WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Sports Parade
By Henry McLemore
By Henry McLemore United Press Staff Correspondent
Tampa, Fla., March 26—(UP)—Don't ever tell me again that a dog is man's best friend. I'd much rather turn to an opossum in an hour of need than to a dog, if that dog happened to be a Greyhound racing dog. An opossum might not actually render you any assistance, but at least he wouldn't do you any harm.
Such is not true of a racing Greyhound, who invariably bites the hand that feeds him through the pari-mutuel windows. Lest I seem overly bitter on the matter, just step into my shoes with me and allow me to explain the circumstances.
8 dog, let me down in the first race. Nor was I at all distressed when a little black and white friend fell down on the far turn in th
Through its hideous check-up system the United States government to which I constantly swore allegiance at the end of every grammar school day, learned that I was remiss about my income tax payment. With a petulant little fussiness that I can't understand from great big government, it demanded I pay my March installment for 1938. Furthermore, there was a hint that snappiness would be appreciated.
With all my ready cash tied up in good, sound wildcat stocks, the situation was alarming. I hastily ran through a list of all my friends, and just as hastily decided not to waste my time calling on them for help. But the word "friend" gave me an idea. Hadn't some bygone senator spoken a eulogy about a dog in which he said that a dog was man's best friend?
With the little money I had thoughtfully saved by not paying my income tax on this year, I hurried to the dog track. It seemed simple at the moment. A man needs a friend. A few miles out of town there are kennels full of his friends ready to work for him, ready to make money for him. I shudder when I think that I whistled and sang on the way to the track, and with a grand gesture told the cab driver to wait for me. I had quite a bit of trouble evading him on my walk home.
I wasn't particularly alarmed when a little brindle friend, the No.
I'll admit, however, that I began to question the deep bond between the dogs and me when, in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth races my friends had come nowhere near winning. Things brightened up a bit in the ninth race, though, when a fawn colored friend of mine got his picture taken along with another dog to determine the winner.: The friend of my friend was the winner. And for the first time I recalled the breadth of shoulder of the cab driver whom I had left outside with the meter ticking.
Maybe the dogs, I reasoned, don't know that their good friend, Henry McLemore, is here and counting on them. So I walked back to the paddock before the last two races and made myself conspicuous. One dog, on his way to the track for the tenth race, tried to lick my hand, so I rushed to the windows to get a bet down. He must have mistaken me for someone else because he ran as if he were my bitter enemy. He was last at the start, worse than that in the backstretch, and was forced to spurt towards the finish to prevent the rabbit from lapping him.
They tell me that only strong hands prevented a newspaperman from making news by biting a dog. They got me wrong at that. I was only trying to put the bite on a friend.
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There will be a K-Club meeting tomorrow night at 7:30 in the K-Club room in Robinson gym.
Police Look For Car
Police today were looking for a 1939 Packard sedan reported stolen last night from Dr. W. O. Nelson, Lawrence physician.
Bearing license plate number 16-4614, the car was stolen while the physician was making a call on 11th street. The keys were reported to be in the car at the time of the theft.
Billiards Team Finishes Fourth
University of Kansas finished fourth in a nation-wide telegraphic billiards tournament which was held Monday, March 18.
The Jayhawk team composed of Bill Martin, Earl Kinney, Chapman Tracy, Lloyd Greene, and Edgar Stareck shot a total score of 287.
Winner of the tournament was the University of Michigan with 415 points, followed by the Universities of Wisconsin and Florida with 375 and 324 respectively.
Qualifying rounds in golf are postponed from the originally planned dates of March 29-30 to April 5-6, it was announced today by Wm. H. Shannon, golf coach and faculty representative.
Those interested in trying are asked by Shannon to get in as many practice rounds as possible.
Texas Officers Hunt Fugitive
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San Antonio—South Texas Officers hunted a dangerous Negro fugitive convict today. He escaped from two Florida state prison system officers, who shot a Negro companion and kept a white prisoner under guard when the three prisoners slugged the driver of the Florida prison car and made a break.
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Western Title----
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the Hoosiers received their bid to
the Eastern tourney when the Boilermakers declined the invitation.
Jayhawkers Going Great
Once in the select group, Branch McCracken and his Hoosiers fairly romped home with the bacon. They downed Springfield (Mass.) College 48 to 24 in the first game and Duquesne 39 to 30 in the finals.
Kansas was considered just one of the best in its league three weeks ago, but with Howard Engleman shaking off a knee injury, Dick Hart improving his offensive game to match his defensive ability, a shift that sent Ralph Miller to guard, and the general improvement of the rest of the team, the Jayhawkers became truly great.
Are we going to beat Indiana's HELL YES ! ! !
Professors to Attend---
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come in French, and J. N. Carmian,
associate professor of romance languages,
will present a revised course
of study in French.
In the afternoon meeting of the German section, Dr. Springer will present plans of a revised course of study for German; and in the Spanish section meeting, Miss May Gardner, associate professor of romance languages, will explain a similar plan for Spanish.
The meeting will lend with a tea for the members in the afternoon, following which a Topeka theatre will show the French motion picture, "Les Trois Valses."
All women students planning to go to Kansas City for the basketball game Saturday, March 30 must sign up in the Office of the Adviser of Women. 220 Frank Strong hall, and have their parents send direct to the office a written permit by 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30.
Elizabeth Meguiar Adviser of Women
CAN THIS BE "DEVIL'S ISLAND"?
An unusual story built around an escape from a penal colony with a subtle blending of adventure, raucous romance and a moral, is "Strange Cargo" showing today and tomorrow at the Dickinson. Joan Crawford and Clark Gable are starred.
PREMIERE PERSONALITY CONTEST
OFFICIAL BALLOT
K. U. Students Only
I VOTE FOR:
(As the male student with most winning personality)
(As the co-ced with most winning personality)
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Winners will have dates with Claire Trevor and John Wayne for World Premiere of "The Dark Command" Thursday, April 4.
CONTEST ENDS TUESDAY, APRIL 2
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