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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1941
The 1941 football season is over as far as the Jayhawkers are concerned but with an all-star attraction scheduled for Saturday at Manhattan and All-American teams and Bowl games just reaching their peak of popularity, football still holds the spotlight.
The four major New Year's day games have finally been settled to the satisfaction of their committees and now all that remains is for the ballyhoo to start, the sportswriters to pick the winners, and last of all—the games themselves.
BEST GAME IN SUGAR BOWL
The Sugar Bowl got the jump on the rest of the country by snapping up two of the best teams available, with the result that this will probably be the best game of the day.
Neither Missouri nor Fordham have ever appeared in the Sugar Bowl although both have one Bowl game to their credit. Missouri lost to Georgia Tech, 21 to 7, in the Orange Bowl in 1940 and Fordham was nosed out, 13 to 12, by Texas A. and M. last year in the Cotton Bowl. Missouri, with Steuber, Ice, and Wade leading the strongest running attack in the nation, should take the Rams despite the presence of Lansing and Filipowicz in the Rose Bowl line-up.
Oregon State, with two defeats on its record for this year, has never appeared in the Rose Bowl and Duke has just one Pasadena showing to her credit. Duke has an undefeated club but even at that the Blue Devils were not the popular choice on the coast nor even the first choice of the Bowl committee.
DUKE UNPOPULAR ON COAST
Wallace Wade and his boys will be out to avenge the last minute defeat suffered by them in 1939 when Doyle Nave passed to Al Krueger for a Southern Cal touchdown and a 7 to 3 victory. The West Coast still has not forgiven Wade for his high-handed tactics in refusing to shake hands with Nave after the game three years ago. It will take some mighty top-notch playing by Steve Lach and Mike Karmazin to win over the fans but they should at least convince Oregon State that Duke has one of the best teams in the nation.
The Cotton Bowl looms as the next best attraction with Texas A. and M. Southwest Conference winners and defeated only by Texas, opposing Alabama. Alabama lost an early season clash to Mississippi State and their finale against Vanderbilt. Derace Moser should spark the Aggies to victory.
GEORGIA-T.C.U. IN ORANGE
The Orange Bowl got the poorest deal, it seems, when they picked Georgia and Texas Christian. The Bulldogs lost only one game, a 27 to 14 decision to Alabama, but were tied by Mississippi. T.C.U. lost by 14 points to both Fordham and the Texas Aggies and were held to a scoreless tie by Rice.
WATCH THE SOONERS NEXT YEAR
Oklahoma can be marked down in your futures' book as the No.1 team in the Valley next year if their starting line-up against Nebraska is any indication. In the final game of the season, Coach Luster used six sophomores, two juniors, and three seniors. Roger Eason and Jack Jacobs, both seniors, did not start this game but even at that Luster needs only a pair of big tackles and he will be ready for the '42 season.
JACK JACOBS Kansas and had five
The Jayhawkers came next in their use of sophomores, starting four against Missouri. Five regulars will be lost by graduation with Hardman and Hagen returning for one more year of competition.
Iowa State lost only three of her starters against Marquette by graduation and will have six juniors and two sopohomores back next year. Missouri used only one sophomore, Art Santow, in its starting line-up against e seniors and five seniors completing the team.
NEBRASKA PLAYS SENIORS
Hobbs Adams was the only coach not to start a sophomore in his final Big Six encounter. He used four juniors and seven seniors. Nebraska, however, took top honors in reference to starting seniors. Eight Cornhuskers played their final game as they lined up for the opening kick-off against Oklahoma Saturday. Two juniors and Herb Von Goetz, sophomore guard, rounded out the team.
MISSOURI REDUCES DEBT
With the announcement yesterday that $7,720 had been applied towards reducing the total indebtedness on the Memorial Stadium at the University, one is reminded of the situation at Missouri. Two-thirds of the $18,000 profits earned by the Tiger grid machine this year have been used to lower their stadium-field house debt. With the Sugar Bowl profits yet to be received, another sizeable chunk of the debt will be cancelled.
This should remind Jayhawkers, alumni, faculty, and students alike, of the easiest means to obtain a debt-free stadium—have a winning football team. Perhaps Tiger Coach Don Faurot has the answer. He started hitting the banquet trail early by speaking at the Jefferson City High School football banquet last Wednesday night. It's a good start toward some prize sophomores in 1943.
Seven Lettermen Return
Cage Hopes May Travel Up, Down
From riches to rags might well be the description of the Jayhawker basketball team this year if two wobbly knees fail to stand the brunt of a hard campaign which Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen is mapping out for his cagers.
These knees belong to senior lettermen Ralph Miller, forward, and Marvin Sollenberger, guard. Probably at no time in the 25 years that Allen has been coaching at the University has he had a greater collection of potential basketball stars than he has at his command this season.
Barring injuries, temperamental displays by the players, or downright upsets, the Jayhawkers should trot through their 18-game schedule with nary a defeat to mar the record.
Injuries Start Early
However, the injury jinx has already started to darken the otherwise bright picture. Sollenberger wrenched his knee last Monday, agravating an old high school injury, and has not been able to report for practice since then. "Solly," who was stricken with glandular fever after the Iowa State game last year and unable to play in the final two games, was all set for his best season as regular back-line guard until the injury happened.
Miller's knee, which was injured in the Iowa State football game in 1938, stood up well during the recent football season that saw him bounced on the turf on nearly every Kansas pass play, of which there were many. During the few basketball practices the past week the knee has not caused any difficulty but a recurrence of his trouble on the court three years ago would cramp the offensive maneuvers of the Jayhawkers considerably.
Six Veterans Missing
Sollenberger is the only full-time regular to return from last year's club which was tied by Iowa State for the Big Six title. Coach Allen, however, has four other let-
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More Teams Needed For I-M Basketball
Hill basketball teams will continue to work out afternoons and evenings this week to put the finishing touches on their style of play before the opening intramural games scheduled for either Thursday or Friday night.
Dr. E. R. Elbel, intramural director, stated that 28 teams have already entered in four divisions, and that further entries had already been the rubbed.
should be in before the schedules are made out tomorrow morning.
Teams that have entered in the "A" division include Theta Tau, Crackerjacks, Sigma Nu, Phi Psi, Kappa Eta Kappa, Pflugerville I, Pfulgerville II, S. A. E., Kappa Sig, Sig Ep, Acacia, Delta Tau, Carruth, Alpha Chi Sigma, Jayhawk Co-op, Rock Chalk Co-op, John Moore Coop, D. U., A. T. O., Blanks, Phi Delt, Newman I, Newman II, Newman III, Hell Hounds, Battenfeld, and Phi Gam.
In the "B" division, Sigma Nu,
Phi Psi, S. A. E., Kappa Sig, Sig Ep, Delta Tau, Carruth, D. U., A. T. O., Phi Delt, Battenfeld, Phi Gam, and Acacia have entered teams.
"C" teams include Phi Psi, S. A. E., Kappa Sig, Delta Tau, A. T. O., Phi Delt, and Phi Gam.
termen from last year's squad and two lettermen from the previous year to build his team around. Miller is one of the latter. He laid out of athletics last year to protect and strengthen his injured knee.
1941-42 Squad Members
Three Big Six standouts and two men who shared duty at a fourth post were lost by graduation. Gone are Howard Engleman, forward, who set a new conference scoring record last year; Bob Allen, All-Big Six center; John Kline, guard, who was the workhorse of the team; Norman Sanneman and Bill Hogben, a pair of hustling forwards; and Ed Hall, burly guard.
Returning lettermen from that team are Charlie "Hutch" Walker, Hutchinson, guard; T. P. Hunter, Centralia, Ill., forward; Vance Hall,
Phi Psi has entered a team in the "D" division. Dr. Elbel pointed out that the "D" division cannot be continued unless more teams are entered, and he urged that organizations wishing to compete in that division enter their teams as soon as possible.
Downs, forward; John Buescher,
Beardstown, Ill., forward; and Sollenberger, Hutchinson. In addition to Miller, Bob Johnson, Kansas City, Kan., guard, is a letterman from the 1940 squad.
Squadmen returning from last year are Don Blair, Ottawa, guard, and Browder Richmond, Kansas City, Mo., forward.
From last year's crack freshman team come several fine prospects. Standout is Ray Evans, Kansas City, Kan., guard, who starred on the gridiron this fall. Others who were regulars on that yearling quintet were Charlie Black, Lawrence, forward; Paul Turner, Kansas City, Kan., center; Jack Ballard, Kansas City, Mo., forward; and Don "Red" Ettinger, Independence, Mo., guard. Max Kissell, Portis, and Bob Fitz-
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Introducing the family headed by Fredric March and Martha Scott in "One Foot in Heaven" playing today and tomorrow at the Jayhawker as the best picture of 1941.