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Thursday, September 30, 1971
University Daily Kansan
THE PRESS BOX at KU's Memorial Stadium is a 7-Day Exhibition that is set aside for the three motion picture film crews who photograph the entire game. Each university takes black and white films which are used by the film crew to create the exhibition.
scoreboard operator. The first level contains the writers, press box announcer and various statistical personnel. Access to the press box is gained through a marked side of the stadium and is carefully controlled.
each game in color to use in preparing the football highlights film at the end of each season. The second level is reserved for coaches who comprise a large part of the dress announcements and the electric clock and
THE FIRST LEVEL houses the writers who are assigned to their various papers to communicate to seventy writers occupy this area. They are provided with a lunch, program and flap cards for the day.
by play sheets at the end of each quarter, and information about each play of the game. Some write their stories there, while others simply record them. You'll write the story until they return to their papers.
KU's Pressbox: A Maze of Varied Activity
THREE TELEGRAPH machines are installed at the beginning of each football season to send stories produced by the writers to their papers. One operator is on duty during the game while one or two others join her at the end of the contest to move the stories which must go out.
VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS occupy the north end of this building the preshow and communicate a two-way communication system.
representative of KU's Traffic and Security Office, Lawrence Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Transportation.
THE SECOND LEVEL houses many announcers for radio and the public address system. Jerry Bailley, left, is the Voice of Jayhawks and its broadcast artists are the main hosts of the state. Jim Gillespie, right, gives fans in the stadium information about the game.
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Photos by
Bill Seymour
SPORTS PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Jay Simon handles space allotments in the press box, and makes sure that programs, food, statistics and accommodations are provided to the writers and photographers who cover the Jayhawks' home games. Simon arrives at the press box long before game time to make sure that all the final arrangements have been made.
MEMBERS OF THE COACHING STAFF view the game from the second level of the press box and provide information by phones to the sidelines. An enclosed oneher on end of the pressbox is reserved for the KU coaches and for the visiting
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coaches to give details of what is working well on offense and defense to the side lines to help determine game strategy. Sometimes the phones get disconnected and a mild state of panic results until communications are restored.