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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1940
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on the SPORTS CARD BY BOB TRUMP
King Football Ascends His Throne This Week . . . However, the Jayhawks won't Play Until Oct. 5 . . . Paul Christman An Expensive luxury . . . Michigan Gridmen Will Fly to California.
Although some teams jumped the gun and began their seasons last week, King Football will really ascend his throne Saturday when at least 40 of the nation's outstanding eleveners kick off for the first time in 1940.
Among the more interesting battles scheduled for this week end are:
Boston College vs. Tulane
California vs. Michigan
Iowa State vs. Denver (Sept. 27)
Kansas State vs. Emporia State
Mississippi vs. L.S.U.
Ohio State vs. Pitt
Missouri vs. St. Louis
Southern Cal. vs. Wash. State
So. Methodist vs. U.C.L.A.
University of Kansas fans, however, must wait another week before their favorites go into action and two weeks until they can see the Jayhawks play in Lawrence. The first home game of the season is with Drake on Oct. 12.
PAUL CHRISTMAN, Missouri's All-American back, proved an expensive luxury recently when a leading metropolitan daily sent its color photography expert to Columbia to shoot numerous pictures of the Tiger passer for a Sunday rotogravure layout. The cost in bulbs alone ran an even $40 as the photographer took 160 shots with the bulbs costing 25 cents each.
The University of Michigan football team will pioneer the collegiate football world Wednesday, Sept. 25, when they climb aboard three United Air Line planes at Wayne airport, Detroit, and take off for their scheduled game with California at Berkeley, Sept. 28.
Kicking Practice For Kansas Team
With only one week of practice standing between them and a head-on clash with the Iowa State Cyclones at Ames, Oct. 5, the Jayhawk gridmen yesterday afternoon donned their kicking shoes and went through a long drill on kickoffs.
Chester Gibbens, 150 pound senior sharpshooter, whose two year record on Kansas elevens shows 10 points after touchdown by drop kicks out of 11 attempts, and Big Jim Holloway, who was a first string tackle last year and executed most of the kickoffs
Gibbens demonstrated the accuracy for which he is known in Middle Western pigskin circles, and Holloway was getting both height and depth into his booming kickoffs. Paul Hardman. 180-pound Topeka sophomore, who has been stationed at end this fall was shifted back to guard
for the Jayhawks, were outstanding during the kicking drill.
yesterday afternoon and will be given a trial at this position.
Coach Gwinn Henry tentatively announced a practice game for tomorrow afternoon, depending on whether he goes to Denver to scout the Denver-Iowa State game tomorrow night. In the event that he does make the trip, the game will be played Saturday afternoon.
36 Basketers Report For Freshman Practice
Freshman basketball practice began with a snap this week as Cordon Gray, former Jayhawk court luminary and new head freshman basketball coach, sent the 36 men reporting through calisthenics and basic fundamentals.
Workouts this week have consisted of passing, pivoting, and correct foot work. Goal shooting has been held to a minimum and actual scrimmage will be deferred for a few weeks. Francis Kappelman, an even more recent court star here, is assisting Gray at the practices which are $ ^{\circ} $ Kan.; Glenn; St. Auburn, Built held at 7 o'clock.
Gray invites all freshmen who played basketball in high school or who are interested in playing here to come to Robinson gym on practice night an dcheck out a suit.
are included among the so aspirants who are as follows: Lester Biberstein, Attica; Porter Wiley, Columbia; Harry Luebbe, Horton; Marshall Hulett, Platt City, Mo; Paul Turner, Shawnee Mission; Bill Brill, Wyandotte, Kansas City,
Kan.; Glenn St. Aubyn, Russell;
George Robb, Paseo, Kansas City,
Mo.; John Jenkins, Southwest, Kansas City, Mo.; Warren Israel, Paseo,
Kansas City, Mo.; Larry Johnson,
Miller; Wendell Link, Emporia; Glen Smith, Horton; Don Wysong, Southwest, Kansas City, Mo.; Jack Ballard, Southwest, Kansas City, Mo.; Joe Laird, Townridge; Bob Fitzpatrick, Salina; Bob Abrams, St. Louis, Mo.; Bob Quiring, McPherson;
Tom Porter, Ottawa; Duane Adams,
Cullison; Bill Nichols, Topeka; Bob
Cyclones To Miss Wilder
(This is another in the series of roundup stories dealing with the prospects of teams on the Jayhawks' 1940 grid schedule. Kansas will play Iowa State at Ames on Oct. 5. Last fall, the Jayhawks conquered the Cyclones 14 to 0 at Lawrence. Iowa State finished the season a year ago in a three-way tie for last place with Kansas and Kansas State.)
A year ago, only three regulars answered Iowa State Coach Jim Yeager's call for fall practice. In marked contrast, this season all but three regulars from last year's team checked out suits at the first training session Sept. 10.
The pigskin renaissance really might have been under way at Iowa State if "Hammerin' Hank" Wilder, ace fullback who led the Cyclones into the relatively unfamiliar atmosphere of second place in 1938 and whose absence due to injuries was one of the prime factors in their descent to the cellar last fall, had not been forced to give up the game due to a recurrence of an old injury. The 200-pound Wilder should have developed into one of the outstanding
fullbacks in the Middle West in this, his senior year.
Even without Wilder back, Coach
Yeager has more experienced backs than he can shake a stick at. Six letter winners including last year's entire starting backfield of Don Griswold and William Lechtenberg, halfbacks, Robert Seaburg, quarterback, and Merle Osborne, fullback, are on the Iowa State roster. Halfbacks Lincoln Stewart and Joe Taylor round out the supply of veteran ball carriers. Promising recruits from the freshman team are Halfbacks Paul Darling, Royal Lohry, and James Wertman; Fullback Clair Ethington; and Quarterbacks Larry Owens and Ellis Alexander.
DOUGLAS GRAVES
Ten lettermen were lost by graduation, but only four—Quarterback Hugh Vickerstaff, Center Jack West, and Ends Martin Boswell and Bill Bliss—will be missed. Yeager, who has an experienced player available for every position in the line, expects to mould his forward wall around Right Guard Tom Smith, who is captain and signal caller for the Cyclones. Besides Smith, there are two ends, three tackles, four guards and two centers who have earned letters.
Juniors John Heggen and Jean Lange, who weigh 180 and 185 pounds respectively, should be the starting ends this year with Douglas Graves, 180-pound two letter winner, and a trio of sophomores, Maurice Ryan.
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