FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Sports Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE
Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 25—(UP) —The most authoritative tip-off I can give you on how Saturday's game between Michigan and Pennsylvania has aroused this countryside is to tell you it even has Fielding H. Yost excited.
The "old man" is as excited as a freshman and it wouldn't be surprising to see him show up at the stadium with a new racon coat, a feather in his hat, and a determination to join the cheerleaders and show the customers how the victory march really should be sung.
This is amazing, as well as a tribute to the magnitude of the game, because Mr. Fielding H. has been around football a long time, and has seen many a "crucial" conflict come and go. It was just 51 years ago, back in 1889, that Michigan's beloved athletic director saw his first kick-off of a college game.
"That was between West Virginia and—now, let me see. Well, anyway it was a good game," he told me last night. As for Pennsylvania, it's an old friend. I've been looking at teams from there a long time. I played against Pennsylvania, too. Know when? In 1896.
Way back in 1896. Heaven only knows how many football games Mr. Fielding H. has seen since that time. Freshmen have come and gone at Pennsylvania 11 times since then. There have been wars and revolutions and stretches of happiness since the young Yost walked out against the Quakers from Philadelphia. Now, tomorrow, another team of youngsters from that school is meeting a team that Mr. Fielding H. loves even more than he did the one he played for at Lafayette. And he is nervous, jumpy, excited, and eager for the whistle.
"This should be a great football game," he said. The best in the country, and maybe the best of this year or many years. The setting is perfect. An Ivy league leader, undefeated and untied, meeting a Big Ten leader, also without a blemish on its record. And each has a wonderful backfield man."
Did Mr. Fielding H. really consider Tommy Harmon a wonderful back? As a man who has seen them all for more than 50 years, did he class the Wolverine ace as one of the game's greats?
"He is one of the finest football players of all time," Yost told me. "There isn't a thing he can't do. His running has been so sensational, has been played up so much, that many think he is just a ball-carrier. That isn't true. Harmon is one of the finest tacklers I ever saw. He can block with the best when he
Writers Plan New Oread Magazine
Plans for reviving the Oread magazine were introduced at the meeting of the Quill club held last night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union.
Mary Elizabeth Evans, c'43, chancellor of the club, said today that a committee composed of Jean Sellers, c'43, Robert Humphrey, and G. N. Bebout, instructor in English, had been appointed to make further plans.
Three new members elected at last evening's meeting were Letha Jean Curtis, Fern Meuschke, and Verleen Miller.
has to, and he is a dependable passer and punter. And he loves to play, and that means so much."
I tried to interest the old man in the question of whether a great blocker made a great runner or whether a great runner made his blocker look good. I wanted his opinion on how much Evashevski meant to Harmon and vice versa. But he wouldn't come right out and commit himself.
"It takes both to make a great combination," he said. "I will say this though—a great runner makes it much easier for a blocker. By his timing and his ability to choose the right moment and spot for his moves, a fine runner makes a blocker much more effective. But, of course, the reverse is true."
So, I guess, I'm!! just have to watch Evashevski and Harmon in action myself, and figure out which is the more vital. I'm honest enough to admit that my mind is already made up. If the blocker was the key man why aren't all the Michigan backs keeping pace with Tornado Tommy?
Chi Omega, Theta ETC, IWW Victorious In Volleyball Play
In last night's volleyball games Theta defeated Watkins Hall, 36 to 38. Outstanding players on the Theta team were Roberts and Fronkier, on the Watkins Hall team were Wilson, Ruchel and Golf. ETC defeated the IND 46 to 26. Ulm, Hoover, and Learned were largely responsible for the ETC victory, and Chapel and Schake were outstanding on the IND队. Chi Omega walked away from its opponents, Sigma Kappa, by a score of 59 to 20. Gray and Burkhead played an excellent game for the victors. IWW beat Corbin Hall 47 to 22.
SATURDAY'S GAMES
SATURDAY'S GAMES Kansas at Kansas State. Oklahoma at Iowa State. Missouri at Nebraska.
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Due to Homecoming celebrations, the meet will be held at 10:30 in the morning. Coach Bill Hargiss will send out Don Thompson, Dick Edwards, Clarence Miller, and Russell Mount. In time trials, the distance men have been improving steadily.
Kansas State, defending Big Six champion and favored to cop the title again this year, lost to Oklahoma Saturday in a close contest. Thaine High was beaten by Bill Lyda and other Sooner runners performed better than had been expected. The winner ran the distance in 9:59. Both Thompson and Edwards have bettered this time in practice.
AL HINKLE played his football at powerful Great Bend High School. He is 20 years old, 6 feet 2, and weighs 190 pounds. He lettered three years at end and tackle.
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