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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942
Word coming from Manhattan this morning from Dr. H. H. King, chairman of the Big Six faculty representatives, indicates that the freshman rule regarding the eligibility of athletes will be revised to allow freshmen to compete in athletics in the Big Six for the duration of the war.
Of course, his opinion is not final nor by any means is it any indication that the rule will be passed but it is a vital point to consider. Rumors have it that the majority of the Big Six faculty representatives favor the abolition of the present rule and it is a known fact that over half of the athletic directors desire that freshmen be made eligible.
HOW WILL KANSAS BE AFFECTED
Whether this new rule, if passed, will help or hinder Kansas is cause for considerable argument. There will be greater competition than ever for high school stars and Kansas most certainly is not in any too good a position when it comes to bargaining with other schools for red-hot talent. However, information from a reliable source states that Kansas is already set to lose two of its greatest prospects if the Big Six does not put through the new rule for these players will attend the school which will allow them to play their first year. Another good prospect, Doug Brown, has been lost by Kansas to the V-1 class of the Naval Reserves. Brown was all-state fullback at Wichita North this fall and was ticketed to be a Jayhawker to join Don Comeaux but the Navy proved to be a better recruiter.
Wallace Wade, football coach of the Rose Bowl defeated Duke Blue Devils, is definitely opposed to freshman competition. "It's true there's going to be a dearth of football material because of the war." Wade said, "but there are more important things today than winning football games."
Here are Wade's reasons for not liking the freshman idea: 1. The kids need a year of conditioning before they're ready for the varsity grind. Otherwise, they're more likely to get hurt. 2. Freshmen have a hard enough job simply becoming acclimated to college life. Enough of them flunk out as it is. 3. Because of the war, most colleges are trying to graduate students in a hurry. This means freshmen will take additional studies, and football would cramp their school work.
WHAT GREAT LAKES IS REALLY LIKE
One of the best cracks of the year was delivered at the Great Lakes-Kansas basketball game in Kansas City recently when the Sailor's good-will ambassador told the audience the reasons for the formation of the Navy team and concluded by hoping that "next year we hope to be playing in the Oriental League for the championship of Tokyo."
Although much has been written about the great collection of All-American stars which have been collected under the Great Lakes banner, little has appeared of the environment under which they work.
The naval station, established in 1904, is located at Great Lakes, Ill., about 35 miles north of Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan. It is considered the most important land unit of the Navy. It supplies about 35 per cent of the enlisted personnel who man the battle wagons of the fleet and now houses 11,000 men. A total of 50,000 is expected by Spring.
Coach of the squad is Lieut. J. Russell Cook, former DePaul University star athlete, who turned out many championship teams during his 10-year sta yat Central Normal college after serving in World War I. In 1929 his team, starring the Reeves brothers, went to the quarter-finals of the A.A.U. tournament in Kansas City.
ILLINOIS STILL LOOKS GOOD
The Big Ten title was seemingly decided Monday night when Illinois edged out her closest competitors, Minnesota, 41 to 37. That game gave the Illini a record of 9 wins and 1 loss while Minnesota dropped to third with 8 wins and 4 losses.
In second place now is Indiana with 8 victories and 3 defeats. The schedule seems to favor the Indianans to a slight degree. They face Ohio State, Minnesota, and Northwestern at home on the Fieldhouse floor and go to Iowa City Monday night to face the Hawkeyes. That will undoubtedly be their toughest game for the contests at Bloomington have a habit of always winding up in favor of the Hoosiers.
Illinois on the other hand must face Purdue and Wisconsin, two teams tied for fourth place at present, besides having games with Ohio State. (continued to page seven)
Four Regulars Are Lettermen
Four to two will be the way the seniors stack up when the Jayhawks take the court in Hoch auditorium tomorrow night against Henry Iba's rampaging gang of Oklahoma Aggies.
Returning from last year's runner-up crew in the Missouri Valley are five lettermen; Lonnie Eggleston, J. T. Newman, and Charles Scheffel at forward and Jack Taylor and Bud Millikan at guard. Ralph Miller and T. P. Hunter will be the starting seniors for Kansas.
All of these men are seniors but Scheffel is not a regular. The lone non-letterman in Iba's starting line-up is Lou Steinmeir, a sophomore who played high school basketball at Waydotte in Kansas City.
Will Have N.C.A.A. Bearing
Steinmeir is the tallest man on the squad towering six feet five inches. In a recent summation of outstanding sophomores in the Missouri Valley Steinmeir was named to the first team at center over other sophomore centers Jim Nichols of St. Louis and Ken Perry of Drake.
The Aggies, winners of 29 out of 33 games played in the Missouri Valley Conference in the past three years, are rated as one of the outstanding choices to receive the bid to represent this, the fifth district, in the N.C.A.A. play-offs. The game tomorrow night and the return engagement at Stillwater next Wednesday will undoubtedly be the deciding factors.
Offense Versus Defense
This game will feature a paradox in offensive and defensive tactics. The Jayhawks, boasting the highest scoring team in Big Six history, have averaged 57 points a game in their last three contests, defeating Crieghton, Nebraska, and Iowa State. An average of 51.1 points a game has been compiled by K.U. in seven conference games.
WOMENS' INTRAMURALS
Oklahoma A. and M., on the other hand, has concentrated on holding its opponents' scores down. Victorious over all its Missouri Valley conference foes, A. and M. has held them to an average of 19.3 points a game. Each team goes into the game with only two defeats on its record. Kansas' losses were to Iowa State and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team, while the Cowboys have been beaten by the towering West Texas Teachers team
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Corbin Hall will play the I.W.W. team at 9:00 o'clock tonight in Robinson gymnasium for the womens all-university basketball championship.
Mildred Wells (F), and Altaingham (G), will lead Corbin's undefeated team, backed by Marguerite Demint (F), Phyllis Struble (G), and June Cochren (G).
Lavonne Jacobson, playing forward on I.W.W.'s team, is outstanding for her ball handling and scoring ability, and will probably pace the independents. Teamed with Jacobson will be Martha Traite (F), Marge Rader (F), Evelyn Davison (G), Evelyn Herriman (G), and Irene McAdoo (G).
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Freshman Cagers Whip Phi Gam's
"Mitt" Allen's freshman cagers showed their stuff last night by beating the Phi Gam Fiji's, leaders in division I of the intramural basketbail competition, by a score of 49-24. The frosh squad was slow in warming up, but soon started to click. Lack of practice and training told on the Fiji's as the margin of points continued to widen.
Harold "Sparky" McSpadden was the outstanding player on the freshman squad and was continually in the hair of the Phi Gam quintet. An excellent defensive game was played for the frosh by Bill Brill, a good rebound man. Kenny Thompson starred on the offense.
Chain Healy and Swede Olsen played a good offensive game for the Fiji's, while Wally Hfnshaw was their strong defensive factor. The Phi Gam aggregation played good basketball, but were not able to keep pace with the hardened freshmen.
Starters for the Phi Gam's were Roscoe Hambric, Healy, McSpadden, John Conley and Olsen. Bruce Whittenberger and Hinshaw completed the Fiji squad. This lack of reserve power was a decided disadvantage as Allen used 13 players during the game. The freshmen who opened hostilities were Thompson, Brill McSpadden, Bill Short, and Otto Schnellbacher. Others who saw action were Bob Dole, Bud Smith, Stan Hansen, Armand Dixon, Bill Palmer, Curtis Hinshaw, Bob Corder, and Paul Carpenter.
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