UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THIRTY NEW RECRUITS TRAIN WITH COMPANY M
Captain Jones Pleased With Showing of Material but Regrets Slow Enlistment
ANTICIPATES EARLY CALL
Officers in Charge of Recruiting Stations Prefer Selective Draft System
Thirty new recruits of Company M participated in the initial drill of their military training last night at the armory in Robinson Gymnasium. For one and one-half hours the men were put through the rudiments of military marching, and when it was over, most of the men had a better conception of the hard drill necessary to equip efficient soldier from a "probe"
Captain Jones spoke highly of the men's work, but he regrets that more men do not enlist at once and participate in the elementary drills.
"The men have the right attitude toward their work," said First Sergeant Dana last night. "I have seen recruits fall over themselves time after time, but most of these men get the hangs of the thing right away. Owing to the fact that the call to the colors may come at any time we may start the men to drilling with great energy and manoevering are the essentials, however, upon which all their training depends."
Many of the older company men archeome arranging their affairs in anticipation of a call to the colors. There will be little time for such things after orders to move are received. The man have to do even guess when the call will come, but they are all eager for action.
WANT CONSIDERATION OF MEN
Business was slow at the recruiting office yesterday afternoon. If this is the way the volunteer wrestlers are going, the war, the recruiting officers say they are in hearty sympathy with the selective draft system. They pointed out that even the liberal enlistment time for the length of the war had not raised the number of enlistments above normal. The necessity for a long training, they say, cannot be ignored; the recruiting officers had only one enlistment to announce this morning—that of L. B. Hayes.
Company M will not drill Thursday night because of the concert of the Newapolis Orchestra in Robinson Gymnasium.
SPORT BEAMS
The action of the Senate in regards to retaining Jayhawkey athletics was well received by the athletes and sport followers this morning. This action by the Senate indicates that there are some mighty broad-minded men among the faculty who did not lose their heads in the war excitement. Such men as these will live in the hearts of the students.
The Varsity nine took a hitting spurt in the practice game yesterday afternoon and beat the freshmen by a 6 to 0 score. The Varsity lineup was changed considerably because of the fact that Chase and Gibbens were called over to Hamilton Field to play with the Betas and Baker and Smith were called to play with the Sigma team. She's played nice pitched for the Varsity, Bill Weber played first base, and Taylor, Poier, and Craig played in the field. Carter, Lindsey, Pratt and Scheenfeld played at their regular positions.
Yesterday, "Don't Cross Courts" and "Too Wet To Play On" signs were placed at all of the entrances to the McCook Field tennis courts, but in spite of these signs many students made tracks and large heel imprints across the soft courts. Manager Hamilton did not put those signs up for the mere pleasure of putting them up, but instead he put them up to keep the students off the courts when they are too wet to play on. Honey, the colored carteaker with the McCook Field is about the tracks and heel imprints. He said the students could not expect him to keep the courts in shape if they deliberately made holes in the courts to save a minute or so of their time.
Every afternoon on McCook or Hamilton Fields there is a practice
game of baseball, unless the diamonds are too wet to play on. The games are free and a large number of students as well as a few town people have been coming out to see the games. The Varsity-freshman practice games, and a few of the Pan-Hellenic and Hash House games are exciting and well played, and are worth the while of any baseball fan.
Prince Reitzel, the journalistic descendant from Russian nobility with horn-rimmed glasses, is quite a boxer. Yesterday afternoon he took several rounds with a boxing mate in the padded boxing room in Robinson gymnasium. The only thing that Prince does not like in boxing is to have his opponent step on his foot and then hit him in the face.
Coach Z. G. Clevenger, of the Kansas Aggies, is in favor of retaining athletics. He said sentiment in Manhattan was against abolishing college athletics at present. Since the onesided victory over the Kansas Normals, he thinks the Aggies have hit their stride and will make a strong race for the Missouri Valley Championship.
Washington University. at St. Louis, is the only university in the Missouri Valley Conference to abolish the athletic schedule so far, but this action does not make much difference as Washington U. has just furnished practice for the other valley teams anyway. If it gets back in the valley conference next year it may give more than practice, however, as Rutherford of Nebraska has signed up as coach of the St. Louis school.
Coach Dutch Uhllaub said he would hold the regular Varsity basketball spring practice at seven o'clock tonight in the Gymnasium. He said he will meet with players and coaches. Varsity quintet to report for the practice unless engaged in other sports.
Coach Venne was forced to cancel the game with Bethany College today because of the fact that about half of the players they have signed up for the army.
The Pan-Hellenic game between the Kappa Saga and the Phi Gama which was scheduled for yesterday was postponed until November 28 for postponing the game that the Hamilton diamond seemed too wet to play on at noon.
The Walling Club won from the Stoic Club by a 3 to 2 score in the eleven inning game Saturday, instead of the 6-5 win stated in Monday's Kansan. The mistake was made in taking the score from the score-keeper's record.
MANY WILL PLAY TENNIS
Captain Cowgill Says Prospects Are Good for Championship—Courts
Are in Splendid Shape
Active tennis practice has begun and is designed for a championship team this year according to Captain Elwyn Cowill, the star Jayhawker player of last year. A large number of players have been practicing on the McCook Field courts every afternoon and even-
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The courts are in excellent condition but are being put into better condition every day. New signs reading "Don't cross the courts" have been put up at all of the gates and these signs mean that no one is to walk
across the courts with their street shoes on, and under no circumstances to walk across the courts in rainy weather.
Last season a few thoughtless students walked across the courts when they were still wet after a rain and left deep heel imprints across the courts which took a great deal of time to level up. Every effort is being made to put the courts in first class condition.
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