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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941
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With the conclusion of the high school football season the question of which is the strongest team in the state always comes up. Last year the Topeka Trojans claimed the mythical title by downing the Wyandotte Bulldogs, 32 to 13, in the final game of the season. This climaxed an undefeated, untied season for the Trojans. Kenny Johnson and Bill Palmer were the backfield stars with Don Johnson proving the stalwart in the line.
LAURELS TO WYANDOTTE
This year there seems to be little doubt as to the strongest team in Kansas high school circles. Ed Ellis' Wyandotte squad went through one of the toughest 10-game schedules in this section unscathed, not even a tie.
Listed among their conquered foes are Kansas schools Ward, Leavenworth Salina, Topeka, Shawnee Mission, and Argentine. Missouri schools defeated were William Christman of Independence, Central of Kansas City, Springfield, and William McKinley of St. Louis, Missouri state champions last year.
The Bulldogs amassed over 2,100 yards from total offense in rolling up 211 points to their opponents 13. Only St. Louis and Independence scored against the team. Leaders in the victory parade were Fred Laird and Steve Kaminski, the two leading scorers; Willie Micklick, perhaps the outstanding guard in the state; Ron Smith, huge place-kicking tackle; and the three Ed's, Vargon, Eematic, and Andersvich.
GOOD K.U. PROSPECTS
Proof of their outstanding ability is shown by the fact that 10 members of the team placed on the first two all-star teams of the K.C., Kan., high schools, eight making the first team. The eight graduating seniors from the starting line-up should provide plenty of good material for college teams in this section.
Wouldn't Micklick, Laird, and a few more look nice playing along side other Wyandotte stars, Ray Evans, Joe Crawford, Dick Channel, Bill Brill, and Kenny Thompson, in the Jayhawker line-up in 1943? It's a real possibility and would move Kansas up several notches in their football chances.
RAY EVANS
ELLIS SETS UP RECORD
It was stated this week that Kaminski would enroll at Missouri next fall but this column feels that he'll come closer to joining his brother, Ed, and Mike Vargon at Kansas State than tossing the pigskin for Don Faurot. Smith, a junior this year is a distinct possibility for K.U. if he doesn't
go to West Point to join his brother, Gene. The latter kicked the majority of extra points for the Cadets this year, resembling Jack Haberlein of O.U. in his playing status.
Ed Ellis has lost only 3 out of 30 games in the past three years at Wyandotte. He is a graduate of Oklahoma A. and M. and learned his football under Lynn Waldorf, present coach at Northwestern. Ellis, by the way, has been mentioned as one of the leading candidates to take over the Jayhawker coaching reins when and if Gwinn Henry is removed.
WICHITA NORTH SECOND BEST
Wichita North and Fredonia are probably the next two ranking teams in the state. Fredonia finished its undefeated 10-game schedule by tromping Neodesha to win the Tri-Valley league. A challenge was issued to Wyandotte but high school athletic rules prohibit any December games or more than 10 games for any school in one season. Joe Timmons, Apollo, Schroder, and Sias were the Fredonia leaders. Timmons is a brother of Max, the senior K-State halfback.
Wichita North had its most powerful team in years, losing only an upset game to Arkansas City. Doug Browne, fullback, and Bill Jamison and Don Comeaux, linemen, the Redskins to the Ark Valley title. In their final game they crushed one of the biggest teams in the state, Wichita East, by a 40 to 0 count.
ALL-STATE ROSTER
Other title winning teams were Pratt in the Southwest league, Concordia in the North Central league, Norton in the Northwest league, and Shawnee Mission in the Northeast league. Dale Hall, all-state half back last year and scorer of 89 points in his last four games this year, led Parsons to its third successive Southeast championship.
A brief roster of Kansas all-stars this year would include Bob Hall, Shawnee-Mission; Bob Birdsong, Hoisington; Jamie "Dutch" Stehley and Dick Shofield of Phillipsburg; Frank Pattee, Smith Center; Earl Horton; Pratt; Garold Robbins, Cimarron; Warren Fieandt, Wichita East; Johnny Dewell, Newton; Jack Mitchell, Arkansas City; Ralph Cranstan, Ness City; Jack "Coog" Grim, Wellington; Charlie Boeppler and Ben Trackwell of Leavenworth; Hubert Downs, Rosedale; Clint Ragland, Parsons; Bill Swafford, Concordia; and Howard Mallone, Dodge City.
LET'S STOP THIS EXODUS!
Add to this list the 15 previously mentioned stars and you will have a pretty good picture of the first three all-state teams of the state. These teams should be released in about 10 days.
Now what remains is for K.U. students and alumni to get to work and to get some of these boys to enroll at the University next fall. It doesn't do any good to produce outstanding stars if they are allowed to slip away to other state universities.
Evidence of this fact was seen this morning when Henry Frnka, gridiron coach at Tulsa, stated that four members of the Coffeyville Juco championship team were scheduled to enroll at Tulsa next fall. This includes Gene Spangler, one of the outstanding backs in the state.
Let's stop this exodus! If we can't bring them to K.U. we can at least keep them from going to other Valley schools by emphasizing the remaining schools in the state.
I-M Schedule Starts
33 Teams Fight For 'A' Title
Tomorrow Night's Schedule
6:00—Phi Psi “C” vs. Sig Alph “C”
6:00—Phi Psi “B” vs. A.K. Psi “B”
7:00-Blanks vs. John Moore Co-op
7:00-Sig Epi “A” vs. A.K. Psi “A”
With the football championship safely stowed away on their Fiji island, the Phi Gams are out to take the next hitch in their roping of all the intramural titles for the year.
The first games on the I-M basketball schedule come off tomorrow night in Robinson gymnasium with one game in the "B" and "C" divisions and two games in the "A" group.
Phi Gams Favorites
The Phi Gam's aren't scheduled for tomorrow night but they still are the reigning favorites to cop the trophy when the final results are totaled. Listed on their first squad are such former high school luminaries as Larry and Harold McSpadden, Roscoe Hambric, and Chain Healey, all-star Ark-Valley men; Wally and Curt Hinshaw, all-star Northeast league selections; and John Conley, long shot artist.
Larry McSpadden and Healey were first team members of the all-stars last year and Wally Hinshaw and Hambric received honorable mention. Altho the latter two only rated honorable mention they were the two leading scorers in the final game last year when the Fijis defeated the Newman club for the title. McSpadden led his division in scoring with a 12.9 average a game.
Newman Will be Strong
So powerful are the Gam's that
"Swede" Olson, first substitute on their "A" team last year, and Bill Burgner, outstanding frush prospect last year, might possibly be relegated to "B" team service for this season.
The other finalist of last year, Newman I, will be just as strong again this year. Tony Coffin, all-star first team guard last year, will be available second semester and honorable mention guards Marvin Vandaveer and Cliff Nordstrom will lead the team from the back court.
Other members of their squad will include Larry Johnson, Ralph Schaake, Junius Penney, Denzil Gibbens, and Ed Westerhaus. Penny was all-star in the Northeast league last year while playing for Lawrence. 33 "A" Teams
All teams entering this year have been grouped into six divisions. Division I, II, and "A" groups, each including eleven teams. In division I are Sigma Chi, Phi Psi, Kappa Sig, Acacia, T. K. E., A. T. O., and Phi Gam, Delta Chi, Theta Tau, Alpha Chi Sigma, and Pfluggerville I.
Division II includes Sigma Nu, S. A. E., Eig Ep, Delta Tau, D. U., Phi Delt, Beta, Pi K. A., Kappa Eta Kappa, A. K. Psi, and Newman I. In division III are Fluggerville II, Blanks, Newman II, Crackerjacks, Hell Hounds, Newman III, Carruth, Battenfield, Jayhawk Co-op, Rock-
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