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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Sept 23. 1958
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THIS TD DIDN'T RING THE BELL...
Fraternity Borrows Bell; KU Scores Will Ring It
School spirit will be "pealing" away during football games this season as far as members of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity are concerned.
A 2,600-pound cast-iron bell tolled by the Tekes Saturday when Kansas entered the field. The bell will become a permanent fixture at football games. It will ring after KU touchdowns.
Members of the fraternity said the bell formerly hung in the court house steeple at Ottawa. The bell was spotted in a junk yard there and members brought the bell to Lawrence on a flatbed truck.
The bell measures 48 inches across the bottom and is $ \frac{5}{12} $feet high. It
served as an alarm bell when in the Ottawa courthouse steeple and was rung to warn residents of floods, tornadoes and other disasters. The bell's walls are four inches thick.
The bell will be moved near the cheering section at the Colorado game. Its gong will be louder there than when tolled near the scoreboard, the bell's location at the KU-TCU game.
The bell is being leased under contract by the fraternity and is insured for $300.
What will the fraternity do with the thing after the football season is ended? They'll haul it back to the junk yard at Ottawa. Then next fall, they'll bring it back again.
Morris Likes Play at Any Position
Duane Morris, KU's quarterback-turned-halfback, is happy at any position on the field. "I don't mind where I play just as long as I play," he said.
Morris was switched from quarterback to halfback by Coach Jack Mitchell in an effort to gain more speed in the backfield. Last year he and Larry McKown took up the slack at the quarterback spot when Bobby Marshall and Wally Strauch were injured.
Morris launched only one less pass than did Strauch last year, completing 15 out of 42 for 296 yards and two touchdowns.
In the Colorado game last season he came off the bench to kick the winning extra point as the Jayhawkers won 35-34. He also intercepted a pass in the last minute of play to preserve the victory. Against Kansas State he threw a 40-vard scoring score to Homer Floyd in the final 18 seconds to win the game 13-7.
Saturday Morris carried the bal
nine times for 26 yards against TCU.
He also made five punts for a 40-
yard average.
When asked to compare the 1957 Oklahoma line with that of the 1958 TCU team, he said, "I think TCU would give Oklahoma a very tough game. I would just like to see that game."
Morris did not feel that TCU was
playing over its head, but that the Horned Frogs actually are as powerful as they looked.
The new halfback is looking forward to going to Portland, Ore., to play Oregon State, no matter what position he plays.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UPI) Old timer Ned Garver (12-11) will hurt tonight against Cleveland as the Kansas City Athletics near the finale of their 1958 home performance.
Slipping Athletics Try for 6th Place
The Indians will count on Cal McLish (16-7). The Cleveland-Kansas City game tomorrow night will wind up the Athletics' home season. Then the A's move to Chicago for the last three games of the season.
By United Press International Big Eight teams showed rays of optimism today despite tears from Oklahoma and a serious loss at Missouri.
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Sooner Coach Bud Wilkinson said yesterday he really didn't expect his team to play very well Saturday against West Virginia.
Big Eight Teams Shape Up In Spite of MU, OU Moans
Kansas City dropped to seventh place last night after Baltimore jumped to its fourth straight win by defeating Washington 2-0. The Athletics had a day off yesterday.
Missouri lost right end Dale Pidcock for the season. Pidcock, who started against Vanderbilt last Saturday, is suffering a twisted knee and locked cartilage in the knee. Physicians said they plan to operate soon.
"Our line hasn't developed nearly enough speed and our backs haven't learned to throw and catch well enough."
The A's still hope to finish closer to the top in the tight third-through-seventh late, late season push in the American League.
Ton Players Run
Sophomore end Dan La Rose who turned in a terrific performance yesterday subbing for Pidcock was moved to the first unit right end slot. Missouri's top 17 players ran in sweat suits yesterday, but the rest of the team worked long and hard on defense and offense.
Oklahoma held a brief workout yesterday with Wahoo McDaniel moved ahead of Jimmy Feagan at alternate right end. Sophomore Jerry Tillery moved to alternate left end.
Colorado's Dal Ward put emphasis on touchdown and pass defense yesterday in a short no-contact
Jayhawkers See Game Movies
Coach Jack Mitchell put the Jayhawkers through a light practice yesterday in preparation for the Oregon State game next Saturday
Working without pads, the team worked on defense against a single wing attack which Oregon State uses. Following the workout the team viewed movies of the TCU game.
Burnison Missing
Missing from practice was starting center Bill Burnison. Burnison received a knee injury in the TCU game. There is a possibility that he will be out for the season.
Reserve end Walt Schmidt also received a knee injury in the TCU game, but took part in yesterday's drills. Other injured players are guard Tom Russell of Grove City, Ohio, with a bad knee and tackle Bill Blasi of Pratt with a broken hand.
One Line Promotion
Mitchell promoted Rudy Mause to the first team right guard position. Mauser replaces Dick Rohlf. In next Saturday's game, KU faces a team equally as tough as TCU. In the sportswriters' preseason poll, Oregon State was ranked near the top nationally.
Oregon State will be out to beat the Jayhawkers. The Beavers were upset in their opening game by Southern Cal 21-0 last Friday.
Eight Men Return To Cyclone Team
Coach Burl Berry will build the 1958 Iowa State cross country team around eight lettermen from the 1957 team which had a 3-1 season.
Heading the letter list is Capt. Leo Teghtmeyer. Others are Jerry Bottonfield, John Darby, John Fazel, Gary Hallmeyer, Ron Sanson, and Dave Vanek.
Berry expects to have a strong team again this fall. Haltmeyer is rated the best of the veterans off his record of 15:26 for the 3-mile course a year ago. But he'll have stiff competition from all lettermen as well as some promising sophomores.
A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg, KU Athletic Director, is chairman of the 1959 United States basketball committee for the 1959 Pan-American Games and for the 1960 Olympic games.
workout to whip his Buffs into shape for Saturday's Big Eight opener with Kansas State.
Ward said his probable starters will include six seniors, two sophomores and three juniors. Quarterbacking the Buffalo first string will be letterman Boyd Dowler who led the Coloradoans to victory over K-State last year.
Cats. Cyclones Recuperate
Cats, Cyclones Retuperate
Three men who missed Kansas State's opener last week, re-joined the team yesterday and will be ready for Colorado. They are Tony Tiro, 200-pound halfback; Art Grob, 231-pound tackle and Ralph Peluso, 213-pound tackle.
The Cats spent most time yesterday in a light, recuperating
workout. That was also the case at Iowa State where the Cyclones spent part of the time looking at films on last Saturday's 33-0 win over Drake.
Coach Clay Stapleton praised center Arden Esslinger and left guard Ray Fauser for action against Drake.
Oklahoma State's Toby Greene told his squad that this week's foe, North Texas State, will be much tougher than last year when Oklahoma State beat the Texans 25-19.
Nebraska yesterday settled down to a hard workout. Coach Bill Jennings said, "Now I've got to start worring about Purdue." The Huskers got through last week's upset of Penn State without an injury.
Kansas Gets Big Man; Basketball Hopes Up
By Con Poirier
Kansas basketball hopes seem to be limited to just about as high as its tallest player can lean. This year, that is pretty low.
The 6-foot 8-inch player decided to come to KU last March. In choosing KU over some seventy-five other colleges that sought his talents. Wayne explains:
Let things grow for a year, though, and they could brighten up. The reason? For the second time in four years a high school All America has come to KU from Philadelphia's Overbrook High. This time the name is Wayne Hightower.
"I wanted to get away from Philly. I thought that I could do a better job academically if I went away to college." The fact that Hightower went to the same junior high, high school, and now college as Wilt Chamberlain might have something to do with his decision.
Known Wilt a Long Time
"I've known Wilt ever since we were knee high," said High-tower. For these two giants, that must have been long ago.
"As a matter of fact, Wilt and I lived only four blocks from each other back in Pennsylvania."
Both Chamberlain and Hightower are products of the Haddington Recreation Club in Philadelphia. Wayne has played there since the eighth grade.
"I played one year in the Catskills, too," added Wayne. He has been working out all summer, and hopes to round into shape quickly as the season opens.
Although he averaged almost 30 points a game for Overbrook, Hightower is not a post man. He is a forward. "I don't like the post at all," he said. Hightower is proficient from the outside, deadly accurate with a jump shot, and possesses a neat set shot from the corner.
A Different Kind of Player
"He is a fine prospect. He has good agility, speed, and is a fine shooter." Waugh warned that Hightower should not be compared to Chamberlain. "Wayne is a different kind of player. Being a forward, while Wilt was a center, Wayne plays a different kind of game. He does not possess the over-all strength of Wilt, and he shoots a lot from the outside." continued Waugh.
Freshman Coach Jerry Waugh rates Hightower as a fast-moving comer.
Hightower plans to major in religion at KU. So far, he said, he has found plenty to make him glad he came here.
"I like KU," he said. "We should have a very good freshman squad. Although I have not met all of the boys, I hear they are plenty good."
Women's Basketball Star Speaks at Clinic Tonight
Intramural activities sponsored by the Women's Recreation As-association will get underway with a basketball clinic at 7 p.m. tonight in Robinson Gymnasium.
Lucille Land Davidson, former KU student and a member of the U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team. will be featured at the instructive period.
A physical education major, she will tell the women her experiences in Russia and South America and will demonstrate various basketball techniques. Questions concerning rules of the game will also be answered and fouls will be explained.
A round-robin basketball tournament between organized houses and independent women is scheduled to begin Oct. 7. Lists of houses and independent women participating in the program will be submitted to the WRA tonight and houses will split into divisions to begin play.
Winners in each division will compete for a basketball trophy. Last year's winner was GSP.
Rounds of golf, tennis and badminton are also slated to begin with the beginning of the basketball tourney. Trophies will also be awarded in each of these divisions.
Houses will be given participation points for each woman within the house or independent group participating in athletic events sponsored by the WRA. More points will be given for games won during tournaments.
A WRA all-sports trophy will be presented to the top-scoring organized group at the association's spring banquet.
Miss Ruth Hoover is supervisor of the WRA.