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University Daily Kansan
Page 0797_2 from reel: L 2335 (1939-05-02 to 1940-10-08)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/160486

Title: Practice Date Set for Fencing Team
Summary: Organization of the fencing team has been completed with tryouts and tentative schedule being arranged by Coach Jim Raport. Tuesday of next week has been set for the first practice date with both men and women teams meeting in Robinson gymnasium.
Category: sports
Subjects: fencing; sports teams; university athletics
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Post-Season Tilts Under Discussion
Summary: Big Six participation in post-season football games will be under discussion this afternoon when the University of Kansas athletic board, headed by Dr. W. W. Davis, will confer with Chancellor Deane W. Malott. This meeting is to decide the stand Kansas shall take on the question.
Category: sports
Subjects: college football; post-season games; athletic conferences
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Four More Fresh Out for Basketball
Summary: Four new men have reported to Gordon Gray, freshman basketball coach, as practice nears the close of its second week. The new players are: Charles Black, Lawrence; Tom Harris, Abilene; Linn Williams, Salina; and Forrest Lee Hill, Casper, Wyo.
Category: sports
Subjects: basketball; freshman players; team rosters
Confidence: 0.8

Title: On the Sports Card
Summary: The Nation's Top Teams Get Down To Business This Week. Kansas-Iowa State Contest Is Only Big Six Game On The Schedule. Duke-Tennessee Headline National Card. Around the Big Six. Outstanding football aggregations in all sections of the country really get down to business this week end with at least a dozen crucial battles on Saturday's schedule.
Category: sports
Subjects: college football; sports schedules; athletic competitions
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Gridmen to Iowa
Summary: Coach Jim Yeager is attempting to plug. Reports from the Cyclone camp indicate that the Iowa State yearlings have enjoyed considerable success against the varsity while using Jayhawks plays from Kansas' long punt formation. Coach Henry will leave for Des Moines tomorrow morning, accompanied by Scout Harry Lansing, Freshman Coach Wayne Replogle, and Sports Publicity Director Horace Mason. The quartet will scout the Drake-Grinnell game at Des Moines tomorrow night before continuing on to Ames.
Category: sports
Subjects: college football; team travel; game preparation
Confidence: 0.7

Title: Five Contests
Summary: Delta, Phi Delta Theta "C", Delta Upsilon, and Beta Theta Pi. Teams in Division II are Phi Kappa Psi "C", Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Chi, and Boy's Co-op Club.
Category: sports
Subjects: intramural sports; fraternity competitions; athletic events
Confidence: 0.7

Title: Youths Ask Same Rank as Elliott
Summary: Recruiting Sgt. R. M. Marley quickly discouraged 25 youth who came to his office yesterday and demanded that they be made captains "like Elliott Roosevelt." The group, which included members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, carried signs that said: "If $316 a month is good enough for Elliott, it's good enough for me." Sergeant Marley reddened, ordered his staff to leave the room. "If you fellows want to join the army, come on in and take your clothes off," he barked. "That's the way we start recruiting in this office."
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: youth organizations; leadership; community groups
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Thumbnail Sketches of Yearling Squad
Summary: FRANK BAKER comes to the University of Kansas from Phillips high school in the Lone Star state. He is 19 years old, weighs 230 pounds, and is 5 feet, 11 inches tall. Frank lettered four years as a tackle. He was chosen on the all-state team in 1939. JOHN BROWNELL attended Wichita North school where he lettered two years at guard. He is 19 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 180 pounds. John made the Ark Valley all-star team last season. ED BRAY was graduated from Valley Falls high school. He is 18 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds. Bray lettered three years as a center. BERT COLEMAN was graduated from Yates Center high school. He is 19 years old, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and weighs 192 pounds. Coleman lettered three years while playing fullback. JOE CRAWFORD is a graduate of Wyandotte high school in Kansas City. He is 18 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 180 pounds. Crawford lettered two years as a guard. HERB CURRAN was graduated from Argentine high school in Kansas City. He is 20 years old, 6 feet tall, and weighs 170 pounds. Curran lettered two years at tackle and was chosen on his leagues all-star team last season.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: student athletes; athlete profiles; sports teams
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: The Palace Clothing Co.; H. W. Stowits; Ward's Flower's; The Book Nook
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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