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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 23,1968
Coeds on flag football kick
By CAROL SCHOENBECK
Kansan Staff Writer
Contrary to common opinion, not all football players are male. The females have joined the ranks.
Four of KU's sororities—Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi have been regularly practicing "cottontail" or flag football. Instead of tackling the opponent, you merely (Did I say merely) pull their "flag."
The flags are strips of cloth tucked into the back of the players' uniforms, which are usually bluejeans and sweatshirts.
"We're planning to use strips of cotton sheeting because they're little harder to get a hold of. Sheets are thin, and consequently, slippery to the fingers," Kathy Prewitt, Wichita senior and Tri-Delt guard, said.
Quarterback for the Pi Phi's, Sandee Glenn, Kansas City senior, said the games will not have the standard 15-minute quarters, but probably 12-minute quarters.
"A football game can get pretty rough for girls, so we'll probably play only one game
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this year. Most of the girls came out for football for the exercise, without realizing how out of shape they had gotten. You should have heard all the groans after the first practice," she said.
Tri-Delt quarterback, Patty Blackburn, Kansas City senior, said her team's biggest obstacle is overcoming a fear of the pass plays.
"Somehow, when I throw the ball, instead of running with it, the players panic. I guess they just feel safer when the ball's on
the ground," she said.
Although she promised no halftime entertainment, Miss Blackburn did say her sorority hoped to feature its own version of pom-pon girls.
The coaches for these games are usually pin-mates or fiances of sorority members.
The games will be played Sunday afternoon, Nov. 3, probably on the intramural fields. The Chi's will face the Tri-Delt's, and the DG's will challenge the Pi Phi's.
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