TUESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
His Career Almost Legendary
Tommy' Johnson Ranks High Among K.U. Greats
--and hurdler and pole vaulter on the track team. Now he is remembered by midwestern sports fans as "Kansas' greatest athlete." Had Contagious Smile
Many athletic heroes have ridden the glory trail to the top of Mount Oread but probably none of them has made a more spectacular ascent than the beloved, almost legendary 'Tommy' Johnson.
Thomas C. "Tommy" Johnson, tall sandy-haired Lawrence boy was first known to other university students as a clerk in Rowland's book store. During his college career he became a star football quarterback, basketball forward, baseball catcher,
"Tommy" had a a "contagious smile," in the words of Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, and was a friend to everyone on the campus. Dr. Allen was a teammate of the great athlete on the Kansas basketball squad of '05, which defeated the Nebraska cagemen 34-17.
Contracted Tuberculosis
since the days of "Tommy" Johnson.
Johnson contracted tuberculosis at the age of 13, and quit school later at the advice of his doctor. He hung around old Cook field during the football practices in the fall, and determined to become a football player himself. After conscientiously building up his body with exercises and clean, regular habits, he realized his ambition, becoming probably the greatest football player
that the University has ever known.
that the University has ever known. In his senior year "Tonny" Johnson's old tubercular infection was opened again when he was tackled simultaneously by Bunybluck and Alexander of the Nebraska team. He died a year later on Thanksgiving day at Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City. According to Dr. Allen, "Tommy" was still cheerful even during his last illness, telling his visitors that he felt he had had more fun in his lifetime than most people who live to be 70.
Sports Continued-table tennis, Kappa; aerial darts, Evelyn Herriman, I. W. W.; swimming, Kappa; deck tennis, Kappa; table tennis singles, Shirley Irwin, Kappa; badminton, Evelyn Herriman, I. W. W.; baseball, all University title, I. W. W.; organized house winner, Kappa; spring archery, Evelyn Herriman, I. W. W.; tennis doubles, individual winners, Giles and Hinshaw, Pi Phi; and team winner was Kappa.
According to Dr. Allen, "Tommy" was best known in the football circles of his time for two sensational runs which he made against Nebraska in the fall of 406. After Johnson had run almost the length of the field for a touchdown, the referee called the play back because he had lost sight of the ball. "Tommy" immediately called for the same play and repeated his long run, defeating Nebraska by a final score of 6-0. Nebraska has been defeated by Kansas gridmen—in 1918—only once
SPORTS POWWOW---
Passing plays were re-hashed again and again as Coach Gwinn Henry worked his charges diligently in an effort to procure a clicking aerial attack in yesterday's practice. The entire set of Kansas backs, a dozen in number, took part in the pigskin tossing with ends Huert Uirich, Ralph Schaake, and Bob Hagen going through intensive workouts.
The passers were hitting their
At the end of each playing season a medal is given to the individual who gains the most points from her participation in all the games. The medal will be awarded to Peggy Davis, Theta, with $152\frac{1}{2}$ points for the past year.
Evelyn Herriman, I. W. W., won the independent title with 137 points. Kappa Kappa Gamma won last year's competition among the organized houses with a total of 1,279 points. The runners-up were Pi Phi $ 84_{1 / 2} $ Corbin 750, Chi Omega 748, Theta 733 $ _{1/2} $ Alpha Chi 658, Watkins Hall 609, Gamma Phi 592, A. D. Pi 419, Miller Hall 271, Sigma Kappa 119, and for the independents: I. W. W. 678. Independents 413, E. T. C. $ 357_{1 / 2} $ , and T. N. T. $ 293_{1 / 2} $ .
ALUMNI GAME--string line was presented, as the regular Jayhawk forwards were on offense during most of the time that they saw action.
GRIDMEN---
About 30 members of the Jayhawk team will leave Lawrence at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon for Chicago. Arriving there Thursday evening, the Kansans will continue on to Philadelphia, reaching the Quaker City shortly before game time Friday. Immediately after the contest with Temple, the Kansas party will leave for Columbus, Ohio, where Saturday afternoon they will be spectators at the University of Missouri-Ohio State game. Stress Passing Plays
Pleasing to the coaches was the Downfield blocking in general and that by guards Monte Merkel and Bob Fluker, in particular. The pair of 210 pound seniors were bowling them over.
marks consistently as Henry emphasized the importance of watching receivers and camouflaging tosses. The passes were used mainly off an unbalanced line to the right.
Hold Kicking Drill
After an hour's work on passing, five men, Ralph Miller, Ralph Schaake, Ray Evans, Ray Niblo, and Don Ettinger went through a heavy kicking drill. Miller was getting the greatest length on his kicks, averaging about 45 yards. Place-kicking was also stressed with Miller, Ettinger, Denzil Gibbens, Marv Vandaveer, and Ed Lndquist doing the booting and Ray Evans trying his hand at dropkicking.
Brooklyn Idle;
Cards Face Pirates
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First string line-up yesterday found Ulrich and Hagen at ends; Hodges and Tenenbaum at tackles; Fluker and Merkel at guards; Hardman at center; and the highly touted backfield of Miller, Evans, Niblo, and Ettinger. The second string eleven was composed of Schaake and Curran, ends; Bill Kern and Chief Long, tackles; Jay Kern and Joe Crawford, guards; Bob Githens; center; Vandaveer, quarterback; Don Pollom and Gus Studer, halfbacks; and Lindquist, fullback.
New York, Sept. 23 — (UP)— The Brooklyn Dodgers recessed for one day today in the mad National League flag race while the St. Louis Cardinals faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in an important doubleheader
Russia to Keep Port Open During Winter
Washington, Sept. 23—(UP)—Soviet Russia will attempt to keep the Arctic port of Archangel open this winter to receive shipments of war aid from the United States, informed quarters said today. The port normally is ice bound from November to Mav. ivostok in half and tanning the rich inter at the
The importance of keeping a supply line open in the north has led the Russians to develop a route to Archangel "over the top of the world"—from the west coast of the United States, around Alaska, and through Bering Strait and the Arctic ocean north of Siberia. It is called the "Soviet northern sea route."
War supplies from the United States already are moving over the Atlantic route to Archangel. According to the Russian embassy, the western route has several advantages.
1. No German submarines are located along this seaway.
2. It passes through no territorial waters but those of the United States and the Soviet Union.
3. It is less than half as long as the southern routes to Iran and is the same distance, 6,000 miles, as the Atlantic route to Archangel.
Shipping circles said that route was possible, but not without difficulties during winter. But a publication of the Russian embassy said:
"The first ship to traverse the Arctic Ocean in a single navigating season was the Soviet Icebreaker Sibiryakov in 1932. Commercial transport over the route began in 1934. Now dozens of ships make the passage every winter--cutting the sea time from Murmansk to Vladivostok in half and tapping the rich interior of Siberia through ports at the mouths of the Great Ob, Yenisei and Lena rivers.
Duke and Duchess Arrive In Miami from Nassau
Miami, Fla., Sept. 23-(UP)-The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive by plane from Nassau today on the First leg of a 5,000-mile trip through the United States and Canada
With a retinue of seven persons—Capt. Vyvan Drury, the Duke's Aide--de-Camp; Maj. Gray Phillips, comptroller of his household; Sgt. Harry Holder of Scotland Yard; the Duchess' secretary and two maids, and the Duke's valet—they were to land in a chartered airliner at 10:35 a. m., (11:35 a. m. EDT).
They will stay overnight here, and entrain for Washington tomorrow morning. Captain Drury will return to Nassau' from here, and Rene McColl, of the British Press
Information Service, will join the party.
They were scheduled to arrive in Washington Thursday morning. Mr. Roosevelt has invited the Duke and Duchess to luncheon at the White House, but the engagement may be canceled because of the illness of Mrs. Roosvelt's brother, G. Hall Roosevelt.
They will stay at the British Embassy in Washington Thursday night and leave Friday afternoon for Chicago.
"These ships, ordinary freighters, go through on regular schedule, knowing in advance what conditions they will meet, with no fear of hardships greater than normal on any shipping route.
The Embassy revealed that a special government body—the main administration of the Northern Sea route—had been created for coordinating all activities in the Arctic
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area, including an icebreaker fleet. Polar aviation and meteorological service and economic establishments engaged in mining, for buying and trade.
Navigation in the Arctic, the Embassy said, requires a special technique. Each group of ships traversing the ocean is preceded by a powerful icebreaker, it said, which clears the way for the whole convoy.
Fun night at the Phi Psi house last night brought out the usual supply of Hutchinson boys yelling their high school knockout, the "Alagaroo," and the Chanute pledges singing "Shay-nute will shine tonight," with accent on the "Shay." Unofficial reports say that the Hutchinson screamers were the stars.
J. Edward Gerald is the new head of the school of Journalism at the University of Missouri.
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