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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1939
Hargiss' Huskies Annex Lone Grid Title
Jayhawkers Mixed Speed With Weight to Take Big Six Championship
By Don Pierce, c'41
The greatest team in recent Kansas University history and the only Jayhawker eleven ever to annex the Big Six title was the 1930 crew of contests coached by W. H. "Bill" Hargiss, which won six contests while losing two.
That team boasted as gigantic and rugged a line and as heavy and bruising a backfield as ever trotted on a college gridiron. The forward wall averaged 204 pounds while the backfield sent the beam to 207. was a standout in every game. The 215-pounder deserved
Weight and size were not the only thing, however that this team possessed. A fine passing attack mixed with the pile driving ground attack produced a good scoring punch while an alert pass defense and smart headwork did as much to win games as the Gibraltar-like line.
Have All-Stars Galore
In fact the ability of the team was such that nearly every regular received all-Big S recognition either on the first or second team or on the honorable mention list. Leading the Kansas array of talent were Charles Smoot, center; Jim Bauch, halfback; and Earl Fry, gigantic tackle. These three men rated first team selections on nearly every Big Six team that was picked that year. Ormand Beach, bulky fullback, George "Speed" Atkeson, guard, and Forrest "Frost" Cox, speed halfback, were rated good enough for almost every second team selection and at times rated a first string berth. Atkeson was selected
Bill Hargiss
to lay on the All-West team in the annual East-West charity game in Kezar stadium in San Francisco on New Year's day. Bausch received All-American honorable mention. In Beach, Kansas had one of the best line-backers in the country at that time.
Little need he be said about the superlative play of Bausch. Many remember the day he run back the opening kickoff against Kansas with 90 yards to start the play hawks off to a smashing 136 triumph.
Earl Fey was as good as any line man in the conference that year and
was a standout in every game. The 215-pounder deserved his place on all-yar selection and was a star from opening whistle to closing gun.
Smooth was probably the best center that has ever performed in Jayhawker moleskins. He was smart, cool, tough, a fine line-backer and expert passer.
Hargiss Praises Team
These were not all the good men that Kansas had in their lineup. Tommy McCall at guard, OotRost to tackle, *sweep* 'Hanson and Arch Stuck at ends, and Cockamore in the back-filled, filled out the starting lineup and all received all-conference recognition in some form.
Hargiss, who is now coaching Jayhawk track teams, says that this is the best team he has ever coached. "We had two backfields which any coach in the land would be tickled to have," he said. Besides the usual starting combination of Beech, Bausch, Schaake, and Smith, of whom all but Bauss were sophomores, Hassig had such fine backs as Paul "Lefty" Fisher, Cox, Cole Page, Johny Madison, Brine Gridley, and Roy Dumm. Madison and his team played to the attack while Fisher was a good passer and Page a fine all-around player.
Line replacements were even more prominent than the backs and included such rough customers as Milton and Nelson Sloan, Charles Kirk, Stacy Mimie, Murray Kite, Arch Kennedy, Jim Burchell, and Jim Brazil.
Jayhawk Proxelying Investigated
In view of all this array one is bound to ask why Kansas lost two games (to Nebraska, 16-0 and Pennsylvania, 21-6). One reason for the loss of these two games was probably due to the loud hew and cry and ensuing investigation brought forth by other members of the team, including court especially, concerning professionalism and proxelying of Jayhawk foot-ballers.
The investigation revealed nothing more than that some of the boys had been given jobs, but the stench raised in mid-season did much to upset the mental condition of the entire squad.
While dropping two hard fight games, Kansas whipped Haskell (very powerful at that time), 33-7; Creighton 20-6; Kansas State 14-0; Iowa State 20-6; Oklahoma 14-0; Missouri 32-0.
The Missouri game was the high spot of the Jayhawker season as the team unloaded all its pent up fire against the Missourians who were
institutions of long standing and faithful service to the State of Kansas . . .
blamed for the proselyting flareup and flattened Gwinn Henry's Tigers by a 32-0 count.
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That great team is scattered now and its members are rarely heard from. The entire starting lineup can be accounted for, however. Smoot is working in the National Bank of Tulsa. Atkeson is employed by Smith & Co. in Kansas City while McCall is working for the Kansas City Star. Rost is now football coach at McKinley high school in St Louis while the other tackle, Foy, is a construction engineer in Hutchinson. Stuck is also a construction engineer in Kansas City. Mo. The oil and gas business is claiming Hanson in Salina. As for the backs, Beach, until his death in an explosion last fall, was working for the American Lions and playing Canadian football on one of the best teams in the country. Schake and Smith are both coaches, the former here in Lawrence coaching Liberty Memorial high school while Carnie is at Paola high. Bausch is working for the government in the Internal Revenue department. Cox holds the most envious coaching position of all as he is head basketball and assistant football coach at Colorado.
John Bunn Has Climbed Ladder
By Jack Robinson, b'40 The announcement last spring that John Bunn had been made adviser to men at Stanford University meant that one more Kansas man had made good.
By Jack Robinson b'40
John Bunn started his athletic career at the University of Kansas in the fall of 1917 when he lettered in football. He continued actively in three major sports and at the time of his graduation in 1921 he had won 10 major letters. This total has been equaled once but now it remains four letters in football, three letters each in basketball and baseball.
Following his graduation in 1921, Bunn became freshman basketball coach at K.U. He received his coaching training under Dr. F. C. Allen and taught a few lessons of the young players that later became great ones on Allen's teams.
Upon acquiring the position of Men's Adviser, Bunn retired from the coaching field. Basketball lost a game against Stanford and have found a great friend.
In 1930, Bunn went to Stanford University as head coach of basketball. He made a fine record as a coach before his retirement from the field last year. The last two years before he retired, Bunning coached the
teams that won the Pacific Coast Conference championship. These teams were led by the famous "Hank" Luisietti, who is one of the world's greatest players.
Kansans Breathe
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won three conference titles, and
finished second three times in seven
seasons.
Henry left Missouri to go to St. Louis to coach professional football. His teams were very successful and soon he was off to the Southwest to work with New Mexico.
His Lobos Win Title
In April of 1937, when Kansas was at an all time low in athletic prestige, Gwinn Henry came to K U, as director of athletics.
The Lobos won the Border conference title the first year that Henry was there. In the next six years they won all but two of their games.
seasons, Gwinn has been on the sidelines, leaving the coaching to Ad Lindsey and his staff. He worked to build Kansas' athletic reputation by helping players and doing good will work around the state.
Angler's Luck Belated
During the past two football
It's a well known fact that you can't tie a race horse to a hay wagon. They couldn't tie Gwinn down. This fall after a disastrous football season, the Board of Regents losed hope the spurs are head football coach. He retained his position as director of athletics.
This spring there has come to Kansas what has been called a football renaissance. Spirit and pride runs over the Campus. Football men have nothing but praise for the methods of the new mentor.
As next fall approaches, alumni, undergraduates and Midwestern sports fans will turn their eyes upon the quiet, ambitious figure of Gwinn Henry. His family says that he already has his home cluster lifted up, but he won't be gray top head will come the brilliance and deception which will make them fear the Jayhawk "in the valley" once more.
First of the Foys--
The Big Six started the 2-mile team run in 1932.
Earl Foy, giant Kansas tackle, was a powerhouse on the 1830 Big Six championship team. Earl was the captain of the 1830 BIG six historic history at the University.
Conneau, o. —(UP)—Charles W.
Massie caught o fish until the
final day of the black bass season.
Then, on his last cast of the season,
he caught—two big ones on the
same lure simultaneously.
Congratulations to UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
The University has grown steadily and quietly down through its 75 years, a type of growth that indicates soundness, stability, progress and security. The Community Lecture Course is now in its tenth year. We, too, have grown and progressed as a result of your cooperation. We are proud to be a part of this great institution of learning, proud to be able to say "the lecture course is a representative of K. U.'s culture."
The University of Kansas is looking forward to the time when a member of the 1939 graduating class will return to this campus and appear on the lecture course.
We Are Happy to Announce These Two Speakers for Next Fall---
October 5—H. R. KNICKERBOCKER
One of the world's greatest newspaper correspondents. Winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Journalistic Award — Known in every international spot.
October 31—WILLIAM BEEBE
Noted author and explorer. Curator of ornithology, New York Zoological Society. Has descended under water to a world record depth of 3,028 feet in a bathysphere.
Other Numbers Will Be Announced at a Later Date
The Community Lecture Course OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS