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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940.
Simonizing SportS BY JAY SIMON
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The mid-semester lull in the world of sports, so far as Mt. Oread is concerned, is just about over. From here on out the athletes and the sports fans will be able to keep themselves quite busy.
Tomorrow night the Jayhawker cagers swing into action for the first time in over two weeks when they play a return game with the freshman team for charity. Saturday the swimmers go to Oklahoma for a tank meet with the Sooner splashers, and at the same time the indoor track team will open its season's competition with Nebraska in a dual meet at Lincoln.
"Off the Hill" things athletic are also picking up this weekend. Tomorrow night Big Six teams will be pitted in three games. Oklahoma vs. Nebraska at Norman; Iowa State vs. Kansas State at Ames; Missouri vs. Washington at Columbia.
Along cauliflower row the fight fans have their choice of following the simon-pures at the Kansas City Golden Gloves tournament, or taking a few minutes off to listen to the heavyweight title scrap between Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy.
Columbia A. and M. made it 18 in a row last night since they lost to Kansas in the season's opener here last December . . . Both the Jayhawks and the Cowboys are pointing for their return game at Stillwater one week from tonight
Saturday night Iowa State and Missouri will open their indoor track seasons in Brewer fieldhouse at Columbia.
... Ernie Miller, the Kansas State guard who suffered a broken jaw in a basketball game during Christmas vacation, will be ready to see some action in the Wildcats' last few games ... Missouri has another pair of twins to take over in track where the Orf boys left off on the gridiron ... The Seidel sibs of St. Louis are standout quarter-milers and will form half of the Tiger's mile baton foursome.
Jap Haskell, Oklahoma baseball coach, lost the middle of his infield when Joe Gulledge, junior second sacker, signed with the Boston Bees, and Jerry Crosby, sophomore shortstop, hooked on with Tulsa of the Texas league . . . Bob Stauber, freshman football and track star at Missouri, clipped off 60 yards in 6.3 second the other day which is an all-time fresh record at Columbia . . . Coach D. C. Matthews doesn't think his Sooner wrestlers will win a dual meet this year, but looks for them to be in the running at the Big Six grunt and groan tourney . . . The three teams they must grapple with in dual competition are Oklahoma A. and M., National collegiate champions; Weatherford, Okla., Teachers, National A.A.U. kings, and Kansas State, Big Six titleholders.
Quiz Contest For Alumni
Philadelphia alumni of the University and Kansas State College, 51 strong, met for Kansas Day in the Wellington hotel. A quiz contest was held with teams representing both schools competing.
Aggie Scoring Star--quintet that plays a deliberate style of play on an abbreviated sized rectangle and rolled up a 27-12 lead by intermission.
Gene Smelser, Oklahoma A. and M. forward, has been one of the leading scorers in the Aggie's drive to 18 straight victories this year. The Cowboys are pointing for their return game with the Jayhawkers next Thursday night in Stillwater.
Wildcat-Cyclone Wrestling Match Saturday Night
Ames, Iowa, Feb. 8—With a victory over the Big Ten champions under their belts, the Iowa State wrestlers are looking for revenge when they meet Kansas State, the Big Six champion, at Manhattan, Saturday.
The Wildcats defeated the Cyclones by one point last year in their dual meet at Ames, and then went on to win the Big Six championship by a single point from the Cyclones.
The two teams again rank as the strongest in the Big Six, with the Wildcats having the edge in experience. Earlier in the year Kansas State defeated Illinois. The Illini downed the Cyclones at Ames Saturday night. However, the Cyclones bounced back and defeated the strong Indiana team Monday night, so that the Iowa State-Kansas State match will be almost a tossup.
Against Indiana Coach Hugo Otopalik used four sophomores. One of them, Willis Kuhn, won his match, but the others were up against much more experienced foes, and lost by decisions. Jim Wilson, 175-pound sophomore, in his first match of the year, gave a good showing as he went the route against Inman, the Indiana wrestler.
In several of the weights the man to make the trip will be determined by the showing made in practice this week. Otopalik has used Dave Schwitters and Wilson, both sophomores, in the 175-pound division.
Detroit (U.P.)—The time-honored art of fencing will be rejuvenated with a modern touch when the Wayne University fencing team parries and thrusts with "electric folls," the hand guards of which light up when the fencer scores a touch.
Fencing Goes Modern With 'Electric Foils'
Benefit Game Pits Varsity Against Frosh
The varsity and freshman basketball teams were working hard last night for their benefit game in Hoch auditorium at 7:30 tomorrow night. The proceeds will go to the Finnish Relief and the infantile paralysis funds.
It will be the first game for the Kansas varsity in more than two weeks and a half and a good crowd is expected to be on hand to see the Jayhawks return to competition.
An unusual feature of the benefit game is that there will be no fixed charge for a ticket. Everyone must have a ticket and can pay just whatever he desires for it. The officials for the game will donate their services.
May Be Closer
At the start of the season the varsity and freshmen tangled, with a "hot" varsity quintet, coming out on the long end of a 44-22 score. The yearlings are expected to make a much closer game of it Friday.
Norman Sanneman, transfer from Washburn College, paced the freshman attack in the last game and will be counted on strongly again. He is a lanky boy with a good eye for the basket.
Marvin Sollenberger, junior college transfer from Hutchinson, is expected to be the mainspring in the yearling defense. He is a guard of considerable promise.
Other freshmen likely to see considerable action are John Buescher from Beardstown, Ill., Vance Hall from Downs, John Halberg from Kansas City, Mo., Allen Nipper of Topeka, and Earl Bozeman of Nickerson.
With semester examinations concluded, the Jayhawk varsity has been going through hard workouts recently. One quintet that has been used frequently is composed of Ralph Miller and Howard Engleman, forwards; Bob Allen, center; Dick Harp and Bruce Voran, guards.
Engleman May Start
Ebling and Kline have been in the starting lineup most of the season, but may give way to Engleman and Voran in the game Friday night and the conference game with Iowa State here Monday night.
Frequent scrimages have pitted this five against a team made up of Don Ebling and Bob Johnson, forwards; Jack Sands, center; John Kline and T. P. Hunter, guards.
Jay Janes, women's pop organization, will be in charge of ticket sales. Tickets will be on sale on the first floor of Frank Strong hall.
Dean Stockton, Hancock to Speak
Frank T. Stockton, dean of the School of Business, and Tom Handcock, instructor in the same department, will speak to the business placement meeting for seniors and graduate students in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall Tuesday night.
Handcock is assistant director of the Business Placement Bureau.
RICHARD HARP - GUARD
This senior guard will be one of the obstacles the frush will have to overcome if they do any scoring in close to the basket.
Missouri Host To Washington U. Tomorrow Night
Columbia, Mo—Feb. 8—There is the little matter of a 34-29 score to be settled here tomorrow night when the University of Missouri's Big Six pace-setting cagers meet Washington University of St. Louis.
It so happens the quoted score was that by which the Bears polished off the Tigers when the two teams tangled in St. Louis during the Christmas holidays.
Now the fact of the matter is the local squad maintains the previous game was strictly the result of having an "off night." And what's more, they insist on proving this is not merely a feeble alibi Friday night.
Since that time plenty of water has passed under the bridge and, it might be 'added, most of has flown in the direction of Missouri. Since returning from the disastrous holiday swing the Tigers have dropped 'only one game—the 35-34 decision to Oklahoma—while triumphing over Greeley State Teachers of Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Nebraska twice.
One of the most significant matters of this record is the apparent overcoming of the habit of losing on foreign floors by the Black and Gold five. Three of these last six victories have been realized on strange courts.
On their recent two-game trio over last weekend, the Bengals came up with distinct different means of winning. After trailing at halftime against Nebraska at Lincoln, Capt. John Lobsiger sparked a last-half rally that brought the Tigers a narrow 41-40 verdict. Monday night at Kansas State the Edwards-coached clan realized it would be practically impossible to stage a similar drive against a Wildcat
Track Squad Opens Season With Huskers
Opening meet of the indoor track season brings together the Kansas Jayhawks and the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Lincoln Saturday night.
A novel idea for track in this section, conducting the dual meet at night, will be tried for the first time Saturday. The meet will be held under one side of the Nebraska stadium and will begin at 8 o'clock.
Nebraska is a top-heavy favorite to win the meet, but the Jayhawks should capture their share of first places. Coach Bill Hargiss is counting on his co-captains, Ray Harris and Bob Stoland, for a pair of wins apiece.
Stoland, Big Six champion in the high jump and broad jump, is expected to win both events without too much trouble. Stoland has a leap of 6 feet 5 inches to his credit in the high jump and also broad jumped 23 feet 10 inches last year.
Harris Should Cop Two Races
Harris, who won the two-mile run at the Big Six outdoor meet last spring and finished second in the mile run, should win those two events Saturday. He has been running well this winter.
Jones was a crack high school broad jumper and may reach 24 feet before the season is over. Scott is a chunky blond headed boy who has had considerable trouble with his legs, but has been looking very good recently. Hamilton is a converted sprinter of ability.
In regard to the other events, however, Hargiss is not very confident. Sophomores will carry the load in many events and there is no telling just how they will do. Two Promising Sophs
Two of the most promising soph mores are Don Thompson and Dick Edwards, a pair of durable middle distance men. Both were half milers in high school, but have shown aptitude at longer distances as well. Saturday they will run both the mile and the 880.
Other sophomores of promise are J. R. Jones in the broad jump, Ted Scott in the 60-yard dash, Kenney Hamilton in the 440, and Jack O'-Hara in the pole vault.
BOSTON (UP) — A well-dressed college student is likely to get better marks in examinations than the traditional sloppy student, L. Harold DeWolf, psychology professor a. Boston University, believes.
Another suggestion made by De-Wolf is that during each day of study the student should stop work and enjoy some active recreation like skating or skiing.
Dress for the Exam, Professor Advises
In outlining methods for preparing for an examination, DeWolf said that neat clothing gives confidence and a disheveled appearance makes the student feel insecure.