Thursday, December 12, 1968 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 7 Football's wheeler-dealers contrast to baseball czars NEW YORK (UPI)—Pro football, never really happy under soft commissioners, surged to the top under consecutive terms by two tough wheeler-dealers. Baseball, never really happy under tough commissioners, began to sag under a couple of soft ones. There ought to be a moral in there somewhere for the barons of baseball. All the "restructuring" in the word won't save their sport unless head-knocking privileges are spelled out for the new man and they agree to let their heads be knocked. Crusty old Judge Landis knocked plenty of heads in a rowdier baseball day, and the owners took it because he scared the be-jabbers out of them. They were in no position to dump the old judge who had brought order to the game after the infamous Black Sox scandal that broke out of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. After Landis died late in 1944, Happy Chandler came on as a commissioner who wanted to be tough, but after a few skirmishes baseball dropped him and Ford Frick was installed for the 1951 season. Frick presided over baseball's great era of expansion, including the trek to the West and astronomical television fees. Much of this movement seemed to disturb Frick, who preferred a more orderly expansion, but he lacked the power to knock heads and went into retirement after the 1965 season. The recently departed commissioner, Air Force Gen. William D. Eckert, lacked the power, the baseball background and a wheeler-dealer instinct. He worked three seasons on a seven-year contract and has been paid off. Pro football approached its commissioner problems in exactly a reverse order. Quiet, kindly Joe Carr helped pro football through its organizational era from 1921-1939 and was succeeded at his death by an assistant, Carl Storck. Gymnasts rank first in KSU Invitational KU gymmasts outscored K-State and Wichita State in four of the meet's six events and took 11 of 24 medals to gain a first place in the K-State Invitational. Quiet, kindly Elmer Layden left Notre Dame to serve as commissioner in 1941 and helped the NFL through World War II. The Wildcats accumulated 150.30 points to place second behind the Jayhawks' winning score of 152.70. Wichita finished third with 136.45. Coach Bob Lockwood said that he expects another close meet when the gymmasts travel to Western Illinois in Macomb, Ill., for a Saturday dual. "The state of Illinois has the strongest program in the nation," he added. Last year Kansas defeated Western Illinois by 12 points in a home meet. Robert Pierson and Kirk Gardner, the two KU gymnasts to post scores better than 9.0, both grabbed first places in the K-State Invitational. Pierison, an all-around gymnast and team captain, earned an averaged score of 9.15 to rank first in parallel bars. He also placed second in floor exercise and long horse. Gardner averaged 9.2 to take a first in still rings. Sophomore Roger Hemphill, competing as a KU gymnast for one first time, captured second place in high bar with a score of 8.65. Hemphill was sidelined all last season, suffering a broken back the night before the 1967 KU Open. He missed this year's KU Open because of a sprained ankle. Intramural results Independent "A" Machine 51, Grass Roots 27 Hi-Ballers 87, 90-proof 27 Grace Pearson 44, Jollie 29 TKE 68, Sigma Nu # 24 DU # 24 Phi Kappa Tau 33 SAE # 24 Acacia 26 Delts 73, Sigma Chi # 26 Sig Kappa 26 ATO 25, Sigma Nu # 12 Phi Delts # 50, Lambda Chi Alpha 13 Phi Psi 43, Sig Ep 35 Phi Kappa Theta 43, AKL 31 Phi Gam 54, Kappa Chi 19 SAE # 14 won by forfeit over DU # 1 Fraternity "C" Triangle 33, Theta Tau 29 145°, 6.89 ± 0.17, #19 Phi Delt 44, 44°, Phi Kappa Theta 137°, 6.93 ± 0.17, #19 AKL K1 # 14, Phi Psi # 27 31 Phi Psi # 25, Theta Chi 30 Sigma Chi # 45 62, Delta Sigma 20 Kappa Sha # 37, Lambda Chi Alpha 62 Deltal Chi won by forfeit over Sigma. No. 2 Nu #23 Phi Gc #24 69, Acacia 27 Phi Kappa Sigma 37, Delta Chi #3 36 Delta Chi #2 40, like #2 27 Delta Chi #2 46, like #2 53 Delta Chi #4 33, Like #2 43 Delt #3 40, SAF #2 34 Interviewing for: COLLEGE STAFF DIRECTORS AND FACULTY POSITIONS JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Opening September,1969 in suburban Kansas City An Equal Opportunity Employer Outstanding opportunities for both new and experienced graduates in a number of program areas. Interviews scheduled from 9 A.M.-5 P.M.on Monday, December 16 through your placement center. If you have the determination to do something meaningful...and mean it...we need your imaginative, innovative help. We'll expect a lot. But we'll offer you even more: the chance to start from scratch to plan and develop a brand new comprehensive community college. But in January, 1946, the NFL was faced with a box-office threat from a newly-formed rival league, and Layden was dropped in favor of tough, gravel-throated Bert Bell. Bert was considered an indispensable man in the league, and it was a shock when he died during the 1959 season. Yet, somehow, they managed to find a young man named Pete Rozelle. Bell had been a star player and later a pro owner. He was farsighted enough to set up the first collegiate draft while he was owner of the Eagles in 1936. He could outshout any roughneck in NFL councils or sweet talk any lawyer on contracts. Maybe some of the guys who elected Pete thought he is as quiet and kindly as he appears. By now they know him as tough when he has to be and a wheeler-dealer eminently suited to handling the controls in an era of high finance. Baseball's new commissioner, according to the current mood of club owners, probably will be granted broad powers. But will the owners allow their heads to be knocked? Or will they dump him, too, if he crosses 'em? Patronize Kansan Advertisers MIAMI BOUND? Line up before leaving, get better wear out of your tires. FRITZ CO. 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