference schedule in a tie with Creighton for top honors and will battle Oklahoma at Noman tonight in the final game of their regular schedule.
Gibbs and Curtis Selected
Referees for the game Tuesday have been selected by Arty Eilers of the Missouri Valley and Reeves Peters of the Big Six. Coaches of the two competing teams, Henry
Iba and Phog Allen, agreed on Ronald Gibbs of Springfield, Ill., and Ab Curtis, Ft. Worth, Texas, as the officials and both have accepted, said the two commissioners.
In the game two different balls will be used. It has been the practice of the two teams to always use their own ball when they were playing on their respective campuses. However since the game is being played in Kansas City, a Spaldings Stitched ball, the type used by Kansas, will be placed in action one half and during the other half a Lastbilt Molded ball, the kind that Oklahoma A. and M. uses, will be in vogue.
"B" Team May Play
The backboards for this game will be the regulation wooden backstops but there is a possibility that glass blackboards will be used in the N.C.A.A. Western Division series and in the final game. A vote is being taken at the present time among the coaches of the competing
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