FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVI
on the SPORTS CARD BY BOB TRUMP
An Open Letter to Members of the Jayhawk Football Team:
Gentlemen:
Well, gang, tomorrow's the day. Isn't it?
You're leaving tonight for Iowa—the land of tall corn, Cyclones, and opportunity—if you choose to take advantage of it. Tomorrow afternoon, you'll start another football season against the Iowa State eleven in Ames under circumstances similar to those under which many another Kansas team has begun its schedule in recent years.
You're not rated a serious contender for the conference championship this year, and many sports writers already have consigned you to the Big Six dungeon. But somehow we feel you won't have to worry about finishing the season in either of these positions,
especially if you get the jump on the Cyclones tomorrow.
The team you're playing at Ames is not a world-beater, nor is it a pushover. It's just a common, ordinary, average Big Six eleven which can be defeated by a fighting, headup ball club. Its two outstanding athletes are "Hammerin' Hank" Wilder, 200-pound fullback, and Tom Smith, 190-pound guard and captain.
Last week, Coach Henry say the Cyclones lose to Denver and came back impressed by Larry Owens, Iowa State's sophomore halfback. Henry also said that the play of the two teams was so evenly matched it was difficult to decide whether both were good or both were poor.
But you know all this. You also know that you have the experience, the weight, and the drive to tame these Cyclones. A victory over Iowa State would pull you out of the conference cellar; would put you in a position for bigger and better things. How about it?
Thumbnail Sketches Of Yearling Squad
GEORGE DICK comes from McLouth high school. He is 22 years old, 6 feet tall, and weighs 175 pounds. George lettered three years as a halfback. He made his league's all-star team his senior year.
DON ETTINGER is a Missouri boy, having been graduated from William Chris's man high school at Independence. He is 19 years old, 6 feet 1, and weighs 188 pounds. Ettinger lettered three years as quarterback in football and was chosen on the all-state basketball team.
Board Favors Post Season Football Tilts
By a unanimous agreement of the Athletic Board last night in its first regular meeting of this school year, the stand of the University of Kansas concerning post-season or bowl football games was definitely established as being in favor of such games according to the rule now existing in the Big Six conference by-laws.
This rule, according to Dr. W. W. Davis, University conference faculty representative, states that post-season games are permissible providing the games have first been sanctioned by the appointed faculty representatives of each school in a regular or special conference meeting.
Doctor Davis said he could find no_reason why such a rule should be abolished and continued his favorable action toward this subject as of last spring in the conference meeting when the general sentiment was distinctly opposed to post-season football games of any nature. Doctor Davis said that the board was in full harmony with Chancellor Deane W. Malott on this question.
Doctor Davis did provide a new angle to this topic by suggesting to the Athletic Board, receiving their support, that a permanent bowl game be established each year between the Big Six leader and the winner of another suitable conference. No other conference was mentioned nor was any site for the game discussed. It was agreed, however, that the proceeds from this game due the Big Six representative should be divided proportionately between all the schools of the conference.
In a letter from the president of the conference, Dr. H. D. Bergman of Iowa State, it was announced that a special meeting of the conference representatives is to be held in Kansas City Oct. 24 and 25. The primary purpose of this meeting is to complete a definite proposition concerning post-season football games in the future.
The board spent considerable time discussing the C.P.A. financial report on the athletic department as of July 1, 1940. Doctor Davis stated that "the finances of the department are in a very good shape with a balance of several thousand dollars."
The appointment of Wayne Replogle as freshman football coach
Dorsey Frolic On N.B.C.
Tommey Dorsey's orchestra is scheduled for a half-hour broadcast over the National Broadcasting Blue network the night of the Freshman Frolic, Oct. 11, it was announced by Fred Littooy, dance manager.
The nationwide hookup will be sent through station WREN from the Memorial Union building for a thirty minute period sometime during the dance.
The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing's orchestra is to start a regular national hookup period next week, but definite time for these broadcasts has not been listed. It is a certainty that he will make this broadcast from the Frolic, according to Littioy.
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was granted approval and the basketball schedule previously presented by Dr. F. C. Allen was confirmed with reservation. The schedule included 18 varsity games and one scheduled "B" game. The board was not clear as to the conference ruling on "B" games but otherwise the entire schedule was approved.
Initiated into membership of the board last night were J. B. Smith, professor of law; Donald Hoag, '26; Jake Fry, ed'13; and Bill Farmer, l'41. Mr. Hoag was captain of the tennis team at the University in '26 and has been the manager of the J. C. Penney store in Wichita for the past 10 years.
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Knute Rockne, one of the greatest football coaches of all time, is portrayed above by Pat O'Brien, who is playing in a current motion picture showing at the Granada theater entitled "The Great
Rockne." This week has been set aside in athletic calendars in commemoration of the Notre Dame coach and called Knute Rockne Week.