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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1941
LUSTER'S COMMENT RATHER POORLY WORDED
Everything has its time and place, and it seems as if Coach "Snorter" Luster of Oklahoma could have chosen more appropriate words to express his exuberant feelings, as to the Sooner's victory over Santa Clara, than flowed from his eloquent vocabulary.
Speaking before a huge rally on the O.U. campus last Monday morning, the "Snorter," and the name seems to fit him well, dropped the following remarks. "It's pretty fine to win, isn't it," drawled Luster, adding that "one game doesn't make a season any more than one bottle'of beer makes a drunk."
You would think that a coach who is supposed to exemplify fine, clean living, with a direct emphasis on body conditioning and character building, could use a better choice of words than connecting up collegiate athletics with the liquor element, even in a poor simile.
The statement which Luster made was harmless enough in content, but it does add fuel to the fire, which many of the country's leading educators have created, concerning the repugnant smell of collegiate athletics. It seems a shame that a coach in Luster's position, should cast a slur on Valley athletics in such a way.
This corner is proud to say that Coaches Gwinn Henry and Forres C. Allen have never stood for anything but the finest and cleanest in the play and conduct of their football and basketball squads. A summary, listing all the successful business men who performed under the colors of Kansas in their undergraduate days, shows that K.U.'s athletic mentors definitely excel in the development of character and leadership.
Dana Bible's Longhorns from Dallas are tied for the nation's No. I ranking with Minnesota's Golden Gophers and here are the figures behind the five straight triumphs of Texas. The Texans have the best running and passing totals, to date, in the Southwest conference.
TEXAS'S RECORD FOR FIVE GAMES
Led by Pete Layden and "Jackrabbit" Crain, the Longhorns have rolled up 1396 yards from scrimmage to their opponents 276. The passing record is 46 completions in 80 attempts. Only Rice has a better season kicking average. Rice's punters have compiled an average of 38.4 per kick to Texas's booters' 36.8. Jack Wilson of Baylor has an individual mark of 41.2 per punt.
Layden and Crain have carried the ball 40 and 33 times respectively, and each now boasts an average of slightly better than 8 yards a carry. In fact, Crain is the Southwest's leading scorer with 50 points.
Football Side-Lines
Billy Hillenbrand, Indiana's star sophomore, has played all of the Hoosiers' four games this fall with a broken bone in his foot. According to the Indiana trainer, he must be playing on just plain "guts" . . . Clarence Herndon, Nebraska's fine tackle, missed suiting up for the first time in three years, when Missouri met Nebraska.
Lynn Waldorf describes Bob Westfall of Michigan as "the greatest spinning fullback I have ever seen." . . Fritz Crisler thinks that his left tackle, Al Wistert, is better than Northwestern's Bauman, or either Odson or Wildung of Minnesota. Wistert's brother, Francis, was a Grantland Rice All-American selection at tackle in 1933 . . . Michigan suffered a severe blow in their 7-0 loss to Minnesota when Joe Rogers, a great end, was injured and declared out for the remainder of the season.
The Nebraska student sports editor names the standouts of the Missouri-Nebraska game at Columbia. For the Cornhuskers, Vike Francis at fullback, and George Abel at guard were his choices while Faurot's Tigers mentioned as star performers, were backs Bob Steuber and Harry Ice, and linemen Darold Jenkins, Norm Wallach, and Bob Jeffries . . Francis Reagan, Pennsylvania's all-time great and now a starter on the New York Giants, was scheduled to report to the marine base at Quantico, Virginia, for active duty this week.
How is this for hefty tackles? Navy's Flathmann (255), Minnesota's Odson (247), and Harvard's Miller (270) all stand six feet three inches tall in their stocking feet . . . Minnesota's line averages 225 pounds from tackle to tackle, with the ends tipping the scales at a mere 200 .
Buildings and campus of Millsaps college, Jackson, Miss., have been renovated in a $12,500 repair program.
MARVIN WHITED
The Phi Gam's threatened to score again in the third period, but mud slowed up their pass receivers at critical moments. Kappa Sig Larry Spencer intercepted a Fiji toss to momentarily turn the tide. Spencer went on to pass his team
Jay Janes Hold Pledging Services For New Members
Pledging services for Margaret Butler, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Jean Bailey, Gamma Phi Beta, were held at the Jay Janes meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wed. in the Pine room of the Memorial Union. Adelle Woodside, vice-president, had charge of the services.
In the first quarter of the Phi Gam-Kappa Sig contest, the ball changed hands only twice. The Kappa Sig's fumbled in the second quarter but an offside penalty saved them. The Fiji's were crowding the Kappa Sig goal line as the gun ended the first half. In the third quarter, the best play was a 33-yard pass from Jim Staker to "Tuffy" Hinshaw, which moved the ball to the Kappa Sig 10-yard line. The Kappa Sig's turned into a stone wall for four downs and stopped the Fiji offense.
Kappa Sigma Ties Phi Gam's
Plodding around on a rain-soaked field yesterday, the defending champion Phi Gamma Delta eleven fought to a 0-10 tie with Kappa Sigma. Kappa Sig “B” played a 0-0 game with Phi Psi “C” and Newman “C” scored a 14-6 victory over Delta Tau Delta “B”.
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Sooners Who Will See Action—
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SATURDAY--deep into Phi Gam territory with Larry Hensley as his chief pass snagger. However, the game ended with the Kappa Sig's being pushed back to the mid-field stripe. Larry McSpadden, Phi Gam, and Larry Hensley, Kappa Sig, played the steadiest defensive games.
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Newman "B" scored two quick touchdowns and a safety to decisively defeat the Delt's. Hughes scored the Delt's six points while Harwood and Unruh tallied the Newman's counters.
Jack Heisler failed to keep with his scoring spree of 31 points last week, as the Kappa Sig and Phi Psi sextets battled to a scoreless draw. Roy Shoaf played a good all-around game for the Kappa Sig's while brothers Fred and Bill Humphrey stood out for the Psi's.
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