SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1929
SECTION D
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN LAWBENCE. KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
'Phantom' Krebs Solved Kansas 99 Grid Problem
★ Makes Appearance in Time To Carry Team to Great Season; Disappears After Missouri Game
By Eldon Corkill, c'41 George R. Krebs, the "phantom tackle of the 1899 University football team, died at his home in Charleston, W. Va, early this month.
In 1899, Kansas was making an excellent record, but as the season advanced, opposition became much stronger, and "something had to be done about it." At that time there were not so many rules concerning eligibility of players, and J. C. Nichols, of Kansas City, who was attending school here in 89, raised a fund among the students and football fans "for a noble purpose."
Shortly afterwards, one "Georg R. Crepa" registered in the University School of Law. Supposedly, he was a farm boy from Colorado, but he began to hang around the practice field, waiting to be "discovered" by Dr. Naismith. Given a chance his 6 inch frame showed tremendous bone-crushing possibilities. Catching on to football quickly, he developed into the star of the team, opening gaps in the line that a buggy could be driven through.
After beating Nebraska almost single-handed, and performing many other remarkable feats, "Crepas" played his greatest game against Missouri. Immediately after the contest, he avoided a reception given in his honor and disappeared. He was never heard of again in sporting circles until 1934, when Westbrook Pegler, debunking sports writer, found George R. Krobs was born in Charleston in Charlesville, W. V. According to reports, Krebs had played five years for the University of West Virginia and one year of professional ball before enrolling here.
The phantom footballer returned here as an honor guest at the 1934 Jayhawkter-Tiger contest. At that time he explained his disappearance in 1809. "The season was over I felt my job was done," he said.
In 1936, a motor car accident threw the great tackle for a loss, leaving him totally blind. With his death this month, the University of Kansas lost one of her greatest former athletes, but as Westbrook gallops up and down the Kansas football field, like Irving's headless horseman ghosting along the hill's of Hudson river."
Along the Sidelines
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four years. The only exception that he could see was in track where "Bill" Hargiss, one of the most pop-
ular hip-hop stars, be figured to hand out square deals without yelping about some of the
off-color things he had to deal with himself, He heard rumors that Gwinn Henry was the same way. Oscar Geis a Let-Down.
It was with a feeling of satisfaction that Oscar reported back to his Rhetoric zero class the next fall. He was sure that this year, he would see some football that year, but the Jayhawkers weren't guilty of playing very much of it. Lindey's charges managed to beat Washburn, but from then on it was murder. The Wolves take long to get organized, and the Dilly Kansas team did not. If it got severely reprimanded—without dampening its arduity, incidentally, if there was a standout that season it was Dave Shirek, sophomore end, who took care of most of Kansas' defensive work.
Basketball stayed on the up beat that season, with Fred Pralie, Ray Noble and Paul Regers supplying most of the punch. A new sport, introduced, and Kansas took over the Big Six cellar in another sport.
Oscar was prepared for anything his junior year when it came to football, and that's about what he got. The highlight of that season, of course, was the brilliant 13-12 tie with Nebraska, after Kansas had led for all but about two minutes. He made that trick again as pass from Don Elinghon to Dick Amerine that had the whole state of Oklahoma talking to itself—and the whole city of Lawrence in an uprone. Oscar had celebrated that one himself. The rest of the season wasn't so hot, with Kansas State catching the Jayhawks on the rebound, before placerating them with a 7-0 beating, and Missouri holding the Hawks to a 0-0 tie.
Allen's Athletes Come Through
The basketball team came through with another title as Freddie Palma had a great season; "Bill" Harges did better than could be expected and the team did well, but the baseball team—did as well as they had done the year before.
Oscar has declared to himself that he would remember only one game of the 1958 schedule. That was the K-State game in which the Jay-hawkers did everything but batter a hole in Ahron stadium. Oscar remembered the way the Wildcat supporters, who had razzed the Kansas spirit the night before in a pep rally, had slunk away just after the last half opened. He wondered if he would have been better off with the pep was also flicker. The Nebraska game was almost worth remembering, but it lasted two minutes too long again, and the Huskers came through with another victory.
He remembered vividly that the press had taken Coach Adrian Lindsey (really a very fine fellow who just hadn't produced) to task, and when the smoke had cleared, Adrian was no longer at the head—in his place was another very fine fellow, Gwinn Hemin, director of athletics, who had proven before that he could produce. Oscar got the feeling, especially after spring practice that maybe the "big shot" knew what they were doing when they handed Mr. Henry a five-year contract and told him to go to work.
On Ubble Again
The basketball team had an unusual season, and finally finished up third, but Oscar got a kick out of it, because the race was close all the way through, and "PhoG" Allen almost came out on top with a bunch
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Big Six meet behind the Cornhuskers. Jack Richardson, ace sprinter came through with a double victory in the dashes. Don Bird and Ray Noble tried for first in the pole vault soaring 13 feet even. Fen Durand was crowned Big Six javelin champion with a toss of 188 feet, 71/4 inches.
Lyle Foy was about the only strength that Kansas could muster in 1838 when he won both dashes Chet Friedland, Ernie Klein, Fort Durand, Jack Knight, Paul Mason, and Harry Wiles placed but failed to gather enough points to place better than fifth.
A Good Track Record
The Jayhawkers have entered other meets in the past and have finished well in some of these. In the Armour Tech indoor meet in 1938, 13 Kansans came home with medals. The meet was held in Chicago. In the National A.A.U.训 meet held in Dodge City, in 1934, Kansans men placed well. Ed Hall won three first places and ran an relay team. Clye Coffman, Kansans an exhibition in the pole vault. Coffman was a Kansas decoration representative in the 1932 Olympics.
Kansas Swept
Another famous meet the Jayhawkers have been in a long time is the Drake Relays. Kansas always interes a large team in this big meet and has come home with many medals.
Karas always sends a strong representation to the Texas Relays in Austin. These Relays are about the first big meet of each season but there are always some good results turned in.
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Emerson Norton, K.U's all-round track and field star, walked away with the all-round competition with a total of 5.253 points in the Illinois indoor relays in 1926. Tom Poor won the high jump and Graham won the broad jump at Illinois. Kannas had entered this meet at Urbana since 1920 and produced many winners and placers.
Historic University.
Six Kansas men were recommended to go to the National Intercollegiate meet in Los Angeles in 1934. The men named were Glenn Cunningham, Clyde Coffman, Ed
Bill Hargiss was finally given his chance to devote time to track, and he came up with a second place indoor track aggregation; with prospects for the next year even brighter. Oscar rejoiced because he believed that such a fine fellow as Bill Hargiss should be given a few breaks. Looking back, Oscar wondered if any one else on the Campus had as many friends as did Bill Hargiss. He reflected that, on the whole, the coaching staff were well prepared for success" with such standouts as Hargiss, "Doe" Alwin, Gwinn Henry, Mike Getto, Vic Hurt, Harry Lansing and Ralph Conger around. Oscar hated to see Conger have to leave, but he reflected that it was the circumstances and not because anyone wanted to see him go, that he had been released.
of sophomores, who Oscar figured would cause plenty of trouble before they finished their careers.
Oscar Jensen isn't discouraged with Kanass athletics. He has got past that stage. Oscar is at the point where he is even getting encouraged again.
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The Kenas-a-Kanas State dual meet has always caused much interest and will probably continue to do so in the future. The M.U.-K.U. meet has always been a good meet for ardent followers of Missouri-Kansas sports events. For a few of these meetings were held in the Columbia city and were widely publicized. Some of these meetings were held on old McCook field.
Track will always remain as one of the most important sports in the history of Kansas athletics because this sport tends to use more individual athletes than any other one. About 75 boys turn out for track each year and around fifty of their remain out for practice.
men today, and says it must be enforced rigidly."—Kansan, Sept. 30
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Huge bill boards surrounded the KU. gridiron in 1914. They were attached to the bottom tiers of the stadium seats and advertised soft drinks and local "confectioners."
"Swearing has been prohibited on McCook (Kansas football) field and in the clubhouse. Coach Wheaton issued the order to the football
'Phoq' Rates
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Dr. John Outland conceived and started the Kansas Relays.
The next triumph for Allen was when he had basketball accepted on the Olympic program. After a vigorous and determined six year effort, he was held at Berlin in 1936 had basketball as one of the competitive sports.
Doctor Allen was immediately appointed chairman of the American basketball team and an elimination tournament was started to decide who would represent the United States.
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At the present time he is chairman of the research committee of the National Rules Committee and the chairman of this district's rules committee.
Allen is known universally in the sporting fraternity as "Frog." This nickname was given to Allen by a Kansan writer in 1922.
After Inventing
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the rule books from France, Germany, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Madagascar, China, Japan, and the Philippines. England uses the rule books of the American-Canadian committee, of which Doctor Naismith is "chairman for life."
Allen was spending his spare time refereeing intramural baseball games. He was quite forceful in announcing his decisions and so the writer called him "Fog," because of the way he called out balls and strikes. This "Fog" soon was changed to "Phoz."
Few men who have learned their basketball from "Doc" are Arthur L. "Dutch" Lonberg, basketball b coach, Northwestern University; John Bunn, now Dean of Men but formerly basketball coach, Stanford; Adolph W. Rupp, basketball coach, University of Kentucky; Forest Whitney, University of Colorado; Louis W. Menzle, basketball coach, Iowa State College, Ray Ebling, Dick Wells and Fred Prahl.
The latest installment in the history of the famed basketball coach is the announcement of his engagement. On the seventh day of April Mrs. Florence C. Kincaid announced her marriage to the present housemother of the Stigma Phi Epsilon fraternity of which Doctor Naismith is a member.
In 1924 Allen published his first book entitled "My Basketball Bible." In 1937 he wrote another book on
the court sport called "Better Basketball." These two books are used in many schools and universities as textbooks in teaching basketball
Dr. Ray Serman, director of Athletics, North Carolina State College; Dr. Edward W. Martin, Athletic Director, University of Nevada; Emil Listen, Director of Athletics, Baker University; Andrew McDonald, basketball coach, Southwestern Missouri Teachers College; T. C. Reid, basketball coach, Central Missouri Teachers College; and Harold Schmidt, Coach of the Phillips "66," Bartlesville, Oka.
Doctor Allen's som, "Mit" and Bob have made names for themselves as basketball players here; and Bob has made names in which to show his "stuff".
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