WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Name Christman Most Valuable
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 4-(UP) Paul Chirstman of the University of Missouri, was named the most valuable player in the Missouri Valley area today by the quarterback's club of the Kansas City Athletic club.
Christman will be given the award at a dinner here next Saturday night at which talks will be made by Major Lawrence "Biff" Jones, coach of the Big Six champions and Rose Bowl contestants Nebraska Cornhuskers, and Chet Benefiel, coach of Tulsa University's Missouri Valley conference champions. Benefiel resigned yesterday as Tulsa mentor.
Other players of this section who received votes in the balloting among Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma sports writers were Walter Luther, Warren Alfson, Herman Rohrig and Harry Hopp of Nebraska; John Arnolla, Creighton; Mel Aussiker, St. Louis University; Don Pierce, Kansas; James Reynolds, Oklahoma A. & M., and Johnny Martin and Bill Jennings, Oklahoma.
Big Six Grid Games Show Attendance Decrease for 1940
Attendance at Big Six football games dropped from 547,454 in 1939 to 514,406 in 1940, although conference teams played two more home games this year.
The five games played by Oklahoma and Nebraska were the only ones that showed an increase in attendance. Following is the attendance for 1940 and 1939 by schools, with home games in brackets:
Oklahoma (5) 104,140, (4) 93,004.
Iowa State (4) 51,000, (4) 55,322.
Kansas (4) 25,000, (4) 51,637.
Nebraska (5) 133,000, (4) 120,148.
Kansas State (4) 36,266, (4) 42,343.
Missouri (4) 165,000, (4) 185,000.
Appointment Bureau Places Two Grads
Announcement has been made by the University Teacher's Appointment bureau of the placement of Mrs. Esther Waugh Chapman, who received her masters degree in music education from the University in 1937, as a teacher of music in the schools at Fairview, Kan.
The bureau also announces the placement of Lois Wisler, who received her bachelor of science degree in education from the University in 1940, as a teacher of physical education at William Jewell college in Liberty, Mo.
See Aggie Movies Ping Pong Tourney
Entrants in the annual fall table tennis tournament at the Memorial Union go into the second day of competition this afternoon continuing play in the first round of the men and women's singles and the mixed doubles.
The field of 98 in men's singles and 36 in women's singles was whittled down considerably yesterday. First round play will be completed by Thursday evening.
Medals will be awarded first and second place winners in both singles divisions and to the first place winner in mixed doubles.
Rex Sage Is Transferred To Alaska Infantry Reserve
Rex R. Sage, who was graduated from the University last spring, will leave soon for Alaska with the infantry reserve. Sage was a member of the R.O.T.C. here and has been appointed second lieutenant in the infantry reserve for one year of active duty. Previous to being transferred to Alaska, he was stationed at Fort George Wright in Washington.
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Women's Intramurals
Civil Service Commission Announces New Openings
By JEAN MILAM
The brackets have been drawn in the aerial darts tournament and the first matches should be played as soon as possible.
All women who wish to check their points for W.A.A. should leave their names in the women's physical education office in Robinson gymnasium immediately.
The United States Civil Service Commission has announced that applications will be accepted for the positions listed below.
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Bill Downs of Kansas City, Kan-
former managing editor of the Kansan,
left Sunday for London.
Transportation tariff examiner (freight or passenger), $2,300 and $2,-000 a year; horizontal sorting machine operator, $1,260 a year; senior bookkeeping machine operator, $1,620 a year; multigraph camerman and platemaker, $1,620 a year; multilith press operator, $1,440 a year (for appointment in Washington, D.C. only); Senior and junior blueprint operator, $1,440 and $1,260 a year respectively; senior and junior photostat operator, $1,440 and $1,260 a year respectively; and senior and assistant photographer, $2,000 and $1,620 a year respectively.
Former Kansan Editor Joins London U.P. Staff
AS WE SEE IT---
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tion over the last three years for a percentage of .671.
Brock of Nebraska, Bock of Iowa State, and Young of Oklahoma attained national consideration while the pre-season check list numbered 11 conference men.
Last year the check list listed only eight Big Six performers, but of those Missouri's Christman; Nebraska's Rohrig, and Oklahoma's Shirk and Ivy gained all-American first string berths on many of the expert's selections.
Another proof of growing conference strength can be obtained by scanning the annual national ratings of the country's teams. Last fall Nebraska, Oklahoma, and champion Missouri, all rated in the first 25 of virtually every rating scheme in the country. In 1938 the champion Sooners rated as high as sixth, and Iowa State ranked twenty-third. Nebraska will close this season in almost anyone's first 10, with the Tigers and Sooners probably close to the first 25.
In contrast, we find that in 1934 no conference club rated anyone's top 25. Nebraska was the only Big Six school then in the national spotlight, although Bill Hargiss at Kansas and Gwinn Henry at Missouri turned out one or two good teams a few years preceding that date.
Big Six all-Americans and near all-Americans have increased amazingly in the past four or five years. In 1934 only George Maddox, Kansas State's giant tackle, was a serious all-American candidate and rated a first team berth on many selections.
In 1938 three Big Six stalwarts,
This season the Big Six checklist hit all an-time high of 12, and already Nebraska's Alfson and Hopp, Oklahoma's Lahar, and Kansas State's Weiner have been recognized along with the irrepressible "Pitchin' Paul". Another strength-meter which recently has boomed Big Six stock throughout the country is it's increasing play-yield to big time professional football ranks.
Now active in the pro sport are Shirk, Ivy, Coppage, McCullough, Clark, Seymour, and Young of Oklahoma; Thomson, McDonald, Masterson, Cardwell, Francis, and Brock of Nebraska; Hackney and Cleveland of Kansas State, and F. Bausch, O. Nesmith and Stapleton of Kansas.
From the above one can see that the Midwestern high school star need not attend some far-off university to gain football fame. If that's what he's after, he can stay in his own backyard and play some the best in the land—in a nationally respected Big Six.
At least, that's as we see it.
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