Wednesday, March 30, 1960 University Daily Kansan
Page 5
By Warren Haskin
Skimming through a recent issue of Sports Magazine, I noticed an article by Roger Kahn that was headlined "Football's Taking Over."
The article compared football with America's so-called national pastime — baseball. In short, the article stated that football had finally caught up with baseball and was the sport to watch in the future.
But, if a foreign exchange student came to KU anytime in the past 25 years, he would question how baseball could be called the national sport when the Jayhawker baseball team can only draw 25 or 30 boys from the 5,000 plus at KU.
Ask anyone on campus the question, who played first base for Coach Floyd Temple's team last year, and you'll get a blank look. In fact, it's highly likely, they wouldn't have even known who the coach was.
But ask this same person who plays quarterback on the football team, and they can probably give you the entire starting lineup.
There must be a reason, but just what is it? No matter which way you go, most of the answers will involve a five-letter word — money.
Not only are baseball players not
offered big scholarships like the grid players but the field where KU plays definitely is not one to draw thousands of spectators.
Of course another big reason is major league teams. Once a boy shows promise on the baseball diamond, big league scouts are waiting after practice to offer him a nice bonus for just putting his name on a piece of paper.
It's a problem which probably won't be solved for many years and in the meantime, football is taking a foothold which will probably never be relinquished. Football has definitely caught up with baseball as the national sport and within a few years will leave the summer sport far behind; but no matter what happens, baseball should be around for a long time.
Expensive
CAMDEN, N. J., —(UPI)— Nomination of a yearling for the Garden State Stakes cost $35 10 months before the race. Supplementary nominations five days before the running cost $10,000.
The great tragedy today is that the Negro's frustration has led him to hate so bitterly he freightens his friends.—Walter Strange.
The Kansas Jayhawkers are back in Allen Field House today after suffering one of their worst defeats in years yesterday at Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Jays Boot Nine in Losing 18-0
The Porkers ran wild in the sixth inning scoring 13 runs to rout the Jayhawkers 18-0. KU was charged with nine errors, one more than it made in the first Arkansas encounter Monday afternoon.
All but three of the Porkers' runs were unearned in the abbreviated contest which was called after seven innings.
The Jayhawkers only managed to
get three hits with the newly-elected team captain, Lloyd Nichols, producing one of these. Tom Dorney and Jim Jarrett collected the other two hits for the Jays.
It started out to be a pitchers duel, at least for the first three innings, between Ken Hensley of Kansas and Arkansas' Darrell Peters.
But Hensley tired in the fifth and the Jays started their string of errors to give Arkansas the game, Jim Ragan and Jerry Waldschmidt finished the game for Floyd Temple's squad.
Groundwork is already being laid in preparation for this year's Kansas Relays to be held in Memorial Stadium on Friday and Saturday, April 22nd and 23rd.
Invitations Out For KU Relays
Seventeen Junior Colleges have also been sent invitations. Coffeyville Junior College has already agreed to compete. In addition about 120 colleges and universities throughout the nation have been sent application blanks. Blanks have also been sent to a number of prominent individual track stars.
All of Kansas' 605 high schools have been invited to participate in this meet. The first acceptance has been received from Chase County Community High School in Cottonwood Falls.
With bad weather returning, Kansas will have to continue working out in Allen Field House for a few more days. Each day hurts the Jays chances of improving their sixth place finish of 1959.
GRANADA
NOW SHOWING!
The team meets Washburn at Topeka in its next game April 4. From Topeka, it moves back to Jayhawker land to play Oklahoma April 8 and 9.
The teacher who imposes his biases on his students without labeling them as such is unworthy of his calling.—Z. Southton.
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