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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1940
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SIMONIZING.. SPORTS
By JAY SIMON
In beating the drums for the Oklahoma-Oklahoma A and M game tomorrow night in Norman, the O.U. student daily refers to the participants as "two kings of the court." The Jayhawks must be no less than a pair of "K" boys here . . . Iowa State's smallest team in the Big Six has grown somewhat. Coach Louis Menzel has moved 6 foot 6 inch Carol Schneider into the starting lineup at
COACH MENZIE
the pivot position, shifted center Gordon Nichols to forward, and set the flash (meaning sometimes hot and sometimes cold) Al Bipudhi on the bench. . . . After seven games Nichols and Bob Harris are both hittered by the turd of individual scoring, but the rest of the squad has slipped as the torid Turc Cylones have been held to 33 and 35 points the last two times out.
Big Six football coaches are fast lining up their grid cards for next fall. . . Oklahoma has contracted for home-and-home games with Santa Clara and will go to Friens next Nov. 30 to tackle with the likely potent Bronchus. . . Don Faure has booked a big role with his Titans to play with next October. . . Gwin Henry, back from California where he took in the Rose bowl game and the coaches meetings, said yesterday that the Jayhawkers' ninth match might be announced today. . . Games have already been scheduled by George Washington, and Colorado State, besides the five Big Six schools.
Only five athletes in the conference are doubling in football and basketball to any great extent. Missouri has two in Clay Cooper and Blaine Currence, Oklahoma has Cliff Sceeley, Kansas State fans see Melvin Seeley perform on both the boards and the turf, and Ralph Miller does twin duty for the Jawahres. . . Nebraska and Iowa State athletes all seem to be specialists, although the Cyclones had a two-spot star in Hill Bilsbe, before he quit the team. And while on the subject of all-around word comes from Manhattan that Elmer Hackney, the "aggues" one man gave," will be a far cry from a 55-foot shot putter due to a wrist injury suffered in the opening football game last fall against Fort Hay State. . . Bad luck has certainly been dogging the State camp this year. Only last week Ernie Miller, one of the few Wildcasket basketball player worthy of the name, was hot for the season with a broken jaw.
It looks like Glen Cunningham is headed for another fine campaign on the Eastern tracks... Saturday night the "Wheatfield Fever" put on the 800 at 1.541 at the Knights of the Cumbus games... Glenn says he's going to take a little more time traveling between races this winter, but it doesn't look as though he's going to do any loafing between gun and twine. . . Colorado U, hit the jackpot on Kansas basketball stars this season. Ford and Galileo Hutchinson Junior College, Dick Shaenkhalen and Bob Kirkner, both 6 foot 3 Topeka High stars, Vern Hall of Parsons, and Barney Oldham of Hays are all playing on the Frosch squad. . . Gerd Tucker, the Winfield ficklen, has been scoring but 13 points is a game in the Ark Valley this week. Chelsea plays a defensive game. . . The Vitkings have already held two of the best teams in the league to only 10 points.
Kansas State Has Hopes
New Mentor And One Star At Manhattan
- Erwin Reid about All Coach Jack Gardner Hos To Build Wildcats wrt; Here Friday Night
By Carl Lundquist
United Press Correspondent
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 8—(U)
P)—A new coach and a new team take over the quest for a Big Six conference basketball championship at Kansas State college this year. Jack Gardner, a former Kansan, who returned from Modesto, Calif., to take over the leadership of the K-State quintet, starts practically from scratch, with only one regular member of last year's team returning.
Gardner, who is installing a style of play that differs from any used by the other conference teams, can only wait and hope. He knows little about the comparative strength of his opponents, except what he can gather from early season non-conference games. His own players have not been tested thoroughly under fire, although they have acquitted themselves well in most of their early games.
What warned Gardner to his squad more than any other incident that could have occurred was the manner in which they fought for victory in the first game played for him. Far behind at the half against a stubborn Baker college quintet, they began whitting at the lead and in the final 15 seconds scored the winning basket. It was the first time during the entire game that they had been in the lead.
We'll Win a Few
"With a will to win like that we'll come up with a few victories," Garder said. "I've got a hustling gang of men who are waiting for me." That's a start in the right direction.
Gardner's new system, entirely of his own design, is a combination of a fast break and a deliberate offensive.
"With all the different systems used in the Big Six, we need one of our own that will be flexible enough to fit the occasion." he said. "Our systems use both fast and slow systems and styles according to the situation."
Gardner admits that he has little hope of finishing high in the race this season, but has enough promising opportunities to encourage as regards the future.
In the first two games of the season, Gardner worked out a starting combination which he intends to use, at least for a while, or until some of the other squads members round into better form.
Reid at Center
Rein Ridol, the only regular from last year's team, occupies the center position and has been outstanding in all games thus far. He played at forward last year but has been moved into the pivot post because of his ability to "quarterback" the team. Reid, a careful shot-maker, is at his best after several games are under his belt, and should be the team's most dependable offensive man when the conference season begins.
Joe Robertson, a senior who played occasionally last year, is holding down one of the forward spots, but a durable sophomore. Dan Howe, is going to get the other, at least on the basis of early games. Howe, a one-handed shooter, is a hard player to be overcome by. He will become more mobile on defense to rate a top berth. The other standout forward prospects are Jack Horacek, a sophomore who is fast and accurate in both passing and shooting; Melvin Seelye, a squad man from last year; who is slow getting into form because he was a variety football man, and Frank Woolf, a clever ball handler.
Ernie Miller, a returning veteran sewed up a guard burr for himself but a broken jaw suffered in a hellish attack. He pushed the pup him on the shelf for the season.
Mille Injures Jaw
6 knight Graham, a fighting player
and 6 foot 4 inch D.S. Gaurwann now
have the starting call with Norris
Holstrom as first rate replacement
Kansas State plays Creighton night at Omaha and comes to Lawrence Friday night to battle Kansas team's second conference game.
Professor: Why wouldn't the Russian ambassador eat his fish?
Co-eed: Because the fins weren't taken out.
First Round Tilts Under Way in Union Table Tennis Play
Play got underway yesterday in the all-University table tennis tournament being held in the Kansas room in the Memorial Union building. Al the first round matches in the men's division must be finished by 10 o'clock tonight, Winford Ferry, director of the tourney, announced last night. Second round matches are to be played Wednesday and third round matches Thursday in order that the finals can be played Saturday.
Entries for the women's and mixed doubles brackets must be in by 10 o'clock tonight and play will begin in late wednesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Results of men's matches played yesterday: O. Kretmethier defeated Stu Gray; Dick Hansen defeated Conrad Voakker; and Charles Horn, Bill Martin, Maleolem Black, Bill Fowler, Frank Mosely, Earle Radford, and Perry Peterson advanced with byes. Other first round matches that must be played include John Conrad, Bob Kirk-Victor Lokot, Bill Mathies-Dixon, Dukon Heiberg, Bob Hamilton, Wayne a Clover-Walter Krause, Ralph Gorlitz-J. K. Ward, Oliver Edwards-Golden, Bob O'Neil-Je Spearing, V. L. Clime-Raw Wagner, David Holmes-Harold Long, Leroy Fugtijn-Ritchie, Roy Jindra-Ralph McFerrin, Paul Diegol-Professor Chipman, Dave Dawson-Ball Hall, Walter Jim-Crobbett, Bill Warner-Jim Brockett, EmmiHook-Dell Law, Delbert Swede-Sweden, Leroy Vieth-Frank Wiegel Stewart Jones-Don Clinger, Clin-Kananga-Mark Keyser.
Galloping Ghosts Have Formidable Array of Stars
★ Writer Sees Them as Probable Writers in Cage Race; Buccaneers and A.K.Pi Also Favored
Looking over the intramural season thus far, it appears that the likely titleholders cage sport will be the twice-champion Galloping Ghost team. Over the last three seasons, including this year, the Ghosts have von 32 out of 53 games. They have a well-balanced score with height and scoring ability. Shupe, Coffin, and Kelly are the aces of this year's team. Kelly is the leading scorer with an average of 8.3 points in three games.
By Clint Kanaga. c'42
The only other team in the Ghosts division who should challenge their lead is the Comets. Domingo, with a 10-point average, is their leading
In Division III, two outfits seem to stand head and shoulders above the other teams. They are the Buccaneers and A. K. Pisol. Herb Ulrich, Jake Fry, Marvin Vanderweer, and four other gridiron heirs make up the Buccaneers. "Red" Thompson, "Lamphier" Johnson and Funk McCormick probably the best front line in intramural. Both teams are unbeaten.
Division I, made up of 16 fraternity teams, is still a wide open race. Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta have survived the loss column. All four have impressive ball clubs. However, three other teams, who have been unfortunate enough to have tasted defeat.
Campus Opinion The Future of Intramurals What Is It?
How does this effect us as students? It is simply this. Only through the concentrated efforts of the student body to bring these conditions to the attention of the right people, is there hope of some improvements. Is is out of the hands of the intramural department, for it has done its best, and now rests in the hands of the many students who believe they, as well as the varsity athlete, deserves an opportunity to participate in athletics.
Is the intramural program of the University of Kansas to slowly dwindle until there is nothing left but three major sports? This will prove to be the case if facilities for the minor sports are left to fall to pieces as they have done for the last three or four years.
Most prominent examples of this decay are the handball courts. Two years ago there were eight courts, and as their condition became worse and worse it was necessary to tear down four of them to lessen accidents. The direct result of them was to eliminate team handball from the sports program. What is to happen when the other four go? Handball, today, is the most popular individual sport on the Hill, and there isn't an afternoon when these courts are not more than full.
This is not the first time this issue has been brought up, but we feel that it is definitely not a lost cause. It is one which deserves the attention and action of the University.
THE KANSAS INTRAMURAL COMMITTEE
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give promise of retaliating successfully. These teams are Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Beta Theta Pi.
Players who have shown up to good advantage thus far this season on the seven teams mentioned in the paragraph above are as follows: Hensley and Southern, Kappa Sigma; Hall, Renko, and Kramer, Delta Chi; Hyi and Hurtmann, Sigma Chi; McKinney, Thetis; McSpadden and Morris, Phi Gan; Haut and Hall, Sig Alph', and Staind and Pierce, Beta.
Feature game of the week will be the Sigma Chi-Sig Alph contest Friday night at 9 p.m.
Nu Sigma Wins, 24-21 Over Phi Beta Cagers
Nu Sigma won the first game of the Medical school round-robin basketball tournament by defeating the Beta Psi Beta, 24 to 21. Sunday, Ashley McCleary scored 36 points and Nu Sigma's and McIntire and Vander Velde led the Phi Beta team.
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