KU GOES ORANGE
KU is going to the Orange Bowl.
The Jayhawks have accepted an invitation to the Orange Bowl classic and will meet third-ranked Penn State, it was announced this morning.
State. It was announced that Coach Pepper Rodgers, the grid magician who brought KU into national prominence in two years, made the announcement at 11:20 a.m. in Kansas City. Rodgers' statement came to a KU Strong Hall rally via a loudspeaker hook-up.
a loudspeaker hook up
"I don't know where you're going to be New Year's Day, but when this football team lines up for the kick-off New Year's night in Miami, I hope everyone of you is there with us," Coach Rodgers told the more than 1,000 students gathered.
1,000 students gathered. "You can ask Coach McCullers and Coach Travis what to wear—they both come from the state of Florida and they can tell you all about it."
Ranked seventh in the country, the 8-1 Jayhawks will oppose Penn State. The Nittany Lions crushed Maryland, 57-13, to up their mark to 8-0 and earn the ticket to Miami.
ticket to Miami.
First word of KU's accepting the bowl bid came from the players after last night's squad meeting. It was believed that the acceptance of the Orange Bowl bid was unanimous among the players.
"Certainly, it's their decision, not mine," said Rodgers following the K-State triumph. The KU coach said
then that there were no firm bowl offers, and that the team would decide once a bid was presented.
"BRIMS is the order of the day." Coach Larry Travis said while a light snow fell. "We've got a big game coming up Saturday at Missouri and we've got to show Mizzou."
Under NCAA regulations, however, the bid could not be officially accepted until today.
The Jayhawks, whose only loss was a 27-23 verdict to Oklahoma last week,挫获 rival Kansas State, 38-29, for their eighth triumph. KU had rolled to seven consecutive victories—Illinois (47-7), Indiana (38-20), New Mexico (68-7), Nebraska (23-13), Oklahoma State (49-14), Iowa State (46-25), and Colorado (27-14).
KU is now locked in a three-way scramble for the Big Eight championship with Missouri and Oklahoma. Both the Jayhawks and Tigers own 5-1 conference marks with their showdown coming Saturday in Columbia. Oklahoma (4-1) has league games remaining with Nebraska and Oklahoma State.
the bowl situation seemed undecided until it was finally announced by Sugar Bowl president Dr. Fred Wolfe Jr. that Georgia had a definite berth in the New Orleans classic. Rumblings last week had the Orange Bowl candidates narrowed to the winner of Saturday's Georgia-Auburn clash against Penn State with KU
more prominently in the Sugar or Cotton bowl picture.
Representatives of all three major bowls witnessed the KU-K-State game at Manhattan, Late in the game, KU athletic director Wade Stinson was called into separate conferences with Orange and Sugar officials. Stinson's only comment was that the situation "looked good."
It's the second Orange Bowl invitation in KU's football history, and only the third bowl bid ever. The Jayhawks appeared in the 1947 Miami classic and bowed to Georgia Tech, 20-14. In 1961, the Hawks posted a 33-7 Bluebonnet Bowl victory over Rice.
The Orange invitation also marks the climax of Rodgers' instant success formula for KU football. Pepper came to KU after 2-8-0 and 2-7-1 seasons signalled the end of Jack Mitchell's tenure here. Rodgers' club won 5 of 7 after dropping the first three games on the 1967 season, and now the Jayhawks are a national power.
KU has never met Penn State, and the two schools have only one common opponent. Kansas State dropped a 25-9 decision to Penn State the second week of the '68 season.
There was no disclosure of the number of bowl bids offered KU, but it was speculated that all of the three —Orange, Sugar, and Cotton—were knocking at the door.
79th Year, No. 45 The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas Monday, November 18, 1968
Aneurism caused Mallin Death
The findings of a preliminary report from District Coroner James Reed state that the probable cause of death of Bruce Mallin, 20-year-old Kansas City junior, was the bleeding of an aneurism.
was the bleeding of No charges have been filed in connection with the death. Mallin died last Monday after a fight which took place in the Naismith Hall parking lot No. 7.
"In view of the coroner's report, which indicates that death might not have resulted directly from a blow, I will wait until receiving the final report before determination of the filing of any charges," County Attorney Daniel A. Young said yesterday. The final report is expected in about a week.
An aneurism is an abnormal dilatation of a blood vessel filled with fluid or clotted blood. This diseased vessel wall forms a pulsating tumor.
Dr. Reed's report said the tumor was a pre-existing condition, and rupture would probably not have resulted directly from a blow.
"Extreme emotional or physical stress could have caused this aneurism to rupture sooner or later," Reed's report stated.
Although it shows no other evidence of a physical problem which would have resulted in death, this is a preliminary report, the District Coroner emphasized.
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SUA will sponsor trip to Bowl; $165
Student Union Activities (SUA) is sponsoring a "packaged deal" trip and round-trip flight to the Orange Bowl in Miami, Irv Robinson, Prairie Village sophomore and SUA Special Trips chairman, announced today.
The "Packaged deal," costing a maximum of $165, includes the round-trip flight, a $10 game ticket, three days and four nights lodging in Miami and charter bus service to and from the airport and game to the hotel.
For students interested only in the round-trip flight, the cost is $100, Robinson said. The SUA flight will leave Kansas City Dec. 30 and return dan 2.
"Hotel reservations are in downtown Miami-close to night life and 20 minutes away from Miami Beach." The special trips chairman said that KU's hotel reservations are on the same street as the Orange Bowl parade.
Watkins reports VD cases at KU
A sizeable number of cases of veneral diseases have been reported on the University of Kansas campus.
Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of Watkins Memorial Hospital, said that about 64 persons probably contracted the disease from one or two carriers. A major problem arises in detection, he said.
"With males infection is visible. However," Schwegler said, "female organs house silent reservoirs of infection that become complex with multiple exposure."
Schwegler said so far, infected organisms have been sensitive to antibiotics and he is hopeful that high concentration on pencillin will stamp out the problem.
Watkins Hospital is working with the Public Health Service to seek out disease victims and administer treatment.
The Public Health Department interviews possible carriers and traces spot cases which they refer to Watkins for treatment, he said.
"It largely emphasizes my uneasiness about the pill," he said. "People use the pill to measure promiscuity-it makes them feel more secure."
"This is a world-wide problem, not just KU." Schwegler said. "Promiscuity among young people and the high exposure rate, make the problem dangerous and difficult to control.
Benweger pointed out that few people are well-informed on the subject of veneral diseases and suggested discussion groups to educate those persons.
Pepper Power vs. Purple Pride
The Snob Hill crew invaded Silo Tech Saturday and four hours later, KU emerged with a nine-point victory. A large Jayhawk crowd was on hand complete with signs encouraging the Jayhawks to offset the K-State "Kazoo KU" campaign by "pushing over Purple Power."
Photo by Greg Sorber
A man named Pepper . . .
...brought KU from a "no-body" in the football world to one of the contenders for the 1968 Orange Bowl title. For a feature article on this "Georgia Jayhawk," see story, page 7.
UDK News Roundup By United Press International
NEW YORK (UPI) An agreement was reached Sunday to end a bitter citywide teachers strike that deprived most of New York's 1.12 million public school children of instruction for nearly 2% months.
Strike may end
Manhattan sun shines on Hawks
By PAM SMITH
Kansan Staff Writer
The sun broke through an overcast sky above Kansas State University's West Stadium Saturday exactly six times.
Each time KU scored in the high-spirited game, the sun came out and warmed the day—to KU fans it apparently showed some favoritism. Several KU students remarked that someone was evidently telling KU to "Go South, KU, go south."
However, it really didn't bother K-State fans that the sun wasn't shining on their team. they maintained their "Purple Pride" Homecoming spirit throughout the game.
Carrying through their theme, "Kazoo KU," the K-State fans turned out with hundreds of kazoos and played them whenever their team came through with a good play.
a good play. KU students, whose number seemed to be almost as large as K-State's when judged by cheering, kept with their tradition of "waving the wheat."
One KU student admitted that this was practically the first away game KU fans had had the number to "wave the wheat" without feeling dispersed among the opponent's fans.
K-State's "soul" yell leader certainly helped build (continued to Page 7)