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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1942
Charges and counter-charges continue to fly back and forth concerning the Gerald Tucker eligibility case. Fans of the University have a pretty good idea on just how Coach "Phog" Allen of the Jayhawkers feels about the case so it might be worth while to note how a few others in this section consider the situation.
John Cronley, sports editor of The Daily Oklahoma, had this to say: "The fine hand of Doc 'Phog' Allen has seemed busy in the whole proceedings. What a time for the Mount Oread oracle to take the rostrum. If Tucker has been ineligible, such a condition has existed for more than a year. Suddenly he's ruled out. Suddenly you notice Oklahoma opens its Big Six warfare against Kansas."
ALLEN NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS
Allen had a quick and easy comeback for this. Said "Phog." "I did only that which any other school in the Big Six would have done if their school had opened against Oklahoma in the first game of the conference schedule. If Missouri or Iowa State had been the opponent of the Sooners in the first game of the Big Six season then they would have instigated proceedings in the same manner that I did."
This is a most logical conclusion which everyone seems to admit. Further-more, it is an admission upon the part of the Sooner writer that the authorities at Oklahoma were slow in gaining Tucker's official eligibility. It was undoubtedly their hope that the situation could be avoided.
Bob Miller, sports editor of The Daily Nebraskan, called Allen's remarks an "unprovoked" attack. He continues by saying that "Phog's" pep rally speech backfired upon him and that Bruce Drake, Oklahoma's basketball coach, was "easily the victor in the clash" of words.
For a person who was nearly two hundred miles from the scene of the debate, Miller has unusual qualities as a debate judge. But from the laughs and snirks which were evidenced by the students at the rally, Drake's remarks formed merely a weak comeback. Doc Allen still retained his position as Number 1 debater in athletic circles in the eyes of the Jayhawkers.
Miller did, however, have some worthwhile statements in his column. "In Allen's latest speech," he continued, "he made some statements that have tremendous strength. If it is true that the greatest percentage of Oklahoma athletes are subsidized something should be done, but if he is making his slam without facts to back him up, it is pretty serious. These charges should be proved or be retracted but since they have been issued, something should be done. The interests of the entire conference are at stake."
GARDNER SAYS. "RULE" WAS VIOLATED"
Continuing around the conference, it might be well to listen to Jack Gardner, Kansas State basketball coach, whose chances of producing a championship squad this year were considerably lessened when Tucker removed to the Norman campus.
Gardner said that he had entertained no wish to penalize Tucker for "actions of Oklahoma university." "The conference rule covering migration of athletes is clear and was violated," he said. "The committee's original decision which barred Tucker from Big Six conference competition was correct and Oklahoma should feel very fortunate indeed that the decision was changed allowing Tucker to play after the first semester upon Kansas State's approval.
"It is not now and never has been my idea to hurt the boy," he continued. "But the whole situation could have been avoided had Oklahoma university confined its rushing to Oklahoma boys."
Gardner undoubtedly has the correct slant on the affair for he has.been closely connected with the affair from its very beginning. It is to his credit that he can stand up and state his convictions concerning the matter which is more than other members of the Kansas State faculty are capable of doing.
ELIGIBILITY COMMITTEE NOT BACKED UP
Mike Ahearn, director of athletics at Kansas State, took the easy way out by granting Oklahoma the right to play Tucker, starting with the coming semester. True, no one wishes to hurt Tucker as an individual nor prohibit him from engaging in athletics during his entire college days at Norman, but the fact remains that the conference at one time felt so strongly on the matter that it incorporated into the by-laws a rule which strictly forbids migration of athletes.
It did make one allowance, that of letting the "receiving-school" write a letter to the "deserted-school" and ask permission to let the athlete participate in athletics at his new alma mater. Oklahoma, however, ignored this allowance until it was forced to take action and then came crawling back to ask the forgiveness of the Manhattan school.
If the Big Six conference is to exist with the least amount of bickering it should at least abide by its own rules. Above that, it should follow the rule (continued to page five)
First Road Game In Title Defense Against Missouri
With an impressive win over Oklahoma to its Big Six credit, the undefeated Kansas basketball team makes its road debut in defense of its conference crown against Missouri at Columbia Wednesday night.
The Bengals have drubbed St. Louis University twice in early season games, but they fared only mediocrely in a west coast jaunt on which they played five games in a week.
On that trip Missouri won from Gonzaga and California but lost to Idaho, Washington, and was squelched 62-23 by Washington State, runner-up in the NCAA basketball tournament last year in Kansas City. Two Sophomores Start
Three veterans and two sophomores will compose Coach George Edwards' starting Tiger five. R. Burns 6-foot 6-inch center, and Ed Matheyny, who has shown scoring punch, are the sophomore starters.
DON HARVEY - FORWARD
Veterans of the first quintet are Loren Mills, captain and the team's leading scorer, George Evans, and Don Harvey. Harvey displayed increased scoring power against St. Louis this week with six field goals.
The Missouri court has held a jinx for the Jayhawk team in the past
Word was received yesterday from Don Isbett, '26, asking Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen and his entire basketball squad to be his guests at dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jan. 29.
BB Squad Receives Dinner Bid
Isbett was a member of the Kansas Relays committee and also a member of the athletic board while in school. The dinner in Cedar Rapids will follow the Jayhawkers game against the University of Iowa the same night in Iowa Citv
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Interfraternity League For Bowling Is Formed
An interfraternity bowling league has been organized by Omar Hicks, operator of the Lawrence Recreation Parlor. He will give a cup to the team with the best percentage average at the end of the season.
Six teams now are entered in the league and Hicks expects to add two more teams soon. Fraternities now represented in the league are Beta Theta Pi, Sigma $ ^{ \textcircled{4}} $
Six teams now are add two more teams soon. league are Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi.
Competition started in ten pin matches Wednesday night. The Reta's going undefeated in their three games, lead the league. League matches will be scheduled for each Wednesday night at the Lawrence Recreation Parlor with each meeting a new opponent in three matches each week.
with Kansas winning only one game in the last three years in the Bengal field house. Last season Kansas defeated Missouri at Columbia, but in 1939 and -1940 it was a different story.
The standings:
| | w | l | pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Beta's | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Phi Delt's | 2 | 1 | .666 |
| Delta Tau's | 2 | 1 | .666 |
| Kappa Sig's | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Sig Alph's | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Sigma Chi's | 0 | 3 | .000 |
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